Application Support Analyst

Application Support Analyst

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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 600,000+ members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.

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We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Products & Technology team in Toronto in the role of Application Support Analyst
. You will be part of a growing product development team that delivers new and existing products and services within the Pensions group.

• Elicit, document, and analyze business requirements, processes, and workflows
• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand their needs, objectives, and challenges
• Ensure that testing activities allow applications to meet business requirements and systems goals, fulfill end‑user requirements, and identify existing or potential issues
• Contribute to the identification and escalation of gaps within the business requirements and testing scenarios that could impact testing
• Anticipate issues and make recommendations to mitigate risks; support ad‑hoc analysis to identify the root cause of issues and resolve issues in a timely manner ensuring minimal disruption to stakeholders
• Extract data from various source systems and data stores
• Participate in activities related to year‑end system updates
• Recommend and implement solutions based on analysis of issues and implications for the business
• Understand and communicate financial and operational impact of any changes
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with multiple levels of clients, team, and partners
• Collaborate with IT and Business staff to recommend and develop solutions for identified business requirements and needs

• Post‑secondary education / accreditation in a job‑related field or related experience
• Good understanding of Pension Administration is preferred
• A track record of “thinking outside the box” and looking at a challenge through multiple lenses
• Experience applying innovative solutions and working with business stakeholders to challenge the status quo, deliver solutions that tackle business problems and meet business requirements
• Strong ability to manage multiple priorities, work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Hands‑on experience with application performance monitoring (APM) and logging tools
• Proven ability to configure dashboards, set up monitors/alerts, and analyze metrics to ensure application stability and performance
• Strong proficiency in writing and optimizing complex SQL queries for both Oracle and Postgre
  
  SQL databases
• Experience in troubleshooting database connectivity, performance bottlenecks, and executing data management tasks
• Practical experience supporting applications deployed in cloud environments like GCP (Google Cloud Platform) and Azure
• Experience navigating and utilizing CI/CD platforms like Git Lab, Git Hub, or Azure Dev Ops to understand build and release pipelines
• Experience creating scripts to parse logs, query APIs, or manage application configurations is highly desirable
• Strong understanding of the full application lifecycle and how different technology stacks interact

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 1+ days per week.

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.

• Entry level

• Full‑time

• Information Technology

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Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Ontario, Canada.