System Integrator Lead

Job title:

System Integrator Lead

Company

Bank of Canada

Job description

System Integrator LeadTake a central roleThe Bank of Canada has a vision to be a leading central bank—dynamic, engaged and trusted—committed to a better Canada. No other employer in the country offers you the unique opportunity to work at the very center of Canada’s economy, in an organization with significant impact on the economic and financial well-being of all Canadians. You will be challenged, energized and motivated to excel in our environment.Building on the principles that have always guided us – excellence, integrity and respect – we strive to be forward-looking and innovative, to welcome people with diverse perspectives and talents, and to earn trust by living up to our commitments and by clearly explaining the intent of our policies and actions.With our defined-benefit pension plan, benefits, and high flexibility for work life balance – find out more about why we are annually ranked as one of Canada’s top employers:Find out more about the next steps in our .Database and Middleware Services Team:
Reporting to the Assistant Director, you will join a key team at the Bank focused on technical leadership, evolution, support, and ongoing maintenance of our middleware services. Our team is made up of 10-15 members across multiple domains and work in an open-minded environment and are encouraged to experiment and keep abreast of industry evolutions.You will also have many opportunities for career development – both inside and outside of the portfolio. You will have the support of your leader to become a mentor (or a mentee), enhance your skills, experiment, and drive your career in many ways (certifications, labs, architecture, leadership etc.).What you will do
As a System Integrator Lead, you will lead the team through key contributions to all middleware initiatives required for platform maintenance and evolution. This position will be required to follow the Bank’s Hybrid work policy and on-call as needed out of our Ottawa office.More specifically, you will:

• Act as a subject-matter-expert in the team in exploring and adopting the use of integration within new technologies and methods.
• Ensure that the integration of services, data flow and infrastructure architectures meet evolving business and operational requirements as well as standards for reliability, scalability and availability
• Lead, support, and coach others in best practices for implementing configuration management for middleware infrastructure
• Analyze and monitor system performance based on service-level agreements and ensure that they are met, working with vendors as required
• Identify technical issues and risks and define mitigation approach
• Provide production support working with operational support groups to determine the root cause behind critical production incidents and process challenges
• Identify major performance bottlenecks in the system and identify the impact of tasks on core business scenarios
• Identify causes and implement solutions to more complex/uncommon business problems in a multi-functional setting, assessing and communicating issues of technology impact on the functional/corporate level
• Restore services as soon as possible; participate in root-cause analysis; develop and implement permanent solutions to problems; and establish mechanisms to monitor, track and report on service levels using metrics
• Participate in planning and execution of testing related to performance, disaster recovery and business continuity

Note – The nature of this work will require additional paid on-call support on a rotational basis as well as potentially paid overtime. The Bank offers flexible work hours to accommodate.What you need to succeed
You are self-motivated and independent, capable of finding solutions that challenge the status quo. You are also a great team player with strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate & coach colleagues within the team and build/sustain relationships with cross-functional groups.Also, you can work on call and/or overtime as needed acting as a leader and technology owner; coordinating change and resolving issues across multiple concurrent projects and high-visibility applications.In addition, you have:

• 8+ years’ of proven experience as a Middleware Specialist (or similar role)
• Experience and proven ability to work in a leadership role within a technology team
• Experience with some of the following technologies:
• PaaS (OpenShift), Kubernetes, Azure ARO, AKS
• IBM DataStage, IBM DataPower, MQ service and/or JBoss
• Oracle WebLogic Application Server (version 10.3 or higher in standard and clustered mode)
• Other J2EE application servers like IBM WebSphere (Portal) or RedHat JBoss EAP 6/7.x
• Oracle Fusion middleware: Oracle WebLogic, Forms and reports, Oracle Internet Directory and SOA Suite
• Performance monitoring tools (e.g., EMGrid and Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM))
• Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid
• Linux/Unix administration

Nice-to-have

• Experience with managing and supporting AKS and/or ARO
• Previous experience working with containers
• Experience with most technologies listed above
• Experience with Oracle 12c/14c Technology platform (SOA Suite, OID, WebLogic, FRS) and 19c Database
• Previous experience working in a major financial/banking enterprise environment
• Previous experience working in a Agile/Scrum environment
• Any relevant designations/certifications

Your education and experience
Your combined education and work experience demonstrate that you have the competencies and skills for this Senior position. We are ideally seeking candidates with a relevant education (computer science, etc.) and 8+ years of relevant experience.What you need to know

• Language requirement: English or French essential
• Priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents
• Security level required: Be eligible to obtain Secret
• Relocation assistance may be provided, if required
• Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed, it will no longer be available.

Hybrid Work ModelThe Bank offers work arrangements that provide employees with flexibility, enable high-performing teams, and support an excellent workplace culture. Most employees can telework from home for a substantial part of each month as part of the Bank`s hybrid work model, and they are expected on site at the Bank location a minimum of eight days per month to help build connections between colleagues. You must live in Canada, and within reasonable commuting distance of the office.What you can expect from us
This is a great opportunity to join a leading organization and be part of a high-performing team. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet your needs at every stage of your life and career. For more information on key benefits please visit .

• Salaries are based on qualifications and experience and typically range from $124,279 to $124,279 (job grade 18)
• The Bank offers an incentive for successfully meeting expectations at 7 to 10% of your base salary. The Bank offers additional performance pay (5%) for those who exceed expectations. Exceptional performers who far exceed expectations may be eligible for higher performance pay.
• Flexible and comprehensive benefits so you can choose the level of health and dental coverage that meets your needs
• Extra vacation days (up to five each year) that you can purchase to add to your vacation entitlement
• Option to join the indexed, defined-benefit pension plan after 24 consecutive months of service

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Expected salary

$124279 per year

Location

Ottawa, ON

Job date

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 23:17:35 GMT

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