Requisition ID: 234324
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.
The role
Contributes to the overall success of the Payments and Core Banking in Canada ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures
Is this role right for you?
Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.
Responsible for developing Integration and abstraction layer for GBP data models, the candidate must have understanding of frameworks such as Spark and Cloud Platforms.
The applicant must demonstrate leadership abilities, adapt to multiple challenges, with a track record on delivering quality solutions.
The candidate will implement code using Spark (Scala/Python) to manipulate store data from sources into Cloud Platforms.
Participate in the implementation of data engineering and transformation design to ensure highly scalable, extensible, and performant solutions.
Contribute to the delivery of data ingestion, transformation and extraction solutions in Enterprise big data platform (EDL, Cloud platforms)
Hands-on development supporting Data integration, Analytics and Cloud environments.
Support existing data ingestion and data transformation solutions in production.
Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
Responsible for reviewing legacy ingestion systems and migrating them to new technologies.
Exposure to new technologies and the ability to quickly adapt and integrate them into existing systems.
Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.
Self learner and problem solver with a commitment to delivery quality of work
Good technical and interpersonal communication skills
Knowledge on IT frameworks such as Agile and ITIL is preferred
Experience in financial institutions and payment systems is highly desirable.
Understanding of Data Lineage concepts.
Hands on experience in following the iterative and agile SDLC.
Experience in end to end code delivery i.e. requirements gathering, code development, unit testing, deployment.
Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role?
At least 1 year of experience/familiarity in working with Big data
2+ years of hands-on experience working with any ETL tool
1+ years of hands-on experience with Hive QL or any query language or Python
2+ years of software development (SDLC)
Experience in Agile Scrum/Kanban methodology is an asset
Production support experience is an asset
Working experience with DevOps and running Jenkins pipelines (nice to have)
Strong communication and presentation skills
Basic RDBMS skills and experience (Oracle OR SQL Server)
Hands-on experience with Unix/Linux Command Line Interface (CLI)
Experience with code repository, version control and code promotion tools such as Git/bitbucket
What's in it for you?
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.
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