Applications Engineer Jobs

The opportunity

We are adding an Applications Engineer to our Enterprise Operations team as part of our organization-wide investment in new and optimized technology. As our next Applications Engineer, you will play a critical role in migrating our legacy on-premise solutions to a hybrid Azure cloud environment. This is a chance to apply your expertise in infrastructure, architecture and DevSecOps as you grow your knowledge in virtualization and cloud services.

Who You'll Work With

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Product Delivery Support, you will deliver a variety of enterprise systems and manage several key systems critical to our business functions. In this role, you will be part of a collaborative and innovative team, dedicated to introducing a strengthened technology foundation across the organization. This is a nimble team, continuously learning through experimentation, research, and professional development opportunities.

What You'll Do

Build new systems. You will:

• Own and manage the end-to-end build of systems, engaging internal teams, vendors, as well as managed service partners
• Transition build knowledge to internal teams to ensure systems meet operational standards
• Implement, test, and remediate where required, including HA, backup, alerting, DR, and controls
• Ensure success in building and migrating applications, software, and services
• Support the development of standard build instructions for new technologies
• Keep an up to date record of systems and builds, including certificates and licenses
• Develop build “As Built” and operational documentation

Configure And Enhance Existing Systems. You Will

• Drive continuous improvement by supporting and implementing systems upgrades
• Build APIs that simplify service consumption for our end-users and engineers
• Collaborate with internal teams; contributing valuable insights to capacity plans and forecasts
• Optimize and support existing Investments, Member Services and Corporate Applications
• Maintain, develop, and enhance application configuration automation frameworks
• Track and manage OTPP systems, technologies, and applications across the complete lifecycle
• Maintain and support the configuration of Investments, Member Services and Corporate systems
• Minimize system integration complexity while maintaining system reliability and business continuity

Constantly expand your knowledge; leveraging it to drive improvements. You will:

• Continuously update and build upon your knowledge of accepted industry and company standards to improve service delivery
• Collect data and deliver reports on internal technology and processes; suggesting improvements whenever possible
• Keep up to date with the latest Infrastructure automation and administration procedures and best practices; ensuring learning is documented and shared across Information Technology
• Strategize on how to best meet key business objectives; planning your course of action and executing on it

What You'll Need

• The experience. You have 5+ years of hands-on experience working with application technologies in a cloud environment; preferably Microsoft Azure. You have proven success migrating client applications to the cloud; ideally in the capital markets, finance, or banking industry. You have experience automating application configuration and have working knowledge of DevSecOps methodologies.
• The people skills. You are comfortable working with individuals at any level and are able to effectively convey your point and gain support from diverse stakeholders. You’re an excellent listener who’s able to understand client needs, manage conflicting demands, and develop a solution that everyone is happy with. An outstanding written and verbal communicator, you have no problem translating client needs into technical requirements and communicate these requirements to internal team members with ease.
• The education. You have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Studies, IT or have the equivalent work experience.
• The technical knowledge. You have 5+ years of experience with application technologies such as Charles River, SimCorp, Quantum, Adaptiv, Office 365, Datanomics, Adobe AEM, Camunda Workflow, UC4, Jive, Liferay, and SAS. You're a skilled scripter with experience in YAML, Powershell, and Python. You are well-versed in SaaS application design including infrastructure, database, and middleware. Software Development experience an asset

What We’re Offering

• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working
• Employee discount programs including Edvantage and Perkopolis
• Competitive time off
• Comprehensive employer paid benefits coverage
• Our Flexible Travel Program gives you the option to work abroad in another region/country for up to a month each year
• Pay-for-performance environment that offers competitive salary and incentive
• Degreed: a digital platform that helps you quickly and easily discover, share, and track various learning resources — from courses to videos to articles and more
• Retirement income through a defined benefit pension plan
• The opportunity to invest back into the fund through our Deferred Incentive Program
• Numerous opportunities for professional growth and development

At Ontario Teachers', diversity is one of our core strengths. We take pride in ensuring that the people we hire and the culture we create, reflect and embrace diversity of thought, background and experience. Through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), we celebrate diversity and foster inclusion through events for colleagues to connect for professional development, networking & mentoring. We are building an inclusive and equitable workplace where our talent is respected, accepted and empowered to be themselves. To learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, check out Life at Teachers'.

How To Apply

Are you ready to pursue new challenges and take your career to the next level? Apply today! You may be invited to complete a pre-recorded digital interview as part of your application.

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Functional Areas

Information Technology

Requisition ID

5129