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Engineering Lead

Requisition ID: 207228

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

The role:

Contributes to the overall success of theGlobal Payments &Retail PaymentsCore Banking Engineeringteam,ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conductedare in compliance withgoverning regulations, internalpoliciesand procedures.

If you are an experienced leaderwith a strong developer-focused mindset,keen interest inpayments and retail payments core banking,and thrive in a fast-moving environment- this is the position for you!

What will you do?

• Coordinate and support day to day developmentteam activities as per the BNS policies/processes

• Coordinate workin accordance withproject implementationschedules

• Pro-actively plan and manage diverse projects that differ in size and scope from theirinceptionto delivery overseeingexecution

• Collaborate and plan work activities with application and support partners BNS (QAT, REM, MVS admins, etc.)

• Work with the team and stakeholderto prioritizeoptimalvalue Delivery within agreed upontimeframes

• Lead the team witha continuousimprovement mindset and promote an environment of curiosity and experimentation

• Guide the team in adopting new ways ofworking, exploring enhancement in ways that align with the Bank’s strategic prioritiesie-costoptimization,stabilization,delivery of new capabilities

• Offhours workisrequiredto coordinate andfacilitatereleases andsupport delivery and deployment activities

• Support complex applications that are critical to theBank’s transaction posting capabilities

• Act with urgency and criticality, evaluate problems blockers andbottlenecks ,identifyactions to be taken,assistthe teamto recommend/implement solutions

• Understand and workin accordance withBank application architecturalguidelines

• Support ofthe Bank’stransformation in operating models, Agilemindsetand passion for change

• Facilitate and support the team inself inspectionand experimenting ways forimprovement

• Facilitate team cadences and working agreements that allow for the team to create support andmaintainthe work from planning through delivery ofvalue

• Conduct testing of new software releases to ensure successful implementation with no impact to the existingenvironments.

• Interact with business partners and stakeholders to collaborate,alignand resolveissues

• Ongoing communication of project status, as well as escalation of issues, whenrequired

• Foster a learning environment, that promotes inclusivity, collaboration and

• Flexibility and adaptability with an eagerness toenhance

What do you need to succeed?

• Off hours support isrequiredto coordinate andassistteam members in the support of our production environment in pager calls and outages.

• Minimum5+ years’ experience inSoftware Delivery /Project Management andminimum5+years'of mainframe/host/Cloud development

• Knowledge of Confluence, Jira, Service Now, Bitbucket/Jenkins, Release Management

• Operate with a sense of urgency anddetermination

• Excellent organizational and analytical skills

• Capable of multi-tasking and managing concurrent tasks and initiatives

• Results driven; forward thinking with aproblem solvingmentality

• Comfortable working in highly collaborative and changingenvironment

• Must be reliable, pro-active, customer-focused, attentive to details, and a teamplayer

• Certification in AgileFramework isan asset

• Application languages (Cobol, JCL, SQL, Java, Kotlin) is anasset

• Familiar with Network, LAN TCP/IP,securityand communication protocol concepts

• Data Power experience desirable

• Excellent communicationskills, positive attitude with a strong commitment to Team vs individualbehaviors

• Leadership qualities with previous experience in Leading a Team

• Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science or technical equivalent

What's in it for you?

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity and curiosity and celebrates success

• We provide you with the tools and technology needed to create meaningful customer experiences

• You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world

• We hire you for your talent — not just a job — so you can grow with us. We’ll equip you for success not only in your role, but also in your career as a whole

• Dress codes don't apply here: being comfortable does

• Access to thousands of online and in-person courses so you can hone your current skills, or learn new ones

• A competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal & sick days, medical, vision, and dental and much more

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, pleaseclick here (https://www.scotiabank.com/careers/en/careers/technical-support-for-applicants.html) . 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.