Data Analyst

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.

Job Description:

Do you thrive at the intersection of business and technology? Do you have the communication skills to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders? If so, consider a career in the Health Analytics team at Sun Life.

This role is pivotal in connecting what our business needs with what our technology can deliver. You'll work closely with business leaders to understand their goals, then partner with IT teams to bring those solutions to life. Your ability to simplify complexity and eliminate unnecessary steps will directly empower employees across the organization—giving them more time to focus on what truly matters. Beyond the immediate impact, this role offers opportunities to deepen your expertise in emerging technologies, positioning you for continued growth and advancement in an increasingly digital landscape.

Reporting to Senior Data Engineer, the Data Analyst is responsible for developing automation solutions and supporting data engineering best practices of our Health Analytics department. 

What will you do?

• Transform ad-hoc data requests to automated, self serve solutions.
• Reverse engineer legacy reports, collaborate with business to improve them and automate by data pipelines in the cloud.
• Support data engineering best practices.
• Identify and participate in initiatives for process automation and optimization
• Develop innovative solutions for business challenges using critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Own, create, and maintain documentation to support knowledge sharing and ensure appropriate backup coverage

What do you need to succeed?

• Technical skills:
  • Strong proficiency in SQL including complex joins, window functions.
  • Experience with Python for tooling, and workflow development.
  • Practical experience with AWS (lambda functions, glue jobs, step functions, CloudWatch etc.) or equivalent cloud platforms.
  • Solid understanding of data warehousing concepts, ETL patterns.
  • Proficiency with Git and version control workflows.
• Detail-oriented: able to follow process notes, carefully preserve data integrity and ensure quality output with minimal to no errors/issues
• Communication skills: excellent collaboration with strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to document processes
• Takes initiative: resourceful at problem solving and continually improving job processes and procedures. Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team
• Adaptability: ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage time effectively to handle multiple tasks concurrently

What will be nice to have:

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with Spark data frames, Spark SQL, PySpark
• Exposure to BI tools (e.g., Tableau, QuickSight, Power BI).
• Experience using GenAI tools to improve productivity in SQL development, data exploration, and documentation

What’s in it for you?

• We’re proud to be a Best Workplace for Hybrid Work by Great Place to Work® Canada
• Be part of our continuous improvement journey in developing the next greatest digital enterprise experience that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.
• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family.
• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security.

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:

60,000/60 000 - 97,000/97 000

Job Category:

Advanced Analytics

Posting End Date:

29/05/2026