Site Reliability Engineer / Release Management & Automation Specialist

Sun Life; Southwestern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive salary and bonus structure

20+ vacation days per year

Flexible benefits from day one

Pension, stock, and savings programs

Job summary

Sun Life is seeking a highly motivated Site Reliability Engineer / Release Management & Automation Specialist to sustain an enterprise release orchestration platform and lead automation initiatives. You will design solutions that automate deployments, support vendor evaluations, and drive transition to a future release management platform.

You will work across pipelines, promote reuse, and ensure security compliance while collaborating with teams to improve reliability and automation maturity.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of automation development experience (Ansible specifically).
• Kubernetes/OpenShift administration (CKA/CKS certification preferred).
• Linux/Unix system administration.
• Python, JavaScript and Ansible automation experience.
• Hands-on with Broadcom CDD or similar enterprise release orchestration tools.
• Hands-on coding with Java, Tomcat, JAX-RS, Maven and Gradle.
• Experience with containers/Kubernetes.
• Monitoring/log ingestion tools (Splunk preferred).
• Networking, firewalls, proxies, and connectivity troubleshooting.
• REST API integration and integration design.
• Passion and leadership in automation and innovation.
• AI-assisted operations and automation patterns are viewed favorably.

Responsibilities

• Sustain current enterprise release orchestration operations and integrations.
• Design and support automation for agent deployments and release processes.
• Support vendor evaluations and transition to future release management platform.
• Participate in pipeline planning and release orchestration design.
• Develop automation policy, standards and processes and promote reuse.
• Demonstrate and coach teams on automation solutions.
• Ensure automations comply with SLF security directives.
• Create automation playbooks and documentation for team reference.
• Identify opportunities for automation and guide implementation strategies.
• Educate teams on automation tools and best practices.
• Maintain strict alignment with security and change management directives.
• Balance platform reliability with incident resolution using an SRE mindset.

Skills

Automation development

Python

JavaScript

Ansible

SRE mindset

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Broadcom CDD

Tomcat

Maven

Gradle

Splunk

Job description

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do.

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.

Job Description:

We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced and self-driven technical resource to serve as a Site Reliability Engineer / Release Management & Automation Specialist. This role provides critical support for a strategic enterprise release orchestration platform and delivery operations system. You will be responsible for sustaining current enterprise release orchestration operations while supporting our transition to a future enterprise release management solution. This unique opportunity combines immediate platform sustainment with strategic transformation initiatives, offering a chance to work with modern technologies in a highly rewarding environment.

What will you do?

• Sustain current enterprise release orchestration operations, integrations, automation, governance, and support activities while preserving critical platform knowledge
• Design, develop and support technical solutions that automate agent deployments and release orchestration processes
• Provide strategic technical support for vendor evaluations, proof-of-concepts, and the transition to a future enterprise release management platform
• Participate in pipeline planning, design, develop and support release and orchestration processes
• Provide input to automation policy, standards and processes
• Promote re-use and adoption of solutions across teams through demos and coaching
• Ensure all automations are compliant with SLF security directives and policies
• Create automation playbooks and companion documentation as references to help the team understand the logic and contents of automated tasks
• Identify opportunities for automation and guide on effective ways to implement
• Educate others on the use of automation tools and best practices
• Always operate in strict compliance of security and change management directives
• Balance platform reliability, operational support, stakeholder engagement, and incident resolution with an SRE mindset

What will you need to succeed?

• 3-5 years' experience in automation development (Ansible specifically)
• Kubernetes/OpenShift administration (ideally CKA/CKS certified)
• Linux/Unix system administration
• Python, JavaScript and Ansible automation
• Hands-on experience using Broadcom Continuous Delivery Director (CDD) tool or any other types of enterprise release orchestration and management tool such as Harness.io etc.
• Hands-on coding experience in Java, Apache Tomcat, JAX-RS, Maven, and Gradle
• Hands-on experience working in containers/Kubernetes
• Experience and understanding of monitoring and log ingestion tools (Splunk monitoring and query development preferred)
• Networking, firewalls, proxies, and connectivity troubleshooting
• System architecture, REST API integration and integration design
• Passion and thought leadership for innovation and automation
• Strong SRE mindset focused on reliability, automation, and operational excellenceEmerging capabilities in AI-assisted operations, AI-driven automation, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and AI agent integration patterns

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary and bonus structure informed by market range data
• 20+ days of vacation per year and an innovative sabbatical program
• A friendly, collaborative, and inclusive culture
• Flexible benefits from day one to meet the needs of you and your family
• Pension, stock, and savings programs to support long-term financial security
• Fitness and wellness programs that help you balance work and life

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 [e-mail].

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.

We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.

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

Salary Range:

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

Job Category:

IT - Technology Services

Posting End Date:

15/10/2026