Senior Technical Analyst, Investments

OUR COMPANY BACKGROUND & CULTURE

UPP is the first pension plan of its kind in Ontario's university sector, proudly serving over 41,000 members across five universities and fourteen sector organizations. Our purpose is to bring greater retirement peace of mind to the university sector by investing with integrity and serving members with care. As a sector-wide plan designed for growth, our doors are open to all Ontario universities.

Together, we're a team of progressive thinkers and agile doers operating within a fast-paced culture of collaboration and respect. We believe in bringing smart and capable people together to create, solve, and grow with a clear shared vision and values of integrity, inclusivity, ingenuity, and impact. Our culture is intentionally welcoming and purposefully rooted in equity, diversity, inclusion, and reconciliation (EDI&R). We believe diverse teams, perspectives, and lived experiences contribute to better decisions and a better workplace.

As a pension plan, UPP approaches investing through a long-term lens to generate and safeguard value. Our commitment to investing responsibly accounts for material risks that impact our investment portfolio to generate sufficient risk-adjusted returns to meet the pension needs of our members.

Join us in building a bright future for our members, our organization, and each other.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a Senior Technical Analyst, Investments with a proven track-record to help us build and support the ever-expanding Investment technology portfolio. The ideal candidate must be able to deliver smart, scalable solutions that support UPP's investment operations and long-term goals.

Reporting directly to the Senior Director, Architecture & Engineering, the individual will partner with key technology partners to collaboratively engage, model, drive, and operationalize solutions across the organization. You will be extremely motivated, hands-on, subscribe to a continuous learning mindset, and apply leading practices and technologies to your work. You will bring in-depth experience in cloud engineering, automation, system configuration and cybersecurity. You also possess deep experience in medium-to-large enterprise-level complex technology environment(s).

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Technical Analyst to join a team of high performing professionals to make a great impact.

This role is based in downtown Toronto under a hybrid work policy, allowing employees the flexibility to work remotely and in-office (approximately two days per week in-office).

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

The Senior Technical Analyst, Investments will be responsible for a variety of duties, including but not limited to the following:

• Ability to create solutions from functional requirements.
• Work with third-party development teams and system stakeholders to design and develop effective programming and software changes.
• Responsible for integrating the product with other services through APIs.
• Perform functional and non-functional testing throughout the entire software development lifecycle.
• Review and provide feedback on technical designs and code developed by other team members.
• Create documentation for reference and reporting.
• Provide on-call or after-hours support as needed to resolve critical issues.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Degree or Diploma in either Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business/Commerce, and/or relevant experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience developing software with Python, C#, SQL, JavaScript, and CSS (or comparable languages/technologies).
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable regarding client needs and technology.
• Understanding of the agile methodology and DevOps (CI/CD) principles.
• Capable of prioritizing multiple projects and still meeting deadlines.

NICE-TO-HAVE

• Experience with data models, database design development, data profiling (ETL), and data mining.
• Familiarity with SaaS platforms like Dynamo, ServiceNow or, Salesforce.
• Exposure to low code platforms like OutSystems.
• Familiarity with Integration Platforms like informatica.
• Certification as a Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a plus.
• Knowledge of OMS and EMS systems and/or Capital Markets Investment processes would be an asset.

ATTRIBUTES

• Ability to adapt to existing environments, learn UPP-specific practices quickly, and demonstrate proactive ownership of tasks.
• Proactive and self-directed, with a strong sense of ownership.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Ability to perform and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Proven ability to organize the efforts of multiple contributors and deliver results.
• Ability to effectively identify emerging technologies, trends, standards, and products that have a strong potential to better enable UPP business units.
• Alignment with UPP's desire to be a leader in Responsible Investing, ESG, and climate change.

LIFE AT UPP

Do work that matters. We are duty-bound to serve our members' interests, and it's a responsibility we don't take lightly. That's why we've ingrained sustainability in our work from day one—to ensure our members have a resilient future to retire into, both today and for generations to come.

Stronger together. Collaboration is how UPP was born, and it's how we work with each other and our partners day in, day out. No one at UPP is just a number (even if they are excellent at math) and every win is a shared win.

Grow every day. You'll have the opportunity to work on unique, once-in-a-career projects that maximize your skill set and probably teach you some new ones—at any stage in your career.

Prioritize wellness. At UPP, wellness takes many forms. Ultimately, it's about ensuring our people are cared for in the ways that matter to them. Check out some highlights of our inclusive employee-focused benefits program including:

• Defined benefit pension plan
• Flexible hybrid work model
• Work from abroad up to eight weeks/year
• Comprehensive group benefits including medical, dental, vision etc.
• Extended paramedical and mental health service coverage
• Health care and lifestyle spending accounts
• Fertility treatments, paid parental leave, and gender affirmation coverage
• Education Assistance program

UPP enthusiastically welcomes applications from all qualified applicants and especially invites people with lived experience as an Indigenous person, a person with a disability or as a member of another Human Rights Code protected group that faces barriers to employment to apply. Our goal is to create a barrier-free experience for every candidate throughout the recruitment process, so if you require accommodation at any point during the process, please let us know so that we can make the appropriate arrangements.  It would be our honor to work with you to adapt our processes to ensure that you can meaningfully participate.

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