Senior Specialist Development

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. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Job Description:

Are you ready to shine?

At Sun Life, we empower you to be your most brilliant self.

Who we are?

Sun Life is a leading financial services company with history of 150+ years that helps our clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.

We serve millions in Canada, the U.S., Asia, the U.K., and other parts of the world. We have a network of Sun Life advisors, third-party partners, and other distributors. Through them, we’re helping set our clients free to live their lives their way, from now through retirement. We’re working hard to support their wellness and health management goals, too. That way, they can enjoy what matters most to them. And that’s anything from running a marathon to helping their grandchildren learn to ride a bike.

To do this, we offer a broad range of protection and wealth products and services to individuals, businesses, and institutions, including:

• Insurance. Life, health, wellness, disability, critical illness, stop-loss, and long-term care insurance.
• Investments. Mutual funds, segregated funds, annuities, and guaranteed investment products
• Advice. Financial planning and retirement planning services
• Asset management. Pooled funds, institutional portfolios, and pension funds

With innovative technology, a strong distribution network and long-standing relationships with some of the world’s largest employers, we are today providing financial security to millions of people globally.

Sun Life is a leading financial services company that helps our clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives, with strong insurance, asset management, investments, and financial advice portfolios. At Sun Life, our asset management business draws on the talent and experience of professionals from around the globe.

Sun Life Global Solutions (SLGS)

Established in the Philippines in 1991 and in India in 2006, Sun Life Global Solutions, (formerly Asia Service Centers), a microcosm of Sun Life, is poised to harness the regions’ potential in a significant way - from India and the Philippines to the world. We are architecting and executing a BOLDER vision: being a Digital and Innovation Hub, shaping the Business, driving Transformation and superior Client experience by providing expert Technology, Business and Knowledge Services and advanced Solutions. We help our clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives – our core purpose and mission.

Drawing on our collaborative and inclusive culture, we are reckoned as a ‘Great Place to Work’, ‘Top 100 Best Places to Work for Women’ and stand among the ‘Top 11 Global Business Services Companies’ across India and the Philippines.

The technology function at Sun Life Global Solutions is geared towards growing our existing business, deepening our client understanding, managing new-age technology systems, and demonstrating thought leadership. We are committed to building greater domain expertise and engineering ability, delivering end to end solutions for our clients, and taking a lead in intelligent automation. Tech services at Sun Life Global Solutions have evolved in areas such as application development and management, Support, Testing, Digital, Data Engineering and Analytics, Infrastructure Services and Project Management.

We are constantly expanding our strength in Information technology and are looking for fresh talents who can bring ideas and values aligning with our Digital strategy.

Our Client Impact strategy is motivated by the need to create an inclusive culture, empowered by highly engaged people. We are entering a new world that focuses on doing purpose driven work. The kind that fills your day with excitement and determination, because when you love what you do, it never feels like work. We want to create an environment where you feel empowered to act and are surrounded by people who challenge you, support you and inspire you to become the best version of yourself. As an employer, we not only want to attract top talent, but we want you to have the best Sun Life Experience.

We strive to Shine Together, Make Life Brighter & Shape the Future!

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced and high-performing individual to join our Software Engineering team. Technologies across the platform are diverse with primarily in-house built applications such as Glue, PowerCenter/IDMC, and .NET.

The successful incumbent will have strong technical and problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently. As a member of the team that supports Distributed and AWS Cloud based applications, responsibilities include technical leadership, application support, responding to service requests, debugging and problem solving, security reviews, maintaining stability, requirements analysis, performance and tuning, application development and unit testing, writing technical specifications, as well as participation in transitions to support and design reviews. The desirable candidate will show initiative, be accepting responsibility and be accountable for results.  Our team is diverse and inclusive and values the variety of background and experience in all aspects of the role.

What will you do/Key responsibilities

• Lead hands-on operational support, renewals, enhancements, compliance and security initiatives for corporate applications
• Guide and coach team members on development, solution, code fixes, and release planning
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, SMEs and Business Analysts to deliver high quality solutions, resolve complex issues, and maintain a stable, high performing application environment
• Conduct Code Reviews, enforce best coding practices, and optimize performance
• Analyze and remediate security findings and vulnerabilities identified through code reviews, automated scans, and penetration testing, ensuring secure coding practices and compliance with organizational standards
• Design and maintain disaster recovery plans ensuring system resilience, data integrity, and minimal downtime during critical incidents or infrastructure failures
• Rotate support duties and contribute to knowledge management for team self-sufficiency.. 
• Design, develop, code, test, and debug applications for various enhancements and projects. 
• This role includes on-call and after hours support on a team rotation basis. 

Key Qualifications and experience:

• B.Tech/M.Tech/MCA or equivalent qualification.
• 8-12 years of progressive Information Technology experience including full software development life cycle and systems integration
• 5+ years in full stack development
• 3+ years supporting REST APIs and API Platforms
• Experience working Linux/Unix, AWS Cloud, and Windows environments
• Proven leadership in coaching and mentoring
• Strong working knowledge of Agile Scrum methodologies
• AWS and ITIL Certifications are a plus
• Strong communication and analytical skills, including conceptual, requirements interpretation, solution creation and problem-solving abilities. 

Competencies (Technical)

• Extensive hands-on experience with .NET, SSIS, Web services, ASP.NET, SharePoint, WCF, MVC, and Java (Spring Boot, JPA, RESTful APIs)
• Strong expertise in API design, development, and integration
• Proficient in SQL Scripting and stored procedures (Transact-SQL, PostgreSQL)
• Skilled in Front-end technologies: jQuery, JavaScript, React JS, Node.js, Angular JS
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and event-driven design patterns
• Hands-on experience with AWS Cloud for deployment, monitoring and scaling
• Experience integrating DevOps practices within the SDLC to improve delivery efficiency
• Knowledge of Active Directory, SAML, Single Sign-On
• Expertise in ETL tools: Informatica PowerCenter, IDMC
• Experience and data visualization and BI Tools: Tableau, Business Objects
• Strong understanding of SFTP network protocols and job schedulers (Autosys, Zeke/JCL)
• Familiarity with Active Directory, SAML, and SSO
• Knowledge of application security best practices and OWASPS standards
• DevOps tools (Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, CDD, Ansible) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) best practices
• Knowledge of ITIL standards and best practices  
• Understanding of Agile Methodologies with a working knowledge of Jira and Confluence
• Prior experience/exposure to Solution design, Architecture, and design patterns
• Analyze and remediate security findings and vulnerabilities identified through code reviews, automated scans, and penetration testing, ensuring secure coding practices and compliance with organizational standards
• Experience with system renewal, stability, upgrade, and Disaster Recovery projects
• Experience with Automated testing tools, Code Coverage, Regression testing, Performance/Load testing etc.

Competencies - Preferred Skills

• Experience/Exposure to Salesforce Fusion, Risk Management, Operational Resilience, BCM-DR will be an added advantage
• Experience with scheduling tools (Zeke, Autosys)
• Understanding file transfer process and options (SFTP)  
• Experience in creating technical documentation such as data mappings to reflect lineage and data flows. 

Primary Location: Gurugram

Job Category:

IT - Digital Development

Posting End Date:

21/11/2025