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: 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 excellence





Emerging 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 advantages 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 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 [email protected].

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

📌 Site Reliability Engineer / Release Management & Automation Specialist (Winnipeg)
🏢 Sun Life Financial
📍 Winnipeg