Enterprise Architect

at  OMERS

Why join us?
Are you looking to join a dynamic pension plan that embodies the strong values of its 500,000 members and is an industry leading global investor? If so, we would love to tell you our story.
At OMERS we put our people first and are proud to embrace the diversity of thought and leadership that comes from having locations in Toronto, London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. Our culture is truly one of a kind. We get stuff done, and have fun doing it! We take great pride in contributing to the communities where we live with an ever-constant eye to the global investment markets.
Job Summary
The OMERS Data and Technology (D&T) team is looking for a motivated and experienced Enterprise Architect to help our D&T team and our internal customers modernize various core systems and data-related applications. This individual must be extremely motivated, hands-on, and want to constantly learn and apply new technologies. In this role, the qualified candidate is expected to possess deep technology system solutioning skills, as well as data architecture expertise with experience in best practices to developing data solutions for large applications in the context of modernizing legacy ecosystems, ideally in the context of the financial services industry.
In this role, you will be responsible for a few key deliverables:
First, you will facilitate discussions, taking input from various resources (including industry expertise / trends) to deliver architectural current / target states, and roadmaps. Next, you will be creating and maintaining technical designs and architectural artifacts for the organization’s technology solutions that adhere to corporate and industry technical and security best practices. Lastly, as part of those roadmaps and designs, you will create data flows, application information models, deployment models, etc.

TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE, YOU MUST HAVE:

Excellent written and oral communication skills across all levels of seniority and technical acumen.
The ability to communicate complex technical concepts/designs to seasoned technical experts as well as to others using plain language.
Significant demonstrated experience in solution design in architecture domains such as application, data (AI, BI, Reporting, Analytics, etc.), security, integration, microservices or others.
Experience documenting and socializing current and future state roadmap/versions of: component designs, patterns, flows (including application flows, data flows, authentication /authorization flows), etc.

TO HELP WITH SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE, NICE TO HAVES ARE:

College/University degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related field.
7-10 years of overall experience in Information Technology.

3 years of architecture responsibilities.
Experience solutioning with components from Microsoft (such as Azure, PowerBI, SQL, etc.).
Experience with data in domains, such as ETL/batch, API, streaming, analytics, reporting, warehousing, and data lakehouse solutions.