Work Location:
New York, New York, United States of America
Hours:
40
Line of Business:
Technology Solutions
Pay Detail:
$180,000 - $230,000 USD
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Job Description:
Preferred Qualifications:
Position Summary
We are looking for an experienced and passionate Sr. Managing Engineer, join the TD Securities Production Engineering team and work together with Change the Bank and Run the Bank teams in creating the next generation of innovative solutions. This role requires a strategic thinker who is creative, forward-thinking, and able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate should have deep SRE experience in payments and platforms, as well as the ability to work with the global team and create innovative solutions for modernization, stability, resiliency and drive the team towards success.
The duties and accountabilities include but not limited to:
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive the vision and strategy for TDS applications, ensuring alignment with Prod Engineering with rest of the stake holders.
- Work closely with Change the Bank, Production Engineering, and Infrastructure teams for development of cutting-edge payment solutions, focusing on modernization, stability, and resiliency.
- Work closely with Change the Bank and Run the Bank teams to ensure seamless integration and operation.
- Provide deep technical knowledge in payments and platforms, guiding and training the team through complex challenges.
- Hands-on production support experience with distributed and mainframe payment applications.
Technical Expertise Required:
- Proven experience supporting investment banking (IB), Front office, Back office, and payments applications.
- Experience working as an SRE Manager within financial industry.
- Prior experience working with payments operations and to address payments SLA's.
- In-depth understanding of payment platform, Front office, Book of Record architecture, including microservices, APIs, and cloud-native designs.
- Expertise in designing scalable, high-availability systems that support real-time payments and large transaction volumes.
- Experience with integrating modern platforms with legacy systems (e.g., mainframes) and external partners.
- Prior experience supporting payment Sanctions, AML, Compliance
- Experience with platform engineering, including cloud-native architectures, Microservices and messaging services including KAFKA and MQ.
- Experience supporting applications hosted on Mainframe & distributed systems.
- Deep hands-on experience developing high performing, mission critical trading, payment systems. Automate BAU tasks to reduce toil and increase payment systems efficiency.
- Define strategies for Application Performance Monitoring, Unit Cost and Chaos Engineering aspects.
- Understand MTTR, SLO, SLI definitions and apply them to services.
- Reduce the toils while responding to Incidents and improvise platform by building reliable, fault-tolerant, efficiently scalable, and cost-effective data, micro services, and infrastructure.
- Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency and overall system health using observability tools like Dynatrace, Splunk, Datadog.
- Transform and modernize our Payment application management services (AMS) via DecSecOps, AIOps, SRE and Production Engineering tooling, core capabilities, and the best practices.
- Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.
- Support the application CI/CD pipeline for promoting software into production environments through validation and operational gating, and lead in DevSecOps automation and best practices.
- Leverage deep technology expertise for own area of specialization take holistic approach to problem solving, by connecting the dots during a production event through the various technology stack that makes up the platform, to optimize mean time to recover.
- Knowledge of using middleware and API gateways for seamless data exchange between disparate systems.
- Proficiency in cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and cloud migration strategies.
- Expertise in containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless architectures.
- Maintain knowledge and understanding of external development, engineering and emerging solutions, market conditions and their impact.
- Good Understanding with LYNX, SWIFT and ISO payments Standard
• Programming Languages:
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Cobol, Python, and C++.
• Database Management:
- Expertise in database technologies like SQL, NoSQL, Oracle and data warehousing solutions.
• Security:
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles and practices, especially in the context of financial transactions.
• DevSecOps:
- Experience with DevOps practices and tools, including CI/CT/CD, Git , Bitbucket, Jenkins ,containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (Ansible).
• Regulatory Compliance:
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements and compliance standards in the financial industry across multiple regions (NAMR, Europe, and APAC)
Minimum requirements
- Minimum 10+ years of work experience in IT financial industry.
- Excellent Communication, Leadership and Organizational Skills
- Strong Business and technical knowledge
- Demonstrated strong & problem-solving skills and ability to engage in substantive dialogue on complex issues.
- Ability to work independently yet collaborate in a global team environment.
- Experience In Developing and Executing Product Strategies
- Knowledge Of Payments Platforms
- Familiarity With national and international Regulations
The Director - Tech Solutions TDS Management builds and maintains strong business relationship with assigned clients / internal partners and provides direction and guidance on optimal technology solutions/services to meet business needs. The position generally manages a varied team of IT professionals and bridges the gap between the business and technology, and leverages resources across functional or specialized technology areas to ensure end to end delivery of agreed upon solutions or services within planned forecasts / cost estimates. Role generally supports a significant Business area, Product Group, Enterprise Platform, Service or Capability within a Segment CIO or Functional area.
Depth & Scope:
- Role generally supports a significant business area, product group, Enterprise Platform, Service or Capability under a Segment CIO or technology functional area.
- Sets work direction at an operational level, works autonomously in the management of the unit and collaborates with other business or technology leaders to establish and execute on common goals with a medium to longer term business perspective
- Expert knowledge of the business and bank technology standards (e.g., infrastructure, architecture, processes, applications) from a strategic perspective and managing/ directing teams and projects
- Sound knowledge of external competition, emerging, industry and/or market trends in relation to own business
- Integrator role that oversees various technology functions / resources to deliver business technical solutions or shared service
- Oversees a sizable and varied team of technology professionals (e.g., up to 50+ consisting of Application Developers, Solutions Designers, Business Systems Analysts, Specialists, and/or Project Managers) in the end to end delivery of complex projects, system enhancements / applications and/or application or service management
- Directs/manages large-scale applications/ projects across multiple product lines/ businesses, involving significant scope and complexity
- Understands strategic direction (including financials) and champions alliances to benefit the Bank and/or department; advocates for operational improvements to enhance the divisions value to the organization
- Role typically reports to an Executive role
Education & Experience:
- Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate.
- Graduate degree, preferred.
- 10+ years related experience.
- Expert knowledge of the business and bank technology standards (e.g., infrastructure, architecture, processes, applications) from a strategic perspective and managing/ directing teams and projects.
- Sound knowledge of external competition, emerging, industry and/or market trends in relation to own business.
- Understands strategic direction (including financials) and champions' alliances to benefit the Bank and/or department; advocates for operational improvements to enhance the divisions value to the organization.
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 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. 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. We are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.
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 base salary and variable compensation/incentive awards (e.g., eligibility for cash and/or equity incentive awards, generally through participation in an incentive plan) and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off (including Vacation PTO, Flex PTO, and Holiday PTO), banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition. 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.
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
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.