Senior Systems Developer - DevOps and Deployment

Senior Systems Developer - DevOps and Deployment Company: CGL

Department: IT

Employment Type: Regular Full-Time

Work Model: Hybrid

Language: English

Additional Information: This role is currently vacant.

The Opportunity We are a leading Canadian financial services co‑operative committed to being a catalyst for a sustainable and resilient society. Our team is essential to deliver on this strategy. We prioritize our people to provide a strong culture and development opportunities that enable our team to thrive and live our purpose. Our people care passionately about each other, our clients, and our communities.

The Emerging Business Model (EBM) Tech team exists to deliver contextually relevant financial security that delights customers and partners in their moment of need. We design, build, and deliver digital‑first platforms and services that enable differentiated, hyper‑personalized insurance propositions within partner ecosystems. As part of EBM Tech, you’ll become a key member of an agile, energetic, and ambitious digital platform engineering team. If you enjoy engineering innovation at scale and contributing to next‑gen integrated propositions, we think you’ll love working with us.

Responsibilities As the Senior Systems Developer you will be a driving member of an integral team responsible for developing system‑based solutions by formulating programs, developing and maintaining code, and documenting processes for consistency and continuous improvement. You will contribute to a range of highly complex and diverse team initiatives and provide training and support to your teammates.

Technologies & Experience

Experience working with GitHub, open‑source automation using APIs.

Proficiency in project tracking tools (JIRA, Confluence) and APIs.

Experience automating deployment, management of Salesforce sandbox and production test regions.

Support on developing automations within Dev‑Ops initiatives to accelerate deployments and reduce lead time.

Experience with Salesforce metadata and metadata deployments.

Experience with cloud deployments, especially AWS.

Experience supporting fully automated CI/CD solutions.

Hands‑on experience with ServiceNow for change, release, incident and problem management.

Excellent coordination, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.

Excellent understanding of Python.

Impact You’ll Create

Lead the process of developing a cohesive plan to determine technologies and options for a working solution.

Develop new code and leverage existing code to implement system features of medium to large complexity.

Create an implementation and troubleshooting plan for a single system.

Own and lead the overall release deployment of application changes across UAT, PreProd and Production environments.

Coordinate release deployments and scheduling with Engineering, QA, BSAs and POs.

Coordinate environment set‑up, rollback procedures and deployment validation activities.

Ensure that deployment activities follow release‑management processes.

Conduct release manifest tech reviews.

Monitor deployments and respond to issues or failures during the release window.

Participate in go‑checkpoint meetings and post‑release retrospectives.

Maintain version control and release documentation.

Able to handle deployment issues raised by engineers, QA and squads.

Success Pillars

Innovative mindset to improve operational efficiencies and influence change with a client‑focus.

Critical thinking skills to recognize assumptions, evaluate arguments, draw conclusions and proactively propose solutions.

Strong communication skills to clearly convey messages and explore diverse points of view.

Build trusting relationships and provide guidance to support colleague development.

Qualifications

Five years of experience in Information Technology or a related field.

Post‑secondary education in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related discipline.

Solid understanding of and practical experience in the software delivery cycle.

Proficiency in English, including drafting complex documents and communicating with non‑French‑speaking clients.

Additional Information

Occasional travel.

Rotational on‑call schedule, including evenings and weekends.

Extended work hours, including evenings and weekends, may be required.

Background check required for successful candidates.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities to grow your career.

Flexible work options and paid time off.

Holistic approach to well‑being with physical and mental health programs.

Paid volunteer days.

Competitive salary and incentive programs.

Comprehensive total rewards package including group retirement savings plans, pension, health and wellness, dental, disability and life coverage, mental health support and employee assistance program.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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