Definity Financial
DevOps Release Manager
Definity Financial, Toronto, ON
Job Description
Merge Gatekeeper will play a critical role in executing on end to end delivery. As the owner of the code merging process and issue resolution they will collaborate with stakeholders and act as a key liaison between teams to ensure issues are addressed effectively and efficiently. They will bring strong technical expertise as well as expert communication skills to delivery high quality outcomes
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
salary range: $77,700 - $157,000
About Us
Interested in this role, but don't meet every requirement? We encourage you to apply! We know from experience that a candidate doesn't need 100% of the qualifications listed to bring incredible value to our team. We're actively seeking diverse backgrounds and perspectives to help us make insurance better. At Definity, inclusion, diversity, and equity aren't just "nice to have" - they're essential to our success.
What's in it for you?
Actual salary for the role may vary depending on work location of the successful candidate and other factors including but not limited to, skills, education, experience, working conditions and the local labour market. In addition to base pay, eligible employees may participate in various incentive plans which are paid out at the discretion of the company and subject to individual and company performance.
Go ahead and expect a lot - you deserve it.
It's better here - but don't take our word for it. Definity was named by Great Place to Work® as one of the Best Workplaces™ in Canada for women, for youth, and for inclusion.
Our inclusive work environment welcomes diversity and supports accessibility. If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know by contacting [redacted].
Background checks
This role requires successful clearance of background checks (including criminal checks and leadership references).
#LI-Hybrid
About the Team
Definity is the parent company to some of Canada's most long-standing and innovative insurance brands, including Economical Insurance, Sonnet Insurance, Family Insurance Solutions, and Petline Insurance. Our ambition is to be one of Canada's leading and most innovative property and casualty insurers. We can't do that without our people, so we embrace and encourage a culture that's collaborative, ambitious, rewarding, and empowering.
We offer a flexible, hybrid work experience where employees work from the office and virtually depending on the type of work they are doing and who they are working with. Bring your true self and be a part of our journey. It's better here.
Merge Gatekeeper will play a critical role in executing on end to end delivery. As the owner of the code merging process and issue resolution they will collaborate with stakeholders and act as a key liaison between teams to ensure issues are addressed effectively and efficiently. They will bring strong technical expertise as well as expert communication skills to delivery high quality outcomes
Responsibilities:
- Merge, build and deploy future release changes to the target environments and review history of recent changes to the repo and environment.
- Coordinate and conduct code reviews, provide guidance on code development, and update and maintain code base between release trains
- Collaborate with technical resources on the team for key requirements and development timelines ensuing work plans and schedule align.
- Communicate test results deploy QA changes, and ensure all required merge activities are complete for handover to release teams
- Mentor and coach software developers to ensure technical excellence
- Review, and monitor the auto-merge pipeline
- Monitor and record the test results to ensure that all the retrofit and build activities are completed, smooth handover to release teams happened
- Maintain auto-merge pipeline scheduler Ensure that QA environment is up and functional
- Ensure that QA environment is up and functional
- Auto merge changes as per guidelines and resolve merge conflicts
- Conduct triage call for issues in the Dev and QA environments, inviting necessary teams as required
- Deploy changes to the Dev and QA environments during the code merge window
- Communicate changes to the release branch for repo and QA environment to future release trains
- Merge changes from Release to the future Release branches
- Report on Project/Backlog progress, status, overall health and individual applications
- Assess work plans, identify scheduling issues, report and escalate, as needed
- Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and foster a culture of excellence within the team
Qualifications:
- University Degree or college diploma in computer science, information systems or a related discipline
- At least 7-10 years in Technology
- Ability to assume a lead role and provide technical consultation, team guidance, and follow-through on delivery
- Detail-oriented and committed to delivering high-quality results
- Understanding of public cloud architecture
- Practical understanding and experience working in a cloud environment for developing and releasing front-end applications
- Experience Integrating multiple data sources and databases into one system
- You understand fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
- Proficient understanding of code versing tools such as Git/Bitbucket
- Practical understanding of enterprise and web architecture and REST
- Good understanding of Software Development Lifecycle
- Hands on experience to use GIT (manage repo branches and resolve merge conflicts), Bitbucket Pipeline
- Technical skillset in repo management, branching workflow, performing/undoing merges.
- Technical skillset to identify changes to environment, review logs.
- Strong understanding of designing code for performance and security
- Strong understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5 and CSS3
- Basic understanding of DevOps pipeline design and its working for front-end applications
- Experience with defect tracking and test management tools • Technical skillset to identify changes to environment, review logs.
- Familiarity with in-house applications, systems and high level E2E flows
- Familiarity with release, exceptions, and risk review processes
- Ability to diagnose common merge issues and review logs
- Ability to explore resolution options and perform impact assessment among dev teams to resolve the merge issues
- Guidewire or insurance industry experience is desirable.
salary range: $77,700 - $157,000
About Us
Interested in this role, but don't meet every requirement? We encourage you to apply! We know from experience that a candidate doesn't need 100% of the qualifications listed to bring incredible value to our team. We're actively seeking diverse backgrounds and perspectives to help us make insurance better. At Definity, inclusion, diversity, and equity aren't just "nice to have" - they're essential to our success.
What's in it for you?
- Hybrid work schedule for most roles
- Company share ownership program
- Pension and savings programs, with company-matched RRSP contributions
- Paid volunteer days and company matching on charitable donations
- Educational resources, tuition assistance, and paid time off to study for exams
- Focus on inclusion with employee groups, support for gender affirmation surgery, access to BIPOC counsellors, access to programs for working parents
- Wellness and recognition programs
- Discounts on products and services
Actual salary for the role may vary depending on work location of the successful candidate and other factors including but not limited to, skills, education, experience, working conditions and the local labour market. In addition to base pay, eligible employees may participate in various incentive plans which are paid out at the discretion of the company and subject to individual and company performance.
Go ahead and expect a lot - you deserve it.
It's better here - but don't take our word for it. Definity was named by Great Place to Work® as one of the Best Workplaces™ in Canada for women, for youth, and for inclusion.
Our inclusive work environment welcomes diversity and supports accessibility. If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know by contacting [redacted].
Background checks
This role requires successful clearance of background checks (including criminal checks and leadership references).
#LI-Hybrid
About the Team
Definity is the parent company to some of Canada's most long-standing and innovative insurance brands, including Economical Insurance, Sonnet Insurance, Family Insurance Solutions, and Petline Insurance. Our ambition is to be one of Canada's leading and most innovative property and casualty insurers. We can't do that without our people, so we embrace and encourage a culture that's collaborative, ambitious, rewarding, and empowering.
We offer a flexible, hybrid work experience where employees work from the office and virtually depending on the type of work they are doing and who they are working with. Bring your true self and be a part of our journey. It's better here.