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Working Business Language: This role is considered a head-office role and will be required to communicate with internal stakeholders across Canada where the primary business language utilized is English.
At Wawanesa, we're proud to offer a hybrid work environment that offers flexibility to our employees in balancing in-office (2 days per week OR 15 hours per week in a Wawanesa office) and remote work. You may work from any of the following locations: Winnipeg, MB; Wawanesa, MB; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Lloydminster, AB; Lethbridge, AB; Toronto, ON; Kitchener, ON; Thunder Bay, ON; Ottawa, ON; Montreal, QC; Moncton, NB; Dartmouth; NS
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, founded in 1896, is one of Canada's largest mutual insurers, with over $4 billion in annual revenue and assets of $12 billion. Wawanesa Mutual, with executive offices in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa General, which offers property and casualty insurance in California and Oregon; Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada; and Western Financial Group, which distributes personal and business insurance across Canada. Wawanesa proudly serves more than two million members in Canada and the United States. Wawanesa actively gives back to organizations that strengthen communities where it operates, donating well above internationally recognized benchmarks for excellence in corporate philanthropy. Learn more at wawanesa.com.
We are currently looking for dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in an environment that welcomes change and are looking for an opportunity for diverse experience and advancement on a growing team.
Job Overview
Working under moderate supervision, this job will be part of our Web Team and contributes to Wawanesa success by maintaining, supporting and enhancing business systems and applications.
The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a small agile scrum team model that facilitates rapid design, development and implementation of changes that embodies a passion for continuous improvement and whole-team quality. You will have experience with programming languages and development platforms such as PHP, React, Laravel.
Job Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and test software.
- Prepare technical specifications from requirements.
- Maintain the operation of business systems and applications.
- Assist solution analysts with clarifying business request details.
- Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve application incidents.
- Participate in planning activities.
- Estimate and track progress of assigned work.
- Create and update relevant documentation.
- Follow and contribute to improving established practices, processes, and guidelines.
- Keep current with relevant technologies.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Completion of Post-secondary degree or diploma in software development with two years of practical experience performing an application development role building software using current programming languages/techniques and working with relational database systems and structured query languages or equivalent knowledge/experience.
- Experience developing user interfaces with React and developing APIs (PHP)
- Detail oriented with analytical and problem-solving skills to recognize and identify issues and take proper action to resolve them.
- Effective communication skills, with the ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner with style fitting for the audience and message.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment by making quality contributions and supporting fellow team members. Ideal candidate is a team player
- Effective organizational skills with the ability to self-manage a fluctuating workload, with various situations and changing priorities.
- Ability to provide timely responses via Instant Messaging platform
- Possesses a willingness to learn while keeping abreast of developments in field and have the ability to apply learning to new situations.
- Experience with the following is considered an asset:
- Laravel framework.
- POSIX/Linux/Unix systems.
- modernizing custom frameworks.
- using software development tools, such as JIRA, Confluence, Source Code Management (Git).
- Amazon Web Services (EC2, CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CloudFormation).
- Familiarity with Windows; MySQL; Microsoft SQL Server is considered an asset.
- Certifications in relevant technology is considered an asset.
- Knowledge and experience in the Insurance industry is considered an asset.
Wawanesa is proud to be one of Manitoba's Top Employers for 2023 recognizing that we are an exceptional place to work!
Wawanesa provides its employees with a respectful, challenging and rewarding environment where they can maximize their potential while contributing to the company's goals. Our full-time permanent employees are provided with highly competitive compensation packages (salaries, generous vacation allowance, leave top up, annual bonus plan, premium free benefits and a pension plan). Wawanesa provides a stable environment for its employees in today's challenging markets.
Wawanesa is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a diverse workforce that is equitable and inclusive for all. Wawanesa provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to an individual's protected status: race/ethnicity, colour, religion, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family or marital status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, national origin, disability, military or veteran status, or any other protected status. Accommodations are available upon request throughout all aspects of the selection process. Candidates requiring accommodations may contact, in confidence, jobs@wawanesa.com.
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