Description:
As we continue to evolve how we attract and engage with our clients, they are also evolving how and when they want to interact with us. As the demand for immediate and convenient information increases, our systems, data, and digital properties are that much more important in creating meaningful experiences that inspire and energize our clients and sales professionals to believe that “Life’s brighter under the Sun”.
For a journey this exciting and complex, we are looking for an experienced Mainframe Software Engineer who can design, develop, support, and analyze large scale applications and systems. The successful candidate will have strong technical and problem-solving skills, and will show initiative, be accepting of responsibility and be accountable for results.
We operate in a world where time-to-market and evolving business priorities drive our plans. The awesome person who fills this role will need to be resilient, a strong team member and equally effective in communicating and adapting to change as they champion good design and alignment with technical strategies.
What You Get
- Opportunity to help evolve our brand through projects and initiatives that contribute to helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives
- To be part of a dynamic team of professionals in a highly collaborative environment
- Grow strength and feel comfortable with managing ambiguity, flexibility, and nimbleness
- Recognition; everyone is a contributor
- Opportunities to grow your skills through on the job learning, coaching and training
- To be part of an innovative culture where continuous improvement is valued, rewarded, and embedded in what we do
- To use an industry-leading desktop development toolkit which integrates into a full Continuous Delivery pipeline
- Opportunities to socialize and team build through fun activities with coworkers
What We Get
- A Senior Software Engineer with the ability to deliver the analysis, design, development, and implementation of solutions
- An effective communicator who will utilize their technical knowledge to lead technical discussions with stakeholders and external technical partners in a manner that ensures understanding of risks, options, and overall solutions
- A collaborative team member who continuously strives to improve the client experience, our team, and our processes
- Someone who keeps current with trends in emerging technologies and how they could apply to Sun Life
- Ideally, we’ll also get somebody with one or more of the following:
- 5+ years’ progressive information technology experience with full application development life cycle and systems integration experience
- Keen appetite for learning relevant technologies and for continuous self-improvement
- Excellent working knowledge of the IBM OS/390 mainframe environment
- Experience and understanding of TSO/ISPF, DB2, IMS, JCL and other mainframe utilities
- Excellent problem analysis and trouble shooting skills
- Strong leadership, planning, organizational and consulting skills
- Experience using COBOL or PLI, and SAS development languages
- Understanding of MQ Series and other middleware technologies
- Knowledge of Insurance and Wealth Investments Financial Service industries
- Keen appetite for learning relevant technologies and for continuous self-improvement
- Familiarity with Git, Bitbucket, and Jenkins is a plus
- Experience with agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban would be an asset