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Job Description:
Reporting to the Director, Relational Databases, as the Manager, Relational Databases you will play a key technical and team leadership role for the Relational Databases team within Data Management Services (DMS). You will lead a team of technical database operations staff to manage, operate, renew and support relational database technologies. You will manage the performance management and career development of 6 to 10 direct reports in an Oracle, PostgreSQL (Postgres), and AWS RDS environment.
What will you do?
- Prioritize, organize and manage all activities of a Relational Databases team.
- Plan and coordinate baseline and client project activities.
- Lead delivery of database technology upgrades, patches, fixes
- Provide oversight to production support issues on all technologies and applications supported by the Relational Databases teams.
- Ensure software issues are reported by staff and handled or resolved by suppliers in timely turn around.
- Ensure processes and procedures and set up, maintained and complied by staff, clients and suppliers.
- Build and track service performance metrics and system usage metrics as input to capacity plan and budget planning.
- Establish, manage and reports KPIs, SLAs for all services managed by the team within DMS
- Identifies trends and assess opportunities to improve processes and execution of changes to meet overall schedule of projects
- Proactively identifies and tracks risks and develops mitigation plans to manage risks
- Oversee team’s participation in DR exercises, currency programs, audit requirements and ensure that security patches for proper remediation are applied on a timely basis
- Ensure all operational, administrative, and compliance functions are properly executed in accordance with best practices
- Continuously monitor operational processes and escalate issues to leadership as required
- Lead, manage and mentor a team of technology professionals, including objective setting, performance review and career development.
- Partner with the Practice team to attract/recruit/retain the right talent.
- Manages the hiring process, reviewing resumes, coordinating and conducting interviews
- Oversees the performance management and career development of the direct reports.
What do you need to succeed?
- Current or recent database operations and DBA team management experience
- Extensive technical knowledge and experience of relational database software technologies and infrastructure, specifically Oracle, PostgreSQL (Postgres), AWS RDS and other cloud database services.
- Various operating systems experience across Unix, Linux and Cloud platforms is highly desirable
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Excellent interpersonal communication, organization and relationship management skills
- 5+ years progressive technical and database administration (DBA) team management experience within an IT function
- Experience in orchestrating and delivering database implementation and upgrade projects
- Experience with Systems Development Life Cycle and Agile Methodologies
- Ability to communicate openly and effectively with staff, management, clients, suppliers and vendors at all levels.
- Ability to adapt and thrive in an environment of pressing deadlines and changing conditions.
- Good decision-making skills and able to respond well in high-pressure situations
- Ability to influence and cultivate credible relationships to affect change
What’s in it for you?
- Flexible hybrid work model including in-country (Canada) work-from-home if you prefer.
- Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
- Work and professional development that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives
- A friendly, collaborative and inclusive culture
- Be part of our continuous improvement journey in developing the next greatest digital enterprise experience.
- Competitive salary and bonus structure influenced by market range data
- A common sense dress code, where you decide how you dress based on your day
- The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
#LI-Hybrid
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.
We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business, our Clients and you! Several work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.
We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.
We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Salary Range:
90,000/90 000 - 140,000/140 000
Job Category:
IT - Technology Services
Posting End Date:
04/05/2026