Senior Manager, Engineering – Mainframe Operations & Systems

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About the role

  • Senior Manager Engineering overseeing Mainframe operations and complex systems implementation. Leading technology solutions in a financial services environment with hands-on technical leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership and act as an application SME throughout the lifecycle of enterprise-scale applications and systems
  • Design, develop, deploy, and support complex systems in a Mainframe environment
  • Lead the introduction of tooling and automation across engineering processes to improve operational efficiency
  • Ensure the management of production stability, availability, resiliency, and performance of critical systems
  • Mentor and coach engineers, fostering skills development and a collaborative culture
  • Engage closely with architecture and operations teams to ensure solutions are scalable and operationally ready

Requirements

  • 10-15 years of progressive experience in software engineering, solution design, delivery, and production support of complex, enterprise‑scale applications and systems
  • Hands‑on experience in Mainframe environments, including but not limited to COBOL, IMS, DB2, JCL, and CA7, supporting mission‑critical, high‑availability platforms
  • Demonstrated experience executing enterprise engineering strategies, including the introduction of tooling and automation across build, test, release, configuration, and operational support activities spanning application, platform, and infrastructure layers
  • Proven experience acting as a technical leader and application SME, accountable for end‑to‑end solution design, development, deployment, and support across the full lifecycle
  • Strong background in hands‑on development and coding, including ownership of complex systems, technical design decisions, defect remediation, and performance optimization
  • Experience supporting large‑scale production applications at Level 3 (L3), including root‑cause analysis, incident remediation, problem management, and collaboration with L1/L2 support teams to restore service
  • Demonstrated ability to manage production stability, availability, resiliency, and performance, including on‑call support rotations and post‑incident reviews for critical systems
  • Experience translating business requirements into functional, technical, and user interface designs aligned with enterprise architecture, security, performance, and development standards
  • Proven capability to analyze business and technology requirements, evaluate solution options, and recommend optimal buy/build/reuse strategies
  • Experience partnering closely with Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Platform, and Operations teams to ensure solution alignment, scalability, operational readiness, and supportability
  • Hands‑on experience conducting code reviews, solution design reviews, operational readiness reviews, and production gating activities, ensuring quality, maintainability, and standards compliance
  • Demonstrated experience identifying and resolving application, data, cross‑capability, and cross‑release issues, proactively managing technical debt and system integrity
  • Proven leadership experience mentoring, coaching, and developing engineers, providing technical guidance, performance feedback, and support for skill and career progression
  • Experience leading delivery teams or support workstreams, setting technical direction, prioritizing work, and balancing delivery timelines with operational stability
  • Proven ability to foster a collaborative, inclusive, high‑performance engineering and operations culture, emphasizing accountability, quality, and continuous improvement
  • Experience operating within regulated, risk‑aware environments, adhering to enterprise frameworks, governance models, change management, and control practices

Benefits

  • Health and well-being benefits
  • Savings and retirement programs
  • Paid time off
  • Banking benefits and discounts
  • Career development
  • Reward and recognition programs

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$149,500 - CA$183,500 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

OnsiteTorontoCanada

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