Database Administrator & Integration Specialist

at  Value Partners Investments

Company Description
Founded in 2005, Value Partners Investments is a Winnipeg-based investment firm that currently manages over $5.1 Billion in assets primarily through nine investment funds as well as through Value Partners Investment Counsel (VPIC) which provides discretionary investment management services to wealthy families across Canada. Our mission is to build client wealth by investing wisely and communicating clearly. Over the past 19 years we have fulfilled that mission by creating over $2.1 Billion in investment gains for clients. This track record of success has enabled us to become one of Canada’s fastest growing companies as ranked by Profit Magazine and one of Canada’s fastest growing Private Investment Counsels by Investor Economics.
Job Description
Reporting to the Director of Information Technology, the Database Administrator & Integration Specialist is responsible for the day-to-day functioning of VPI’s SQL Server data warehouse and for design and optimizations of the database that improve its usage and usability within VPI. The incumbent is also responsible for automation and integration of data between internal and external systems.
While this individual is primarily in a technology role, it is imperative that they learn and understand the organizational structure of Value Partners, our relationships with our advisors and their clients, and become familiar with the financial services industry and VPI’s place in it. Internally to VPI this also means living VPI’s investment philosophy, our products, our values and supporting our strategic direction.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Undergraduate bachelor’s degree in or college program in computer science or related discipline
• Three - Five years of related experience is required
• A combination of education and experience will be considered

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

• Microsoft SQL Server 2022 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2022
• Azure SQL Database
• Azure Storage
• Azure Data Factory
• Azure Logic Apps
• Microsoft Transact-SQL
• REST APIs
• Flat file processing
• Technical fluency with the ability to learn and adapt to new technology effectively