Irish Life Investment Managers (ILIM), the investment management company within Irish Life Assurance, part of Great-West Lifeco (GWL) Group, manages assets of over €80bn. ILIM provides investment products and solutions to both institutional and retail clients, offering a full range of active and indexed fund management products.

The Role

As a Database Developer within ILIM’s software development team you will;
•    Design, develop, test and support solutions for new and existing systems, according to project requirements and technical standards.
•    Work within agile project teams where you will need to collaborate with both technical and business colleagues. 
•    Gain and understanding of the fund management industry and trading lifecycle.

If you are looking to work in an inclusive and dynamic workplace then Irish Life Investment Mangers is for you. Whether you are starting a new role or looking to develop your expertise as a specialist, we’ll support you every step of the way. 

Behavioural Competencies

• Communication and Influencing
• Drive for Results
• Planning and Organising
• Innovation and Change
• Leadership
• Building and Maintaining Relationships

The company reserves the right to draw up a shortlist as part of the selection process.  Where Agency assistance is required the Irish Life Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Irish Life by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

Irish Life is proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer. We have created an environment of inclusion and growth to help people achieve their potential, to ensure they can bring their whole selves to work and to feel valued.  We celebrate diversity of thought and perspective and want all of our employees to feel valued, respected and supported.  We have built a culture that promotes equality and inclusion for all of our current and future employees and strive to ensure that our behaviours, processes and practices are aligned to this culture.

If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process please contact lifecareers@irishlife.ie and we will be delighted to ensure you are fully supported to be your best.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with an ability to focus on the customer.
• Can drive for results and take the initiative. 
• Can plan and organise work then deliver to deadlines.
•  An inquisitive nature with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
•  Enjoys learning new technologies and helping others.

These technical skills are required; 

•    2+ years professional database development experience.
•    SQL programming and database schema design experience, preferably on Oracle 12/19c or SQLServer.
•    Experience developing optimizations and improvements to existing code.
•    Experience providing support in production and test environments.

These technical skills are not required but would be a distinct advantage; 

•    Data Integration / Extract-Transform-and-Load (ETL) tools and technologies.
•    Scripting languages and command line tools, such as VBScript, PowerShell and Windows batch.
•    Reporting writing tools such as Crystal Reports and Business Objects.
•    Experience maintaining and improving continuous deployment practices and processes.
•    Third level computing qualification would be an advantage