Senior Release Engineer, Financial Markets

Job title:

Senior Release Engineer, Financial Markets

Company

Bank of Canada

Job description

Senior Release Engineer, Financial MarketsTake a central roleThe Bank of Canada has a vision to be a leading central bank-dynamic, engaged and trusted-committed to a better Canada. No other employer in the country offers you the unique opportunity to work at the very center of Canada’s economy, in an organization with significant impact on the economic and financial well-being of all Canadians. You will be challenged, energized and motivated to excel in our environment.Building on the principles that have always guided us – excellence, integrity and respect – we strive to be forward-looking and innovative, to welcome people with diverse perspectives and talents, and to earn trust by living up to our commitments and by clearly explaining the intent of our policies and actions.With our defined-benefit pension plan, benefits, and high flexibility for work life balance – find out more about why we are annually ranked as one of Canada’s top employers:Find out more about the next steps in our .The team
You will be joining the agile teams comprised of dedicated and passionate developers, testers and business analysts who are directly involved with the Bank of Canada’s role in the Financial Markets. It is mainly through the financial markets that the Bank’s key policy rate influences interest rates and the exchange rate. This, in turn, helps the Bank achieve its monetary policy objectives.You can find out more details here: https://www.bankofcanada.ca/markets/about-financial-markets/What you will do
You will bring your expertise to a newly established enterprise application team responsible for implementing and maintaining mission critical processes related to Collateral Management and domestic market operations. Your role will focus on driving operational excellence by providing hands-on expertise in application production operations, ensuring reliability and efficiency of these critical systems.In addition, you will:

• deliver technical leadership in release processes; managing environments and deployment
• lead the resolution of complex operational problems by leveraging advanced expertise in the underlying business application and related infrastructure
• Participation in 24×7 support rotations
• drive initiatives to improve operational excellence through automation, adoption of relevant tools and practices
• actively contribute technical expertise within the scrum teams by assisting members resolve technical issues and sharing knowledge

What you need to succeed
You are a team player, actively inviting diverse perspectives, fostering respectful working relationships with colleagues.In addition, you have

• Demonstrated adaptability: proven ability to master new technical skills to meet team needs, while effectively sharing expertise to achieve collective goals
• DevOps and CI/CD expertise: proficiency in DevOps, version control, CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Nexus, Jenkins/Tekton and ArgoCD. Strong track record of streamlining processes through automation
• Enterprise system support: extensive experience supporting enterprise systems, with a solid understanding of production operations, application resiliency and availability
• Strong knowledge of contanerization platforms such as RedHat Openshift or Kubernetes; including their role in enhancing application resiliency

Nice-to-have skills:

• Knowledge of managing configurations through yaml, overlays and solutions like Kustomize
• Knowledge of application authentication through certificate management. Experience working with tools similar to CyberArk, AppviewX
• Experience working with Message queues such as AMQ and integration platforms such as Mulesoft
• Knowledge of Standard Query Language (SQL), Java, Unix scripts, node.js, Jasper reports.

Your education and experience
This position requires a bachelor’s degree or college diploma in computer science, software development or a relevant field and a minimum of 7+ years of experience in applications development and systems integration or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be consideredWhat you need to know

• Language requirement: English or French essential
• Priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents
• Security level required: Be eligible to obtain Secret
• Relocation assistance may be provided, if required
• Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed, it will no longer be available.
• The official title of this position is “Senior DevOps Specialist”

Hybrid Work ModelThe Bank offers work arrangements that provide employees with flexibility, enable high-performing teams, and support an excellent workplace culture. Most employees can telework from home for a substantial part of each month as part of the Bank`s hybrid work model, and they are expected on site at the Bank location a minimum of eight days per month to help build connections between colleagues. You must live in Canada, and within reasonable commuting distance of the office.What you can expect from us
This is a great opportunity to join a leading organization and be part of a high-performing team. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet your needs at every stage of your life and career. For more information on key benefits please visit .

• Salaries are based on qualifications and experience and typically range from $108,874 to $128,087 (job grade 17)
• The Bank offers an incentive for successfully meeting expectations at 7 to 10% of your base salary. The Bank offers additional performance pay (5%) for those who exceed expectations. Exceptional performers who far exceed expectations may be eligible for higher performance pay.
• Flexible and comprehensive benefits so you can choose the level of health, dental disability and life and/or accident insurance coverage that meets your needs
• Extra vacation days (up to five each year) that you can purchase to add to your vacation entitlement
• Indexed, defined-benefit pension

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Expected salary

$108874 – 128087 per year

Location

Calgary, AB – Ottawa, ON

Job date

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:45:53 GMT

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