Manager, Relational Databases - Toronto, Canada - Sun Life

Sun Life

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

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.

You
must be able to obtain the Canadian Reliability Security Clearance [this requires a minimum of 5 consecutive years of current residency in Canada].

No exceptions please.

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
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 experience should you have?

5
+ years progressive technical and database administration (DBA) team management experience within an IT function:

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Experience in orchestrating and delivering database implementation and upgrade projects:

Experience with Systems Development Life Cycle and Agile Methodologies
Demonstrated leadership qualities including strong communication, organizational skills, a positive attitude and the proven ability to negotiate and influence others to obtain desired results
Proven leadership and management skills to guide a team through change.
Proven track record of developing talent through formal and informal mentoring
Proven relationship management skills
Proven client service skills including desire to exceed client expectations while remaining committed to organizational objectives.
Proven problem solving skills with ability to tackle complex problems systematically to determine root causes and produce effective solutions.
Demonstrated ability to make effective and timely decision and sound judgment calls.

What do you need to succeed?

Current or recent database operations and
DBA team management experience

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Extensive technical knowledge and experience of relational database software technologies and infrastructure, specifically Oracle, PostgreSQL (Postgres), AWS RDS
and other cloud database services
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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
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 decisionmaking skills and able to respond well in highpressure situations
Ability to influence and cultivate credible relationships to affect change

What's in it for you?