Sun Life

Mainframe Software Engineer

Sun Life

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: TorontoCanada

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Salary

💰 CA$90,000 - CA$140,000 per year

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Design, develop, support, and analyze large-scale applications and systems
  • Break down and analyze application requirements into well-scoped work items
  • Design and develop mainframe applications under the guidance of senior engineers
  • Identify risks and raise them early to protect delivery timelines
  • Make sound technical decisions aligned with team standards and long-term maintainability
  • Contribute to end-to-end application development using modern mainframe tools
  • Write production-quality COBOL code with appropriate testing and documentation
  • Learn and apply lightweight engineering practices that balance speed and quality
  • Collaborate with peers, senior engineers, and stakeholders to deliver solutions
  • Clearly communicate progress, risks, and trade-offs
  • Contribute to improving client and developer experience through collaboration

Requirements

  • 3 - 5 years of experience in mainframe application development
  • Working knowledge of zOS / OS/390 environments
  • Experience with TSO/ISPF, DB2, IMS, JCL, and COBOL
  • Understanding of MQ and middleware concepts
  • Strong problem-solving and communication skills
  • Familiarity with Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, and zDevOps pipelines is a plus
  • Experience with agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban is an asset
  • Bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) required for Quebec
Benefits
  • Ongoing learning through coaching, training, and hands-on experience
  • Access to modern development tooling and a supportive team environment
  • Opportunity to contribute to systems that support clients’ well being
  • Work within a collaborative and inclusive engineering culture
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
COBOLmainframe application developmentzOSOS/390TSOISPFDB2IMSJCLagile methodologies
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationrisk identificationtechnical decision-makingdocumentationclient experience improvementdeveloper experience improvement