Mainframe Developer

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Rewards program

Upskilling opportunities

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Toronto is seeking a Software Engineer to contribute to the Pricing and Rates applications. The successful candidate will have 5-8 years of experience in systems analysis and development, with strong skills in Cobol and agile methodologies. This role involves coding, debugging, and supporting applications, ensuring a compliance-focused approach while fostering an inclusive work environment. Competitive rewards and opportunities for professional growth are provided from day one.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of technical work experience in systems analysis, design, development, unit testing, and debugging.
• In-depth knowledge of SDLC methodology.
• Experience in the banking industry is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the success of Pricing and Rates applications.
• Perform coding, unit testing, debugging, and documentation.
• Lead production issue analysis and root cause analysis.

Skills

Systems analysis

Agile methodologies

Mainframe development

Communication skills

Shell scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline

Tools

Cobol

JCL

DB2

GIT

JIRA

Job description

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Requisition ID: 252638

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

Contributes to the overall success of the Pricing and Rates applications within the Deposits Domain of Canadian Banking Engineering. You will ensure 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. To support the vision, we are seeking a Software Engineer who will play an important part in the team and help the team achieve the desired goals by contributing technically and analytically to meet the needs of our partners and help find a solution to the issues our customers face.

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

• You will provide system analysis, design / programming, technical documentation, and support for existing and new applications and systems.
• You will work with project team to refine technical requirements and build the technical design and guidance based on the bank’s enterprise architecture standards.
• You will perform coding, unit testing, debugging, documenting, and implementing applications and scripts.
• You will create estimates 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 work on the implementation of code to non-production and production environments.
• You will take a lead role in production issue analysis and perform root cause analysis for production issues and implementation issues.
• You will provide recommendations on best practices and enhancements that are in line with the bank’s technology road map.
• You will work with 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.
• Championa 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 5-8 years of technical work experience in systems analysis, design, development, unit testing, and debugging.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively liaise between Business Users, Project Teams, external Vendors and Technical Support Teams working in a geographically dispersed team
• In-depth knowledge of SDLC methodology and technical working experience in an agile environment.
• Comprehensive experience in mainframe development complex programs using Cobol, JCL, IMS DB, DB2, VSAM, CA7, SAS, Netron.
• Experience working in an agile environment / methodology / deployment (e.g. GIT, DevOps pipeline, JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience with Security and environment control systems (Endevor, ACF2), Database Management (e.g. IMS, DB2, VSAM, Informix)
• Development techniques, such as debugging, testing, coding, documentation, and use of productivity tools
• AIX / UNIX Command line expertise and shell script programming is required
• Experience working in banking industry is an asset
• Understanding of File Transfer protocols and processes ie. FTP, SFTP, PGP Encryption
• Understanding mainframe integration for ETL processing
• Experience with change management and version control
• Knowledge and understanding of Web Services
• Experience in writing/creating/updating technical documents
• Experience in batch job/process scheduling
• An understanding of current IT practices and systems development techniques

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.

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.