Job Description:
The Opportunity
Join Sun Life's Data Management Services team as a SQL Server Infrastructure Database Administrator and lead the charge in modernizing our database infrastructure. You'll work across distributed systems supporting Canada and the US, combining hands-on technical expertise with strategic infrastructure planning—all while driving innovation in database automation and cloud integration.
About the Team
You'll be part of a dynamic, geographically distributed team (Canada and India) that powers critical database services for a wide range of applications. This role offers genuine impact: you'll influence infrastructure decisions, mentor team members, and shape how we evolve our database capabilities. Be prepared to embrace 24/7 rotational on-call responsibilities, lead after-hours change management, and champion disaster recovery initiatives.
What will you do:
- Lead Infrastructure Projects: Drive SQL Server initiatives from concept to deployment—software releases, security upgrades, feature optimization, and infrastructure scaling
- Automate & Innovate: Design and implement automated database deployment pipelines, integrating cutting-edge DevOps practices into our database operations
- Build Resilient Systems: Architect and deploy robust SQL Server environments—from standalone instances to failover clusters and AlwaysOn Availability Groups—with confidence and precision
- Establish Excellence: Create and maintain operational best practices, build documentation, and lead by example in database administration
- Ensure Mission-Critical Reliability: Architect comprehensive backup/restore strategies and validate recoverability across all environments
- Optimize Performance: Proactively monitor database stability, performance, and availability using modern diagnostic tools and AI-powered tuning capabilities
- Collaborate Strategically: Partner with technical leads, specialized IT teams, and application support to deliver seamless database services
- Drive Continuous Improvement: Champion process innovations and contribute forward-thinking solutions that elevate the team's capabilities
What you need to succeed:
- University level degree in Computer Science or related information technology degree/diploma
- 2-3+ years of database concepts to business requirements and data-mapping and logical and physical data modeling experience
- 2-3+ years SQL Server database resiliency strategies such as AlwaysOn, replication, log shipping, maintenance plans and DR recovery strategies
- Must have hands-on experience provisioning, configuring, and scaling SQL Server Environments (including Availability Groups and FCI) using Terraform or Ansible.
- Advanced PowerShell: Advanced proficiency in automation scripting, environment validation and configuration management at scale.
- AI-Driven Performance Tuning: Familiarity with leveraging AI Powered performance tools (SQL Automatic tuning, Intelligent Query processing) to predict, diagnose and auto-remediate performance bottlenecks
- Strong engineering capabilities in bridging on premises with cloud capabilities (eg. AWS EC2/RDS)
What’s in it for you:
- We’re honoured to be recognized as a 2026 Best Workplaces in Canada by Great Place to Work® Canada.
- We are thrilled to be recognized by Excellence Canada with their top-level certification, the Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work®, for prioritizing employee well-being, fostering a positive work culture, and achieving excellence in mental health.
- Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial
- The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.
- As a hybrid organization, you and your leader use business and Client need to choose where you work, at home or in the
#LI-Hybrid #LI-remote
Salary Range:
65,000/65 000 - 105,000/105 000
Job Category:
IT - Technology Services
Posting End Date:
24/06/2026
