BMO Financial Group Jobs

The Team:

We define and enable target state Data & Analytics (DnA) ecosystem, accelerating our teams across BMO on their path to value at scale. We help each other in times of need, and we are proud of our work. We are visionaries, thought leaders, multipliers, coders, and much more. Above all, we are a global team of diverse folks that enjoy working together to create smart solutions.

Our Ambition is bold. It is built around putting both our capital and resources to the highest and most profitable use, with a “digital first” operating model, fuelled by data-driven decisioning.

Join the Data & Analytics (DnA) team within BMO as we accelerate our path to value with:

• Actionable insights anchored on managed Data and frictionless Analytics capabilities

• A mindset that extends a solid core and provides a flexible edge

• Acceleration of commercial value within a responsible framework

DnA enables the strategic priorities of the bank, by providing progressive data capabilities, coupled with advanced analytical methods to accelerate value generation from actionable insights while operating within the bank’s full risk appetite.

The Impact :

• This is a Senior DnA technology role and part of the DnA CTO organization.

• Senior Engineer of DnA Cloud leads strategic initiatives, builds future state architectures, defines standards, fosters knowledge sharing and collaboration in achieving our vision.

• The team has broad expertise in BMO T&O organization’s critical platforms, data, architecture, and cloud domains. All team members provide leadership, innovation, timely delivery, and the ability to articulate business value. Be a part of a unique opportunity to define and enable BMO DnA’s technology vision.

What’s in it for you:

• We are looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer/Architect to be part of a team that is building our future state DnA internal SaaS. The platform will modernize our DnA ecosystem across the bank. And it will enable our lines of businesses to migrate to the cloud and operate with speed and scale.

• This role will be responsible for developing cloud-based capabilities, designing enterprise scale solutions, leading development, driving principles and standards that will achieve future state architecture.

• The ideal candidate should have deep expertise with cloud capability & platform development, distributed systems, and a desire to drive change through technology enablement across the bank. The role requires the candidate to be hands on with modern cloud, data, and microservices technologies.

• In this role, you will propel BMO’s Digital First strategy forward by providing business and technology with the information management leadership necessary for solutions to realize a Future Ready data and analytics ecosystem.

• You will lead and develop cloud data capability and platforms centered on building a digitally enabled, future-ready bank with leading efficiency, profitability, and loyalty - all powered by a winning culture.

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong coder, integrator, and problem solver

• Technologist and forward thinker

• Not afraid to take risks and not afraid to fail

• Be relentlessly curious, take ownership, and challenge the status quo

• Has in-depth knowledge of the cloud and data landscape as well as hands-on expertise of how to implement solutions in a regulated setting

• Enables lines of businesses, data, and operations teams to deliver business value while driving DnA strategy and achieving technology vision

• Shapes advanced conceptual thinking to solve complex or novel situations that have never been dealt with before

• Leverages external companies, products, and capabilities to accelerate DnA technology initiatives

Responsibilities:

• Builds DnA Cloud foundational capabilities as part of an internal DnA SaaS ecosystem that ultimately enables the bank to generate insights, discover new opportunities, and create new products and services at scale

• Creates internal DnA SaaS Cloud environments by leveraging latest Data and Cloud best practices

• Leverages latest Cloud tooling to deliver standardized patterns with infrastructure as code, security, governance, and best practices built in

• Delivers scalable, agile, and fast data and analytics capabilities across the bank

• Breaks down opportunities, challenges, and problems into smaller deliverables

• Delivers in fast paces agile execution approach

• Leverages latest technology and approaches to build forward looking capabilities

• Delivers against aggressive roadmaps

• Partners with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver reusable enterprise scale solutions

• Works as part of cross functional POD team focused on key initiatives

• Shapes DnA Cloud strategy and roadmap to rapidly transform data and analytics landscape while meeting business priorities

• Provides technology leadership that is crucial to our world-class agile execution teams

• Becomes an early adopter of new technologies, technical skills, and capabilities, leading to continuous improvement to solutions that capitalize on emerging trends

• Introduces and enables emerging technologies like Cloud Data, Analytics, AI/ML, Blockchain, and others to drive innovation across the bank

• Accelerates rationalization of legacy to serverless and future state architectures to achieve speed to market for lines of businesses

• Partners with engineering, enterprise architecture, data, and operations organizations to ensure adoption of standards for data Cloud disciplines

• Reimagines agility in highly regulated environment by embedding right control points in SDLC to achieve strong compliance and sustainable velocity while reducing friction between governance, information security, architecture, and technology teams

• Designs and implements strategies to monitor the effectiveness of information security, standards programs, and strategic initiatives to identify, manage, and mitigate current and emerging risks

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject

• 5+ years of cloud or development related work experience

• AWS Professional certification with hands-on working experience in AWS, experience with Azure or another cloud

• Strong coding skills in Node.js or Java & Python

• Strong Linux and networking skills

• Strong knowledge and experience of software development, build, deployment, and operation

• Skills and experience to translate requirements into cloud solution

• Demonstrated experience writing Infrastructure-as-Code using some of following: Cloud Formation, Python, Typescript, Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHubs, etc

• Demonstrated experience in technologies such as Data pipelines, MPP, Data warehouse, Data lake, Serverless, Containers, and Kubernetes

• Experience of building and managing HA/DR system in cloud environment

• Working understanding of the DevOps model and agile project execution

We’re here to help

At BMO Harris Bank we are driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on us to create lasting, positive change for our customers, our communities and our people. By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world.

As a member of the BMO Harris Bank team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one – for yourself and our customers. We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we’ll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.

To find out more visit us at https://jobs.bmoharris.com

BMO Harris Bank is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. By learning from each other’s differences, we gain strength through our people and our perspectives. BMO Harris Bank N.A. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter.

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