API Platform Operations Engineer

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About the role

  • API Platform Operations Engineer supporting Sun Life’s cloud and on-premise API infrastructure. Operating Kafka, APIs, microservices, security, and CI/CD solutions across enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in operations, support, deployment, and rollout of API platform components in cloud and on-premise environments
  • Construct, maintain, and continuously improve core infrastructure supporting API operations, including gateway/service mesh, runtimes, and security
  • Operate and support the Enterprise Event Hub with Kafka
  • Operate and support APIs and microservices
  • Identify platform defects, debug issues, and provide effective solutions
  • Design, run, and interpret performance and load-testing processes and implement optimizations
  • Ensure projects follow continuous integration and delivery best practices
  • Partner with business and API teams to demonstrate the value of API Platform components using cloud-based solutions
  • Work with business and technology partners to implement technologies supporting API governance and standardization across Sun Life

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related area
  • 3–6 years of experience in related IT areas
  • Minimum 2+ years of experience in Application Support and Operations as a primary role
  • Minimum 1–2 years of development experience with Java
  • Experience implementing continuous integration and delivery solutions
  • Good understanding of DevOps, Containers/Docker, and Kubernetes
  • Knowledge of REST API design standards and API specifications such as OpenAPI and RAML
  • Experience operating API platforms in cloud and on-premise environments
  • Reliability Security Clearance required
  • Experience with AWS, especially EKS and EC2, is an asset
  • Experience with Kafka/Confluent technologies is an asset
  • Experience with API architecture frameworks, security, patterns, models, and delivery is an asset
  • Scripting languages for automating operations tasks are an asset
  • Exposure to authentication and authorization solutions with REST APIs is an asset
  • Knowledge of OAuth and OpenID is a plus
  • Knowledge of AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, Kubernetes, Kustomize, Helm Charts, K8s operators, Jenkins, Ansible, CDD, Spring Boot, secure coding, load testing, and performance optimization is an asset

Benefits

  • Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
  • Pension, stock and savings programs
  • Hybrid work with flexibility to work from the office and virtually
  • Supportive, flexible, and inclusive work environment
  • Continuous improvement and career development opportunities
  • Collaborative leaders and colleagues to help you learn, grow, and succeed

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

CA$65,000 - CA$105,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

AnsibleAWSCloudDockerEC2JavaJenkinsKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesSpringSpring BootSpringBoot

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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