Technologies

Of our 400 people in Waterford, over 180 are involved in software development across a broad range of technologies and they are engaged in projects with colleagues across the company's international operations. Software projects are typically focused on the re-engineering, enhancement and replacement of existing financial applications for life assurance, client services, pensions, annuities, and data warehousing systems. Sun Life Financial Ireland teams provide services at all stages of the software life cycle, from project feasibility through development, to production support.

Along with our growth comes great new opportunities for Web Developers, Quality Assurance Engineers, Mainframe Engineers, Business Systems Analysts, and Client-Server Developers.

Technologies of particular interest include COBOL, VSAM, CICS, DB2 JCL, TSO, Cold Fusion, Java/J2EE, EJB, XML, HTML, Visual Basic, Crystal Enterprise, MS SQL, UNIX, Oracle, Windows NT, Sybase, Powerbuilder, FORTE, Magic and Access.

Programing Languages
C, C++
Java / J2EE (EJB, JMS, Hibernate, Spring, Struts)
SQL (Transact, Access, Microsoft)
PL/SQL
Cobol
Perl
Progress / VPAS
Adobe Cold Fusion
Adobe Flex
Magic
CICS
JCL
IMS
Focus
Microfocus
Pascal
Visual Basic
Crystal
Informatica
FORTE

Databases
MSSQL Server
Oracle
DB2
Sybase

Operating Systems
MS DOS
Solaris
Unix

Communication Protocols/Frameworks
JDBC/ODBC
XML/Web Services
MQ Series

Notations/Design
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Database Normalization

mainframe
mqseries
VSAM

client server
powerbuilder

Web
HTML