Software Engineer III (Java Lead)

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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 candidates skills and experience job-related knowledge geographic location and other specific business and organizational needs.

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Job Description:

Department Overview

TD Insurance Life & Health Product Group is growing. We are accountable for all Life and Health application our business is using. We are responsible for project delivery asset hygiene risk profile management and production availability of these assets. This is an exciting time to join the team as we set our roadmap for this product group and ensure they are ready to support the growing Insurance business.

Accountabilities

Accountable for direct or indirect day to day management of a team of IT professionals (including both permanent and contract resources) in supporting assigned business clients / internal partners / stakeholder needs and requirements. May be involved in negotiating technology costs and scope in forecasting planning process with subset of business clients within an overall Segment CIO or within a key technology Functional area.

Manage cross -functional team of IT professionals to support assigned business clients / internal partners / stakeholder needs and requirements
Responsible for project delivery for the set of application in their scope commissioning projects to be executed by Tech PMs
Establish day to day management direction and define priorities and strategies consistent with the business goals and aligned to overall direction from Technology Leadership team for own area
Develop impact assessments and manage assigned portfolio delivery schedule and periodically perform risk assessments to manage operational processes consistent across the portfolio (e.g. time reporting)
Monitor and manage Capacity Forecasting process compliance among Technology Project Managers and report on progress status and overall health of the portfolio and the individual applications
Assess change requests and issues across the portfolio and identify key items for reporting
Assist in the assessment of the scope and risk of projects; work with the client project managers and/or 3rd party vendors to ensure the development of broad project plans budgets and deliverables
Work closely with IT leadership to ensure on-going focus on reusability scalability and enterprise-wide solutions to maximize returns on the suite of products
Measure and monitor progress at clearly defined points in the process for all ongoing projects within the portfolio to ensure projects are delivered on time within budget and that projects meet or exceed expectations
Assess work plans and schedule impacts across portfolio and identify key schedule issues for reporting escalate further as necessary
Assess and review schedule impacts and works with stakeholders to resolve and escalate further as necessary
Comply with well-defined enterprise technology delivery practices and standards and project management disciplines - including creation of project documentation of system requirements estimates of scope and cost
Track major project deliverables; communicate up-dates; support initiatives intended at reducing time-to-market and containing costs
Ensure operational reputational and intellectual risks are understood and provide advice towards minimizing risk and escalate where appropriate
Maintain proficient knowledge of the competition customer / industry trends and technology innovation; identify opportunities for research and suggest solutions as appropriate
Maintain high level of customer service and ensure commitments are met; recommend appropriate actions to enhance service levels through effective service level management practices/ agreements
Keep informed of technology solutions initiatives and IT direction across TDBG in order to provide strong support to the businesses
Ensure a full understanding of business requirements and apply knowledge to escalate/prioritize delivery of new and existing projects
Prioritize and manage own workload and support workload of team members in order to deliver quality results and meet timelines
Support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business quality innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest
Work closely with other groups sharing knowledge of client and customer issues needs and expectations and contributing to sound decisions
Establish and maintain open and effective communication with clients the businesses and other team members
Contribute to the ongoing development of the team and business partners by sharing information knowledge and lessons learned on a regular basis
Participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business units
Establish effective relationships across multiple business and technology partners program and project managers

Education and Experience
Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate
Graduate degree preferred
7 relevant experience

Experience and comfort level acting as a subject matter expert and consultant.

Technical Competencies:

The ideal candidate would have experience in many of the following:

Experience with Web Application Design/Development - JSP XML XSL Java Script Single-page-applications AngularJS RWD HTML 5

Experience with JavaEE frameworks (i.e. Spring Struts)

Experience with Tomcat Websphere JBoss runtime environments

Experience with Web Services Design/Development - SOAP JAX-WS JAXB2 JAX-RS REST Web API

Unix shell scripting (i.e. Bash Korn) Cloudify TOSCA Blueprints Batch Scheduler like Autosys

Experience with Agile delivery methodology particularly Scrum or a derivation (e.g. Product Backlog Definition User Stories Estimation and Prioritization methodologies Task Breakdown Sprint Planning Sprint Retrospective) and related tools (e.g. Confluence JIRA)

Experience with continuous integration and delivery methodologies and tooling (e.g. Maven Nexus Jenkins)

Experience with Eclipse GIT (Stash) Bitbucket

Relational DBMS proficiency (i.e. Oracle SQL Server and DB2)

Proficiency in SQL PL/SQL and related query languages

Experience in Cloud Technologies (i.e. Azure AWS Google)

Additionally the following experience and skills would be considered an asset:

Experience with big/distributed/non-relational data technologies (e.g. Hadoop Spark Cassandra).

Integration with vendor products and experience working with Third Party external companies.

Who We Are:

TD is one of the worlds 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 95000 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 youve 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 were 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:
Were delighted that youre considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations training programs and a competitive benefits plan were 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 youre interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills we want to help you succeed. Youll 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 were committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that youve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
Well 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 youd 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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