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Principal Engineer (Cloud)

$92.1k - $153.5k per year
Full-time

The Canada Life Assurance Company

Job Responsibility:

Permanent Full Time

Canada Life is seeking a Principal Engineer (Director level) to drive our adoption of Cloud.

This role will be pivotal in building and operationalizing modern, cloud platforms and applications. The successful candidate will combine excellent technical skills with great communication and the ability to present and advocate for a vision.

What you will do:

  • Technical Delivery: Lead teams that design/build/integrate modern public cloud capabilities, including infrastructure pipelines, security/policy as code, automated code delivery, automated testing, and automated application monitoring.
  • Advocacy and Teaching: Proactively work with internal teams to develop and action cloud technology roadmaps. Collaborate with Technology leaders to influence the evolution of practices, processes, methods, methodologies, and standards to drive improved customer outcomes
  • Security and Risk: Work in partnership with the risk, security and privacy organizations to design and implement cloud-based solutions that comply with Canada Life's cyber security, data security, and overall risk appetite. Provide thought leadership and act in an advisory capacity to various governance councils

What you will bring:

  • Experience in a regulated environment and strategic vendor management
  • Degree/diploma in computer science, engineering, or equivalent work experience and 10+ years of relevant experience
  • Strong knowledge of infrastructure solutions, specifically in relation to cloud providers (AWS and Azure), platform migration, system security, enterprise directories, and cloud technologies.
  • Demonstrated experience with CICD (Gitlab) that drives automation, self-serve, and high re-use across the enterprise.
  • Experience with Continuous Integration Delivery models such as DevOps, including automation/infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible)
  • Demonstrated people leadership skills, including solving complex problems, impacting and influencing change, developing, linking, and communicating vision, as well as attracting, retaining, and developing talent.

The base salary for this position is between $92,100.00- $153,500.00 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Be your best at Canada Life- Apply today!

Being a part of Canada Life means you have a voice. This is a place where your unique background, perspectives and talents are valued, and shape our future success.

You can be your best here. You're part of a diverse and inclusive workplace where your career and well-being are championed. You'll have the opportunity to excel in your way, finding new and better ways to deliver exceptional customer and advisor experiences.

Together, as part of a great team, you'll deliver on our shared purpose to improve the well-being of Canadians. It's our driving force. Become part of a strong and successful company that's trusted by millions of Canadians to do the right thing.

Canada Life serves the financial security needs of more than 13 million people across Canada, with additional operations in Europe and the United States. As members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies, we're one of Canada's leading insurers with interests in life insurance, health insurance, investment and retirement savings. We offer a broad portfolio of financial and benefit plan solutions for individuals, families, businesses and organizations.

We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live, and to creating an environment where every employee has the opportunity to reach their potential.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Canada Life policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact View email address on ca.edajobs.com.

Canada Life would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.

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