Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Requisition ID: 247129

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

As a SRE, you will implement, measure and gather insights from Operational Level Indicators identifying areas for service improvements covering availability, performance, resilience, incidents and chronic problems. You will implement jobs, as per Runbooks, and automate repetitive tasks to reduce toil. You are expected to lead and perform Disaster Recovery (DR) exercises and engage teams to perform technical validation. As well, perform and participate in technical vulnerability assessments, and make recommendations for remediation and overall enhancements.

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

• You want to be challenged with complex problem solving taking the learnings forward as continuous improvements.
• You thrive on supporting critical systems requiring a high level of trust, resilience and security.
• You enjoy looking for opportunities to be proactive, automate and solve for problems before they happen.
• You consider yourself a Subject Matter Expert(SME) on Performance, Scalability, Reliability, Audit, Monitoring and Security following SRE best practices.
• You excel at managing the communication of production releases, and their service availability impact, to our internal/external stakeholders.
• You are passionate with metrics/trends/patterns of availability, and serviceability dictated by defined Service Level Agreement (SLA)/Service Level Indicators(SLI).

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

• You possess good communication (verbal/written) skills in English.
• You have 3+ years of hands-on working experience in working with Real Time streaming data projects in operations.
• You have 7+ years of hands-on technical working experience with production support and in-depth troubleshooting of major incidents and problem management.
• You have 2+ years of technical working experience in the use of Apache Kafka for event management.
• You have 3+ years of technical working experience in the use of Splunk and/or Dynatrace for monitoring and alerts.
• You have 5+ years of hands-on technical working experience with software build and CI/CD deployment pipelines by using 1 of the following tools(Jenkins, Gradle/Maven, Bitbucket).
• You can demonstrate the ability to read Java code to troubleshoot & debug.
• You can demonstrate a strong technical understanding of RESTful Services.
• You can create SQL Queries with any relational databases.
• You possess technical knowledge of microservices in Cloud (GCP and/or Azure).
• You can write scripts using any type of UNIX shell scripting language + with Python.
• You can demonstrate having good organizational skills.
• You have completed a post-secondary education in Computer Science or Engineering or Mathematics discipline.
• Completion of a Confluent Certified Administrator for Apache Kafka is an asset.

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.
• Dynamic Ecosystem - Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.
• Community Engagement - No matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.

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.