Senior Software Engineer, Operations

Sun Life • Waterloo, ON

1d • CA$90,000 - CA$140,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The e-Business team in Application Operations Support (AOS) provides operations and support services to ensure reliability of IT applications. Through innovation, continuous improvement, and collaboration, we strive to find new and better ways to bring value to Sun Life. We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer with at least 10 years of Java application support, analysis, and development experience. The successful candidate will have strong technical and problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently. This unique opportunity offers a dynamic space and a chance to collaborate with multiple business units.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent discipline
• 10+ years of information technology experience in Java application support and development
• 10+ years experience in: Java, JavaScript & web development languages like HTML, XML, CSS
• 10+ years experience in: Java Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technologies such as Servlet, JDBC and JSP
• 10+ years experience in: Spring framework
• Understanding of enterprise methodologies, such as ITIL, CMMI, and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• 4+ years experience in: ReactJS/ React.js
• 4+ years experience in: Container technologies – Kubernetes, Docker
• 4+ years experience in: Java SpringBoot
• 4+ years experience in: Web Security/OWASP
• 4+ years experience in: Web services and frameworks such as SOAP, REST API, Java APIs, JSON
• 4+ years experience in: Database technologies like SQL, Oracle, POSTGRES
• 4+ years experience in: DevOps tools - Jenkins, Artifactory, Bitbucket/Git, Gradle, Maven, CDD, Ansible
• 4+ years experience in: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• Experience with Kafka and light car proxy
• The role includes on-call and after-hours support on a team rotation basis.
• This role requires Canadian Protected-B (Reliability clearance) [a minimum of 5 years of consecutive residency in Canada].

Nice To Haves

• Collaboration and teamwork
• Continuous learning mindset
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment with changing priorities
• Strong analysis, debugging and problem-solving skills
• Solid written and verbal communication skills
• Exposure to Agile framework (Kanban, Scrum)
• Experience working with cloud hosted applications / servers on AWS.
• Exposure to team collaboration tools like Confluence, JIRA, MS Teams
• Knowledge of Middleware technologies such as WebSphere/WebLogic

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing support of Java based applications in Production and test environments including responding to Service requests, Incident & Problem analysis, Service restoration and recovery, Security vulnerability remediation, Audits and reporting as necessary.
• Participate in design, develop, test and debug programs for Java services. Deployment is done using Kubernetes containers.
• Interface with other Software Engineers, Business Systems Analysts, and other stakeholders to deliver high quality solutions and maintain a stable application environment.
• Enable stability through proactive monitoring activities, security compliance, change management, troubleshooting issues and conducting root-cause analysis.
• Identify and participate in continuous improvement opportunities, system renewal, stability, upgrade, and Disaster Recovery projects.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

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