Application Specialist – Credit Risk Technology

Job title: Application Specialist – Credit Risk Technology

Job description: Requisition ID: 131055

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

The successful candidate will work closely with various stakeholders including business partners in risk management & financial engineering, business analyst, architecture, and infrastructure and support to understand business requirements and drive the analysis, design and development of quality technical solutions.

Is this role right for you?

• Development and support of Credit risk systems used for risk calculations and monitoring
• Responsible for the effective design, development, and delivery of high availability & reliability end to end solutions to meet business need. Ensure that delivery meets the integrity, quality, performance, and reliability requirements following best practices and standards.
• Working with project team on delivering roadmap and partners with business line representatives to drive improved technology solutions that support business strategy.
• Acts as the Subject Matter Expert/Mentor and holds overall accountability for technical requirement review and the implementation of projects involving integration.
• Guide developers through technical issues and challenges including frontend and backend.
• Conduct proof of concept on new technologies or solutions as required.
• To coordinate infrastructure needs for the applications, assist actively with documentational requirements covering architecture, security, and operational readiness.

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

Must have:

• 7+ years of strong development experience in Django, Kafka/Elasticsearch stacks and Python with knowledge of at least one Python web framework (Flask preferred).
• 5+ years of experience working with fluency on Linux environment with Linux command line, and shell script
• Proficiency with DevOps tools and methodologies based off bitbucket/Git, Maven and Jenkins

• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as strong problem-solving skills. Willingness to own existing code and improve it if necessary.
• Good understanding of object-oriented design and design patterns, micro services architecture and high performance, and multi-threading techniques
• Has work in agile environment

Preferred:

• Credit risk or financial risk experience is a nice to have
• Previously work as Lead Developer or a Technical Lead
• Experience with multithreading.
• Exposure to Apache Airflow, docker would be an added plus.
• A good knowledge of capital markets and financial instruments
• Understanding of cloud-based deployment
• Worked with Algorithmics Risk watch or equivalent Risk Generation tools (nice to have)

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 . 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.

Company: Scotiabank

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 23:44:31 GMT

Job Source: Careerjet.ca

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