Technology Specialist

Technology Specialist

Department: Information Technology Operations and Security

Type: 12-Month Contract

Location: Toronto (Hybrid)

Posting Date: May 7th, 2026

At OPTrust, paying pensions today, preserving pensions for tomorrow is our mission and business.

When you choose OPTrust, you join a team of smart, talented people who fuel our success and have a passion for pensions. Everyone at OPTrust – in Toronto, London and Sydney – makes a meaningful impact. Our culture is driven by team members with different backgrounds and perspectives creating an inclusive and fulfilling place to work for everyone. We work in a fast-paced environment, but we find time to have fun and give back to the community.

What OPTrust offers you

• Unique culture rooted in our core values – collaboration and teamwork, integrity, respect, flexibility, excellence and continuous improvement. 

• A purpose-driven environment where we all work towards the common goal of paying pensions today and preserving pensions for tomorrow. 

• A flexible, hybrid work model. 

• Benefits package after six months of consecutive employment.

• Optional membership in our world-class defined benefit pension plan. 

• A dedicated inclusion, diversity and equity strategy with meaningful opportunities to participate, including our employee-led resource groups.

About the role

This position is accountable for leading the development of internal applications, systems integrations, and process automation solutions, as well as the design, support, integration, maintenance, and enhancement of these systems.

What you’ll do

Design, Implement, and Support

• Provide specialised technical application support for business functions and stakeholders.

• Support and maintain internally developed applications and scripts in alignment with IT development, security, and environment standards.

• Provide application administration and support for COTS systems and tools.

• Support integrated application ecosystems.

• Design, test, and implement technical solutions to address business challenges.

• Design, update, and maintain SharePoint-based websites and portals supporting business processes and workflows.

• Maintain standards for visual design, content retention, permissions, and issue resolution in SharePoint.

• Translate business and functional requirements into technical requirements.

• Assist with integrations across systems.

Team Collaboration

• Assist staff in the design and development of applications and reports.

• Participate as a technical lead representing IT and working with other OPTrust resources.

• Participate in solution design and peer code reviews.

Process Improvement

• Ensure adherence to the OPTrust IT development lifecycle and IT standards.

• Provide gap and impact analysis for new initiatives, with a focus on system interdependencies and integration.

• Develop and maintain technical documentation and guidelines for implemented solutions.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

What you bring

• 3-5 years of related work experience.

• Experience in software integration and software development principles: building, designing, and testing interfaces (outbound and inbound).

• Experience supporting SharePoint, JAMS, Workday integrations and file delivery automations.

• Working knowledge of Power Automate and Copilot Studio is an asset. Strong experience applying AI models is an asset (Microsoft Copilot 365).

• Knowledge of pension, finance, and investment processes would be an asset.

• Strong change management orientation includes experience with promotion procedures.

• Post-secondary degree in computer science or a related technical field.

• ITIL certification is preferred.

• Expert-level scripting and programming background including PowerShell, SSIS, C#, Python, Java, T-SQL and other .NET technologies.

• Ability to program code interfaces with APIs with a strong understanding of web services: SOAP, REST, XML, JSON.

• Expert-level knowledge in areas of data, security, infrastructure, and application architecture.

• Knowledge of Linux, Visual Studio, SQL Server Management Studio, and Git would be an asset.

• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong analytical, organisational and time management skills.

• Exceptional organisational and time management skills.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.

• Ability to manage with an eye to proactively plan and avoid bottlenecks, single points of failure and capacity issues.

• Ability to prioritise and multitask complex requests in a fast-paced environment.

• Lead-by-example approach to mentoring and motivating peers.

• Exemplify OPTrust’s values: collaboration and teamwork, integrity, respect, flexibility, excellence, and continuous improvement.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

The range of expected compensation for this position is $98,408.00 to $120,859.00 per year.

Please submit your application via Workday by May 21st, 2026.

Serving a membership as diverse as ours and investing in a global market means cultivating an environment that embraces inclusion, diversity, and equity in everything we do. OPTrust is an organization engaged in building on our unique and diverse strengths. We know a diversity of backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and perspectives are critical to achieving our shared goals.

If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please send a message to careers@optrust.com, or discuss your needs with the Talent Acquisition Consultant during the telephone screening. We will do our best to work with you and provide appropriate accommodation.

As an organization we’re seeking ways to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Call to Action 92. We are working with the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business to build bridges with Indigenous communities and partners, and we have created an employee-led Reconciliation Working Group that will work with Indigenous experts to identify a path to reconciliation for our organization.

We thank all interested applicants, however only those under consideration will be contacted.