Our client is a top financial institution with significant North American holdings. They have operations across most major verticals, including institutional & corporate, wealth management, private client, commercial banking, treasury, and retail banking.
Introduction: Robertson is seeking a skilled IT - Applications Programmer V to join our client in support of an existingvacancy.
Contract Period: 12 months with potential to extend or convert
Pay Rate: Starting from $63 per hour
Location: Toronto, ON
Location Type: Hybrid; 4 days onsite every week
Business Hours: Monday to Friday; Core Business Hours
Job Responsibilities:
• Responsible for leading technical aspects of project from inception through to deployment
• Participate in analysis and system design specification sessions
• Documentation of design options and solutions according to System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology
• Ensure that solutions adhere to development best practices and architectural principles
• Apply analytical skills to resolve problems and deliver viable solutions. Anticipate obstacles and execute proactive approaches to issues
• Active participation in issue resolution
• Provide detailed development estimates to Project Manager for development effort as well as weekly status reporting and budget forecasting
• Configuration management for the sub projects within the release
• Responsible for coding, testing, packaging, deployment, and support of builds as code is promoted from development, system, acceptance and production environments
• May lead code reviews. Work closely with System Test Environment Management Team (STEMT) to ensure that environments are fully functional and that builds are properly deployed
• Participate in development of test strategy, test plans, test cases and testing efforts (unit testing and integration testing of code)
• Provide technical support to business and testing team during testing phases
• Track defects, defect triage and resolution
• Data set up and environment shake down
• Coaching / mentoring of junior developers
• Knowledge transfer within group
• Ensure required documentation is housed in the project repository and that knowledge transfer has occurred to full time staff upon completion of contract term
Experience & Qualification Requirements:
• Technical knowledge or experience with Cloud environments (MS Azure) as well as experience with Data Management and Analytics, Data Governance and Regulatory projects
• Advanced technical knowledge and experience with: PySpark, SQL, Power BI and Tableau
• Project Management experience (the project requires working and communicating with multiple Pods)
• Experience with analyzing large data sets, drawing insights and inferences, and communicating outputs
• Experienced with Data/Text Mining, Optimization, Algorithm Development, Automation, Data Visualization, Simulation
• Reading and comprehending data schemas, metadata, entity relationship diagrams and other technical documentation as well as well as writing documentation
• Excellent verbal and written communication with the ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a team environment
• Strong statistical and analytical skills as well as a passion for analytics are necessary
• Databricks experience
• Synapse experience
Nice to Have:
• Experience presenting in front of big crowds/senior leadership is a plus
• Banking experience
• Law25 regulation
Background screening is required as part of the onboarding process. The type of screening required (criminal, credit, or other verifications) will vary based on the position and client requirements.
We use AI technology as part of our application review process to assist with screening and assessment. All applications are also reviewed by our recruitment team.
How to Apply: If you are a motivated professional looking to contribute to a leading team, please submit your resume outlining your qualifications and experience relevant to this role. Robertson & the clients we represent, value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We invite all qualified individuals to apply.
Robertson & the clients we represent are equal opportunity employers, committed to diversity and inclusion. Robertson is a certified diverse supplier and actively seeks to foster a representative and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, Aboriginal status, or any other legally protected factors. We champion building a diverse and inclusive environment.
