Senior DevOps Engineer

at  Sun Life

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll 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.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Candidates must be eligible for Reliability Status Clearance, which requires that they have lived and worked in Canada for the past 5 consecutive years.
You are passionate about technology and this digital era. You are an agent of change, looking forward to a meaningful and impactful role. You seek challenges, take risks, and live your life intensively. You work well with others; you listen but also speak your mind clearly. You see solutions instead of obstacles; you get inspired and try to inspire. You believe that change is possible, and you can make it happen.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders and adapt approach when dealing with technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a strong, collaborative multi-site team
• Excellent organizing, planning and time management skills
• 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
• Customer and results focused
• Flexible and adaptable with the ability to align to changing priorities

UNIQUE / ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• We know there are endless tools in the DevOps toolbox, and we don’t expect you to come in as an expert on everything, but you are looking forward to experimenting and learning

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer with experience designing, developing, implementing, supporting, and analyzing large-scale tooling and systems that support the end-to-end development process.
To be successful in this role, you have worked through previous successful DevOps implementations or have been a Software Build and Deployment Engineer that focus on the software build, test, packaging, and deployment automation including tools and processes.
The successful candidate will have strong technical and problem-solving skills and will show initiative, be accepting of responsibility and be accountable for results.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Collaborate with architects, designers, business system analysts, application analysts, operation teams and testing specialists to deliver fully automated CI/CD systems
• Deploys, configures, manages, and performs ongoing maintenance of DevOps pipeline and tools code
• Be the custodian of shared DevOps pipeline code and scripts for multiple technologies (Java, .NET, Python and more)
• Provide, maintain, and manage the appropriate release policy, processes, standards, and procedures
• Create or improve the automated deployment processes, techniques, and tools
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical operational issues related to DevOps pipeline
• 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