Canadian Pacific Railway Looking for Technical Lead – Java & COBOL at Canada Full Time

• Req ID: 100070

• Department: Information Services

• Job Type: Full-Time

• Position Type: Non-Union

• Location: Calgary, Alberta

• Country: Canada

• % of Travel: 0-10%

• of Positions: 1

• Job Available to: Internal & External

• Deadline to apply: 03/03/2023

  Canadian Pacific is a transcontinental railway in Canada and the United States with direct links to major ports on the west and east coasts. CP provides North American customers a competitive rail service with access to key markets in every corner of the globe. CP is growing with its customers, offering a suite of freight transportation services, logistics solutions and supply chain expertise. Visit cpr.ca to see the rail advantages of CP. For more on our purpose, culture, and strategy, visit cpr.ca/en/about-cp.

  PURPOSE OF POSITION

  The Technical Lead role is responsible for maintaining in-depth knowledge on current technology trends and the impacts of those advancements on CP. Using this Industry knowledge, the Technical Lead will recommend improvements to business systems; development practices and infrastructure optimizations. The Technical Lead will be the first point of contact for the resources in the team to provide technical guidance to ensure operational and projects deliveries are completed in a timely manner and by maintaining the standards established by CP. The Technical Lead will identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities and coach and mentor less experienced team members.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Uses up-to-date knowledge on latest technologies and market trends to guide solution designs and modernization opportunities. Drive innovation across domain.

• Provides technical leadership by ensuring there are clear technical goals set for the team members, motivating team members towards achieving the goals to fulfill the current demand. Set pin pointed expectations when it comes to technical responsibilities within the team.

• Applies critical thinking and analysis skills to problems across multiple eco-systems.

• Designs upgrades, configuration improvements, and process improvements while considering the larger application and infrastructure eco-system.

• Determines security requirements by evaluating business strategies and end user requirements; researching information on security standards; conducting system security and vulnerability analysis and risk assessments.

• Ensures that code artifacts produced are of the highest quality, conforming to set or agreed upon standard. Should advocate such consistency to all members of the team.

• Identifies opportunities to automate tasks and processes to continuously improve service delivery; monitors the effectiveness of automated tasks and improvements

• Communicates effectively, verbally and in written formats. Demonstrates ability to flowchart/process design and visually represent complex technical concepts and solutions.

• Spends necessary time developing, coaching, and encouraging employees to develop deeper technical capabilities.

• Ensures adherence to quality standards and reviews functional and technical requirements of projects

• May be required to work irregular hours (weekends, after business hours)

• Perform on-call duties on a weekly rotation

  POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related discipline Required

• 7+ years’ experience in designing, developing and maintaining enterprise IT solutions

• 7+ years depth and breadth of experience in multiple programming languages, databases and operating systems including COBOL, Java, Sysbase or SQL Server, Linux

• 5+ years’ experience with .Net

• Progressive experience in a technical role with 3+ years in managing technical teams.

• 5+ years’ experience in technical implementation and integration life cycle. Required and

• Knowledge of one or more container orchestration platforms (Medium proficiency)

• Knowledge of one or more automation test tools (Medium proficiency)

• Ability to lead technology evolution to drive results and meet timelines as part of a strong technical delivery team.

• Experience with Micro Focus Visual COBOL, Object Oriented COBOL, COBOL with embedded SQL, and COBJVM integration

• Experience with Visual Basic .Net

• Experience with MQ messaging or other messaging systems

• Strong interpersonal, collaboration skills with a mindset and capabilities to coach and mentor less experienced team members. Must be able to influence team members at all levels of the organization.

• Good understanding of Architectural and Design patterns.

• Ability to write and review technical documents (design documents; ‘as-built’ system documentation)

  PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

• 1+ years Converged Infrastructure experience with specialization in one of the three base technologies (Compute, Storage or Networking) Preferred and

• Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert Preferred

• JAVA Certification Preferred

• AWS Certified Solution Architect Preferred

• TOGAF Preferred

• Previous experience in perform on-call duties on a weekly rotation

  WHAT CP HAS TO OFFER:

• Flexible and competitive benefits package

• Competitive company pension plan

• Employee Share Purchase Plan

• Performance Incentive Program

• Annual Fitness Subsidy

• Part-time Studies Program

• Flexible Work Environment

  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

  As an employer with national presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.

Background Investigation:

• Criminal history check

• Reference check

  Management Conductor Program:

  Becoming a qualified conductor or locomotive engineer is the single best way for a management employee to learn the business at CP. You may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification/qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.

  CP is an equal opportunity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”).