Technology Specialist

Technology Specialist

Department: InformationTechnologyOperationsandSecurity

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 youll 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 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 OPTrusts 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 $98408.00 to $120859.00 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 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 were seeking ways to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canadas 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.