Sr. Platform Engineer, TD Securities

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (Canada); Toronto; On-site; CAD 105,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) currently seeks an experienced Hands-on Sr. Platform Engineer to design and develop a scalable PnL reporting platform for TD Securities. The role focuses on building a high-performing system, leading platform engineering efforts, and driving automation across environments.

You will address bottlenecks and work with teams to ensure reliability and security. Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in large-scale platform management, strong Linux administration, and expertise

Qualifications

• 8+ years in managing and supporting large-scale, mission-critical platform environments.
• Experience with migration initiatives for large platforms (e.g., Hadoop/Spark/Hive).
• Strong Linux system administration skills and web/service/API platform management.
• Proficiency with messaging systems (Kafka) and SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Hands-on experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Maven) and monitoring tools.
• Demonstrated ability to optimize performance and drive automation across platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a high-performing platform with stability, reliability, security and scalability.
• Manage underlying hardware, software and storage resources.
• Administer multiple environments (Prod/Pre-Prod/Lower) and ensure environment stability.
• Streamline code promotion processes and improve developer productivity.
• Ensure platform and TRW ecosystem stability and address bottlenecks.
• Analyze system issues and implement permanent solutions.
• Promote CI/CD best practices and continuous integration/delivery.
• Drive automation of existing processes and workflows.
• Explore new capabilities and technologies to drive innovation.
• Collaborate with development and production teams to support needs and troubleshoot issues.

Skills

Automation scripting

Unix shell scripting

Python

Linux administration

SQL

Kafka

Hadoop

Spark

Hive

Git

Jenkins

CI/CD

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Maven

Kafka

Hadoop ecosystem tools

Job description

Work Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Hours: 37.5 Line of Business: Technology Solutions Pay Details: $105,100 - $129,400 CAD This role is eligible for a discretionary variable compensation award that considers business and individual performance. 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:

Department Overview TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we help clients meet their needs today and prepare for tomorrow. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. We are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Hands-on Sr. Platform Engineer that will work on innovative and transformational initiatives at TD Securities -- the implementation of the next generation Trading Risk Warehouse platform. The successful candidate will be responsible for the design and development of a scalable, resilient and high performing PnL (Profit and Loss) reporting platform that will be used by Risk Analysts, Front Office Traders, and Senior Executives. This is a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies to solve problems of scale and speed. As a lead platform engineer, you will be working on leading platform engineering team to pinpoint the system bottleneck, providing tangible solutions quickly to resolve platform issues, automating platform maintenance tasks as well as demonstrating a strong technical leadership to ensure the quality of deliverables in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a high performing platform and ensure the platform meets the need of business, providing stability, reliability, security and scalability.
• Manage underlying infrastructure, including hardware, software and storage resources.
• Manage multiple environments (Prod/Pre-Prod/Lower environments) and ensure the integration and stability of environments.
• Streamline code promotion process and providing ways to improve developer productivity.
• Ensure the stability of platform and TRW ecosystem.
• Find ways to optimize platform and address system bottlenecks.
• Ability to analyze system issues and provide a solution to resolve the issue permanently.
• Promote the best practices and follow the continuous integration and delivery.
• Drive transformation by continuously looking for ways to automate existing processes and workflows.
• Explore new capabilities and technologies to drive innovation.
• Work closely with development and production operation teams to support their needs, troubleshoot issues and enhance the platform.

Desired Skillsets:

Proficient in programming skills for automation: Unix shell scripting, python or other programming language Networking and Linux administration SQL DevOps CICD/ tools/GIT/Jenkins Monitoring and logging tools Hadoop Cluster/spark/hive system administration. Manage large scale Web and ETL platform Cloud platform experience is a plus Great communication and problem-solving skills. People management skills.

Technical Skills:

8+ years in managing and supporting large scale and mission critical platform. Experience in large scale platform migration initiative. Strong experience with managing Hadoop platform including HDFS, Spark and Hive 8+ years' experience in Linux system administration. Experience in managing web and service/API platform. Experience working with messaging technologies (e.g. Kafka) Experience with RDBMS, demonstrable fluency in SQL and any non-relational DB such as Cassandra (is preferred). 6+ years of experience managing Git, CI/CD toolset (Maven), Jenkins, working within an Agile environment Experience in implementing and managing system monitoring tools. Experience developing and managing highly scalable and low latency systems. A passion for bringing best products to the customer, simplifying and automating work, for making things better, for being efficient and helping others.

Business Skills:

Good communication skills. Experience in collaborating efficiently within a global team. Demonstrable experience working in a fast-paced environment, working with Engineers, BSA/QA, PMs and our business sponsors. Nice to have - Hands-on experience with market risk and/or PnL (profit and loss) reporting.

Who We Are:

TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we strive to make every interaction, product and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

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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.

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