Sr. Consultant, Solution Design and Strategy-Payments

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.

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What you'll be doing

Enterprise Wires Modernization (EWM) is a multi-year program that will implement a new modernized wire payment platform in several phases and workstreams. As Solution Consultant for EWM, you will be accountable for creating the solution design of the new modernized wire payments platform. This includes ensuring alignment of interim solutions of the various phases/workstreams, while considering the desired overall target state outcomes including ease of on-going support. Additionally, you will be accountable for remediating any design and build issues that may arise.

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.

How You’ll Succeed

• Design & Develop : Provide comprehensive level technical consulting to senior IT management and technical teams, working closely with multiple Technology groups and LOBs to identify and evaluate existing applications and determine the best and most relevant approaches and next steps. 
• Technical Solutions: Define end to end technical solutions that take into account the enterprise architecture strategies, current state environment and constraints for enterprise payments systems including payments originating channels, Payment Services Hubs, Payment Engines and Payment rails. Analyze the viability of solutions to meet product timelines, budget, and quality. Present the solution to different stakeholders as needed. 
• Design Council: Lead the design council, which will be a forum with key stakeholders to determine key aspects of the solution, ensure buy-in of the solution design from key stakeholders, and remediate any design issues that may arise .Perform evaluation as well as selection of new and emerging tools and techniques and support the development of business / technology proposals by estimating implementation costs and evaluating options. 

Who You Are

• You can demonstrate experience: Overall 8 years of experience with at least 4+ years as a Solution or Technical Consultant. Have experience of providing guidance to 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. It’s an asset having previous client facing consulting experience. Strong knowledge of high-value payments ecosystem (SWIFT/Lynx wire payments). It’s an asset having knowledge of Industry Payments Modernization initiatives (Global and Canadian)  Solid experience with a variety of technologies/frameworks including event-driven architecture, REST APIs, microservice architecture, CI/CD processes, DevOps pipelines, etc. Knowledge of ISO20022 payment standard and payment processing platforms (Payment Services Hubs, payment engines) considered an asset .
• You have a degree/diploma: Computer Science, Engineering or Technical discipline;
• You embrace and champion change.  You’ll continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work to deliver your best.  You empower and enable your team to make continuous improvement, go above and beyond, and deliver results.
• Your influence makes an impact. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by making yourself heard.
• You live your values. You bring high standards, genuine care to your relationships, and want to grow with an employer that shares your values and brings out your best.

What you need to know

• CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact [email protected]

• CIBC is committed to clarity in our hiring process. All roles posted are opportunities we’re actively recruiting for, unless stated otherwise.

• You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit

• We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills test (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency).

• We use artificial intelligence tools during the recruitment process. Our goal for the application process is to get to know more about you, all that you have to offer, and give you the opportunity to learn more about us.

Job Location

Toronto-81 Bay, 11th Floor

Employment Type

Regular

Weekly Hours

37.5

Primary Recruiter

Anju Rani

Skills

Analytical Thinking, Analytical Thinking, Application Development, Application Firewall, Applications Programming, Azure Database For Postgresql, Data Solutions, Data Standards, Emerging Technologies, IBM App Connect Enterprise, IBM MQ, ISO 20022, IT Strategic Planning, Java (Programming Language), Microsoft Azure, Oracle Database, Payment Handling, Payment Services, Red Hat Ansible, Redhat Linux Server, Red Hat OpenShift, RESTful API Design, Software Development, Solution Architecture, SQL Databases {+ 2 more}