IT Infrastructure Architect II

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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:

Infrastructure Technology Solutions (ITS) provides available, adaptable, secure, and cost-effective infrastructure-based technology services and support. We partner with our technology and business partners to enable TD to be "The Better Bank".

An IT Infrastructure Architect is responsible for providing expertise, leadership, and direction for creation of infrastructure designs.  Soliciting and interpreting requirements from application architecture and infrastructure designs and providing technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.  This role works closely with Solution Architects, DevOps and Engineering resources.

We are looking for someone with experience in designing, building and operating a range of infrastructure technologies, such as operating systems, virtualization platforms, databases, middle-ware and other core technologies. Get ready to plan, evaluate, recommend, and design architectural solutions while keeping within enterprise standards. It's your chance to participate in a whole new realm of learning and share what you know with others. The meaningful work involved here is all about enabling, while simultaneously ensuring secure and stable operations.

We are looking for a candidate with architectural experience and expertise in designing both traditional on-premises solutions as well as native public and hybrid-public cloud solutions. Azure knowledge and hands on experience and certification a plus. Understanding Microsoft stacks, how version differences affect feature capability and how best to couple stacks, or components, to meet both technology and security requirements using the most secure and cost-effective solution.  Understanding of automated deployment pipelines with Understanding the components used in CICD pipelines a plus. 

 KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Strong communication and presentation skills with both technical and executive audiences (oral and written) 
• Work with governance and other technology partners to understand security standards and risks, to ensure infrastructure designs are compliant with all requirements.
• Research and analyze business requirements to recommend optimal architecture solutions, balancing performance, stability and cost.
• Participate as an expert and consultant on projects of moderate to high risk and complexity.
• Build consensus, facilitate collaboration and decision-making within and across business units so IT strategy application aligns with architecture framework.
• Respect TD's technology delivery practices, standards, and project management disciplines, including system requirements project documentation creation, cost and scope estimation.
• Conduct pre- and post-implementation reviews to ensure solutions have met requirements, identify framework gaps, necessary enhancements, potential standards, and patterns for future versions.
• Provide all the require documentation to support the design, design-making and governance procedures, required at TD.
• Contribute as a stakeholder to our technology standards as we grow.
• Analyze systems for performance or stability issues and provide timely and appropriate recommendations.

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EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

• Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate
• Graduate degree, preferred
• 7+ years relevant experience
• Expert knowledge of architecture related to specific infrastructure technologies, tools, processes, procedures and broader business issues and relevant technologies.
• Advanced knowledge of the business and associated standards, infrastructure, architecture and technology from a design or solution perspective.
• Proven ability to work autonomously on complex, highly visible architecture projects and initiatives.
• Readiness to act as a lead expert in architectural information exchange for project teams, the business and outside vendors.
• Demonstrated experience in managing and directing architecture analysis and design activities on larger, high-risk, and highly complex projects.
• Self-starter with leadership and organization skills 
• At least 2 years proven experience architecting highly available / operable infrastructure solutions:
• ESXi, private and public cloud, x86 commodity hardware
• Microsoft Azure network and PaaS Services
• Linux, Windows
• JBoss, NodeJS, Springboot
• Database – Oracle RAC, OCaC, MS SQL, Mongo, Cassandra
• Storage – SAN, DAS & NAS
• HA & DR designs
• Network – DNS, Load Balancing, Firewalls, CDN Technologies
• Security

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. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we're here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing – and so will you.

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. Learn more

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. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we're committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.
 

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

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