City : North York

Category : Full-time

Industry : Finance

Employer : Sun Life Financial

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:

The Group Benefits/Group Retirement (GB/GR) support team in Application Operations Services is looking for an Application Developer with at least 5 years of JAVA application support, analysis, and development experience. The successful incumbent will have strong technical and problem solving skills, and the ability to work independently. As a member of the team that supports JAVA applications, responsibilities include application support, responding to service requests, debugging and problem solving, security reviews, maintaining stability, requirements analysis, performance and tuning, application development and unit testing, writing technical specifications, as well as participation in transitions to support and design reviews. The desirable candidate will show initiative, be accepting of responsibility and be accountable for results.

What will you do?

• Provide ongoing support of JAVA 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 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

What do you need to succeed?

• 5+ years of information technology experience in JAVA application support and development
• Informatica PowerCenter and ETL proficiency
• Strong working knowledge of Java, J2EE, Weblogic, Eclipse, Oracle and other relational database technologies, Web technologies, Unix, and Ajax Excellent understanding of mainframe application problem solving and debugging
• Solid understanding of distributed application packaging, deployment, and performance management
• Ability to communicate effectively to technical and nontechnical audiences and work with business partners as well as infrastructure teams
• Experience with .NET and/or other technologies is an asset
• Understanding of the ITIL service framework is an asset

Additional requirements

• Must be able to obtain Reliability Status through the Government of Canada before a start date can be confirmed (includes a background check with fingerprinting by the RCMP)

What’s in it for you?

• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical and financial
• An environment of continuous learning and improvement
• A collaborative and interactive team environment
• Joining a reputable organization with over 150 years of history

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.

Sun Life is committed to the health and safety of all those in our workplaces and our communities.  In accordance with Sun Life’s Vaccination Policy (Canada):

• Employees permitted to work remotely are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend a Sun Life office, Financial Centre or offsite location where activity related to Sun Life business occurs.

• Employees whose job duties require them to attend a Sun Life office, Financial Centre or offsite location for Sun Life business must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 effective May 1st. Employees in these roles may participate in Sun Life’s Rapid Screening Program as an alternative until April 30th.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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