Staff Engineer, Cloud Engineering

EQ Bank

Job Location:

Toronto - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Join a Challenger

Being a traditional bank just isnt our thing so we challenge ourselves to get creative in providing innovative banking solutions for Canadians.

How do we get there With a talented team of inquisitive and agile challengers that break through the status quo. So if youre passionate about redefining the future of bankingwhile having funthis could be your next big opportunity.

Our company continues to grow and today we serve more than 800000 customers acrossCanadathrough Equitable BankCanadasChallenger Bank and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Banks wholly-owned subsidiary Concentra Bank supports credit unions acrossCanadathat serve more than six million members. Together we have over$142 billionin combined assets under management and administration with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich peoples customers have named our EQ Bank digital platform () one of the top banks in Canada on the Forbes Worlds Best Banks list since 2021.

As aStaff Cloud Engineer you will serve as a senior technical expert supporting EQ Banks Microsoft cloud platforms with a focus onPower Platform (30%)Azure Cloud Engineering (30%)AKS and DevOps Enablement (20%) andPlatform Process Improvement (20%). Reporting to the Director Cloud Operations you will design implement and improve reusable platform capabilities that empower both professional and citizen developers across the bank.

You will work hands-on with GCP and Azure services PaaS workloads Kubernetes and DevOps toolchains while also contributing to Power Platform governance and lifecycle enablement. As a technical leader youll collaborate with engineering security operations and business stakeholders to drive platform maturity automation scalability and compliance across our cloud environments.

The Core Responsibilities!

Cloud Platform Engineering & Operations (30%)

Design build and optimize Azure platform components including App Services Azure Functions Key Vaults and API Management.

Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or Bicep for scalable and secure resource provisioning.

Implement observability patterns across infrastructure and workloads using tools such as Azure Monitor Log Analytics and Application Insights.

Collaborate with architecture security and operations teams to ensure platforms meet SLAs DR/RTO requirements and compliance expectations.

Power Platform Enablement (30%)

Develop and maintain automation for Power Platform lifecycle management including ALM pipelines and environment provisioning.

Implement data loss prevention (DLP) policies app usage reporting and licensing optimization for Power Platform components.

Collaborate with Governance and Security teams to establish safe compliant citizen development frameworks.

Provide technical guidance to Power Platform users and support solution acceleration across the organization.

AKS Platform & DevOps Practices (20%)

Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps to deploy containerized workloads into AKS.

Implement secure AKS architectures including ingress autoscaling monitoring and security controls.

EnableGitOpspatterns and promote modern deployment practices in collaboration with product engineering teams.

Contribute toDevSecOpsinitiatives and embed security performance and resiliency into deployment pipelines.

Platform Process & Maturity Improvements (20%)

Lead initiatives to improve cloud platform operational processes including incident management platform health and self-service enablement.

Define platform engineering standards and reusable blueprints to reduce manual effort and increase team efficiency.

Contribute to FinOps and cost optimization practices through resource tagging usage reporting and automation.

Promote knowledge sharing and engineering excellence across teams through documentation workshops and reusable patterns.

Lets Talk About You!

Post-Secondary education preferably in the areas of Technology.

8 yearsof experience in Cloud Engineering DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering roles in enterprise environments.

Advanced knowledge ofMicrosoft Azure PaaS servicesPower Platform andAKS(Azure Kubernetes Service).

Knowledge ofGCPisconsidered an asset.

Strong experience withTerraform/BicepCI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows.

Strong background incloud solution architectureand development of lowlevel design documentation

Practical understanding ofDevOpsandSREpractices including automation observability and incident response.

Experience supporting Power Platform governance (DLP ALM monitoring) and citizen development enablement.

Skilled in designing secure and scalable AKS workloads and containerized platform services.

Excellent collaboration documentation and cross-functional communication skills.

Proficient in scripting languages (e.g. PowerShell Bash) and YAML/JSON-based configurations.

What we offer For full-time permanent roles

Competitive discretionary bonus

Market leading RRSP match program

Medical dental vision life and disability benefits

Employee Share Purchase Plan

Maternity/Parental top-up while you care for your little one

Generous vacation policy and personal days

Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues

Professional development and comprehensive Career Development program

A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience

The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from Equitable Banks additional office space located at 2200-25 Ontario Street Toronto ON.

Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion. Our organization is stronger and our employees thrive when we honour and celebrate everyones diverse experiences and tandem with that commitment we support and encourage our staff to grow not just in their career path but personally as well.

We commit to providing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment for all applicants. Please let us know of any accommodations needed so that you can bring your best self to the application process and candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check and credit check to qualify for hire. While we appreciate your interest in applying an Equitable recruiter will only contact leading candidates whose skills and qualifications closely match the requirements of the position.

We cant wait to get to know you!

Required Experience:

Staff IC

Join a ChallengerBeing a traditional bank just isnt our thing so we challenge ourselves to get creative in providing innovative banking solutions for Canadians. How do we get there With a talented team of inquisitive and agile challengers that break through the status quo. So if youre passionate abo...