Data Engineer, Data Integration & Performance Platform

OMERS; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Technical Analyst to join a dynamic team focused on investment applications and data integration. This role offers the chance to work in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in database development, investment business processes, and a solid understanding of various technologies. If you're passionate about making a significant impact and thrive in a collaborative setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Employee Resource Groups

Wellness programs

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 7+ years in tech roles with investment applications experience.
• Strong analytical skills and project management experience.
• Proficient in database development and data integration.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to deliver technical solutions.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation.
• Troubleshoot and resolve integration issues.

Skills

Database Development

Investment Applications Support

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

SQL

Oracle

ETL Tools (Informatica, Talend, SSIS)

Asp.Net

SSRS

Crystal Reports

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Power Platform

Job description

Choose a workplace that empowers your impact.

Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise, and experience. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.

We are a purpose-driven, dynamic, and sustainable pension plan. An industry-leading global investor with teams in Toronto, London, New York, Singapore, Sydney, and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 600,000+ members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.

Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.

Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.

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This is an opportunity to join a fast-paced team, working to support our partners within OMERS Capital Markets, Total Portfolio Management, Treasury, and Corporate Finance, while performing functions to deliver on our pension promise. The team supports investment professionals on a day-to-day basis, as well as ongoing projects to deliver new capabilities, refine workflows, and align to the strategic platform roadmap. The incumbent will be responsible for providing solution design, development & maintenance support for investment applications and integrations. The incumbent will function in a team-oriented context with opportunities for interacting directly with platform teams, and investment professionals.

The official title within the team is Senior Technical Analyst, Data Integration & Performance Platform.

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. Our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come to the office a minimum of 4 days per week.

Scope of Position

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Technical Services, Capital Markets Finance, the Senior Technical Analyst responsibilities include developing database stored procedures and functions, building SSRS or Crystal reports, maintaining ASP.Net web applications, integrating data between investment platforms, troubleshooting production issues, and configuring scheduled jobs. The role requires a solid understanding of investment business processes and experience maintaining & supporting investment applications combined with excellent analytical skills, including solution design and documentation, root cause analysis of production issues, testing of application or integration changes, and implementation change management. It requires strong interpersonal, organizational, and project management skills combined with the ability to readily adapt to rapidly changing investment and technology environments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate within cross-functional teams to deliver projects and enhancements
• Design, develop, unit test, and implement technical solutions that meet the needs of our internal partners
• Provide support to colleagues in the development of new reports, and the resolution of reporting and other data-related issues
• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance technical processes to deliver efficiencies, and/or reduce operational risk
• Work closely with IT Operations and platform vendors to ensure systems are optimized for performance and efficiency
• Develop and maintain technical documentation for all solutions
• Prepare implementation plans, define workflow solutions, and establish process controls and standards within investment platforms
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to data integration and solutions
• Expand knowledge of investment products (equity, credit, derivatives, alternatives) across lifecycle events
• Stay current on the latest trends and technologies in data integration and solution development

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field
• 7 years of experience in technology roles
• 5 years of work experience in the Finance industry; buy side investment management preferred
• Demonstrated project skills and experience in all phases of solution development life cycle
• Experience working with investment applications is an asset: trading systems (CRD, Bloomberg), accounting systems (Calypso, SimCorp or Eagle PACE), data warehouse (Eagle PACE), and reconciliation systems
• 5 years of experience developing database tables, functions, triggers, and stored procedures
• Experience with various database technologies (SQL, Oracle, others)
• Experience with ETL tools such as Informatica, Talend, or SSIS
• 5 years of experience with programming languages using Java, .Net with VB or C#
• 5 years of experience with scripting languages using VBScript, PowerShell. Python and Perl will be an asset
• Experience with SSRS or Crystal report builder
• Experience with web development using Asp.Net, HTML, JavaScript
• Experience working with scheduler applications: TWS or others
• Experience working with cloud technology; Microsoft Azure is an asset
• Exposure with Microsoft Power Platform, including Power BI and Power Apps, is an asset
• Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps and Repos
• Experience with business process mapping, requirements gathering, analysis, design, and documentation
• Ability to solve complex problems, consolidate and organize large amounts of data and information
• Ability to work on multiple assignments with competing priorities independently as well as in a team environment
• Analytical and detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex technical subjects to non-technical audiences
• Highly motivated to work in a fast-paced environment, and works well under pressure
• A sense of urgency for task completion and for members’ experience are essential

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down, and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee, and employee recognition programs.