Mainframe programmer Jobs in Markham, ON

Requisition ID: 263955

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

Contributes to the overall success of the Transaction Services Canadian Banking Engineering team, ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

If you are an experienced lead, keen interest in payments and retail payments core banking, and thrive in a fast-moving environment - this is the position for you!

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:

• Coordinate and support day to day development team activities as per the BNS policies/processes for critical retail payments core applications
• Coordinate work in accordance with project implementation schedules
• Pro-actively plan and manage diverse projects that differ in size and scope from their inception to delivery overseeing execution
• Collaborate and plan work activities with application and support partners BNS (Release Management, GSOC, Kyndryl, QAT, etc.)
• Work with the team and stakeholder to prioritize optimal value delivery within agreed upon timeframes
• Interact with stakeholders to collaborate, align and resolve issues
• Lead the team with a continuous improvement mindset, actively promote inclusivity and trust, promote an environment of curiosity and experimentation
• Guide the team in adopting new ways of working, exploring enhancement in ways that align with the Bank’s strategic priorities while enabling the Agile mindset/framework
• Off hours work is required to coordinate and facilitate releases, and support delivery and deployment activities , as well for production support/issues when the team gets paged
• Act with urgency and criticality, evaluate problems blockers and bottlenecks, identify actions to be taken, assist the team to recommend/implement solutions

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

• Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science or technical equivalent
• Minimum 4+ years’ experience in Software Delivery and minimum 4+ years' of Mainframe/Host/Cloud development
• Hands on experience using Agile framework and working in an agile environment
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills
• Capable of multi-tasking and managing concurrent tasks and initiatives
• Operate with a sense of urgency and determination
• Results driven; forward thinking with a problem solving mentality
• Comfortable working in highly collaborative and changing environment
• Must be reliable, pro-active, customer-focused, attentive to details, and a team player
• Excellent communication skills, positive attitude with a strong commitment to

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.