Title:  Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Requisition ID: 231012

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Team

We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic Capital Markets Platform Engineering team. This role will focus on designing, building, and maintaining a secure, scalable, and resilient platform infrastructure with Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) as the core technologies. The ideal candidate will have expertise in container orchestration, cloud infrastructure, automation, and CI/CD pipelines.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

• Kubernetes & GKE Management: Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes clusters on GKE / on-premises infrastructure for mission-critical capital markets applications, ensuring high availability, scalability, and compliance with security standards.
• Platform Automation: Develop Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using tools like Terraform, Helm, and Ansible to automate cluster provisioning, scaling, and maintenance.
• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Architect and manage cloud infrastructure within Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with a focus on cost optimization, network security, and performance.
• CI/CD Enablement: Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines for containerized applications using tools like Jenkins, ArgoCD, and GitLab CI ensuring rapid and secure software delivery.
• Observability & Monitoring: Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, ELK Stack, and Google Cloud Operations Suite.
• Security & Compliance: Ensure platforms meet security, regulatory, and compliance requirements for capital markets, including RBAC, service mesh, encryption, and network policies.
• Collaboration & Mentoring: Work closely with development, security, and operations teams to promote a DevOps culture and mentor junior engineers on platform engineering best practices.
• Incident Management: Participate in L2/L3 on-call rotations and help with incident management, root cause analysis, and proactive risk mitigation.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in platform engineering or DevOps roles.
• Must have experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
• Expertise in container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong scripting skills with Python, Go, or Shell scripting.
• CI/CD tools: Jenkins, ArgoCD, Tekton, or similar.
• Monitoring tools: Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Google Cloud Operations Suite.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have):

• Strong background in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and cloud-native services.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Helm.

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans. 
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences everyone brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove, and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements. 
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.   
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more! 

Location(s):  Canada : Ontario : Toronto 

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.  

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.