Software Engineer III

Job Description:

Leads and/or facilitates the creation of a comprehensive end-to-end solution as well as initial to final delivery estimations for all applications under the umbrella of the technology team.  Overall accountability for the technical design and delivery of high to mid-level System Design Specifications (SDS) based on requirements from stakeholders.

Develop and maintain technical solutions, ensuring adherence to engineering and architectural design principles while meeting business requirements. Provide technical expertise with a focus on efficiency, reliability, scalability, and security; includes planning, evaluating, recommending, designing, operationalizing, and supporting solutions in compliance with enterprise and industry standards.

Ultimately, providing expert advice and lead in system / application administration, installation, configuration / provisioning, platform planning and design, integration and release / deployment management.

Breadth & Depth

Solutions will vary from small to application specific deliverables as part of large-scale, complex or enterprise projects. Regular interactions with senior members of the technology team will be required as well as collaboration with solution architect.

As this role requires deep technical and domain knowledge, experience in 1 or more of the following areas is required

Business domain knowledge

Debit Card and/or Credit Card

Card Payments including Authentication/Authorization

Retail Banking

Nice to have: ATM, POS, Digital channels, Call Centre

Ecosystem knowledge

Payment Networks – Interac, Visa

Global Payment Standards (Nice to have)

PCI (Payment Card Industry) standards on data handling, data encryption

EMV (EuroPay, MasterCard, Visa) standards on card chip configuration, personalization and scripting

CBA (Canada Banking Act) standards for card

Candidate with knowledge in multiple areas will be preferred.

Undergraduate Bachelors Engineering Degree in Computer Science/IT or Graduate degree in Engineering streams or relevant work experience

12+ years of mainframe technology experience handling design, development and delivery with developers,

5+ years of Technology lead experience with exposure and involvement in large-scale or  transformation projects requiring complex technology integration design

Preferred Qualifications

Mainframe experience:

COBOL, JCL, IMS DB/DC environment, IMS Databases, DB2, MQ, Endevor, CA7, JCL Tools such as ICEMAN, DFHSORT

Nice to have – SAS, Assembler, IBM Pervasive Encryption

Strength in developing effective relationships with different business units, portfolio and project managers, vendors.

Ability to present and make recommendations to senior management

Enthusiasm and willingness to foster a culture that encourages productivity, innovation, process improvement, teamwork and a high level of professionalism.