Solutions Design IT Specialist (Java)

Socket.dev; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

TD is seeking an experienced technology leader in Mississauga, Ontario to own the full lifecycle of enterprise applications. You will align roadmaps with enterprise goals, lead Agile teams, manage budgets, and oversee vendor contracts while ensuring security compliance and audit readiness.

This role requires 10+ years of experience and strong Java full-stack capabilities. The position is based in Mississauga with a focus on production health, incident response, and cross-functional collaboration

Qualifications

• 10+ years of total experience.
• Strong experience in solution designing.
• Have a strong technology background as full stack (Java primarily) developer with exceptional experience building large-scale enterprise applications.
• Strategic planning and tech roadmap alignment; Agile delivery, sprint/release management, budgeting, resource planning, and vendor oversight.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to translate complex technical issues for senior leadership and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to coach, mentor, and develop junior staff and peers in technical and soft skills.
• Strong ability to lead diverse cross-functional teams across geographies and time zones; foster collaboration and accountability.
• Experience engaging with internal and external auditors; respond to security findings and ensure timely remediation.
• Understanding of enterprise security controls including data encryption and access management.

Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of applications, ensuring health, performance, upgrades, and documentation.
• Align application roadmaps with enterprise goals; identify modernization and cost optimization opportunities.
• Lead Agile teams, manage sprints and releases, and ensure timely, high-quality delivery.
• Perform resource management and conflict management diligently.
• Track budgets, forecasts, resource allocation, and vendor contracts.
• Ensure audit readiness and compliance with security, regulatory, and DR/OSFI standards.
• Ensure SLAs are met, oversee incident resolution, and maintain production health via monitoring tools.

Skills

10+ years experience

Solution designing

Java (full stack)

Agile delivery

Communication skills

Mentoring

Leadership

Security & compliance

Auditing

Job description

Work Location:

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Pay Details:

$119500 - $148200 CADThis role is temporarily eligible for a pay premium above the posted salary range that is reassessed annually. You are encouraged to have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide more specific pay details for this role.

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

Key responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of applications, ensuring health, performance, upgrades, and documentation

• Align application roadmaps with enterprise goals; identify modernization and cost optimization opportunities

• Lead Agile teams, manage sprints and releases, and ensure timely, high-quality delivery.

• Able to perform resource management and conflict management diligently.

• Track budgets, forecasts, resource allocation, and vendor contracts.

• Ensure audit readiness and compliance with security, regulatory, and DR/OSFIstandards

• Ensure SLAs are met, oversee incident resolution, and maintain production health via monitoring tools

Required Skills:

• 10+ years of total experience

• Strong experience in solution designing.

• Have a strong technology background as full stack (Java primarily) developer with the exceptional experience building large scale enterprise

• Strategic planning and tech roadmap alignment Agile delivery, sprint/release management budgeting, resource planning, and vendor oversight

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to translate complex technical issues into clear, business-focused language for senior leadership and non-technical stakeholders.

• Effective in coaching, mentoring, and developing junior staff and peers in both technical and soft skill areas.

• Strong ability to lead diverse, cross-functional teams across geographies and time zones, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and shared ownership.

• Experience engaging with internal and external auditors, responding to security findings, developing remediation plans, and ensuring timely closure of issues.

• Understanding of enterprise security controls, including data encryption and access management

Who We Are:

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

Our Total Rewards Package

Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs.

Additional Information:

We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Colleague Development

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding

We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process

We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation

Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.
We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

Sans Objet