Position Title: Senior Technology Specialist, Digital Developer
Reports To: Technology Manager - New Business Experience, Individual Insurance IT
Department: IT Individual Insurance
Term: Permanent Full-Time

Work Arrangements: This is a hybrid role. You will work in our office in Waterloo, ON a minimum of two (2) assigned, consecutive days every other week, plus a fifth (5th) assigned day per month. You are welcome to work from the office more than the minimum requirement and there may be some roles that are required to work in our office more than the minimum requirement.

The Opportunity: Don't miss the opportunity to join one of Waterloo Area and Southwestern Ontario's Top Employers for 2024!

The Senior Technology Specialist role is an exciting opportunity with one of our Individual Insurance agile teams to work directly with key leaders to understand the business needs and help support their strategies with technology solutions. Join our team to develop and implement technologies that support both internal and external clients, while also providing technical and practice leadership to continuously evolve our capabilities and technologies.

This role will partner with a cross-functional agile team to develop, test, launch, and refine solutions to optimize the Individual Insurance new business experience, while helping maintain and enhance shared technology solutions and architecture.

What you will be doing:

• You will be responsible for designing, developing and unit testing code, delivering on objectives established by business partners. You will understand and adhere to best practices and guidelines, and work with a delivery team to ensure understanding of objectives, requirements and specifications.
• Coding experience in React, Angular, .NET, C#, (SQL, KQL is a plus)
• Strong experience with tools and development frameworks such as PowerShell, NPM, VSC, GIT, Docker, K8S, ReactJS
• Strong experience & understanding in Infrastructure as code applied to DevOps, DevSecOps, cloud security best practices and well architected framework.
• Demonstrated knowledge of web/mobile design and object-oriented programming practices
• Support the implementation of corporate policies, standards, and procedures that provide effective architecture, governance, and management.
• Perform hands-on configuration and troubleshooting of hardware and/or application software.
• Provide technical leadership for more junior team members, oversee solution implementation to ensure compliance with security, and governance.
• Involve others in planning and executing, and in so doing, gains their buy-in.
• May be required to complete work outside of normal business hours to meet project deadlines and support weekend implementations, may be required to participate in rotating on-call shifts.

What you will bring:

• Minimum 5 years experience in IT with multi-domain experience.
• Post-secondary degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in the following or related discipline: computer science, computer systems engineering, software engineering.
• Hands on working knowledge of React, .NET, C#, PWAs, APIs, Azure DevOps/Cloud, SQL, Design Library Systems, Experience with scrum delivery, Testing Automation and Automating Pipelines.
• Experience leading other developers on projects; task and priority setting, working with business partners, etc.

What's in it for you:

• A healthy work-life balance with employee wellness top of mind
• Annual bonus program, annual vacation allowance, and company-paid benefits program
• An additional paid volunteer day each year so you can spend time giving back to the community
• Immediate enrollment in the company's pension program with employer matching
• Employee resource groups that support an inclusive work environment
• Tuition support and specialized program assistance
• An onsite, full-service cafeteria with a variety of daily options
• Discounts on company products and services, and access to exclusive employee perks
• Regular EQ Together events focused on company togetherness and collaboration

As part of the recruitment/offer process you will be required to:

• Provide two professional references (minimum one supervisor and above)
• Undergo a criminal background check

This role is open due to an existing vacancy.

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