Job Description

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you\xe2\x80\x99ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You\'ll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you\'ll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

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As a Senior DevOps Engineer within the Canadian Engineering Domain, you will be designing, developing, implementing, supporting and analyzing large-scale tooling and systems that support the end-to-end development process for our multi-site teams (Montreal, Toronto, Waterloo, and Gurgaon, India).

You will be part of a team that values communication, collaboration, transparency, and integrity. The successful candidate will have strong technical and problem-solving skills and will show initiative, be accepting of responsibility and be open to learning new skills.

Preferred skills (heading)

• Solid hardware and application virtualization platform experience
• High-Level knowledge of IBM MobileFirst Platform is a plus
• Knowledge of the financial and insurance industries
• System Administrator experience
• Some Agile experience
• Jira, Confluence, Hipchat experience
• Exposure to Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) integration architectures and technologies
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a strong, collaborative multi-site team
• Self-directed and proactive; thinking beyond the immediate problem with ability to analyze situations/problems systematically and deliver effective right-sized solutions in a timely manner
• Possess an inherent passion for continuous improvement and innovation
• Flexible and adaptable with the ability to align to changing priorities
• Great analytical skills; able to assess alternatives, risks, and benefits; attention to detail
• Teamwork with ability to collaborative with others (technical and non-technical)
• Good communication, motivation, organization, and client-focus
• Good organizational, planning and time management skills
• As this position is posted in several locations, we specify that bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only for the frequent interactions with English and French-speaking colleagues or internal partners across Canada or worldwide

Qualifications

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree or equivalent education/experience
• 3+ years of progressive information technology experience with full application development life cycle and systems integration experience
• Experience with native mobile development on iOS and/or Android is an asset
• Experience with Scripting languages
• A strong DevOps background with a security and automation mindset

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with architects, designers, business system analysts, application analysts, operation teams and testing specialists to deliver fully automated ALM systems
• Deploy, configure, manage, and perform ongoing maintenance of technical infrastructure including all DevOps tooling used by our Canadian IT teams
• Be the custodian of the DevOps infrastructure for GB, GRS, Individual and Mobile applications development and deployment
• Provide, maintain, and manage the appropriate release policy, processes, standards, and procedures
• Assist development team with the preparation of releases for production. This may include assisting in the automation of performance tests, validation of infrastructure requirements, and guiding the team with respect to system decisions
• Create or improve the automated deployment processes, techniques, and tools
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical operational issues related to IT Infrastructure
• Review and analyze organizational needs and goals to determine future impacts to applications and systems
• Ensure information security standards and requirements are incorporated into all solutions
• Stay current with trends in emerging technologies and how they could apply to Sun Life

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may e-mail a request to .

At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Salary Range: 82,000/82 000 - 135,000/135 000

Job Category: IT - Application Development

Posting End Date: 15/02/2024

Sun Life Financial