Sr. Consultant, Application Development

CIBC • Toronto, ON

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients. At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute. You’ll contribute to CIBC’s Digital transformation by successfully delivering complex, enterprise-scale projects involving multiple systems. As a Sr. Consultant within the Enterprise Payments Technology group you’ll build, implement, and enhance easy, flexible, and personalized solutions that enhance the client experience. This role turns business and architecture concepts into implementable designs and supports both the development & project management in delivering the product. As you lead the solution and strategy for the technical design of these applications, you’ll help build the future of banking. At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.

Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years as a Solution or Technical Architect.
• Experience leading technical teams, creating executive decks independently and are well versed at presenting to executives.
• Experience working with business and architecture teams to develop and design technology solutions is essential to this role.
• Demonstrated expertise to design and deploy highly scalable, available, and fault-tolerant systems on Microsoft Azure, including services such as Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Web Apps, API Management, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Traffic Manager, Virtual Machines, Storage Accounts, Azure Entra ID, Azure Cache for Redis, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, an Azure Cosmos DB.
• Proficient with Java Spring boot, Node.js, Python, Azure DevOps , GitHub Actions and authentication protocols such as SAML 2.0 and OIDC.
• Good understanding of OpenAI for building declarative AI agents to automate and optimize workflows.

Nice To Haves

• Previous expertise within Payments.
• A degree/diploma in: Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Physics or Technical discipline.
• You're digitally savvy. You seek out innovative solutions and embrace evolving technologies. You can easily adapt to new tools and trends.
• Your influence makes an impact. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by making yourself heard.
• You're driven by collective success. You know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of a team that enjoys working together to create a shared vision.
• You are passionate about client service - You want the work you do each day to result in a positive client experience.
• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work, and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level technical leadership to define end-to-end solutions across applications, platforms, infrastructure, interfaces, and integrations.
• Assess current-state systems, identify gaps, and recommend target-state architecture and implementation approaches.
• Lead the design of complex integration solutions in a multi-application enterprise environment.
• Produce high-level design artifacts, resolve design challenges, and develop detailed system integration plans that align with business and architectural standards.
• Evaluate emerging tools, platforms, and external products/services, and recommend solutions that support strategic goals, operational efficiency, and long-term scalability.
• Contribute to business and technology proposals through effort estimation, cost analysis, and option assessment.
• Work closely with Business Analysts and business partners to translate business needs into solution designs.
• Ensure functional and non-functional requirements are clearly defined, including performance, scalability, availability, resiliency, and security considerations.

Benefits

• competitive salary
• incentive pay
• banking benefits
• a benefits program
• defined benefit pension plan
• an employee share purchase plan
• a vacation offering
• wellbeing support
• MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program
• Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree