Cloud Security Engineering Manager - Scotiabank, Toronto

Role overview

Join a purpose-driven winning team committed to results in an inclusive and high-performing culture. The Senior Manager, Cloud Security Engineering is responsible for providing strong leadership to a dedicated team of engineers who support cloud security toolsets. This team is charged with the design and implementation of enterprise-level security platforms, ensuring robust protection for the bank's technology infrastructure.

In this Scotiabank careers opportunity, you will lead a team of platform engineers, guiding them in the execution and delivery of the enterprise cloud security product strategy. You will facilitate collaboration across departments, ensure compliance with governing regulations, and communicate complex technical details to executive management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Cloud Security Engineers to implement and tune Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms, Cloud Security Posture Management and Cloud Workload Protection tools to all the cloud environments in the organization.
• Lead and Implement security controls for containerized environments, ensuring secure container registries, runtime protection, and service mesh security.
• Lead and Implement security controls for Enterprise CI/CD pipelines.
• Translate high-level information security policies and business objectives into actionable engineering roadmaps.
• Closely collaborate with Product, Architecture and operations teams to ensure implementation of the bank's enterprise security strategy.
• Manage platform implementation and project deliverables, including communicating clearly to stakeholders, ability to define critical chain of events to execute a project successfully, and strong project management skills.
• Work closely with their Director to facilitate cross-department strategic decisions and work with leaders in defining and building executive communication.
• Manage resource allocation, estimation for new initiatives, assessment of incoming work, development and maintenance of a roadmap for the team.
• Deliver projects to remediate IT Risk, Internal Audit and Regulatory (including OSFI) associated with security platforms.
• Build and maintain stakeholder buy-in and relationships across IS&C and IT business line teams.
• Understand how the Bank's risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank's Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles.
• Champions a high-performance environment using a coaching mindset, behaviors and embracing Scotiabank's values and contributing to an inclusive work environment.

Skills and experience

• Minimum 8 years of IT/Security work experience, with at least 3 years leading a team on securing AWS, Azure or GCP.
• 2+ years of experience directly managing or leading engineering teams.
• Proficiency in scripting/programming (Python, Bash, GO) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Preferred deep understanding of Banking process, procedures and cross-functional engagement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, negotiating and interpersonal skills with the ability to summarize material for senior management.
• Assist senior management with budgeting, estimations, and resource planning.
• Excellent people management, coaching and leadership skills and experience.
• Good understanding of Security and IT service delivery and a solid understanding of mapping stakeholder requirements to results.
• Experience with and knowledge of project methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile and DevOps in delivering large scale solutions in an enterprise environment.
• Broad understanding of Information Security and Technology domains with focus on the Financial Industry will be an asset.
• Strong knowledge of cloud development technologies and tools such as Containers, VMs and Micro services with proven experience with a cloud provider (Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure).
• Experience working with Internal Audit and Regulatory Assessments and addressing compliance gaps.
• Experience collaborating with various Scotiabank engineering teams to foster a common goal and solve complex problems.
• Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science, Diploma or technical equivalent experience is required.
• Nice to have one or more: CISSP, CCSK or ITIL.
• Nice to have fluency in Spanish.

Benefits

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship through inclusive values and Employee Resource Groups.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations to maintain an inclusive environment.
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits starting on day one.
• Community Engagement opportunities including hackathons, contests, and Humans of Digital.