Title:  Application Architect

Requisition ID: 223542

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

The Application Architect is a pivotal role within the Global Fraud Technology initiatives, responsible for leading the technical design and implementation of advanced solutions that enhance the organization's digital presence and operational efficiency. This role is crucial for ensuring that architecture decisions align with Fraud strategic goals and technical requirements, thereby driving innovation and excellence in application development and deployment.

In this role you will: 

• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.
• Oversee migration and deployment projects, including those associated with any transition to new data processing or ML-Ops technologies.
• Develop and maintain architecture decisions, ensuring optimal performance, cost-efficiency, and scalability.
• Maintain detailed documentation of architecture decisions, project plans, and operational procedures 
• Partner with multiple teams Bank wide to collaborate on strategy and direction and apply to architecture and application design. 
• Driving innovation that can bring business values, participating in building Proof of Concepts.  
• Lead technical/design sessions and discussions, ensuring alignment with Fraud strategic goals and technical requirement.
• Ensure all solutions comply with security standards, such as PCI compliance for data tokenization.
• Assess and analyze business strategy & requirements, the current technical environment and technology options to evaluate solution alternatives that meet business needs and bank strategy. 
• Present and leverage technical information and solutions in a way that establishes trust relationships, persuades stakeholders and achieves understanding and consensus at all levels. 
• Designing architectural solutions, roadmaps and related strategies that are aligned to Enterprise Standards in the effort to modernization software applications. 
• Participating in design discussions focused on scalability, design and implementation of best practices.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? 
 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or related discipline
• 7+ years of software engineering industry experience.
• 5+ years of experience in architecture design processes, creating reference architectures and architecture artifacts that guide design decisions related to applications, data, integration and infrastructure.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills with the ability to build and foster relationships with business partners, project stakeholders, strategic technology partners and external vendors.
• Cloud Computing:
  • Extensive experience with cloud platforms, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including managing resources and optimizing costs.
  • Data processing tools/concepts such as Pub/Sub, Dataflows, Big Query, Cloud Storage, Kafka, MongoDB, Apache Flink.
  • Hands-on experience in the system analysis, design, architecture of complex, multi-tier development & production environments involving:
    • Microservices design
    • Event driven architecture
    • ETL and data solutions
    • Domain driven design techniques
    • Cloud platforms deployment
    • System resiliency engineering
    • Agile practices applied to a product team
• Data Management:
  • Expertise in managing large-scale data ingestion, storage, and processing, including real-time and batch processing.
• Security:
  • Strong understanding of data security protocols, including encryption and tokenization.
  • Experience ensuring compliance with security standards, including PCI compliance for data handling.
• Project Management:
  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex migration and deployment projects.
  • Proven experience leading technical sessions and making architecture decisions.
• Collaboration:
  • Experience working with diverse teams, including analytics, cloud operations, and cybersecurity.
  • Excellent communication skills to articulate technical concepts and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Documentation:
  • Strong background in maintaining detailed documentation of technical decisions and project plans.

• Familiarity with fraud detection and prevention systems and technologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications:
  • Relevant cloud certifications such as Google Cloud Architect.
• Industry Knowledge:

What's in it for you? 
 

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans. 
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - 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. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove, and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.   
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.   
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days, and benefits will start on day one. 
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital 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, please click here. 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.