Junior Software Engineer

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Job Description:

Are you looking for a fast-paced, challenging role? The DevOps Operations team is looking for a Junior Software Engineer who enjoys working in a production support environment, can multitask, has strong organizational skills, and has a desire to grow their technical knowledge.

As a member of the team, you will utilize your knowledge of business objectives and processes, products, people, technology, and quality concepts to:

• Provide critical day-to-day technical and operational support for DevOps.
• Partner with business and technology areas to ensure the technology and process solutions delivered/supported meet the needs of the business partners and the appropriate level of quality.

What will you do?

• Help maintain development infrastructure, including configuration repositories, ticketing systems, document management systems, and automation systems for build, test, and deployment.
• Help develop and maintain integration between various development systems to ensure the smooth operation of development processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical operational issues.
• Assist with deployments & configure, manage, and perform ongoing maintenance of technical infrastructure including all DevOps tooling used by SLF.
• Assist in providing, maintaining, and managing the appropriate release policy, processes, standards, and procedures.
• Help identify and implement new technology where required to augment and improve our build, test, and deployment automation capabilities.
• Liaise with the Architecture team to help determine future strategy for the DevOps program and the core tools being offered to our development community.

What will you need to succeed?

• Working knowledge of heterogeneous enterprise systems including Linux, Unix, and Windows-based servers.
• Development Operations experience in an enterprise setting (Financial Services industry an advantage).
• Experience in ITOM (Change/Incident/Problem Management process).
• Experience with Ansible, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Docker, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, and/or related technologies would be advantageous.
• Experience or familiarity with cloud technologies, especially AWS.
• Experience with Microsoft .Net, Microsoft DevOps tools (TFS, VSTS), Azure, and related technologies would be advantageous, but optional.
• Experience with Oracle and/or SQL Server databases would be advantageous, but optional.

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 thebrightside@sunlife.com.

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.

At Sun Life, you can be your most brilliant self. Our supportive, flexible, and inclusive work environment is one where you – and your career – can thrive. Whatever your aspirations, collaborative leaders and colleagues are ready to help you learn, grow, and succeed.