Senior IT Engineering Advisor

Job title: Senior IT Engineering Advisor

Company: Royal Bank of Canada

Job description: What is the opportunity?

You will join TI’s Innovation and Engineering team as a Senior IT Engineering Advisor with a mission to engineer a world class ecosystem to host all of RBC’s legacy and next generation cloud native application portfolio which includes stateless & stateful crown jewel applications, AI, ML, Big Data and Data Science applications.

At any given time, the Innovation & Engineering team will be working on multiple technologies across the spectrum of Compute, Storage, Network, Security, Devops, Cloud, Containers etc., and in this role you will have the opportunity to work on multiple cutting edge products, understand them and then collaborate with other TI & T&O teams to implement the technologies in production. You will also have the opportunity to work with a variety cutting edge / innovative companies, and evaluate their products for applicability at RBC. You will also get the opportunity to partner innovation labs (internal or external) to prove out new technologies.

The Innovation & Engineering team is responsible for setting technical strategy, Research and Development, Engineering and creating a vision and roadmap for TI. We identify emerging and disruptive technology trends in Opensource, Academia and the industry with the goal to recommend and implement them if it can provide a technological edge to the RBC business.

The ideal candidate will have a sharp business mind, understand and relate to user needs and align them with the products that are being created. Ultimately, you are motivated by the desire to optimize productivity and nurture program success from inception to completion.

• Execution & delivery:

• Responsible for delivering value-add services and consulting to partners and application teams including performance tuning, systems integration and strategic roadmaps. You will work closely with peers and development teams to provide design and integration expertise, platform configurations and security recommendation for a PaaS /containerized environment consistent with Engineering Release Plan and project deliverables
• Run Proof of Concept exercises from start to finish, including interacting with vendors, working with internal groups to gather requirements, installing and testing technology and writing up analysis and findings
• Assess the relative impact of IT industry trends to current and future enterprise infrastructure needs and projects.
• Collaborate with T&O stakeholders, providing advice and assistance to coordinate and operationalize the integrated strategic and operational plans for innovative technologies, methodologies and processes
• Ensure Safety & Soundness with a focus on operational excellence and solution resiliency; drive benchmarking exercises to ensure RBC IT remains within the top tier of best practices; responsible for technical solutions that meet the needs of our business units in a cost-efficient manner.
• Implement best practices and continuous improvement programs aligned with TI priorities; drive continuous financial performance improvement

• Knowledge Leadership:

• Own multiple services, platforms, or product development across all technology domains; be principal advisor and technical coach to owners of multiple domains; key technical thought leader for Engineering ; seek out new approaches, tools, methods and/or technologies to enhance RBC systems and processes
• Assist in the identification and development of the right processes, methodologies and technologies to drive positive innovation within RBC; scan the external environment for trends and potential disrupters, developing a body of knowledge and providing summary reports to the leadership team with recommendations for further review or action

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

10-12 years of technology domain experience in information technology roles.

• At least 5 years of experience engineering or designing enterprise technologies is required.

• Distributed Computing Systems, Operating Systems, Opensource technologies/Languages, databases, storage, middleware, compute acceleration, experience having built Java/web applications is preferred.

5 years of experience is required working with the technology in multiple domains.

• Candidates for this role require experience as a key contributor on the support, integration, and Engineering / design activities of 75% of the Engineering Work Portfolio for their technology/ domain

• Key to this role is experience having implemented some of the newer opensource technologies such as Docker, Container Orchestration, Kuberentes, Openshift/Mesos/Pivotal, 12 factor apps, Site Reliability Engineering, Observability.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science.

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is Canada’s largest bank, and one of the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We are one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management, insurance, investor services and capital markets products and services on a global basis. We have over 80,000 full- and part-time employees who serve more than 16 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 37 other countries. For more information, please visit

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment
RBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally-protected factors. Disability-related accommodations during the application process are available upon request.

JOB SUMMARY
City: Toronto
Address: 330 Front Street West
Work Hours/Week: 37.5
Work Environment: Office
Employment Type: Permanent
Career Level: Experienced Hire/Professional
Pay Type: Salary + Variable Bonus
Position Level: PL07
Required Travel(%): 0
Exempt/Non-Exempt: N/A
People Manager: No
Application Deadline: 05/30/2021
Req ID: 359641

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Wed, 12 May 2021 02:02:51 GMT