Requisition ID: 216378
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Team

The Performance and Capacity Management (PCM) 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.

The role

Reporting to Senior Architect - PCM Engineering, the Application Performance Management Specialist will be a Splunk subject matter expert that involves in the day-to-day operation in the PCM in Information Technology & Solutions (IT&S) department.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

• 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 PCM 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 PCM 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

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

• You have at least 3 years of hands-on technical Splunk working experience:

  • Support large-scale deployments with data feeds from multiple data centers

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

  • Configure, monitor and trouble-shoot Splunk performance, availability, and capacity

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

  • Maintain current functional and technical knowledge of the Splunk platform and future products.

• 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 technical working knowledge of containers technology, such as Docker, PCF, and Kubernetes.

• You have at least 2 years of technical working knowledge in CI/CD development, such as BitBucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, and Ansible

• You have at least 7 years of technical understanding of the nuances involved in various operating system environments (Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris), Application Servers (WebSphere, Tomcat) and databases (DB2, Oracle, MS SQL, noSQL)

• You have at least 5 years of technical knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, network devices & protocols and their impact on web performance.

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

• You possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• A post-secondary education in Computer Science or Math or Engineering disciplines is an asset; as is a Splunk Certified Architect.

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.

• 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!

Work arrangements: Hybrid

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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 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.