Technical Specialist Advisory (Maternity Contract)

Requisition ID: 218649

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

The team:
Scotiabank’s GTEP – Tools & Monitoring team’s mandate is to help minimize production outage. The team leverages industry’s best monitoring tools and practices and offers full stack end-to-end monitoring services in the Bank, including Canadian Banking, International Banking, and Wealth Management.

The team offers consulting services, deploys monitoring tools, investigates performance bottlenecks, and supports production incidents.

When required, you can expect to provide rotational 24x7 on-call support.

The role:
Reporting to Senior Solutions Architect – GTEP – Tools & Monitoring, you will be a Dynatrace & Splunk subject matter expert, involved in the day-to-day operation in the Tools & Monitoring in Information Technology & Solutions (IT&S) department.

Is this role right for you?

• You get to manage and maintain end-to-end performance for all applications, workloads, and environments.

• You will be deploying and providing support to Application Performance Management tools, as well as firefighting production problems that are performance related.

• You analyze performance data and act on negative performance trends to identify root cause.

• You get to support and enhance the Tools & Monitoring team Tools & Monitoring system as required to support the implementation of new business applications and technology.

• You will utilize your ability to implement and exploit performance tools from 3rd party vendors; plus participate in the technical assessments of 3rd party tools and vendors.

• You will consult with the development teams on large projects to provide Tools & Monitoring services, ensuring:

  • There are no monitoring gaps.

  • The design has been optimized from a cost perspective.

  • The accuracy of the capacity plan.

  • The completeness of the stress testing process.

• You will maintain current functional and technical knowledge of the Dynatrace and Splunk platform and future products.

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

• You can demonstrate strong communication (verbal/written) skills.

• You have at least 3+ years of hands-on technical working experience with performance tuning and capacity planning.

• You have at least 3+ years of hands-on technical working experience with Dynatrace and Splunk to:

  • Support large-scale deployments from multiple data centers.

  • Assist & provide expert best practices in adoption, expansion, use cases and setting up Dynatrace and Splunk.

  • Configure, monitor and trouble-shoot application performance, availability, and capacity.

  • Develop reliable, efficient queries that will feed custom alerts and dashboards.

• You have at least 2+ years of hands-on technical working experience in managing Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure hosted infrastructure & systems.

• You have at least 2+ years of hands-on technical working experience in deploying and managing applications with containers technology, such as Docker, Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), and Kubernetes.

• You have at least 2+ years of hands-on technical working experience in CI/CD development via the use of BitBucket and/or Jenkins and/or Artifactory and/or Ansible.

• You can demonstrate a well-rounded technical understanding of various operating system environments (e.g., Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris), Application Servers (e.g., WebSphere, Tomcat) & Databases (e.g., DB2, Oracle, MS SQL, noSQL)

• You can demonstrate a well-rounded technical knowledge of how DNS + network devices & protocols can impact web performance.

• A post-secondary education in Computer Science or Math or Engineering disciplines is an asset.

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - 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. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.  
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance. 
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.
• Dynamic Ecosystem - Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.
• Community Engagement - No matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Working location condition: Hybrid

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Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Scarborough

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.