Manager, Application Integration

Brookfield Asset Management; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Brookfield Asset Management is seeking a Manager, Application Integration to design, implement and own SaaS application integrations across Brookfield Wealth Solutions and Brookfield Credit. You will lead technical delivery, mentor the team, and ensure security, governance, and operational excellence.

The role partners with Architecture, Cyber, Data and other technology teams to translate requirements into scalable integration solutions, with after-hours L3 support and ongoing optimization to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in CS/Engineering/Analytics or related field.
• 5+ years in application engineering with data platforms exposure (Snowflake or similar).
• Experience in Investment/Insurance domains with data model knowledge across asset classes.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement integration solutions for SaaS applications.
• Act as technical owner, define patterns, runbooks, inventories and approach.
• Lead and mentor junior team members in delivering integrations.
• Ensure ITGC, security and data governance standards are met.
• Provide after-hours L3 support for incidents.
• Drive automation and optimization for medium-high priority incidents.
• Identify improvements to pipelines to minimize business impact.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Cyber, Data and other teams to translate requirements.

Skills

Aladdin/ADC exposure

ETL/ELT

Data integration

Python

REST API

SQL

XML/JSON

Snowflake

Azure DevOps

Workato / data orchestration

Jira

Qualytics

Databricks

KPI/SLA mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Management, Data Analytics or related discipline.

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Azure DevOps

Jira

Workato

Informatica

Qualytics

Jenkins

Job description

Location

Brookfield Place - 181 Bay Street

Technology Services

Technology Services (TS) is responsible for delivering all enterprise infrastructure, applications and related end user technology services across all Brookfield business groups.

Brookfield Culture

Brookfield has a unique and dynamic culture. We seek team members who have a long-term focus and whose values align with our Attributes of a Brookfield Leader: Entrepreneurial, Collaborative and Disciplined. Brookfield is committed to the development of our people through challenging work assignments and exposure to diverse businesses.

Job Description

The Manager, Application Integration, delivers application integration solutions that support the operations and scalability of our Brookfield Wealth Solutions and Brookfield Credit business areas. The role is accountable for design, implementation, technical solution ownership and operational excellence across the associated SaaS application integrations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement and support application integration solutions leveraging Application Engineering experience and knowledge of the Insurance and Asset Management business domains




• Act as technical owner for assigned application integration solutions, defining solution design patterns, operational runbooks, interface inventories and implementation approach




• Serve as a Technical Lead and mentor junior Application Integration team members in delivery of integrations between SaaS applications




• Ensure adherence to IT General Controls, security, and data governance standards




• Perform after-hours L3 support of incident escalations received from L1/L2 Business Systems Analyst team.




• Deliver continuous improvement through automation, solution optimization, and root cause analysis for any medium to high priority incidents.




• Identify and implement improvement and optimization opportunities of existing application integration pipelines to proactively minimize business impact.




• Participate in projects such as migration initiatives of BWS Operating company solutions to Brookfield Cloud environment, ensuring consistent solution design, optimal performance, and scalability.




• Partner closely with Business Systems Analysis, Architecture, Cyber, Data and other technology teams to translate requirements into effective, technology-driven integration solutions




• Lead technical delivery of assigned integration initiatives, coordinating development, testing, deployment and production readiness activities in alignment with established SDLC and engineering standards




• Partner closely with business stakeholders to understand requirements and formulate application solutions that address business needs.




• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure application integration delivery in alignment with broader Architecture, SDLC, ITIL, Cyber and tooling standards




• Communicate application solution design to technical and non-technical audiences.

Key Deliverables

• Scalable, secure, and high-performing application integrations




• Solution architecture artifacts (diagrams, interface inventories)




• Reliable production systems meeting SLA/SLI targets




• Timely resolution of incidents and vulnerabilities




• Successful & timed delivery of engineering initiatives




• RCA (Root Cause Analysis) system improvements within agreed timelines




• Security vulnerability remediation tasks completed within agreed timelines

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Management, Data Analytics or related discipline.




• 5+ years of hands-on experience in application engineering with significant exposure to data platforms such as Snowflake or other similar platforms with specialization in the Asset Management or Insurance industry.




• Experience with Investment management & Insurance business domains, specifically in terms of application integration and data models across Public and Private asset classes

Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with Investment Management applications such as Aladdin/ADC, Clearwater/LPX, WSO and Numerix (or other similar platforms).




• Proven expertise in ETL/ELT, data integration concepts with exposure to Python, Streamlit, REST API, SQL, XML, JSON, CSV.




• Hands-on experience with data orchestration, warehouse and workflow management using tools such as Workato and Snowflake (or similar platforms).




• Practical experience applying modern data frameworks (e.g. Medallion Architecture) to ensure structured and efficient integrations




• Experience in source code management and continuous integration practice using Azure DevOps (or other similar platforms).




• Experience using ServiceNow (or similar platform) to create Service Requests, Incident Reports and action task queue.




• Experience with cyber vulnerability remediation using Armis (or similar platform).




• Strong analytical skills, including conceptual, requirements interpretation, solution creation and problem-solving abilities




• Ability to assess and manage risks within application integrations and implement effective mitigation strategies.




• Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Actuarial applications: FinX, Moody’s Axis, Milliman MG Alfa, & AON Pathwise




• Experience with Investment Management applications: SS&C PLM, Mercatus, TriOptima, Bloomberg AIM, & Duco




• Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, SQL Server, ADO (Azure DevOps), Jira, Informatica & Qualytics




• Experience delivering both in Waterfall and Agile methodologies




• Experience leveraging AI tools for delivering business value.

Position Opening Reason:

New Position

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