New Job Technical Lead In Ontario

Requisition ID: 180519

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

Scotiabank is embarking on a major initiative to modernize end to end Payments technology and processes. The result of the modernization program will enable the bank to offer enrich information and transparencies to support the rapidly evolving payments community. The technical lead will be working with a group or talented technology professional to design build and support mission critical applications. This role will require candidate to be highly technical while keep up with business & operational architectures. This role provides opportunity to become subject matter expert in the highly demanded Swift Payments environment, and room to continuously grow influences and responsibilities within a fast-growing domain

Do you think this is the right place for me?

• Fosters a culture that prioritizes customers to enhance client connections and leverage their wide network relationships, systems, and expertise.
• Develop and advance extensive knowledge of the SRE discipline and practices in the engineering sector.'
• Identify support applications and provide necessary adjustments.'
• Optimise the utilization of the monitoring tool stack in a distributed and semi-scalable environment, optimising for actionable alerts, process enhancements to minimise recovery time, and provide advanced analysis tools. All while preserving high levels of automation and convenience.
• Challenge the existing conditions and identify ways to make the most of a developing large complex environment." [ii]
• Direct outage recovery and call problem escalation efforts beyond just fixing code in a presentation layer and integration layer, with additional infrastructure level investigation. Additionally, there may be support for the management of resources as needed.
• Construct automation solutions and/or acquire solutions to optimize manual operations.
• Extensive technical knowledge is used to design and implement technology solutions, either centrally or locally.
• Convert operational issues into reusable end-to-end solutions, facilitate technical setup, and support deployment across the company.
• Build globally applicable, reusable solutions that will serve all BBS business segments across various geographical areas.*
• Engage in proactive collaboration with business line representatives to enhance technology solutions that align with company strategy.
• Keep on top of constantly evolving technological developments by incorporating innovative concepts and cutting-edge technology into solution design and team discussions.
• Communicate all concepts and guidelines to the development team in a clear and concise manner.
• Manage the development team's progress to maintain a proper alignment with the original design.'
• Tutor and mentor developers and engineers in technical skills.'
• Confirm all necessary requirements for software quality, security and extensibility. This includes code editing capabilities.
• Gain insights into how the bank's risk culture and risk appetite are reflected in daily operations and decisions.
• Based on Scotiabank's Values, Code of Conduct, and Global Sales Principle - to ensure the effective execution of each area while also completing daily business processes necessary to meet operational, compliance/AML/sanctions/risk and conduct risks.
• Fosters a productive work environment and encourages teamwork. Additionally, it provides a healthy work environment.

What is your level of expertise and what makes you confident in this role? Please explain.

• With over 5 years of experience in leading operations or leading a team of Reliability Engineering specialists. Providing information.
• Developed expertise in building and managing large-scale systems that handle significant amounts of data and events.
• Experience in constructing and managing scalable systems.'
• Knowledge of the most effective software development and security protocols.

• Develop and manage the operational aspects of the engineering team and support their development both technically and professionally.
• The candidate must have knowledge of financial architecture for financial payments processing. Additionally, the candidate must be aware of the architecture for financial transactions.
• Manage, motivate, instruct, and stimulate the team to adopt contemporary engineering methods that enable them to consistently provide top-notch services.
• Working with other teams at Scotia Digital to ensure we are providing the best possible support to our customers.
• Support production for customers' issues and actively work toward enhancing operational efficiency.'
• Handle technical tasks and provide guidance, including system/design and code support; ultimately take care of the health of applications and systems which we are supporting.".
• It is easier to use with Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, and Git.
• Knowledge of the Agile development method.
• Proven track record of transforming ideas into technical reality, and connecting technology to business concerns.'
• Good understanding of software and application design as well as architecture.
• Understanding of workflow design methods, API deployment techniques, and cloud development methodologies.
• Awareness and understanding of software quality assurance principles.
• Highly technical and detail-oriented individuals.'"
• Highly effective communication skills and the capacity to influence decision making among all stakeholders.
• Exceptional organizational abilities and proficiency in managing multiple challenging assignments.
• 'Productivity or functionality knowledge of the applications we operate.'
• Regulatory or compliance knowledge.

What's in it for you?

• Our team atmosphere is inclusive, collaborative, and conducive to innovation; we value collaboration; our success is celebrated!"
• This location is not governed by dress codes; individuals must feel comfortable with their surroundings.
• Our team provides you with the necessary technology and tools to create meaningful consumer experiences.
• A cafeteria is available for use during your workday.'
• We have a competitive total rewards package including base salary, performance bonus, company match programs (recruitment and pension sharing), generous vacation entitlements, sick days, personal development funding, maternity leave top-up, parental leave.
• Thousands of courses are accessible online and in-person, giving you the chance to improve your existing skills or broaden your knowledge.

Work conditions: Hybrid

This hybrid working model will evolve around the self-organized team concept, whereby the entire team will use their office space to collaborate, designs are developed and change management discussions take place as needed while also being able to work from home most of the time.

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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. 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.