Senior Manager, Engineering – Mainframe Operations & Systems
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full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Toronto • Canada
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Salary
💰 CA$149,500 - CA$183,500 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Provide technical leadership and act as an application SME throughout the lifecycle of enterprise-scale applications and systems
- Design, develop, deploy, and support complex systems in a Mainframe environment
- Lead the introduction of tooling and automation across engineering processes to improve operational efficiency
- Ensure the management of production stability, availability, resiliency, and performance of critical systems
- Mentor and coach engineers, fostering skills development and a collaborative culture
- Engage closely with architecture and operations teams to ensure solutions are scalable and operationally ready
Requirements
- 10-15 years of progressive experience in software engineering, solution design, delivery, and production support of complex, enterprise‑scale applications and systems
- Hands‑on experience in Mainframe environments, including but not limited to COBOL, IMS, DB2, JCL, and CA7, supporting mission‑critical, high‑availability platforms
- Demonstrated experience executing enterprise engineering strategies, including the introduction of tooling and automation across build, test, release, configuration, and operational support activities spanning application, platform, and infrastructure layers
- Proven experience acting as a technical leader and application SME, accountable for end‑to‑end solution design, development, deployment, and support across the full lifecycle
- Strong background in hands‑on development and coding, including ownership of complex systems, technical design decisions, defect remediation, and performance optimization
- Experience supporting large‑scale production applications at Level 3 (L3), including root‑cause analysis, incident remediation, problem management, and collaboration with L1/L2 support teams to restore service
- Demonstrated ability to manage production stability, availability, resiliency, and performance, including on‑call support rotations and post‑incident reviews for critical systems
- Experience translating business requirements into functional, technical, and user interface designs aligned with enterprise architecture, security, performance, and development standards
- Proven capability to analyze business and technology requirements, evaluate solution options, and recommend optimal buy/build/reuse strategies
- Experience partnering closely with Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Platform, and Operations teams to ensure solution alignment, scalability, operational readiness, and supportability
- Hands‑on experience conducting code reviews, solution design reviews, operational readiness reviews, and production gating activities, ensuring quality, maintainability, and standards compliance
- Demonstrated experience identifying and resolving application, data, cross‑capability, and cross‑release issues, proactively managing technical debt and system integrity
- Proven leadership experience mentoring, coaching, and developing engineers, providing technical guidance, performance feedback, and support for skill and career progression
- Experience leading delivery teams or support workstreams, setting technical direction, prioritizing work, and balancing delivery timelines with operational stability
- Proven ability to foster a collaborative, inclusive, high‑performance engineering and operations culture, emphasizing accountability, quality, and continuous improvement
- Experience operating within regulated, risk‑aware environments, adhering to enterprise frameworks, governance models, change management, and control practices
Benefits
- Health and well-being benefits
- Savings and retirement programs
- Paid time off
- Banking benefits and discounts
- Career development
- Reward and recognition programs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
MainframeCOBOLIMSDB2JCLCA7toolingautomationproduction supportperformance optimization
Soft Skills
technical leadershipmentoringcollaborationproblem managementcommunicationcoachingaccountabilitycontinuous improvementteam leadershipskills development