Hybrid Senior Software Engineer, Operations – Mainframe/UNIX

at Sun Life

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer, Operations – Mainframe/UNIX
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: CA$90,000 - CA$140,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Java, SQL, Unix
• Location requirements: Hybrid, North York, Canada

About the role

• Senior Software Engineer in Operations supporting mainframe applications at Sun Life. Responsible for application support, development and improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing support of Group Retirement Services mainframe application systems in production including responding to service requests, problem analysis, resolution, escalation and reporting as necessary
• Identify and participate in improvement, system renewal, stability, upgrade, and Disaster Recovery projects
• As a senior member of the support team, interface with developers, infrastructure teams, system designers, business system analysts, application analysts and testing specialists to deliver high quality solutions and maintain a stable, high performing application environment
• Create and maintain supporting documentation
• Participate in various review processes - e.g Business Requirements, Test plans, Design reviews, etc to gain a solid understanding of the application and provide input into the various deliverables from a support perspective
• Design, develop, code, test, and debug programs for small projects
• This role includes on-call and after-hours support on a team rotation basis

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of information technology experience in mainframe application support and development
• University degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Strong working knowledge of COBOL, UNIX-Micro Focus Cobol, Syncsort, IMS, DB2, JCL, SQL, Focus, APIs, and Agile Deployment Tools
• Excellent understanding of mainframe application problem solving and debugging
• Solid understanding of distributed application packaging, deployment, and performance management
• Strong leadership, planning, organizational and consulting skills
• Ability to communicate effectively to technical and nontechnical audiences and work with business partners as well as infrastructure teams
• Self-starter, fast learner and ability to multitask
• Experience with .Net, Java and/or other technologies is an asset
• Understanding of the ITIL service framework is an asset.

Benefits

• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.
• Ability to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business, our Clients, and you!