Note: Occasional weekend or evening may be required.

What are the main 3-5 responsibilities of this resource? S oftware Development in PLI on our Data Services team, Testing and deployment into test regions, some requirements definition – with guidance

What are the main 3-5 technologies of the resource? PLI, IDMC, IMS/DB2

How many years of experiences are you looking for? 5 to 7

Team Size and Environment (Open concept, loud, interactive, etc.)? Agile team of 10

Will you consider 100% remote candidates based in Canada? Yes

Daily Work hours (e.g. 9 am – 5 pm): 9 – 5 (7.5 hrs)

Location: North York

Contract Length: 6 Months

Job Description

Collaborative Senior Software Engineer with mainframe experience sought by industry-leading Canadian Asset Management & Insurance Company.

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.
• 7+ 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
• Strong experience using PLI.
• Understanding of MQ Series and other middleware technologies.
• Knowledge of Insurance and Wealth Investments Financial Service industries.
• Familiarity with iDZ, Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Powercentre (10.5.5) or Informatica Developer (IDMC 10.5.5.1) is a plus.
• Experience with agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban would be an asset.