Solutions Design IT Specialist, TD Securities

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Pay Details:

$125,000 - $156,000 CAD

This role is eligible for a discretionary variable compensation award that considers business and individual performance.

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:

Department Overview

TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients who choose us for our knowledge and experience in six key areas of finance: Investment Banking, Debt Capital Markets, Institutional Equities, Private Equity, Precious Metals and Foreign Exchange & Money Market. Our services include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures, and executing daily trading and investment needs.

With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we help clients meet their needs today and prepare for tomorrow. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions.

We are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.
 

Job Description

TDS Payments Technology team is looking for a Full-time Solutions Designer.

Enterprise Payments Technology is responsible for development of technology strategy and delivery of payments initiatives, in alignment with industry mandates, internal business drivers, as well as business and technology Target Operating Model, to provide best in class payments solutions and user experience for our customers.

We are an experienced agile technology team, utilizing some of the latest technologies to build payments platform capabilities serving TD customers to move money from and to anywhere - reliably, transparently, securely, and efficiently.

Currently, we are working on several transformational initiatives focusing on Modernization and building new capabilities for our clients.  Some of the examples of our initiatives are Onboarding Commercial Customer to initiate Real-Time Rail, enhance Zelle (US instant Payment), Bill Payment customer experience, and overall move to ISO certification (ISO20022) data-enriched payment flows for various faster payments rails, unlocking future business opportunities, and moving beyond traditional banking channels.

We are on a Modernization and Transformation journey, shaping up the Next-Gen Payments Ecosystem.  We look for talented individuals with deep passion for technology, purposeful innovation, desire to learn, and a great sense of ownership and accountability.

Job Requirements

We are looking for a strong technical talent to join as Solutions Design IT Specialist in Zelle and RTP technology team. Lead the creation of a comprehensive end-to-end detailed solution with overall accountability for the technical design and delivery. You'll be exposed to stretch assignments as you take on large-scale, complex and/or enterprise-wide projects.

• Application design and development activities. Hands-on experience with Java/Springboot applications.

• Develop and document a detailed solution design within SDS, impart your subject matter expertise throughout life cycle.

• Expert knowledge of the business, broader organization, technical environment, standards, processes, tools, procedures, multiple programming languages, operating systems, solutions design and other relevant technology areas from a design/support/solutions perspective.

• Readiness and motivation to work autonomously in a lead capacity on a diverse range of activities (e.g. design, support of technical business solutions) and can be relied on to coach, educate and monitor the work of others.

• Primary subject matter expertise in multiple areas; you're seasoned in counselling clients and project teams on all aspects of research, analysis, design, software support, development of technical solutions.

• Strength coaching and advising clients, partners and project teams, capable of being an internal expert.

• Participate in complex applications and systems development, programming.

• Propose solution options; generate stakeholder support.

• Produce top-notch functional, technical and user interface designs.

• Take business, Enterprise Architecture, system performance and development standards requirements, then develop functional, technical and user interface designs for an application and/or system.

• Review technical deliverables for quality throughout detailed design and development phase, identify gaps or redesign as needed.

• Define metrics and performance goals with technology partners and peers.

• Respect TD's technology delivery practices and standards, project management disciplines, business technology architecture, and risk and production capacity – this includes thorough project requirements, documentation, scope estimates and costs.

• Deliver effective and efficient solutions by meeting milestones and ensuring project deliverables are on time, within budget, and adhere to the corporate quality and security standards.

• Conduct code reviews to address quality, standards compliance, reusability and ease of maintenance, Operational Readiness Reviews, and L3 production troubleshooting support.

• Support knowledge management processes and ensure knowledge is codified, monitored, tracked and managed.

• Ensure design leverages existing reusable components, traces back to business requirements, and that new modules are designed with reusability in mind.

• Identify and address any issue that affects the integrity of the application (e.g. cross-capability/release issues).

• Lead, Inspire and Mentor team members on the use of Software Development best practices and Agile practices.

Qualifications & Skills

Must Have Skills:

• 10+ years development and design experience (J2EE, Java 8).

• 10+ frameworks like Spring, Spring MVC, Spring boot, Spring Security (OAuth, LDAP)

• 5+ years RESTful API

• 5+ years database knowledge

• Hands- on experience with development tools and frameworks such as Maven, Jenkins, Gradle, Git, and Nexus.

Good to Have:

• Agile/Waterfall and SDLC/PMLC processes

• Hands- on experience of SSO, MFA, PingFed, OIDC, OAuth, API gateway

• Continuous Integration and Test-Driven Methodologies

• MQ, Kafka 

Additional Information :

Join in on what others in TD Technology Solutions are doing:

• Inspire a positive work environment and help champion quality, innovation, teamwork and service to the business.

• Learn voraciously, stretch your thinking, share your knowledge and educate others.

• Communicate and collaborate with both technical and non-technical professionals.

• Cultivate winning relationships by building trust with business and technology partners.

• Share our commitment to productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency.

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Who We Are:

TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we strive to make every interaction, product and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple.  Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank. 

Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities. 

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. 

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.  

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

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!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

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