Software Engineer Co-op​/Internship; Winter

Position: Software Engineer Co-op/Internship (Winter 2027)
Use your technical and problem-solving skills to help support our business clients with the many applications that they use. The British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) is currently seeking a Software Engineer Co-op/Intern to support our Enterprise Solutions team and the team’s internal clients.
** WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
** BCI manages a globally diversified portfolio of assets valued at $313.7 billion and is one of Canada’s largest institutional investors. We invest globally to support pension and other funds for more than 30 clients based in British Columbia. We are proud to have been chosen as one of
** Canada’s Top 100 Employers
** and
** BC’s Top Employers**. These national and provincial competitions recognize employers who offer exceptional workplaces for their employees.

The Software Engineer Co-op/Intern will work within our Technology department. They will be responsible for assisting the team in planning and delivering complex information systems assignments to ensure assigned applications are operational, current, and aligned to the Corporation’s business needs. This is a great opportunity for you to learn and apply your knowledge to support a wide variety of applications used by our business clients.
** WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
** The Technology department is responsible for developing technology solutions that contribute to the achievement of BCI’s mission and long-term goals. The department manages the Corporation’s business applications and information technology infrastructure, providing support to a large group of financial professionals. The department is also responsible for authoring technology-related directives and conducting disaster recovery planning to minimize risk to the Corporation’s delivery of investment services.

The Enterprise Solutions team works with other Technology teams as well as internal client departments and vendors to create configure, implement, and administer a portfolio of vendor and web-based applications.
** WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
*** Provide analytical and programming support for the development of new applications, and enhancement of existing custom, hosted, and packaged applications
* Perform day to day resolution tasks for problems that arise on complex systems on a variety of platforms
* Research complicated problems; works with business representatives in defining design specifications and technical solutions, providing appropriate systems and/or business solutions
* Present system solutions to clients, both verbally and by means of documentation to gain consensus for application enhancements and problem fixes
* Translate user requirements into technical specifications
* Identify system inadequacies and efficiencies and recommends improvements
* Engage with vendors to address operational needs
* Participate in the change control processes for software releases and application upgrades
* Assist in the progression of systems changes through the application environments ensuring proper testing and approvals.
* Documents changes to procedures, applications, and data stores using standard tools and templates
* Conduct business analysis sessions with clients – translates business needs into technical specifications employing workflow diagrams, data analysis and joint application reviews
* Develop support documentation such as operational support model and technical user guides.
* Maintain support documentation and content into the application Jira and Confluence space repository
* Participate in Kanban/Scrum to coordinate user stories and tasks in support of Product Owners
* Provide or arrange training on new procedures and applications functionality
* Support the team members in daily operational tasks and special projects or assignments
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