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Job Description:

Senior Security Developer

Your role and Your skills:

The Digital Solutions team develops high profile customer facing web applications and mobile apps at Sun Life including mySunLife.ca and Lumino Health.

We seek a Senior Security Developer with an interest in designing, developing, implementing, supporting, and analyzing large-scale tooling and systems while incorporating threat modeling, vulnerability testing, and incident management to support the end-to-end secure software development process. The successful candidate will have strong technical and problem-solving skills and will show initiative, be accepting of responsibility and be open to sharing and learning new skills.

• Act as a key technical lead regarding secure software development practices. You will demonstrate 5+ years of current or previous software development experience, and 2+ years of secure coding practices experience.
• Java development experience is preferred. Otherwise, we will instead also consider Python, C#, or modern JavaScript.
• You will also demonstrate sound technical experience with vulnerability assessment and security/penetration static scanning tools. While we prefer SonarQube and JFrog Xray, we will instead consider other tools such as Veracode, Sonatype, or Synopsis.
• Your experience with secure development practices should include: data transactions encoding, database security, session management, authentication and access control. Experience with software security risk assessment, pen testing, and threat modelling is also desired.
• Perform security architecture reviews of applications in design and implementation phases.
• Provide technical leadership to team members for software application security.
• We seek experience with Jenkins software build configuration. Otherwise, we can instead consider other CI/CD tools such as CircleCI, GitLab, or AzureDevOps server.
• Participate in implementation and deployment of new tools, processes, and best practices in order to improve knowledge sharing and promote security awareness among team members.
• Review security reports from internal tools and be hands-on in addressing the findings
• Perform code reviews and provide technical feedback to the team members

• Coordinate and manage 3rd party security PenTests and audits
• Prepare security training material and lead training sessions for team members
• Create and maintain standards and documentation related to security processes, procedures and infrastructure
• Any experience with DevSecOps or DevOps is an asset. Otherwise, if you are a strong current or previous secure software coder/engineer you can learn DevOps here!
• Any experience with mobile development (iOS or Android) would be an asset. Otherwise, you will gain experience with a mobile development environment here!
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field
• Strong communication skills
• Teamwork - ability to work collaboratively with others (technical and non-technical)
• Good organizational and time management skills
• As this position is posted in several locations, we specify that bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only for the frequent interactions with English and French-speaking colleagues or internal partners across Canada or worldwide.

What’s in it for you?

• Great Place to Work® Certified in Canada and the US - 2022
• Great Place to Work® list for Best Workplaces for #HybridWork – 2022
• Great Place to Work® list for Best Workplaces for Professional Development in Canada – 2022
• Great Place to Work® list for Best Workplaces in Canada – 2022
• Named “Best Places to Work” by Glassdoor - 2021
• Canada Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work - 2021
• Flexible hybrid work model including in-country (Canada) work-from-home if you prefer. #LI-Remote, or #LI-Hybrid.
• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
• Work and professional development that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives
• A friendly, collaborative and inclusive culture
• Be part of our continuous improvement journey in developing the next greatest digital enterprise experience.

Proposed Compensation Statement (to be approved by the Compensation Team):

In addition to the posted base salary range, our variable rewards include a 10% annual bonus target, and a regular DCPP (pension) contribution from Sun Life. Should the strength of your required and preferred skills require a salary above the posted base salary range please apply for consideration.

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.

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 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.

At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Salary Range:

80,000/80 000 - 130,400/130 400

Job Category:

IT - Application Development

Posting End Date:

01/06/2023