Title:  System Reliability Engineer

Requisition ID: 199079

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

Are you passionate about reliability engineering and employ best practices to ensure the availability of applications in production?

Combining aspects from DevOps, SysAdmin, and Test Engineer, the role of Site Reliability Engineer will allow you to have the opportunity to combine your technical ability, strategic thinking and provide detail-oriented execution in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. You will join a team with the purpose of fostering reliability with both development and operations , and designing tools that monitor the state of our systems. You will assist in initiatives to continuously refine, build, plan and deploy practices for improved stability, reliability, efficiency, repeatability and security. The team has a strong focus on being people first and promotes support and training on both an individual and a team level.

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

• Monitor critical platforms in the bank that are expected to run hundreds of applications
• Improve and maintain site availability, scalability, service and system performance
• Investigate system errors and problems, bottleneck analysis of the system at scale, etc.
• Setup monitoring systems and application metrics as well as supervise them for prediction/detection of failures
• Participate in Architectural Review Boards and recommending / reviewing system reliability requirements
• Provide solutions for performance management, disaster recovery, monitoring and access management
• Provide training programs for both internal and external team members
• Create and manage stability dashboards, utilized by technology and business leadership
• Automate/modernize repeated tasks/reporting
• Review and vet major projects/changes before production deployment to ensure adequate monitoring, support and deployment plans are in place
• Be part of on call rotation

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

• Excellent knowledge and experience in Software Engineering, System Administration, and Operations
• Understanding of Unix/Linux systems from kernel to shell and beyond, including internal Unix systems and networking (DNS, TCP/IP, UDP, etc)
• Experience designing and implementing tasks in Continuous Integration systems (Jenkins, Travis, CircleCI, etc.)
• Expert knowledge or experience with Dynatrace and Splunk
• Strong grasp of security, privacy and monitoring concepts
• Strong sense of project ownership and team responsibility
• 3+ years of relevant working experience and at least 3 years in a DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer role
• Excellent project management skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced and hectic work environment
• Solid verbal and written communication skills
• Nice to have Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Nice to have Excellent knowledge of network engineering
• Nice to have Well versed in database management
• Nice to have Experienced with security in the cloud: Intrusion detection, penetration testing, and vulnerability scanning

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 each individual 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!

Work arrangements: Hybrid

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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.