13 Jan
Equitable Bank
Toronto
Join a Challenger
Being a traditional bank just isn't our thing. We are big believers in innovating the banking experience because we believe Canadians deserve better options, and we challenge ourselves and our teams to creatively transform what's possible in banking. Our team is made up of inquisitive and agile minds that find smarter ways of doing things. If you're not afraid of taking on big challenges and redefining the future, you belong with us. You'll get to work with people who will encourage you to reach new heights. We like to keep things fun, ask questions and learn together.
We are a big (and growing!) family. Overall we serve more than 670,000 people across Canada through Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™,
and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than six million members. Together we have over $125 billion in combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives. Our customers have named our EQ Bank digital platform ( eqbank.ca ) one of the top banks in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks list since 2021.
Purpose of Job
EQ Bank's IT team is starting to evolve and Needs a talented Senior DevOps Engineer with a solid passion in this space. Experienced and knowledgeable about the end to end software build chain, operations and automated build and release process.
Main Activities
- - Design, improve and implement build and release pipelines
- Provide subject matter expertise to developers and testers on the current and future technology of DevOps tools chain
- Work and collaborate with the larger team to exchange knowledge, solutions and practices to build a more consistent,
robust approach to development approaches
- Research and analyze existing and emerging technologies to identify products, tools to support the DevOps team
- Continuously improve performance and proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks that will reduce time to build and deliver our software.
- Build and Maintain high availability Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery infrastructure.
- Engage as a lead in DevOps capacity planning, software performance analysis and system tuning.
- Review and provide feedback on product functional specifications, design specifications.
- Perform formal Code Review, static and security analysis, design and implement Unit Tests and perform code coverage analysis
Knowledge/Skill Requirements
- - Subject Matter expert with minimum 5 years' experience in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment orchestration
- Champion cloud deployments to Azure, AWS or GCP - 2 year solid hands-on experience.
- Expertise in platform as a service using Pivotal CF or IBM Bluemix - 2+ year experience
- Good trouble shooting skills and practical usage of various source control systems (Git, SVN) - 5+ years of experience
- Solid understanding of Software Delivery Lifecycle
- Good to have SecOps experience
- Architecture and design understanding behind containers and work with Docker, Kubernetes or similar technologies - 3+ years of experience
- Working knowledge of programming/scripting in one or more of the following languages: Java, C, C++, groovy, Python, Shell
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in the field of Computer Science, Systems or Engineering
- Five or more years of similar professional experience
Job Complexities / Thinking Challenges:
- - Strong organizational skills; demonstrated ability to manage time and adhere to tight deadlines
- Must be flexible to adapt to a dynamic environment, make quick and sound decisions under pressure
- Ability to communicate technical information and ideas effectively
- Must be reliable, proactive, results-oriented, and attentive to details
- Ability to design high quality, scalable and supportable technology solutions that could be re-used by other areas of the bank
- Team player who mentors and helps fellow team members whenever required
- Self-starter who is able to work independently and lead a team if required
- Ability to prioritize assignments, projects and handle multiple competing priorities (multi-tasking) within restricted time constraints
- Problem solver with sound judgment who takes initiative,
accepts ownership and accountability
- Ability to help the team in interviewing process
- Independent, self-motivated and enthusiastic
Accountability
- The Senior Dev Ops Engineer will help development teams (in house and external vendor suppliers) build, integrate, manage and deploy releases into all environments using a hybrid methodology (Agile + Waterfall). This role requires collaboration with all participants across the SDLC: software developers, Quality Assurance, Automated Testing, Infrastructure, Production Owners, Operations, Channels, and Business Units representatives as they continuously develop, deploy, test and implement technology changes.
- The incumbent will be accountable to continuously improve the Software Development processes to drive measurable efficiency and productivity improvements for technology delivery teams.
- The Senior Dev-Ops Engineer will liaise with Technology and Project leadership teams to ensure project changes, enhancements, fixes, and emergency patches are implemented to production environments using secure and controlled procedures. Responsibilities also include, acting as point of contact for planning and securing lower environments, addressing cross-projects linkages and dependencies, tracking and communicating of changes as they are implemented.
#LI-Hybrid
What we offer [For full-time permanent roles]
Competitive discretionary bonus
Market leading RRSP match program
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
Employee Share Purchase Plan
Maternity/Parental top-up while you care for your little one
Generous vacation policy and personal days
Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues
Annual professional development allowance and a comprehensive Career Development program
A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience
The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from Equitable Bank's additional office space located at 351 King Street East, Toronto, ON.
Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion. Our organization is stronger and our employees thrive when we honour and celebrate everyone's diverse experiences and perspectives. In tandem with that commitment, we support and encourage our staff to grow not just in their career path, but personally as well.
We commit to providing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment for all applicants.
Please let us know of any accommodations needed so that you can bring your best self to the application process and beyond. All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check and credit check to qualify for hire. While we appreciate your interest in applying, an Equitable recruiter will only contact leading candidates whose skills and qualifications closely match the requirements of the position.
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