Work Location:

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America

Hours:

40

Pay Details:

$113,000 - $196,000 USD

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Job Description:

The Senior Network Architect, Architect III provides network architecture and technology guidance to network operations, build, and engineering project delivery teams across the TD network team. This role enables our Retail, Campus, and Datacenter LAN, WAN, MAN teams supporting network technologies across the US, Canada, and international locations across TD's businesses.

This highly visible network role is responsible for the design and engineering components of driving new network technology adoption across the firm with a focus towards network deployment automation, modernization of routing implementation and stability design components, as well as innovating the network organization forward.

As the network design owner, this role has key involvement in supporting and partnering with other Infrastructure & Engineering teams to align network services consumed by application and platform owners.

Network architecture role supporting Cisco, Aruba, and Arista routing and switching. Domain lead on routing and switching technologies and their implementation.

Duties Include::

• Architect and design scalable network solutions across Retail, Campus, and Datacenter domains
• High degree of experience in supporting large scale, multi-vendor networks (Cisco, Arista, Aruba), preferred at financial services institutions
• Implementation experience relative to datacenter fabric technologies for VXLAN spine/leaf networks and interoperability across manufacturers. Cisco ACI experience, Arista VXLAN ideal.
• Expert ability in core routing protocols – BGP, OSPF, VRF
• Design intent around modern datacenter network protocols such as VXLAN overlay frameworks, EVPN-BGP configuration, and related troubleshooting
• Incorporates network automation into build and testing scenarios, encompassing technologies such as Ansible, Python
• Builds and maintains network reference architecture diagraming and mapping to ensure up to date network plans and supportability, as well as develops supporting technical documentation and design guides.
• Familiarity with utilizing network tooling platforms such as Netbrain, Forward Networks, amongst others in observability of the network operating environment to inform design decisioning
• Aids in network capacity planning regimes with operations and engineering to support business consumption and appropriate levels of network health
• Assists with defining network standards for interoperability between diverse vendor platforms, ensuring resiliency, security, and performance
• Collaborates with security, cloud, and other Infrastructure & Engineering teams to align network architecture with infrastructure strategy across the firm.
• Provides advanced troubleshooting and escalation engagement for L4+ support
• Primary network subject matter expert on TD's network technologies with specialized knowledge related to architecture of multiple TD applications and/or lines of business
• Foresees architectural issues / gaps and identifies emerging industry trends (i.e. future-focused)

Depth & Scope:

• Participates in the selection, placement, and orientation of new staff members; manages the performance, training requirements, and development of staff
• Motivates staff to foster continued process and quality improvements
• Deals effectively with employee relation issues, suggestions, and discipline
• Performs technical project management including creating project plans, managing IT resources, tracking and delegating tasks
• Manages external staffing and service providers as needed including contract negotiations
• Works closely with IT managers and staff to complete projects
• Other duties as assigned
• Architectural specialist that works autonomously on highly complex and diverse projects/ issues
• Oversees other architects and IT professionals on complex, highly-visible architecture projects
• May provide leadership/ consulting/ direction to a larger team on all aspects of architecture to ensure advanced learning occurs
• Primary subject matter expert with specialized knowledge related to architecture of multiple TD applications and/or lines of business
• Foresees architectural issues / gaps and identifies emerging industry trends (i.e. future-focused)
• Influences product direction and integrates technology from an architectural perspective within the business environment; Fulfils an IT governance role
• Provides recommendations on value-added architectural improvements / enhancements

Education & Experience:

• 4 year degree in computer science or related field required. 5+ more years of managerial or leadership experience is required
• 8+ years experience in Information Technology
• Diverse work experience within the financial services industry as a systems designer, IT infrastructure manager and/or IT senior operations manager
• Proven leadership and organizational awareness skills and desire to contribute to and drive business strategy in light of changing technologies
• Excellent interpersonal, and teamwork skills. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with all divisions of the Bank
• In-depth knowledge of regulatory rules and / or restrictions as they relate to a specific LOBs or the Bancorp in general
• Strong research capabilities to find best of breed software, technology and process
• Proven knowledge of banking and banking systems
• In-depth knowledge in developing mission critical systems that support the 24x7 nature of our business environment; Strong vendor management and negotiation skills; Deep awareness, knowledge and experience of controls & governance issues affecting LOB and IT

Preferred Qualifications:

• Progressive experience in enterprise networking, with several years in a focused network architecture role
• Proven hands-on expertise with Cisco ACI, Arista VXLAN/EVPN, SDWAN technologies
• Strong knowledge of multi-vendor datacenter fabrics and routing domains across BGP, OSPF, EVPN, as well as supporting and maintaining private MAN networks (DWDM, optical core)
• Strong research capabilities to find best in class software, technology and process
• Proven knowledge of banking and banking systems
• In-depth knowledge in developing mission critical systems that support the 24x7 nature of our business environment; Strong vendor management and negotiation skills; Deep awareness, knowledge and experience of controls & governance issues affecting LOB and IT

Physical Requirements:

Never: 0%; Occasional: 1-33%; Frequent: 34-66%; Continuous: 67-100%

• Domestic Travel – Occasional
• International Travel – Never
• Performing sedentary work – Continuous
• Performing multiple tasks – Continuous
• Operating standard office equipment - Continuous
• Responding quickly to sounds – Occasional
• Sitting – Continuous
• Standing – Occasional
• Walking – Occasional
• Moving safely in confined spaces – Occasional
• Lifting/Carrying (under 25 lbs.) – Occasional
• Lifting/Carrying (over 25 lbs.) – Never
• Squatting – Occasional
• Bending – Occasional
• Kneeling – Never
• Crawling – Never
• Climbing – Never
• Reaching overhead – Never
• Reaching forward – Occasional
• Pushing – Never
• Pulling – Never
• Twisting – Never
• Concentrating for long periods of time – Continuous
• Applying common sense to deal with problems involving standardized situations – Continuous
• Reading, writing and comprehending instructions – Continuous
• Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing – Continuous

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. The listed or specified responsibilities & duties are considered essential functions for ADA purposes.

Who We Are:
TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues.

TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you’ve got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we’re here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing – and so will you.

Our Total Rewards Package

Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes base salary and variable compensation/incentive awards (e.g., eligibility for cash and/or equity incentive awards, generally through participation in an incentive plan) and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off (including Vacation PTO, Flex PTO, and Holiday PTO), banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition. Learn more

Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Colleague Development
If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation

TD Bank is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

If you are an applicant with a disability and need accommodations to complete the application process, please email TD Bank US Workplace Accommodations Program at USWAPTDO@td.com. Include your full name, best way to reach you and the accommodation needed to assist you with the applicant process.