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About the Role

At Sun Life, we're driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful. When you join Sun Life, you'll work with passionate colleagues and empowering leaders who support your growth and celebrate your contributions, so you can make a meaningful difference in our Clients' lives. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and ensure release regression / end-to-end testing and non-functional testing are complete prior to implementing to Production
Identify and raise any gaps, risks or issues related to the overall execution plan
Collaborate with internal teams to develop detailed mainframe test cases to validate business application logic and identify software defects
Partner with the program Architects, Business and IT, to define and document complex data and test environment requirements, test data entry/exit criteria
Ensure that the team has the appropriate test environment and test data
Partner with cross-functional Agile teams to understand the testing of the components they have developed, assisting with testing activities where required
Provide timely and effective communication to QE management, relating to quality, progress and project issues and concerns
Help remove any testing-related roadblocks and escalate to QE management, when necessary
Provide timely and effective communications to key stakeholders, summarizing test results and managing impact of testing on overall program
Assist stakeholders in effective prioritization of testing efforts
Navigate effectively through complex challenges, involving others to solve problems and achieve goals
Ensure that appropriate processes, tools and techniques are used by all QE practitioners
Ensure appropriate automation and regression test approach to achieve optimal efficiency and reusability
Embrace and advocate Change and continuously improve testing practices

Requirements

Minimum 5+ years of relevant work experience leading large/complex multi-discipline initiatives
Related University Degree or College Diploma and evidence of progressive development in Quality Engineering
Knowledge of functional, non-functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing of Mainframe applications (JCL, CICS, Batch job testing, Database testing - DB2 commands)
Solid experience in QE best practices, tools, and testing of back-end and front-end applications
Demonstrated ability to lead, develop and support QE members working in agile teams
Exceptional organizational, planning and leadership skills
Sound problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly process complex information and present it clearly and simply
Strong commitment and ownership for the success of QE deliverables
Strong vendor management experience to address project requirements
Strong interpersonal as well as written and verbal communication skills
Solid experience in test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Tosca, ReadyAPI)
Demonstrated understanding of Agile methodologies, DevOps and tools (Jira, Confluence)
Experienced in qTest or equivalent Test Management tools
Mentored teammates in open, respectful, flexible, empathetic manner
Demonstrated leadership to implement QE practices
Open to learning new ideas outside scope or knowledge skillset
Ability to work independently with little or no supervision
Approach tasks with an innovative mind set and positive outlook
Knowledge in financial services and insurance industry
CSTE certification (or equivalent) is an asset

Skills

Mainframe applications (JCL, CICS, Batch job testing, Database testing - DB2 commands)
QE best practices, tools
Test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Tosca, ReadyAPI)
Agile methodologies, DevOps and tools (Jira, Confluence)
qTest or equivalent Test Management tools

Location

in-country

Work Type

Flex hours
Flexible hybrid work model
hybrid organization

Experience Level

Minimum 5+ years of relevant work experience leading large/complex multi-discipline initiatives

Education Level

Related University Degree or College Diploma

Salary/Compensations

90,000/90 000 - 140,000/140 000

Benefits

Great Place to Work® Certified in Canada and the US - 2022
Great Place to Work® award for Best Workplaces for #HybridWork - 2022
Canada Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work - 2021
Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential

About the Company

At Sun Life, we're driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.
Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful.
Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life.
A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our Clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues.
We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business, our Clients and you.

Equal Opportunity

We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.
Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process, or those needing job postings in an alternative format, may e-mail a request to thebrightside@sunlife.com.