Senior Crypto Engineer - Scotiabank, Toronto

Role Overview

Scotiabank is seeking a Senior Crypto Engineer to join its purpose-driven Crypto Product and Engineering team. This team is at the forefront of defining, building, engineering, and maintaining Scotiabank’s cryptographic product, services, and technology platforms. Collaborating cross-functionally with global product and engineering teams, the team is dedicated to implementing and advancing strategic cryptographic capabilities across the entire enterprise.

As a core member of the Crypto Engineering pillar, you will play a pivotal role in the design and modernization of the bank's crypto platform. This includes developing automation and scaling security capabilities into foundational and transformational cryptographic security products. You will work closely with various business lines, IT support, and Information Security & Control functions, serving as a subject matter expert in cryptography.

Key Duties

• Lead multiple innovative crypto security platform initiatives and solve complex technical challenges, ensuring the crypto platforms are secure and resilient.
• Develop crypto security platform solutions aligned with bank standards, policies, and risk appetite to meet business needs.
• Work closely with Product and TechOps Engineers to ensure seamless alignment and integration of Crypto Engineering patterns, designs, and capabilities.
• Demonstrate personal accountability for assigned projects, initiatives, and daily processes, realizing results with minimal guidance.
• Operate within a positive environment with highly motivated individuals that want to reduce the risks within the bank.
• Provide technical mentorship to engineers within your team and communicate best practices when working with other engineering teams.
• Respond to various audit, compliance, and IT risk teams to remediate risk-related issues.
• Contribute continuous iterative improvements in all processes and procedures within the team, while considering and evaluating the bank’s risk appetite and risk culture.

Who We're Looking For

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with a proactive mindset and a passion for cryptographic security. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical background and a commitment to continuous learning in an evolving field.

• 5+ years of hands-on technical working experience in the implementation and deployment of complex or large-scale applications, systems, or platforms within an enterprise and financial setting.
• Hands-on technical working experience in programming languages such as Python, Java, bash, and PowerShell.
• Working knowledge of software development lifecycle and tools including JIRA, Bitbucket (Git), and Confluence.
• Working knowledge of deploying Platform services in GCP and Azure.
• Ability to apply security principles to crypto platforms and solutions to meet IT standards, methodologies, key management regulations, and audit requirements.
• Working knowledge and experience in crypto engineering and platforms, key management practices, as well as good knowledge of other information security domains.
• Working knowledge of business analysis technology (PowerBI, Excel).
• Excellent communication (verbal/written/presentation), negotiating, and interpersonal skills with the ability to summarize material for senior management in English. The same in Spanish is a strong asset.
• Proactive mindset with the ability to stay current on evolving cryptographic security trends and technologies.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering, or a related field would be an asset.
• Security accreditations would be an asset.
• Cloud security (GCP, Azure) and container (Kubernetes) knowledge would be an asset.

Benefits

Scotiabank is committed to fostering an inclusive and high-performing culture, offering a range of benefits designed to support employee growth and well-being.

• 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 embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employees 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: Opportunities for professional development through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards Program: Includes bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days, and benefits that 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, Humans of Digital and much more!