Senior System Integrator

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The 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:  Working Here - Bank of Canada

Find out more about the next steps in our Recruitment process. 

Our team
We are seeking interested candidates to join our diverse and collaborative Integration Services team! 

Reporting to the Program Manager, you will join a key team at the Bank focused on technical leadership, evolution, support, and ongoing maintenance of our integration services. We work in an open-minded environment and our technology is constantly evolving. This creates exciting opportunities to improve what we do and how we do it in line with industry best practises. 

You will have many opportunities for career development and enhance your skills, experiment, and drive your career forward.  

What you will do
You will support the team by leading and contributing to all integration initiatives required for platform support, maintenance, and evolution. 

More specifically, you will:

• Explore and adopt the use of integration within new technologies and methods. 
• Implement configuration management across all supported platforms and provide support and coaching on best practices. 
•  Analyze and monitor system performance to ensure compliance with service-level agreements, collaborating with vendors as required. 
• Detect key performance bottlenecks and assess 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. 
• Quickly restore services, conduct root-cause analysis; develop and implement lasting solutions 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 – This role requires participation in a paid on-call rotation and occasional paid overtime. The Bank offers flexible work hours to support work-life balance.
 

What you need to Succeed

You excel at identifying and engage key stakeholders to foster strong relationships across cross-functional teams. With strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, you approach challenges with an open-minded approach and a willingness to experiment and ask “why”? You are also capable of working on multiple concurrent projects, supporting high-visibility applications, and performing effectively under pressure.

In addition, you have:
Proficient in working with some of the following technologies: 

• MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
• Azure API Management
• 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 SOASuite
• IBM DataStage, IBM DataPower, MQ service and/or JBoss
• Performance monitoring tools (e.g., EMGrid and Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM))
• Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid
• PaaS (OpenShift), Kubernetes
• Linux/Unix administration 

Nice-to-have

• Experience with most technologies listed above.
• Prior experience working in a large financial or banking enterprise environment.
• Possession of relevant designations or certifications 

Your education and experience
This position requires at least three years of experience as a Systems Integrator/Middleware/ Application Specialist or similar roles. A combination of education and experience maybe also be considered. 

What if you don’t meet every requirement?
The Bank of Canada is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you are interested in this position, but your experience and skillset do not perfectly align, we highly encourage you to apply. You may be a fit for the position and/or you could be a great candidate for other roles. 

Language requirement
The Bank’s work environment is conducive to the use of both of Canada’s official languages - English and French. Although the position language requirement is English or French essential, we do encourage everyone to improve second their language proficiency for future career growth and to contribute towards fostering a bilingual environment.

What you need to know

• 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 Model

The 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 A great deal to consider. 

• Salaries are based on qualifications and experience and typically range from $108,874 to $128,087 (job grade 17)
• 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, dental disability and life and/or accident insurance coverage that meets your needs
• Extra vacation days (up to five each year) that you can purchase to add to your vacation entitlement
• Indexed, defined-benefit pension

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