Project Lead Development

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major Canadian financial institution is seeking a skilled professional for a technical role aimed at enhancing the Canadian Data Platforms team. Responsibilities include solution development, documentation, and managing project workflows. The ideal candidate holds a degree in Computer Science, has significant experience with AIX/Unix systems, and a strong background in ETL systems. This role promotes a culture of collaboration and continuous learning, offering competitive rewards and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Diverse and inclusive work culture

Tuition assistance

Flexible vacation days

Community engagement opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with AIX/Unix systems.
• 5+ years with databases including DB2 and Oracle.
• 5+ years with ETL systems like Talend.

Responsibilities

• Develop ETL solutions and maintain documentation.
• Lead technical analyses to enhance systems architecture.
• Manage project-oriented work to meet customer expectations.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Excellent communication skills

Agile methodologies

Team collaboration

Technical presentation

Education

Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

AIX/Unix Systems

ETL systems (Talend, iWay, Datastage)

DB2

Oracle

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

The Team

Contributes to the overall success of the Canadian Data Platforms team in Canada ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / 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:

• Leads and drives a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Provide technical analyses and recommendations in terms of new solutions and supporting existing ones, with a focus on creating robust and reusable solutions.
• Develop ETL solutions. We currently use Talend ETL tools but not required to have experience with Talend.
• Assessing the systems architecture currently in place and working with technical staff to recommend solutions to improve it. Work towards improving stability and decreasing vulnerabilities across the platform.
• Create and maintain documentation, such as architectural diagrams and best practices documents.
• Manages the execution of day-to-day project-oriented work efforts and meeting customer expectations for contracted time, cost and specifications definitions. Reviewing requirements, estimating work effort on new initiatives, develop design documents (GDD) as well as File specs.
• Build and maintain strong working relationship with peers within the business unit and with business partners
• Provides expert advice to Business Partner and/or IT areas, and IT project teams.
• Operationalizes technical and managerial processes and supervises the development and maintenance of business support systems.
• Review and approve Production ready deployment.
• Facilitates problem resolution when production problems occur.
• Ability to contribute in Agile environments with understanding of its methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and its tools (Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps).
• Works well independently & as part of a team; experience working with remote teams.
• Possess excellent technical presentation and communication skills.
• Desire for continuous learning to keep up with new technological innovations.
• 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 while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, privacy and compliance
• 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:

• Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science or technical equivalent
• Must have at least 5 years of experience with working knowledge of AIX / Unix systems,
• 5+ years with Databases (DB2, Oracle, etc), Windows,
• 5+ years with ETL systems (Talend, iWay, Datastage, etc)

Strong analytical thinking and organizational capabilities.

Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Well-versed in Agile development methodologies.

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 egagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathonsand much more!

Location

Canada : Ontario : Toronto