TD Bank

IT Support Specialist

TD Bank$96K — $136K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Undergraduate Degree or Technical Certificate
  • 7+ years relevant experience
  • Experience with trading application technologies like Fidessa and Raptor
  • Proficiency in monitoring tools such as Dynatrace and Autosys
  • Strong understanding of ITIL processes including Change, Incident, and Problem management
  • Familiarity with FIX trading protocol
  • Strong SQL scripting skills with Oracle and MongoDB

Responsibilities

  • Perform controlled incident resolution with prioritization and escalation
  • Ensure application and system operational availability levels meet established standards
  • Schedule and manage packaging and release of new applications
  • Enhance production environment stability by maintaining and monitoring systems
  • Provide day-to-day support, accurately identify and resolve issues
  • Research system issues and recommend changes while keeping documentation accurate
  • Monitor system life cycles to ensure alignment with business objectives

Benefits

  • Health and well-being benefits
  • Savings and retirement programs
  • Paid time off
  • Banking benefits and discounts
  • Career development opportunities
  • Reward and recognition programs
Full Job Description
Work Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:
37.5

Line of Business:
Technology Solutions

Pay Details:
$96,900 - $136,800 CAD

This role is eligible for a discretionary variable compensation award that considers business and individual performance.

Job Description:
Department Overview

TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients who choose us for our knowledge and experience in six key areas of finance: Investment Banking, Debt Capital Markets, Institutional Equities, Private Equity, Precious Metals and Foreign Exchange & Money Market. Our services include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures, and executing daily trading and investment needs.

With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we help clients meet their needs today and prepare for tomorrow. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions.

We are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.

Job Description

About This Role

We are looking for someone to provide a broad range of systems and application support, research and analysis, administration, performance availability monitoring and management. Provide hands-on support with production engineering approach for Global Equities Derivatives (BoR) with responsibility for application support, system monitoring, problem escalation, responding to system related user queries and deployment of releases.

Meaningful work is fueled by meaningful performance and career development conversations with your manager. Here's some of what you may be asked to perform:
  • Perform controlled incident resolution including prioritization and escalation, involving business and technology partners as appropriate.
  • Service applications and systems, provide application, systems, operational availability levels that meet or exceed standards and service levels already established, while minimizing operational risk.
  • Promptly schedule packaging and release new applications in a timely manner, reduce change execution times by planning implementations with parallel work streams (while working with stakeholders as appropriate).
  • Strive to improve production environment stability by working with others to set up, maintain and monitor applications and systems, while meeting availability targets.
  • Provide prompt, effective day-to-day support, accurately identify and resolve issues, perform controlled and timely incident resolution all while making client satisfaction a top priority.
  • Deliver effective and defect-free support (application, software and operations), research system issues and opportunities, recommend changes, oversee execution, keep accurate documentation.
  • Design, review, integrate application requirements (e.g. functional, security, integration, performance, quality, operations).
  • Address application, cross-capability and cross-release issues.
  • Gain understanding of technical aspects of project and break-fix development related to the application, advise developers and solution designers.
  • Assume incident management role (communicator, tracker, escalator, driver, etc.).
  • Monitor system life cycles, ensure both specs and functionality support business objectives and architecture decisions, re-develop as required.
  • Use meaningful metrics to monitor environment performance.
  • Improve performance and resource utilization by assessing and analyzing opportunities to optimize the operational environment.
  • Follow established processes/standards, business technology architecture, risk and production capacity guidelines; plan, monitor and escalate issues as required.
  • Comply with both disaster and business recovery plans.
  • Identify/implement process improvements to enhance revenue, customer experience and reduce costs.
  • Support business case development, RFI/RFP and SLAs with vendors.


Job Requirements:

What can you bring to TD? Share your credentials, but your relevant experience and knowledge can be just as likely to get our attention. It helps if you have:
  • Undergraduate Degree or Technical Certificate.
  • 7+ years relevant experience.
  • Knowledge, experience working with trading application technologies (vendors and internal): vendors such as Fidessa and Raptor Trading system
  • Experience with monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, ITRS, Autosys. Scripting rules for custom alerting
  • Strong understand of the Service Now ITIL: Change, Incident and Problem management
  • Team leader, collaborating with members from different regions
  • Opportunities to automate and improve current inefficiency, such as monthly manual recons.
  • Familiar with FIX trading protocol.
  • Strong SQL scripting skills with Oracle and MongoDB.
  • Should be comfortable assessing trading systems/components to investigate trade breaks, connectivity and data issues
  • Excellent debugging and analytic skills: ability to isolate root cause across infrastructure, application and database stacks
  • Highly assertive communication skill with ability to multi-task


Additional Information:

Join in on what others in TD Technology Solutions are doing:

  • Inspire a positive work environment and help champion quality, innovation, teamwork and service to the business.
  • Learn voraciously, stretch your thinking, share your knowledge and educate others.
  • Communicate and collaborate with both technical and non-technical professionals.
  • Cultivate winning relationships by building trust with business and technology partners.
  • Share our commitment to productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency


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Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
We're delighted that you're considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we're committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Colleague Development

If you're interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You'll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you're passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you've got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We'll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you'd like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):
Sans Objet

About TD Bank

TD Securities offers a range of advisory and capital market services to its clients. The company's range of services includes research, investment banking, capital markets, and global transaction banking. Research consists of commodity and equity research. Investment banking consists of mergers, acquisitions, industry expertise, and credit origination. Global transaction banking consists of trade finance, cash management, and correspondent banking. TD Securities was founded in 1855 and is based in Ontario.

TD Bank Careers

Join the vibrant team at TD Bank, one of North America's leading financial services organizations, where innovation, leadership, and growth go hand in hand. At TD Bank, we are committed to fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion, making it an ideal place for ambitious professionals to thrive. Work You’ll Do At TD Bank, your professional journey is bolstered by a robust support system. From your first interview to every career milestone, you will find opportunities for growth and leadership. Our team is dedicated to helping you develop the skills necessary for success in the ever-evolving financial sector. TD Bank offers a variety of job opportunities across multiple fields, from customer service to investment banking. Each position at TD Bank is a chance to contribute to our culture of innovation and exceptional client service. Internship Programs Kickstart your career with a TD Bank internship. Our programs provide invaluable industry exposure and hands-on experience, making them a perfect starting point for students and recent graduates eager to make their mark in the banking industry. Interns at TD Bank enjoy the unique opportunity to work alongside seasoned professionals, gaining insights that are crucial for future employment. Benefits and Growth TD Bank is deeply committed to the well-being and continuous growth of our team members. We offer competitive benefits packages that cover health, finance, and family care. Our employees enjoy comprehensive health insurance, retirement plans, and generous paid time off, among other perks. Moreover, TD Bank encourages professional development through various training programs, including leadership development and diversity training. These initiatives ensure that our team remains at the forefront of industry standards and best practices. Join Our Team Explore the numerous career paths available at TD Bank and discover how your skills and interests align with our mission. We are actively hiring and continually looking for talented individuals who are passionate about banking and customer service. Networking and Professional Development At TD Bank, we believe in the power of networking and collaboration. Our employees have access to a wide range of networking events, workshops, and seminars that promote career development and professional growth. These platforms not only enhance your professional skills but also expand your industry connections. Stay Connected Keep up to date with the latest at TD Bank Careers by subscribing to our job alert emails. Tailor your subscription to match your career preferences and get the latest news, insider tips, and job opportunities delivered straight to your inbox. Explore job opportunities at TD Bank and be part of a team that values hard work, creativity, and a diverse workplace culture. Your next great career move is just a click away. SEARCH TD BANK JOBS Join us at TD Bank and let your ambition lead you to a rewarding career filled with opportunities to learn, grow, and innovate.
Learn more about TD Bank
Size
90,000 employees
Market Cap
$117.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$6.9 million
5 Year Trend
+6.6%

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