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The Data Platforms team within the AI & Emerging Technology organization is looking for a hands-on Solutions Architect to join our transformational team with a focus on enabling data analytics, data governance/management, and business intelligences capabilities. The successful candidate will work with partner teams to understand their data, analytics, reporting, and data sciences needs, determine the capabilities required to enable and then materialize into roadmaps, functional designs, and systems for Data Products. The ideal candidate understands how the needs of our business partners translate into capabilities enabled by cloud technologies and will then be able to prototype and build cloud-based solutions that also integrate with on-premises systems.

In this role, you'll:

• Enable successful business outcomes across the Data Technology solution stack with a special focus on designing and helping partner groups build production capabilities and reduce technical debt/risks

• Provide technical solution leadership, designing for sustainable solutions and repeatable patterns across Data, Data Analytics, Data Reporting, Data Sciences, and Data Movement technologies which align with business capabilities

• Have a hands-on approach spanning across design, build, and productionizing solutions

• Be a trusted advisor and cloud adoption advocate by providing specialized advice on cloud migration of existing on-premises solutions, applications, and data

• Create and delivering solution communication packages to all levels of stakeholders up to and including the senior leadership team

• Perform code and infrastructure reviews to diagnose issues and provide resolutions

What you bring

• A continuous learning mindset with customer focus and the ability to prioritize work

• A self-motivated, agile, and innovative team member, who can manage in an environment of change and ambiguity

• Solid understanding and practical experience with fundamental data systems architecture including, but not limited to various database types, data engineering, data movement, data visualizations, Lakehouse architecture, Data Reporting technologies, ETL/ELT, data governance technologies, CICD, and code/model management

• 5+ years of design and hands-on experience in Data Platforms, Analytics, Integration technologies (end-to-end stack) and Database technologies

• Broad knowledge across foundational technology domains including security, infrastructure, and networking

• Deep knowledge of and experience working with ADLS Gen2, Databricks, Data Factory, and Synapse

• 2+ years of experience working in a Cloud environment (Azure preferred)

• 2+ years working in an Agile delivery environment (SAFe preferred)

• Working experience in Tibco Stack (all components), IBM Stack, Kafka/Pulsar and Event driven/Event stream architecture

• Have lived through at least 1 migration of on-premises systems to the Cloud or Hybrid implementation

• Experience with Infrastructure as code tools such as Ansible, Terraform or CloudFormation (preferably Terraform)

• An inquisitive mindset with forward thinking to come up with innovative solutions to technical problems

• Story telling skills, while being a patient listener to communicate effectively with the stakeholders

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field is preferred

• Certification in one or more of the following technology subject areas is preferred: Cloud, Database, Data, Business Intelligence, Data Science/ML/AI

We value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.

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• Data Entry - Obtain from various sources such as design drawings, emails, excel documents etc and enter dates, scope, descriptions, costs, quantities etc. into various Program Management Tracking Tools (Master Trackers)
• Create complex formulas in Excel to facilitate the management and update of Tracking Tools, Budget Estimates, Spend Projections, RFQ Evaluations, Reporting and other documents as requested.
• Identifies opportunities to maximize data usage, applying modeling and optimization methods to develop new strategies and improve Program Management Tools.
• Identifies and troubleshoots any issues or anomalies related to various Program Management Tracking Tools and Reports.
• Responsible for ensuring Program Management Tracking Tools, graphs, pivots and other documents are functional, updated, relevant, customized and available for team use ongoingly.
• With inputs from the Program Management Team, defines data requirements and gathers and validates information, using judgment and statistical tests.
• Develops data structures and pipelines to organize, collect, cleanse, and standardize data in order to generate insights and addresses reporting needs

Administration & Coordination

• Performs administrative and coordination activities throughout the Program Life cycle such as requesting and preparing documents for quotes, PO’s, lien searches, Form 9s, invoices etc. Reviews information obtained, identifies issues, proposes solutions, and works with various stakeholders to rectify.
• Performs other administrative and coordination activities as requested by the Program Management Team.
• Uploads, files, names and organizes documents and information to various company and client systems.
• Works with Program Management Team to identify, document and implement process improvements.
• Prepare & issue client Project Notifications via email

• Data Entry - Obtain from various sources such as design drawings, emails, excel documents etc and enter dates, scope, descriptions, costs, quantities etc. into various Program Management Tracking Tools (Master Trackers)
• Create complex formulas in Excel to facilitate the management and update of Tracking Tools, Budget Estimates, Spend Projections, RFQ Evaluations, Reporting and other documents as requested.
• Identifies opportunities to maximize data usage, applying modeling and optimization methods to develop new strategies and improve Program Management Tools.
• Identifies and troubleshoots any issues or anomalies related to various Program Management Tracking Tools and Reports.
• Responsible for ensuring Program Management Tracking Tools, graphs, pivots and other documents are functional, updated, relevant, customized and available for team use ongoingly.
• With inputs from the Program Management Team, defines data requirements and gathers and validates information, using judgment and statistical tests.
• Develops data structures and pipelines to organize, collect, cleanse, and standardize data in order to generate insights and addresses reporting needs

Administration & Coordination

• Performs administrative and coordination activities throughout the Program Life cycle such as requesting and preparing documents for quotes, PO’s, lien searches, Form 9s, invoices etc. Reviews information obtained, identifies issues, proposes solutions, and works with various stakeholders to rectify.
• Performs other administrative and coordination activities as requested by the Program Management Team.
• Uploads, files, names and organizes documents and information to various company and client systems.
• Works with Program Management Team to identify, document and implement process improvements.
• Prepare & issue client Project Notifications via email

We are looking for someone armed with a strong tool-kit to develop and maintain technical solutions that adhere to engineering and architectural design principles while meeting business requirements. You’ll also provide technical expertise with a focus on efficiency, reliability, scalability, and security includes planning, evaluating, recommending, designing, operationalizing, and supporting solutions in compliance with enterprise and industry standards. Sitting in this position will help expand your knowledge, strengthen your expertise and introduce you to the inner workings of our business alongside a team of seasoned, diversely-skilled technology professionals. The ideal candidate is willing, and able to research, maintain, configure, administer, and provision data platforms, infrastructure, applications, and services across our platforms.

• Perform systems administration: monitor, configure, back-up, authenticate, tune, maintain, monitor applications, services, and systems.
• Identify issues, develop, and maintain processes that address and resolve them, (and be sure to communicate/alert stakeholders as needed).
• Apply and share technical expertise during incident management life cycle (e.g. analyzes reports and outages, perform impact assessments, facilitate stakeholder communication).
• Apply your deep technology expertise to ensure that all areas across the organization that touch various technologies have the necessary tools, processes, and documentation they need to operate effectively.
• Partner with Operations to automatically integrate with appropriate tools and processes as part of automated/self-serve application, platform, or infrastructure releases.
• Apply an in-depth understanding of relevant business needs and work with technology partners to identify and leverage synergies across the various areas.
• Design, implement and maintain an automated build and install/deploy process; develop and maintain build scripts of projects and/or products.
• Evaluate and recommend optimal technology solutions within business technology architecture; collect environment requirements for infrastructure implementation by analyzing the current system environment, using technical tools and utilities.
• Integrate technical solutions within the business environment, recognizing system interdependencies and reusability, and ensuring seamless delivery.
• Perform Release Engineering functions for either cloud or non-cloud services, products and platforms
• Ensure effective change management (using ServiceNow).
• Give specialized support (like research, installation, configuration, L3 support) and meets or exceeds established standards/service levels, while minimizing operational risk.
• Design, review, integrate infrastructure and application requirements (non-functional, security, integration, performance, quality, operations etc.).
• Build/deploy base infrastructure components (e.g. Azure capabilities including Virtual Machines, ASE, AKS, Blob storage, geo-replication, etc.) and application services for all environments. Help evolve the base infrastructure and operational environment, deploy new technologies in Azure and other cloud providers.
• Maintain base infrastructure components, work with vendors (Azure) to report problems, and receive fixes.
• Implement Continuous Planning, Development, Integration, Deployment, Testing, Delivery & Monitoring, and Feedback
• Use metrics to monitor environment performance, pinpoint ways to boost performance and resource utilization.
• Be aware of and follow necessary processes/standards, business technology architecture, risk and production capacity guidelines.
• Create and document disaster and business recovery plans and procedures.
• Gain knowledge of TD services, applications, infrastructure, analytical tools and techniques, industry trends.

Job Requirements

Looking for an individual with a strong engineering mindset, sense of ownership - strong organizational, follow-up and priority-setting skills to handle highly-complex and multi-faceted assignments and to work independently

• Undergraduate Degree or Technical Certificate
• 6-10 years relevant experience
• Appetite for contributing within a complex and critical environment
• Expert knowledge of specific domain or range of engineering frameworks, development, technology, tools, processes, and procedures, as well as organizational issues. Experience as a primary subject matter expert in multiple areas and a consultant on all aspects of technology and solutions
• Advanced and extensive knowledge of technical environment, standards, processes, procedures, operating systems, networks, design activities, best practices
• Strong experience working on Linux based and/or Windows infrastructure
• Experience deploying, managing and operating complex applications in a Cloud environment e.g. Azure
• Understanding of Python and/or Java or other modern programming languages and the ability to code for automation
• Understanding of critical concepts in CI, CD, CM and Agile principles
• Readiness and motivation (as senior or lead developer and valued subject matter expert) to address and resolve highly complex and multifaceted development-related issues, often independently.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• Experience in infrastructure, services and application monitoring and logging
• Configuring and managing big data technologies / databases and understanding of various approaches to data storage and indexing is an asset

Additional Information

Join in on what others in TD Technology Solutions are doing:

• Inspire a positive work environment and help champion quality, innovation, teamwork and service to the business.
• Learn voraciously, stretch your thinking, share your knowledge and educate others.
• Communicate and collaborate with both technical and non-technical professionals.
• Cultivate winning relationships by building trust with business and technology partners.
• Share our commitment to productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency.
• Embrace change and witness amazing things happen – from the inside.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, develop, and maintain our experimentation platform using Python, Java.
• Integrate and manage feature flags and experimentation workflows using Eppo and LaunchDarkly.
• Develop and maintain APIs to facilitate seamless integration between the experimentation platform and other systems.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and data scientists, to understand experimentation needs and deliver solutions.
• Collaborate with the ML and Analytics teams to implement data-driven experiments and analyze results.
• Ensure the scalability, performance, and reliability of the experimentation platform.
• Document development processes, and technical specifications of experimentation platform, communicating effectively with stakeholders, team members, and collaborators.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong proficiency in programming languages Python, Java.
• Proven experience in designing and developing APIs using Python web frameworks (e.g., Flask, Django, FastAPI, Sanic).
• Knowledge on LaunchDarkly or similar feature management platforms.
• Knowledge on Eppo or similar experimentation platforms
• Experience in AWS cloud computing platform.
• Familiarity with data, analytics and ML concepts.
• Capability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, adapting to changing priorities and requirements.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS        

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ professional software development experience.
• 3+ years of work experience in AWS cloud stack
• Experience in container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience in Data/ML Engineering will be beneficial.

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You’ll be joining CIBC’s Cybersecurity, Third-Party & Resilience team. You’ll be on the front lines of building the future of information security at CIBC. As a Consultant, Information Security, you’ll assess projects for security risks and present recommendations that allow the business to make informed conclusions. You’ll provide insight and support to assemble policies and procedures that safeguard our clients, enhance risk management, and enable our success. 

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote

How you'll succeed

• Security assessments – Leverage your expertise in Information Security Management to prepare and conduct assessments for both planned initiatives and unplanned instances. Perform clear and thorough threat and vulnerability scans of internal and external devices. Use your knowledge of processes, tools, techniques, and practices for assuring consistency to standards associated with accessing, altering, and protecting organizational data.

• Risk reviews – Examine and interpret requirement documents and architecture diagrams. Collaborate with senior leaders and make informed, risk-based recommendations to enhance information system security. Weigh business needs against security concerns to help guide the business to make practical and informed risk choices.

• Governance support – Proactively contribute to governance initiatives, providing technical and business advice, as well as insight on management processes. Contribute to the development of governance and risk-related company policies.

Who you are

• You know that details matter. You notice things that others don't. Your critical thinking skills help to inform your decision making.

• You give meaning to data. You enjoy investigating complex problems and making sense of information. You communicate detailed information in a meaningful way.

• You’re digitally savvy. You seek out innovative solutions and embrace evolving technologies. You can easily adapt to new tools and trends.

• You have a degree/diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. You have at least five years of experience as an Information Security Consultant or a similar role.

• You’re a certified professional. It’s an asset if you have your CISSP, CIA, or CISM designation.

• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.

• We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program*, defined benefit pension plan*, an employee share purchase plan, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.

• Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.

• We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.

*Subject to plan and program terms and conditions

What you need to know

• CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact [email protected]

• You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit.

• We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills tests (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency, MS Office). Our goal for the application process is to get to know more about you, all that you have to offer, and give you the opportunity to learn more about us.

Job Location

Toronto-81 Bay, 17th Floor

Employment Type

Regular

Weekly Hours

37.5

Skills

Information Security, Risk Assessments, Security Technologies, System Security

GBME is searching for Software Engineers who are continuous learners and are eager to boost capabilities of capital markets products and analytics platforms.

The successful candidate will have a strong technical and engineering mindset.  You will work closely with business teams and cross functional engineering leaders to develop and implement market leading solutions for the various projects within GBME.  

About the Job 

Do you thrive when faced with challenges? Like using fresh technologies to solve problems? Looking to work in various projects across the organization, collaborating with great teams and inspiring leaders? Then this is the right team for you!  In this exciting role, you’ll apply your analytical skills to design and develop applications that deliver excellence, effectiveness, and value to our business partners and customers.

In partnership with peer engineers, business partners, and the various GBME teams, you will:

• Work closely with end users, and business teams to understand business needs, conduct gap analysis and requirements assessments as needed
• Partner with Architecture on the design and integration
• Deliver and enhance new and current solutions and applications
• Be involved in the full life cycle of a project, responsible for producing actionable and complete specifications, writing production quality code, and implementation
• Design, deliver and implement a database schema
• Design test sets and automate where possible, including functional and non functional testing, regression testing as well as performance testing
• Write deployment scripts and leverage tools such as the Accelerator pipeline to promote code.
• Support the solution in production
• Improve the end user experience by finding scalable solutions and addressing complex ad hoc queries.
• Effectively communicate with technical and non-technical audiences
• Able to work with and refactor legacy code (as needed).
• Coach and train end users (as needed). 
• Participate and run SCRUM Meetings (as needed).

You are passionate about developing applications that are reusable, efficient, and scalable, working in an innovated cross functional team environment.

Technical Qualifications

• Experience with 2 or more modern development languages (Python, Java, etc.)
• 4+ years’ experience developing, deploying, and maintaining large scale applications with complex integration.
• Recent experience with relational and non relational databases.
• 2 + years’ experience reading, writing, and running SQL scripts.
• Experience working in an Agile environment, with experience and understanding of Test-Driven Development methodology.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or relevant experience.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Work as a contributing member of a team.
• Values quality, while still managing expectations and deliverables.
• Open to ideas and gives and receives feedback well.
• Wants to understand financial market.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with some automated deployment. 
• Understanding of networking protocols.
• Understanding of security principles.

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 everyone 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. 
• Remote-friendly work environment will provide you with the flexibility to perform at your best. 
• 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.
• 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, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more! 

Contributes to the overall success of the Retail Customer Platform Technology applications ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed and delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

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

• Champion a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.

• You will provide system analysis, object-oriented design / programming, technical documentation, and support for existing and new applications and systems.

• You will provide recommendations on best practices and enhancements that are in line with the bank’s technology road map.

• You will work with project team to refine technical requirements and provide technical design and guidance based on industry best practices.

• You will perform coding, unit testing, debugging, documenting, and implementing of applications and scripts.

• You will participate in estimation and planning of development efforts required for various projects and enhancements.

• You will maintain, support, and enhance existing applications.

• You will participate in regular code reviews for release activities.

• You will lead the implementation efforts for implementations of code to non-production and production environments.

• You will participate in production issue analysis and perform root cause analysis for production issues and implementation issues.

• You will assist the product owners and business analysts in discovering the current system behavior and provide recommendations on improving the current system.

• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.

• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk. 

• Champion a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline is preferred.

• You have at least 3-5 years of technical working experience in systems analysis, design, development, unit testing, and debugging.

• Must have technical working experience with Core Java (Version 8 or higher)/Java

• Proficient in SQL & relational databases.

• Knowledge or experience in the use of GIT, Gradle, Jira, Confluence or a similar tool(s) for building Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

• Technical working experience in an agile environment.

• Working experience with Spring Boot, Spring Security and Spring Data Repositories, Spring Batch. At least one. Spring framework works.

• Technical working knowledge of Web Services, SOAP/REST, STS Spring Tools, or Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

• Knowledge of SSL and setup of secure handshake between applications. It could be implicit. Technical knowledge of Microsoft Azure Cloud/Google Cloud and Splunk

Nice to Have:

• Oracle Certified Java Developer certification.

• Technical Knowledge of event driven architecture (Kafka, Kafka connectors, Kafka brokers).

• 2-3 years of working experience in the banking/financial services industry.

• Working knowledge of SoapUI.

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.

• 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, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Work arrangements: Hybrid

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We are looking for a Senior Software Developer to join our micro services team in Scotia Digital to help us build the next generation micro Services for Scotiabank. This is an exciting opportunity to start with us on a challenging journey building and maintaining micro services for the Mobile app and the website.

As a Senior Software Developer of the team, you will participate in all aspects of the software delivery life cycle of the services. You will guide your teammates to deliver their projects when needed. You will not only get the opportunity to work on more complex work, but also get an opportunity to work on new research and development projects.

If you are an experienced software engineer with a strong developer-focused mindset, keen interest in microservices and security, and thrive in a fast-moving environment - this is the position for you!

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

• Lead development activities as the senior member of the scrum team, planning and executing to meet sprint objectives as well as program/project milestones.
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices.
• Gather and refine specifications and requirements based on technical needs.
• Collaborate with the Scrum team to plan milestones, successfully execute software delivery, and escalate issues as needed.
• Ensure that requirements are clearly, accurately, and thoroughly documented and understood either for system changes and/or process changes and that there is value and consistency added to the customer experience by:
• Providing contribution to design/review process
• Monitoring/reviewing design during development phase.
• Ensure the timely and accurate completion of projects through:
• Production/Input to an overall Project Plan, strategy, and implementation
• Procedural documents completed to support user (guidelines, job aids. etc.)
• Input provided to preparation and execution of testing.
• Conducting post implementation measurement review of projects.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Champions a high performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

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

• University or College Degree in Computer Science
• 6+ year experience of developing enterprise, cloud native, message driven, test driven, reactive, containerized applications.
• Previous exposure to the banking industry/financial services is preferred
• MS Azure, Kubernetes, Java 8, Springboot framework, Junit frameworks, Maven, Gradle, noSQL database, Docker, Velocity, CI-CD Pipeline
• version control tools, like Git, SVN, Bitbucket
• well-rounded knowledge of Agile principles and the flexibility to adapt your experience to new and evolving environments
• Familiar with software security tools like BlackDuck, Fortify and SonarQube
• well-rounded knowledge different JAVA based framework/libs, such as Spring Boot, Spring Security, JDBC, Junit, Apache-Camel, Azure SDK
• Strong knowledge of network communications, security protocols and trouble shooting
• Hands on experience in developing applications with KAFKA, ActiveMQ/Azure Service Bus, RDBMS, NoSQL, Redis
• Strong knowledge of programming languages: Java 8+, Shell Script, XML, YAML, JSON, SQL, Apache Velocity, Apache Groovy
• Strong hands-on programming skills with popular developer utility tool suites like Eclipse/STS, JIRA/Bitbucket/Confluence, Git, Gradle/Maven
• You have competency to lead team members with differing opinions and levels of experience.
• You can map and execute short- and long-term plans for the team.
• You love what you do but you are seeking a more challenging environment.

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.
• 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, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Work arrangements: Hybrid

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Our I&IT department is looking for a Network Architect to join the team. This role provides architectural and engineering leadership in Network Infrastructure by envisioning capabilities, creating business cases, architectural roadmaps and detailed designs aligned with Metrolinx Enterprise strategy in collaboration with Enterprise architecture and other stakeholders.

What will I be doing?

• Collaborates with Enterprise Architecture, Product Managers and other stakeholders to conduct needs assessments, identify future capabilities, and develop future state Network Infrastructure architecture with roadmaps.
• Develops and documents business case for identified needs, proposed roadmaps and future state Network infrastructure.
• Assists with translating Network Infrastructure roadmaps into a portfolio of programs, projects, enhancement and other initiatives to achieve the Network Infrastructure future state.
• Map business needs into related Network Infrastructure technology requirements.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to identify and roadmap business improvements.
• Collaborates with Enterprise architecture and other stakeholders to design Metrolinx Enterprise Network Infrastructure framework and reference architecture.
• Collaborates with Network Engineering Specialist and other stakeholders to create and maintain Network Infrastructure architecture and detailed designs (conceptual, logical, integration and physical).
• Defines Network Infrastructure standards and principles in collaboration with Enterprise Architecture and other stakeholders.
• Creates detailed integration architectures for integrating new systems architecture into existing Network Infrastructure architecture.
• Ensures automation is designed and built into the Network Infrastructure solutions.
• Collaborates with I&IT teams from networking, computing, storage and development to develop high value-engineered Network Infrastructure solutions.
• Supports project teams, operations and other stakeholders with expertise to develop, build, maintain and operate Network Infrastructure.
• Provides hands-on troubleshooting to support I&IT teams as required. 
• Communicates and provides support to both internal and external clients to enhance and achieve organizational goals
• Liaises with internal departments regarding operational issues or improvements, and provides subject matter expertise to management team on as required 

What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?

• Completion of a degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline
• Demonstrated related experience contributing to the success of midsize-to-large initiatives with above average levels of complexity and business criticality.
• Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) or higher is required
• Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE) is an asset 
• Agile Certification (Agile Certified Professional, Certified Scrum Product Owner) is an asset
• Public Cloud Certification (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) is an asset
• TOGAF Certification is an asset
• Experience with routing – EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, redistribution, summarization, etc. 
• Experience with switching – VLAN, STP, port aggregation, etc.
• Experience with multicasting – IGMP, PIM, etc. 
• Experience with QoS – policing, shaping, etc.
• Experience with Infrastructure services – NAC, IDS/IPS, PKI, firewall, proxy, DHCP, DNS, IPAM, etc.
• Experience with Cloud IaaS and PaaS (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud)
• Experience with virtualization such as Hyper-V, VMWare, OVM and KVM
• Experience with containerization such as Kubernetes and Docker 
• Experience with load balancers such as local traffic manager and global traffic manager
• Experience with Cisco products – Catalyst, Nexus, ACI, Prime, ASA, UC, UCCE, WLC, WAP, etc.
• Experience with wireless networks such as controllers and access points
• Experience with VPN – site-to-site, remote access, etc. 
• Experience with mobile networks – LTE, 5G, etc. 
• Experience with WAN (MPLS, SD-WAN) and LAN
• Experience with network automation – NFV, SDN, etc. 
• Experience with telecommunications systems – VoIP, Video Conferencing, Public Announcement, etc.
• Experience with Cloud networking such as overlay networking and Azure Express Route, vNET
• Practical knowledge of architectural framework such as TOGAF
• Knowledge and proficiency with multiple Agile Lifecycle Management tools (i.e. JIRA, Confluence, etc.).
• Experience collaborating with and leading teams working in Lean-Agile delivery methods. 
• Experience leading teams designing, architecting, delivering and supporting network infrastructure in complex and critical environments.
• Experience with security and compliance (zero-trust, PCI-DSS, operational technology, edge, etc.)
• Experience designing, architecting, delivering and supporting network infrastructure with high availability and disaster recovery capabilities that meet business continuity requirements.   
• Comfortable working with remote team members.
• Well versed in IT and business strategy with specific experience to develop plans and drive solutions towards stated business strategy and goals.
• Experience envisioning innovations aligned to business goals and success advocating the execution. 
• Experience working with teams in alternative IT sourcing (e.g. contract staff, outsourced project delivery, the broker model, cloud services, IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing).
• Familiar with current and emerging networking technologies
• Leadership, problem-solving, interpersonal, and oral/written/presentation skills
• Experience with ITIL process – problem management, incident management, change management, etc. 
• Ability to measure and communicate performance management to key stakeholders

Specific Accountabilities:

• Support the Manager, CIP Compliance Sustainment in effectively designing and developing strategies consistent with Hydro One positions related to standards and compliance requirements.
• Support the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Senior Manager and/or Delegate in the successful sustainment of compliance to NERC CIP standards.
• Oversee compliance sustainment and continuous improvement efforts associated with Hydro One’s NERC CIP compliance program.  Review NERC CIP related security incidents for systemic problems and opportunities for process improvements.
• Support the Governance Delegates (GDs), Execution Delegates (EDs) and Process Owners (POs) accountable for the CIP standards/processes within the Hydro One Internal Compliance Program (ICP).
• Advise the GDs on areas to focus when new changes are introduced to the NERC CIP standards.  Coordinate with GDs/POs to help facilitate institutionalizing CIP compliance into Hydro One work processes.
• Advise GD and ED in creation of non-compliance reports and remediation planning.
• Provide oversight and ensure that an overall CIP process metrics dashboard is established with input from all stakeholders and is maintained in accordance with the reporting cycles. 
• Advise GDs/EDs in creation of non-compliance reports and remediation planning.
• Ensure that the CIP Process Architecture is maintained and kept current.
• Assist CIP GDs/POs with updating high impact or high complexity processes based on specific improvement or remediation efforts. 
• Assist CIP GDs/POs in identifying and rolling out complex key changes in support of specific improvement or remediation efforts.
• Provide governance support to Process Owners in respect to escalating issues and concerns as well as formalizing support requests to create formalized projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Perform preliminary reviews of Physical Security Plans, Cyber Security Policies and Technical Feasibility Exceptions related to CIP Standards and other related policies on an annual basis and report out to Manager.
• Provide advice and deliver training and other communications to internal stakeholders, corporate and operations staff to assist in their understanding of security compliance processes.  This may include websites, toolkits, seminars and other employee engagement tools.
• Collaborate with Reliability Standards Readiness and Strategy to provide direction to CIP GDs/POs.  Support Reliability Compliance Assurance’s evidence audit operations and actioning of audit results
• Enforce compliance with IT Security Policies and Standards across the enterprise using the compliance tracking framework.
• Coordinate compliance enforcement activities with outsource service providers.
• Develop and present management compliance reports to various stakeholders.
• Engage and manage third parties to perform compliance exercises as necessary.
• Participate in development and maintenance of IT Security Policies and Standards.
• Manage compliance remediation activities.
• Manage and motivate staff and contractors in projects.

Selection Criteria:

• The candidate is expected to have demonstrated capability in the following areas:
• University degree or related studies, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years experience in IT Security.
• 5+ years relevant experience in a senior Information Security or IT Security role.
• Demonstrated understanding of relevant standards and regulatory requirements (NERC CIP, Bill C-198, PCI, PIPEDA, etc.).
• Relevant experience in IT security governance with the capacity to enforce standards and liaise with stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to lead and work in a multi-team environment and drive completion of deliverables.
• Ability to assess enterprise risk with proper recommendation on mitigation.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and manage priorities.
• Good communications skills with the ability to work/liaise effectively with business, IT stakeholders, and vendor representatives.
• Relevant experience in utility sector is preferred.
• Ability to apply discretion when dealing with confidential information.

Deadline: Monday, September 23rd, 2024