Application Architect, Scotiabank

Requisition ID: 202914

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

The Global Fraud Authentications Technology team develops and manages innovative products designed to support the ever-changing threat landscape. We work in close partnership with our Fraud Authentications Business and key Technology Partners throughout Scotiabank to drive global technology delivery. We are key team members within Global Operations Technology to ensure business strategies, plans and initiatives are executed / delivered in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

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

• Define, design and develop the detailed architecture for the application as required based on project requirements.

• Work closely with enterprise architecture, other solutions, application, data, security and infrastructure architects to ensure solutions design aligned with Bank’s standards, policies and best practices and follow Bank’s Architecture Review Board governance process.

• Provide thought leadership on reference architecture and design patterns, and develop roadmaps to simplify system integrations

• Collaborate with other functional and delivery teams to research and design the best solution for the different business requirements.

• Ensure quality of the solutions are robust, scalable and efficient to meet the needs of the business

• Maintain a sharp focus on system reliability and ensure overall architecture of the application can gracefully handle upstream and downstream system failures.

• Coach and mentor engineers

• Communicating effectively across diverse audiences, departments and levels

• May need to provide production support from time to time

• Work in a cross functional Agile team to deliver core business and regulatory solutions

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 engineering, business, Information sciences or other related field

• Java Developer with around 7+ years of experience in Requirements Analysis, Cloud Back-end & Front-End Design, Development, Implementation, release & deployment and cloud implementation.

• Experience in Big Data Cloud Architecture, working with batch data processing, real-time message ingestion, stream processing in hybrid cloud ecosystems (cloud & on-premise).

• Experience in manipulating the streaming data to clusters through Kafka and developing ETL pipelines in cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Storage/Azure Blob Storage/Bucket, Cloud Dataflow, Cloud Data Prep/Azure Data Factory, Cloud Pub/Sub, Big Query/Azure Synapse, Cloud SQL, MS SQL), Python, working with file formats like (JSON, AVRO, XML).

• Experience in developing applications in Micro Service Architecture with technology stack as REST, Spring Boot, Docker.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Excellent presentation skills with proven track record of gaining consensus from different stakeholders.

• Team is constantly experimenting with new technologies, so it is important to have high level of tolerance for ambiguity.

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!

Working location condition: Hybrid

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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.