Lead Software Engineer

Sun Life

Lead Software Engineer for the Corporate Risk team at Sun Life designing and implementing data management solutions. Collaborating with engineering teams and stakeholders to ensure performance and quality in data processes.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeToronto • 🇨🇦 CanadaSenior💰 CA$90,000 - CA$140,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSCloudEC2ETLInformaticaJenkinsLinuxSQLUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

As a member of the RDR (Risk Data Repository) project and operations support team, interface with other engineers, vendors, infrastructure teams, business analysts, testing specialists, and business partners to deliver high quality solutions and maintain a stable, high performing data management and application environments
Design, develop, and implement IDMC Data Integrations, Data Profiling, and Data Quality working with on-prem and (AWS) cloud sources and targets
Monitor, troubleshoot and optimize performance of IDMC processes to ensure they run smoothly and efficiently
Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solution
Maintain essential IT infrastructure, including operating systems, security tools, software, and hardware
Identify and participate in improvement, system renewal, stability, upgrade, and Disaster Recovery projects
Take complete ownership of work assignments and ensure the successful completion of assigned tasks
Participate in various review processes (e.g. Business Requirements, Test plans, Design reviews, etc.) to gain a solid understanding of the applications and provide input into the various deliverables
Provide coaching to other team members on tools, techniques, and processes

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of progressive information technology experience with full application development life cycle and systems integration experience using ETL tools (Informatica PowerCenter/IDMC)
2+ years hands on experience with IDMC and its various modules (i.e. IDQ/CDQ), utilizing REST API and managing intricate data structures
Experience with IDMC Advanced CDI or CDI-Elastic (for handling large volume data processing)
3+ years hands on experience with AWS services (EC2 instances, S3 buckets, RDS, Bedrock, Sagemaker, S3, Lambda, Glue, API gateway, Amazon Quick/Quick Sight etc.)
Bachelor’s degree or diploma in computer science / engineering or equivalent
Experience in (Autosys) scheduling
Strong Knowledge of SQL and relational database concepts
Experience working with complex technical environments, multiple IT platforms (Linux/Unix, Cloud, Windows)
Knowledge of ITIL standards and best practices
Experience with the DevOps tools (Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, CDD, Ansible)
Strong communication and analytical skills, including conceptual, requirements interpretation, solution creation and problem-solving abilities.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial
Diverse workforce with wide perspectives
Various incentive plans

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Hard Skills & Tools

ETL toolsInformatica PowerCenterIDMCData IntegrationsData ProfilingData QualitySQLAWSREST APIDevOps

Soft Skills

communicationanalytical skillsproblem-solvingcollaborationownershipcoaching