Senior IT Developer (Java, PL/SQL) at TD Bank Group (Toronto, ON, Canada)
We are looking for someone to embrace a broad range of tasks associated with developing application and systems solutions to address business challenges. Sitting in this position will help expand your knowledge, strengthen your expertise and introduce you to the inner workings of our business alongside a team of seasoned, diversely-skilled technology professionals.
Here’s Some Of What You May Be Asked To Perform
Meaningful work is fueled by meaningful performance and career development conversations with your manager.
Desired Skills and Experience
- Transform business requirements and research into winning delivery solutions that meet performance goals.
- Rigorously build and test applications.
- Perform systems administration: monitor, configure, back-up, authenticate, tune.
- Aim for defect-free programming, create and maintain quality code, provide support during testing cycles and post-production deployment, engage in peer code reviews.
- Contribute to project plans, estimations and status updates.
- Identify issues, develop and maintain processes that address and resolve them, (and be sure to communicate/alert stakeholders as needed).
- Primarily focus on day-to-day activities.
- Make enhancements and troubleshoot.
- Configure and develop custom components with technology partners (analysts, developers, designers etc.) to meet requirements and goals.
- Ensure applications are free of common coding vulnerabilities (and follow standard security practices).
- Proactively put forward ideas that speak to project objectives (e.g. development, testing solutions, and tools).
- Complete unit and integration testing per standards and design specs.
- Take part in scope assessment, risk and cost analysis.
- Respect TD’s technology delivery practices and standards, project management disciplines.
- Stay on top of state-of-health monitoring and monthly SLA targets.
- Apply and share technical expertise during incident management life cycle (e.g. analyzes reports and outages, perform impact assessments, facilitate stakeholder communication).
- Undergraduate Degree in Computer Sciences, Applied Engineering or equivalent.
- Strong skills in Java design, development and J2EE Standards/Specification
- Strong skills in IBM WebSphere Application Server (v7/8), IHS HTTP Server and WAS HTTP - Plugin configuration
- 7+ years of design experience for Java/Oracle technology stack
- Significant experience & demonstrated proficiency in all aspects of database programming on Oracle SQL /PL/SQL and/or related technologies that encapsulate SQL, including Cursors, Ref-cursors, Procedures, Functions and Packages, Oracle Supplied Packages, Collections, Partitioned Tables, Triggers, Table Indexing
- Experience in Query optimization, debugging, and performance tuning.
- Advanced and extensive knowledge of the business (or organization), technical environment, standards, processes, procedures, programming languages and operating systems.
- Readiness and motivation (as senior or lead developer and valued subject matter expert) to address and resolve highly complex and multifaceted development-related issues, often independently.
- Strength in coaching and advising clients, partners and project teams.
- Commitment to and belief in the quality of your deliverables.
- Knowledge of Infrastructure domain technologies would be an asset (e.g. TIBCO, Cloud Blueprint Deployment, EBX, Unix Shell scripting)
- Knowledge of software delivery methodologies, processes, and ALM tools of trade
- Demonstrated ability to grasp and translate technical concepts, think independently, and take the initiative required to resolve issues in a team structure
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong customer orientation
- Self-motivated team player with high energy and ability to work independently as well as within a team
- A positive can-do attitude with openness to promoting knowledge sharing
- Leadership and drive, assuming accountability for team (not just for personal only) deliverables
- 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.
- Embrace change and witness amazing things happen – from the inside.
- Canadian Retail, including TD Canada Trust, TD Auto Finance Canada, TD Wealth, TD Direct Investing, and TD Insurance
- U.S. Retail, including TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank, TD Auto Finance U.S., and an investment in TD Ameritrade
- Wholesale Banking, including TD Securities.