Senior Solution Architect

Senior Solution Architect - Capital Markets

Apply remote type Hybrid locations Toronto, Ontario time type Full time posted on Posted 3 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: January 27, 2025 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition id R_1355624

Work Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours: 37.5

Line of Business: Technology Solutions

Pay Details: 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:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design and architect robust solutions
• Strong communications / presentation skills. Strong collaboration skills and able to demonstrate a pragmatic approach.
• Collaborate with project managers and solution architects to accurately deliver cloud architecture projects on time and within budget.
• Assess and develop current architecture and readiness for cloud implementation, introducing new solutions and modernization strategies for the platforms.
• Develop detailed-level design requirements for architecture implementations, optimizing platform and integration strategies for cost-effective delivery of scalable and reliable distributed systems.
• Create delivery guides, assessments, and common architecture patterns for cloud architecture projects.
• Collaborate with cloud engineers and developers to deliver end-to-end solutions for clients.
• Implement best practices for backup and recovery techniques for applications in GCP, Azure private cloud focusing on continuous deployment, cloud security, governance, configuration management, and continuous integration.
• Design systems integrations, ingestion patterns, target and transition architectures, and roadmaps.
• Resolve Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Return on Investment (ROI) for the data platform and data products.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement scalable and efficient solutions.
• Drive the adoption of DevOps best practices to streamline data pipeline implementation and maintenance.
• Provide expertise in API integration and data governance for smooth data flows across systems.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends in engineering and analytics.
• Mentor and guide junior team members, fostering a culture of learning and growth.

Experience in Capital Markets any of the following:

• Global Markets Trading
• Capital and Investment Banking
• Prime Services
• E-Trading
• Global Transaction Banking
• Market and Credit Risk
• Demonstrable experience in the design of large-scale risk engines, both batch and intraday, serving multiple regions
• An understanding of valuation and risk measures. An understanding of data dimensionality for different risk measures
• Experience in building reporting solutions for stakeholders (FO, Market Risk Management…)
• An understanding of trade lifecycle and trade modelling for risk analytics
• An understanding of market data lifecycle (curve rolls, bootstrapping) and modelling for risk analytics
• A high-level understanding of risk analytics and how they operate internally.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Certification in TOGAF 9 or 10;
• Financial experience and capital markets experience.
• Proficiency and Certification in GCP and GKE or Azure.
• Solid understanding of data and analytics principles and methodologies.
• Experience implementing foundational cloud services (networking, security, account/organizations, logging & monitoring, identity access management, etc.).
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools.
• Experience in software development using languages such as Java, Python, C++, Go, or Ruby.
• Experience in large-scale migration of application workloads from on-prem or collocated data centers to a cloud platform.
• Experience working with GCP, AWS, Azure, and private cloud compute, storage, micro-service applications, platform serverless frameworks, API gateway, CI/CD, and cloud-based services.
• Experience implementing cloud controls, security, monitoring technologies, as well as hands-on experience instrumenting alerts based on aggregated logs and analytics output and audit services.
• Experience with infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform or Cloud Formation.
• Experience managing container orchestrated workloads such as Kubernetes/Docker.
• Experience developing DevOps, Site Reliability, and Solutions Architecture methodologies and practices.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

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 deliver legendary customer experiences to 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 the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues.

TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you’ve got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential.

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.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

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.

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.

Language Requirement (Quebec only):Sans Objet

Our Values
At TD we’re guided by our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues, and share a set of values that shape our culture and guide our behavior.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At TD, we’re committed to fostering an environment where all colleagues are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work, experience equitable opportunities, and feel respected and supported.

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TD has a long-standing commitment to help drive progress towards a more inclusive and sustainable future.