{"id":1242907,"url":"https://alion.io/job/rbc-director-devops-regulatory-engineering","title":"Director, DevOps Regulatory Engineering","company":{"id":1757835,"name":"Royal Bank of Canada","domain":"rbc.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/rbc-com","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Phenom","truth_index":null},"role":"DevOps","role_family":"DevOps","seniority":"head","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Toronto, Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":97000,"max_usd":232000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":98},"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"Java","optional":false},{"name":"Platform Engineering","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"SBOM","optional":false},{"name":"Snowflake","optional":false},{"name":"LLM","optional":true},{"name":"SLSA","optional":true},{"name":"SOC 2","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-16T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-16","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26T20:03:09Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":11,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":11},"description":"Job Description\nWhat is the opportunity?\nRBC's DevOps team builds the controls that let thousands of engineers ship software into a regulated bank. As Director, DevOps Regulatory Engineering, you'll lead the engineering team that translates regulatory and security expectations into controls in the delivery pipeline, generates the audit evidence that proves those controls work, and manages risk across our software supply chain. You'll be the DevOps counterpart to Application Security and the point of contact for Technology Risk, Group Risk, Internal Audit and regulatory teams when they need to know how software gets built at RBC. This is an engineering leadership role, not a policy role: your team writes the code, and you use AI coding agents daily yourself.\nWhat will you do?\nLead and grow the team\nManage, coach and develop a team of engineers, with clear accountabilities and growth paths for each person\nBuild a team culture where AI agents are part of everyday engineering, with the checks in place to trust what they produce\nPrioritize a mix of engineering delivery, risk requests and audit work against the team's capacity\nEngineer pipeline controls and evidence\nTranslate regulatory, risk and security requirements into automated controls in CI/CD and developer tooling\nDesign the automated generation of audit evidence so controls prove themselves without manual collection\nDefine requirements and evidence standards where other platform teams own the implementation, and verify what they build\nSecure the software supply chain\nOwn the roadmap for software supply chain risk: dependency and artifact management, SBOM generation, provenance and integrity, and vulnerability response in the pipeline\nPartner with Application Security on tooling, scanning coverage and remediation workflows\nWork with vendors when required to close gaps in supply chain tooling and services\nManage regulatory and audit engagement\nLead responses to Internal Audit, Technology Risk and regulatory requests concerning the software development lifecycle\nHandle control exceptions and remediation plans, and track findings through to closure\nMaintain the mapping between regulatory expectations and the controls in place, and know where the gaps are\nApply AI to the work\nUse AI coding agents in building controls, evidence tooling and remediation automation, and set the standard for how the team uses them\nAssess the risk and control implications of AI-assisted development for the bank's SDLC\nWhat do you need to succeed\nMust Have\nMinimum 10+ years in software development or platform engineering, with 3+ years in director-level or equivalent leadership roles\nPeople management experience leading software or platform engineers, with a record of coaching and growing individuals\nDaily hands-on use of AI coding agents in your own work, and the ability to discuss in detail how you use them, where they fail and how you verify their output\nStrong engineering background in CI/CD, DevOps tooling and cloud platforms, with hands-on experience in Java and Python\nSome data engineering experience: building pipelines and working with data platforms such as Snowflake\nExperience with software supply chain security: dependency management, artifact repositories, SBOMs, signing and provenance, and vulnerability management\nExperience working with application security, technology risk or audit functions, including responding to audits and findings\nAbility to read a regulatory or risk requirement, turn it into a technical control, and explain the control back to a non-engineer\nNice to have\nFamiliarity with OSFI B-13, NIST SSDF, SLSA, SOC 2 or similar frameworks\nShipped an LLM-based capability into production\nLed AI adoption across an engineering team and measured its results\nAbility to reason about model cost and quality trade-offs when applying LLMs to controls or evidence work\nExperience managing vendor relationships for security or supply chain tooling\nExperience working in a large regulated organization, such as a bank\nWhat’s in it for you?\nWe thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.\nA comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable\n\nLeaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities\n\nAbility to make a difference and lasting impact\n\nWork in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team\n\nFlexible work/life balance options\n\nJob Skills\nApplication Development, Application Maintenance, Applications Architecture, Commercial Acumen, Enterprise Application Delivery, Information Technology Management, Information Technology Trends, Programming Languages, System ApplicationsAdditional Job Details\nAddress:\nRBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTOCity:\nTorontoCountry:\nCanadaWork hours/week:\n37.5Employment Type:\nFull timePlatform:\nTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSJob Type:\nRegularPay Type:\nSalariedPosted Date:\n2026-09-10Application Deadline:\n2026-09-28Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above\nOur Employment Opportunities\nAt RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.\nJoin our Talent Community\nStay in-the-know about great career opportunities at RBC. Sign up and get customized info on our latest jobs, career tips and Recruitment events that matter to you.\nExpand your limits and create a new future together at RBC. Find out how we use our passion and drive to enhance the well-being of our clients and communities at jobs.rbc.com.\nRBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. 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