Technology Specialist

OPTrust • Toronto, ON

19h • Hybrid

About The Position

At OPTrust, paying pensions today, preserving pensions for tomorrow is our mission and business. When you choose OPTrust, you join a team of smart, talented people who fuel our success and have a passion for pensions. Everyone at OPTrust – in Toronto, London and Sydney – makes a meaningful impact. Our culture is driven by team members with different backgrounds and perspectives creating an inclusive and fulfilling place to work for everyone. We work in a fast-paced environment, but we find time to have fun and give back to the community.

This position is accountable for leading the development of internal applications, systems integrations, and process automation solutions, as well as the design, support, integration, maintenance, and enhancement of these systems.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of related work experience.
• Experience in software integration and software development principles: building, designing, and testing interfaces (outbound and inbound).
• Experience supporting Workday integrations.
• Strong change management orientation includes experience with promotion procedures.
• Post-secondary degree in computer science or a related technical field.
• Expert-level scripting and programming background including PowerShell, SSIS, C#, Python, Java, T-SQL and other .NET technologies.
• Ability to program code interfaces with APIs with a strong understanding of web services: SOAP, REST, XML, JSON.
• Expert-level knowledge in areas of data, security, infrastructure, and application architecture.
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong analytical, organisational and time management skills.
• Exceptional organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage with an eye to proactively plan and avoid bottlenecks, single points of failure and capacity issues.
• Ability to prioritise and multitask complex requests in a fast-paced environment.
• Lead-by-example approach to mentoring and motivating peers.
• Exemplify OPTrust’s values: collaboration and teamwork, integrity, respect, flexibility, excellence, and continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of pension, finance, and investment processes would be an asset.
• ITIL certification is preferred.
• Knowledge of Linux, Visual Studio, SQL Server Management Studio, and Git would be an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialised technical application support for business functions and stakeholders.
• Support and maintain internally developed applications and scripts in alignment with IT development, security, and environment standards.
• Provide application administration and support for COTS systems and tools.
• Support integrated application ecosystems.
• Design, test, and implement technical solutions to address business challenges.
• Design, update, and maintain SharePoint-based websites and portals supporting business processes and workflows.
• Maintain standards for visual design, content retention, permissions, and issue resolution in SharePoint.
• Translate business and functional requirements into technical requirements.
• Assist with integrations across systems.
• Assist staff in the design and development of applications and reports.
• Participate as a technical lead representing IT and working with other OPTrust resources.
• Participate in solution design and peer code reviews.
• Ensure adherence to the OPTrust IT development lifecycle and IT standards.
• Provide gap and impact analysis for new initiatives, with a focus on system interdependencies and integration.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and guidelines for implemented solutions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Unique culture rooted in our core values – collaboration and teamwork, integrity, respect, flexibility, excellence and continuous improvement.
• A purpose-driven environment where we all work towards the common goal of paying pensions today and preserving pensions for tomorrow.
• A flexible, hybrid work model.
• Benefits package after six months of consecutive employment.
• Optional membership in our world-class defined benefit pension plan.
• A dedicated inclusion, diversity and equity strategy with meaningful opportunities to participate, including our employee-led resource groups.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree