Student, Enterprise Architecture Analyst (Winter 2027, 8 Months)

Socket.dev; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 51,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive award

Group benefits

Retirement plans

Job summary

OMERS & Oxford Properties is seeking a motivated EA professional to join the Toronto-based team, supporting Data and Technology and internal business customers. You will engage with business, solution, and enterprise architectures, helping govern processes and maintain the EA repository.

The role emphasizes communication, collaboration, and governance, with a hybrid work model requiring in-office presence four days per week.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a post-secondary institution within Business Technology, Computer Science, or a related program.
• Ability to respond to ad hoc requests with flexibility and priority management.
• Analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with stakeholders to support technology governance and document outcomes.
• Assist with Application Portfolio Management and keep EA repository up to date.
• Research trends and document impact for the Emerging Technology Radar publication.
• Contribute to rollout of the enterprise technology strategy.
• Assist solution architects in documentation and analysis activities.
• Support other Enterprise Architecture initiatives as needed.

Skills

Post-secondary student

Prioritization

Creative thinking

Strong communication

Detail-oriented

Self-motivated

Willingness to learn

Analytical mindset

Education

Post-secondary program in Business Technology or Computer Science

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 to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 665,000 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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We are looking for a motivated individual to join our Enterprise Architecture (EA) Team based in our Toronto office. In this role, you will assume a wide range of activities and responsibilities supporting Data and Technology as well as other internal corporate business customers.

You will be exposed to the different architecture domains such as business, solution and enterprise architecture. This role is accountable to help with the facilitation of architecture governance processes and management of our Enterprise Architecture repository. You will be working in a team-oriented environment and will contribute significantly to the goals of the EA team. Excellent communication and relationship-building skills are a must.

You will be responsible for:

• Supporting technology governance processes by coordinating with key stakeholders, facilitating technical design review sessions and documenting assessment outcomes

• Assisting with the Application Portfolio Management process and working to keep data in the Enterprise Architecture repository up to date

• Conducting research and documenting the impact of new trends on business operations to assist in the publication of the Emerging Technology Radar

• Getting involved in the roll-out of the enterprise technology strategy

• Assisting solution architects in documentation and analysis activities

• Supporting other EA initiatives as required

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Currently enrolled in a post-secondary institution within Business Technology, Computer Science, or a related program

• Investigate and respond to ad hoc requests as required with a high degree of flexibility, attention to details and ability to prioritize workload effectively

• Creative thinker with exceptional diagnostic and problem-solving competencies.

• Strong communication skills

• Detail-oriented with strong documentation skills.

• Self-motivated, with a positive attitude and a strong sense of accountability.

• Willingness to learn new skills in a dynamic environment

• Analytical mindset, organizational skills and attention to detail

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. In delivering on our pension promise, keeping us connected to our work and each other,our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come in to the office 4 days per week.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.The expected salary range for this position is $50,700.00 - $70,200.00 per year, prorated based on the term of the contract.

You may also be eligible to receive an annual Incentive Award pursuant to our Short-term Incentive plan and our Long-Term Incentive plan (if applicable), and to participate in our group benefits and retirement plans – details on these elements of compensation are included within OMERS & Oxford offer letters.

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.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are used to support certain stages of the OMERS recruitment process. While AI assists us in our process, human judgment and decision-making remain central to our candidate experience.