Scotiabank

Director, Data Engineering, International Banking, Toronto, Mexico, Colombia, Peru

Scotiabank • $150K — $180K *
Toronto, ON M3C 0E3In-Person
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field; Master's preferred.
  • 10+ years of experience in data engineering or DevOps, with 5+ years in a leadership role.
  • Hands-on experience with Azure Databricks, Spark, and data platform operations.
  • Proven track record in CI/CD and DevSecOps methodologies for data workloads.
  • Strong expertise in security, compliance, and governance in cloud environments.
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code and monitoring solutions.
  • Fluency in Spanish and English preferred, with excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and scale a regional DataOps organization across multiple countries.
  • Define objectives, performance metrics, and talent development plans for the team.
  • Coordinate multi-country priorities and ensure consistent standards and timely issue escalation.
  • Implement the DataOps operating model for Azure Databricks, focusing on governance and continuous improvement.
  • Drive automation throughout the data delivery lifecycle, enhancing productivity and reliability.
  • Oversee cloud infrastructure supporting Azure Databricks for secure and optimized performance.
  • Establish governance practices and security measures for data access and compliance.

Benefits

  • Inclusive and collaborative working environment fostering innovation and creativity.
  • Opportunity to work with leaders from top technology companies globally.
  • Continuous learning and professional development support.
  • Competitive total rewards package including performance bonuses and matching programs.
  • Flexible working arrangements supporting work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 267651

Role

The Director, DataOps is a senior technology leadership role accountable for the operational excellence, reliability, security, scalability, and cost efficiency of the Azure Databricks platform and related data operations across Mexico, Caribbean, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay.

This role leads a distributed team responsible for production data pipeline operations, CI/CD enablement, platform onboarding, observability, incident management, governance controls, and continuous improvement of the Lakehouse operating model. The Director will partner closely with Data Engineering, Architecture, Platform Engineering, Cybersecurity, Risk, Compliance, and business stakeholders to ensure Databricks-based data products are delivered safely, reliably, and in alignment with regional priorities and enterprise standards.

What will we expect from you?

Regional Leadership & Team Management
  • Lead, coach, and scale a regional DataOps organization across Mexico, Caribbean, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay, with clear accountability for production operations, engineering discipline, service reliability, and continuous improvement.
  • Define operating objectives, performance expectations, delivery metrics, and talent development plans for engineers, operations leads, and platform support roles.
  • Coordinate priorities across countries, time zones, and partner teams, ensuring transparent execution, consistent standards, and timely escalation of risks, blockers, and service-impacting issues.

DataOps Strategy, Operating Model & Execution
  • Define and implement the DataOps operating model for Azure Databricks, including platform onboarding, environment management, release controls, production support, change management, and operational governance.
  • Drive automation across the data delivery lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, automated testing, deployment gates, code promotion, rollback patterns, and release traceability.
  • Establish and monitor service-level objectives for data pipelines and platform operations, including availability, data freshness, latency, job success rates, incident response, recovery time, and data quality.

Databricks Platform Operations & Reliability
  • Own the operational readiness of Azure Databricks workspaces, clusters, jobs, workflows, notebooks, libraries, secrets, service principals, and production deployment patterns.
  • Partner with Platform Engineering and Architecture to define secure, scalable workspace patterns, environment separation, cluster policies, runtime standards, capacity planning, and platform guardrails.
  • Build a strong observability practice for pipelines and platform services, including monitoring, alerting, logging, operational dashboards, root-cause analysis, and problem management.

Cloud Infrastructure Management
  • Oversee the design, deployment, and optimization of cloud-based data infrastructure supporting Azure Databricks, including secure connectivity, storage integration, workload isolation, and scalable compute patterns.
  • Lead FinOps discipline for Databricks workloads, including cost transparency, tagging, budget controls, rightsizing, auto-termination, utilization reporting, capacity forecasting, and optimization of compute spend.
  • Ensure compliance with enterprise cloud, cybersecurity, privacy, data residency, and regulatory requirements, coordinating with control functions and regional stakeholders as needed.

Governance, Security & Data Controls
  • Define and enforce governance practices for Databricks and lakehouse assets, including Unity Catalog adoption, access management, data lineage, auditability, ownership models, and production data controls.
  • Establish secure operating patterns for service principals, secrets management, privileged access, environment segregation, and production job execution.
  • Partner with Cybersecurity, Risk, Compliance, and Architecture teams to ensure controls are embedded early in the delivery lifecycle and continuously validated through operational reporting.

Stakeholder Engagement & Operational Excellence
  • Serve as the operational owner and escalation point for Databricks DataOps across regional, global, platform, architecture, security, and business stakeholder groups.
  • Communicate operational health, delivery progress, risks, incidents, remediation plans, platform dependencies, and investment needs to senior leadership.
  • Establish executive-ready KPIs and dashboards covering platform adoption, pipeline reliability, SLA performance, data quality, incidents, cost efficiency, onboarding progress, and engineering productivity.

Innovation & Best Practices
  • Stay current with Databricks, Azure, DataOps, DevSecOps, FinOps, observability, and data engineering practices, translating relevant capabilities into practical standards for the organization.
  • Develop reusable playbooks, templates, reference architectures, onboarding guides, runbooks, support models, and engineering standards to accelerate safe and consistent adoption of Databricks.


What You Will Bring to Succeed

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Data Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, or DataOps, including at least 5 years in a leadership role managing distributed technical teams.
  • Proven experience operating enterprise-scale data platforms in production, including incident management, release management, monitoring, SLA/SLO governance, and continuous improvement.
  • Deep hands-on knowledge of Azure Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, Databricks Workflows/Jobs, workspace administration, cluster policies, runtime management, and integration with Azure data services.
  • Strong expertise in CI/CD and DevSecOps for data workloads, including Git-based development, automated testing, deployment pipelines, release gates, code quality controls, and rollback mechanisms.
  • Demonstrated ability to implement security, privacy, compliance, auditability, identity, access, and data governance controls in cloud data environments.
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code, preferably Terraform, and monitoring/observability solutions such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Databricks system tables, or equivalent tools.
  • Relevant certifications preferred, such as Azure Data Engineer Associate, Azure Solutions Architect, Azure DevOps Engineer, Databricks certifications, Terraform Associate, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, SQL, or Scala.
  • Experience leading cost optimization and capacity planning for cloud data platforms, including budget controls, usage analytics, workload placement, and performance tuning.

Success Measures
  • Improved production reliability of Databricks pipelines and reduced recurring incidents.
  • Faster and safer delivery through standardized CI/CD, automated testing, and controlled release practices.
  • Clear operational visibility through dashboards for SLAs, pipeline health, cost, onboarding, incidents, and data quality.
  • Stronger governance posture through consistent access controls, auditability, lineage, and documented ownership.
  • Optimized Databricks consumption through proactive FinOps practices, capacity planning, and workload tuning.

Additional Considerations
  • Experience operating in highly regulated, multi-country, multicultural environments, preferably in financial services or banking.
  • Ability to travel regionally as required.
  • Spanish and English fluency preferred.
  • Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex platforms, risk, and operational topics for senior leadership and non-technical stakeholders.


The Workplace

  • We are technology partners who help the business transform how our employees around the world work
  • We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success!
  • You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
  • We foster an environment of innovation and continuous learning
  • We care about our people, allowing them to design how they work to deliver amazing results
  • We offer a competitive total rewards package, including a performance bonus, company matching programs (on pension & profit sharing), and generous vacation


Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto || Colombia : Bogota : Bogota || Mexico : Ciudad de México : Mexico

About Scotiabank

Scotiabankers are committed to helping individuals, companies, and communities to thrive in a changing world. From personal and business banking, brokerage, and insurance, to private wealth, and the most sophisticated commercial, corporate and institutional services, they serve the diverse needs of some 21 million customers in more than 55 countries. Founded in 1832 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, their growth has always been fuelled by the success of their customers and their longevity secured by an unshakable commitment to carefully and expertly managing risk and capital. That focus on doing what's right for customers—short- andlong-term—has made us a global financial services leader. Headquartered in Canada, they are over 86, 000 Scotiabankers strong. Each of us are committed to being the best at understanding their customers' needs and all of us working together to deliver practical advice and relevant solutions that help their customers become financially better off.

Scotiabank Careers

Join Scotiabank, a premier financial institution, and become part of a diverse and inclusive team that’s leading the way in global banking. At Scotiabank, we offer more than just job opportunities; we provide a platform for professional growth and innovation in the financial services industry.

Work You’ll Do

At Scotiabank, we’re not just filling positions; we’re cultivating leaders. Dive into a workplace where diversity training and leadership development shape the path to your future. Our commitment to professional growth is evident in our robust training programs and continuous learning opportunities that foster innovation and strategic thinking.

Explore a World of Opportunities

Whether you’re looking for a full-time position, an internship, or a leadership role, Scotiabank has a spectrum of opportunities to fit your career ambitions. Our team is composed of individuals who bring a wealth of skills and perspectives to our company, driving us forward with their creativity and strategic insights.

Innovative Work Environment

Scotiabank’s culture is one of collaboration and respect, where each team member’s contribution is valued. Engage in meaningful work that challenges you to leverage your skills and push the boundaries of what’s possible in the banking sector. Our innovative projects not only support the growth of the company but also ensure our position as a leader in the industry.

Benefits and Growth

Choosing a career at Scotiabank means opting for a life of growth and opportunity. Our employees enjoy competitive benefits, including comprehensive health coverage, retirement plans, and flexible working conditions, all designed to support your career and personal life. We believe in nurturing our team’s potential by providing them with the tools they need to succeed both professionally and personally.

Join Our Team

Ready to take the next step in your career? Explore the job opportunities at Scotiabank by searching our open positions that match your skills and interests. We are continuously hiring and looking for passionate, curious, and solution-driven team players.

Networking and Professional Development

Stay connected and advance your career through Scotiabank’s extensive networking opportunities. Participate in events that connect you with other professionals and leaders within the industry. Our career resources will help you prepare your resume, ace your interviews, and land the job that best suits your career goals.

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