Senior RPA Engineer (Blue Prism)

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:

The incumbent will be an experienced Robotic Process Automation Senior Engineer for our Corporate Finance team. The successful candidate will use their experience in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and software development to support the environments; deliver new functionality and modify existing processes, within current environments. This role reports to Director, IT Product Owner - Finance and Business Intelligence Solutions, Corporate IT.

What will you do?

You will be responsible for building Blue Prism automations at Sun Life.   

• Provide Blue Prism automation knowledge and development expertise as a member of an agile pod using Scrum methodology
• Collaborate with a cross functional Scrum team to identify automation opportunities, and to prioritize the pipeline
• Follow best practices, guardrails, and artifacts for designing, developing, and testing Blue Prism automations
• Design, build, and test automations using Blue Prism technology
• Build a catalogue of reusable objects and processes for Blue Prism automations
• Schedule and monitor automations in production during business hours using Blue Prism control room and/or other automated monitoring tools
• Build micro-automation solutions by leveraging common tools such as Macro and Power Query

What do you need to succeed?

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent Discipline
• 5+ years of design, implementation and governance experience with Robotic Process Automation or Business Process Automation architectures
• Strong understanding of RPA tools (Blue Prism preferred) and development process
• Blue Prism Developer Certification
• Proficient with workflow and case management tools and Excel (Macro and Power Query), VBA Scripting, SQL, Access, Screen Scraping and API
• Solid understanding of cyber security implications of automation
• Demonstrated experience in developing documentation to support standards and best practices

Unique Requirements:

• Obtaining a Canadian Reliability Status security clearance [including a minimum of 5 years of consecutive residency in Canada]

What’s in it for you:

• Great Place to Work® Certified in Canada and the US
• Named 2021 “Best Places to Work” by Glassdoor
• Canada Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work - 2021
• We’re proud to be a Best Workplace for Hybrid Work by Great Place to Work® Canada
• An environment of continuous learning and improvement
• Wide range of career growth opportunities within our team and the company
• Competitive salary structure in an outcome-based environment, influenced by market range data

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 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 thebrightside@sunlife.com.

At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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