Lead Private Cloud Engineer

Requisition ID: 249149

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

Is this role right for you
The Global Technology and Enterprise Platforms (GTEP) Operations & Engineering team is looking for a team lead for Private Cloud backup service to deploy operate troubleshoot support backup and migration activities in scope of Scotiabank On-prem Private Cloud GCVE in public cloud and GCE as well as implementation end to end backup testing services.
Working with various Global Technology and Enterprise Platforms (GTEP)/ CIO stakeholders the Scotiabank internal cloud team under GTEP-Operations & Engineering will build hybrid cloud products including detailed design build operational transition and product lifecycle management across the enterprise. Cloud products follow infrastructure patterns frameworks and standards from GTEP-EA Architecture. Enabling enterprise wide adoption of innovative hybrid cloud products (like automated Infra/backup/storage services software defined Data Center etc.) to improve business application agility and competitiveness in a cost-effective manner.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within Scotiabank. We are technology partners who help the business transform how our employees around the world work. You will get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders who have hailed from top technology.
Reporting to the Director/Principal Engineer Cloud Engineering you will play a lead role to lead the backup services team to deploy operate troubleshoot support backup/restoration and migration activities in scope of Scotiabank On-prem Private Cloud GCVE in public cloud and GCE.
Design and develop a backup testing as a service practice within the private cloud to enable the stakeholders to test the applications end to end recovery capabilities using Cohesity data protection services.
You will work with technical and business subject matter experts on this large technically complex and moderately risky project to ensure the migrated applications are functional well to meet their business goals.
When required non-standard office working hours for scheduled change implementations or issue troubleshooting.
You will lead the backup service team to manage and maintain the backup and NAS solution (both on-prem and GCP) assist in troubleshooting and provide guidance.
You will provide Level 3 support & vendor escalations for transitioned services.
You will support the development of technical documentation of configuration and operational procedures for service operations teams (build & runbooks) & technical specifications.
You will contribute to implementation planning.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role
10 years of overall working experience as a Backup Administrator technical working experience with backup from the following products: Cohesity and/or Dell EMC Data Domain (backup and replication) and/or NetBackup and/or Veeam etc.
3 years of leading an engineering team delivering backup services.
2 years of hands-on technical working experience with backup solution running in Public Cloud like Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
2 years of hands-on technical working experience with the architectural and/or deployment and/or operational support of VMware vSphere Hypervisor RedHat OpenShift Virtualization.
2 years of hands-on technical working experience with Microsoft Windows Server 2019/2022 administration and/or Red Hat Linux administration 9.x/10.x.
5 years of hands-on technical working experience with Networking technologies and operational experience.
Experience with Scripting (Backup automation REST API scripting PowerShell & Python).
Experience with storage from the following products: NetApp NAS and/or Dell EMC and/or Hyper Converged Virtual SAN.
Previous Banking/FI experience.
Excellent written presentation and verbal communication skills to be able to work well with technical peers and business stakeholders at different levels within the organization.
Excellent interpersonal skills to be able to collaborate and work closely with external vendors.
Ability to analyze complex situations and problems and do the necessary research using multiple sources of information to arrive at innovative solutions.
Ability to work as part of a team as well as work independently or with minimal direction.
Good time management and organizational skills to effectively manage high scale project.

Whats 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!

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.