Lead Developer

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Reporting to the Manager, SharePoint and Power Platform Development, we are seeking a highly motivated Lead Developer to join the OMERS SharePoint and Power Platform Development team in Toronto. In this role, you will collaborate with business stakeholders, business analysts, software architects and IT professionals to support development and maintenance of Microsoft SharePoint Online and Power Platform solutions.

As a member of this team, you will be responsible for:

• Collaborate closely with business and technical teams to interpret and translate requirements into technology solutions, particularly within SharePoint Online, Power Platform, and other Office 365 applications.
• Analyzing business requirements related to data, reporting, workflow, business processes, hardware and operating system environments, and integrations with other systems.
• Develop, test, deploy and document solutions in SharePoint Online, Power Platform and other OMERS collaboration applications.
• Create customizations and configurations to SharePoint Online and Power Platform to meet business needs.
• Provide support to business users for relevant applications.
• Produce comprehensive technical documentation.
• Offer technical advice to users and team members on best practices for SharePoint Online and Power Platform.
• Conduct users training for SharePoint Online and Power Platform.
• Assist with data migration planning, data clean up and data analysis as required.

To Succeed In This Role, You Have

• Degree or diploma in computer engineering or related discipline.
• 5-7+ years of experience in software design and development, particularly in SharePoint Online, .NET and SQL.
• 4+ years of experience in SharePoint Online and Office 365 applications.
• 4+ years of experience in SharePoint Client Object model, PowerShell, JavaScript, TypeScript.
• 2+ years of experience in Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio (Power Virtual Agent).
• Hands-on experience in creating custom Web Parts using SharePoint Framework (SPFx).
• Proficiency in creating solutions with HTML, CSS, and JSON
• Experience with Sharegate.
• Familiarity with plug-ins, and UI/UX standards.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and DevOps.
• Demonstrated proficiency in business analysis for IT projects.
• Strong initiative in improving solutions, systems and processes.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate business needs into workflows and solutions that leverage SharePoint Online and Power Platform capabilities.
• Effective interpersonal and relationship building skills, particularly with internal stakeholders.
• Solid time management skills.
• Ability to apply independent under minimal supervision.
• Embrace collaborative sharing of knowledge within a teamwork environment.
• Driven to achieving results and continuously striving to deliver the highest performance through creative thinking.

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.

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 committee and employee recognition programs.