Senior Systems Development Consultant

Company: CGL
Department: IT-Solutions Delivery P/C
Employment Type: Regular Full-Time
Work Model: Hybrid
Language: This role operates in English.
Additional Information: This/these role(s) is/are currently vacant

The Opportunity:

We are a leading Canadian financial services co-operative committed to being a catalyst for a sustainable and resilient society and our team is essential to deliver on this strategy.  That’s why we prioritize our people, to ensure we provide a strong culture and development opportunities which enables our team to thrive and to live our purpose.  The best part is that you will work with people that care passionately about you, our clients and our communities.

Our Information Technology team aspires to be a leader in applying technology to power business strategies. We connect concepts with solutions to create value and efficiencies for our clients, employees, and communities. Our success is driven by our skilled and diverse team who are passionate about excellence, innovation, and agility.

The Senior Systems Development Consultant formulates and modifies procedures to solve complex problems, proposes and designs systems and solutions to address business needs, and liaises with other technical/functional areas to ensure guidelines are adhered to within development projects. As a senior level in the Systems Development job stream, the Sr Systems Development Consultant provides system development expertise, technical leadership, and consulting to project teams across multiple phases of systems development and technology and provides advanced leadership and guidance to less experienced IT staff.

Technologies you have experience with:

• Terraform 


• CI/CD Pipelines, Git Hub or Content Delivery 


• AKS, EKS, OCP 


• CI/CD Pipelines, Git Hub or Content Delivery


• Working with 3rd party API’s, Content Delivery, Kong, Nuevector 

How you will create impact:

• Perform technical analysis and formulate design and solutions for a complex system or for integration with multiple systems, including verifying integration across multiple hardware platforms and development environments.


• Thinking big and taking ownership of end-to-end technical solutions


• Ensure the overall design considers all aspects (environment, strategy, key business need, user demand, integration with related systems, financial implications, etc.) and all design/system components are feasible, maintainable, usable, scalable, and work with the overall technical design of the system(s) or solution.


• Lead design review and validation with peers, business systems analysts, subject matter experts, Enterprise Architecture, infrastructure & operations, information security, legal and audit to ensure it is complete, compliant, and follows the standards, guidelines, and recommendations of the SDLC process and Enterprise Architecture.


• Evaluate software packages and prepare proposals, recommending implementation of changes to systems architecture.


• Perform quality assurance of the proposed solution to confirm adherence to development standards and guidelines.


• Write new code and leverage existing code.


• Lead and plan unit testing and work with business systems analyst on system testing, coordinating the setup of test environments to verify that functionality and data integrity is maintained.


• Execute unit and integration tests that are comprehensive in nature, and support system and user acceptance testing.

To join our team:

• You have experience designing and building complex


• You have a can-do attitude and are willing to dig in, spend the time to learn not only the technology, but also the business knowledge.


• At least 8 years' experience in IT, or equivalent combination of education and experience, along with a Diploma or degree in Information Technology or Computer Science.


• Knowledge of strategic and tactical plans.


• In-depth knowledge of multiple enterprise applications and the technologies used.


• Expert in SDLC and architectural standards.

What you need to know:

• You will be subject to a Background check as a condition of employment, in the event you are the successful candidate.

What’s in it for you?

• Training and development opportunities to grow your career.


• Flexible work options and paid time off to support your personal and family needs.


• A holistic approach to your well-being, with physical and mental health programs and a supportive workplace culture.


• Paid volunteer days to give back to your community.


• In addition to our competitive salary and incentive programs, eligible employees also benefit from a comprehensive total rewards package including group retirement savings plans, pension and benefits (e.g., health and wellness, dental, disability and life coverage), mental health support and an employee assistance program.

Expected salary range $91,058 - $141,000+ ​

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Employees may also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn additional compensation tied to individual and/or business performance, or other business metrics.

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