City : Toronto, Canada

Category : Enterprise Operations

Industry : Financial Services

Employer : Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan - OTPP

Engineering Lead, Database

The Opportunity

We are looking for an Infrastructure Engineering Database Lead who will support the introduction and management of database technologies at Ontario Teachers’. This is a senior technical role responsible for database strategy, planning, design and continuous improvement and alongside service providers lead all aspects of implementation. A key responsibility for the Lead will be gathering and translating technical requirements into infrastructure solution designs to run database systems at scale on-premise and in the cloud.

This role is additionally responsible for relationship management with key vendors and internal partners, managing services, processes and important metrics related to system design efficiency, requirements traceability, customer and partner satisfaction, system design quality and system availability to take proactive actions and deliver expected levels of system capability.

Who you’ll work with

Working under the direction of the Sr. Manager, Database Engineering, the Engineering Lead will mentor and coach other technical staff and our managed services staff.

You will partner with architects, application developers, QA, product teams and internal technology groups to provide end to end technical oversight for project solutions.

What you’ll do

Analyze System Requirements

• Analyze existing databases technologies to ensure they are effectively meeting the needs of the organization.

• Coordinate with all areas of the organization to see that the system is working as optimally as it should. He/She also analyzes business requirements to identify where they can integrate new compute, storage, operating systems and data platform solutions.

Recommend Alternative Technologies and Improvements

• Perform market research and evaluations including Proof of Concepts of new technologies and may recommend alternative data platforms or improvements.

Lead Design and Review of New Systems

• Develop and detail the proposed technical design for the integration and implementation of any new system/service and will work with service providers / teams to ensure accurate understanding of the IT system design(s).

• Defines TI Standards and Strategies, including configurations and settings (hardening, security, logging, backup/recovery, patching and platform standard methodologies).

• Responsible for artifact management relating to design standards, templates, patterns, reference architectures and other design documentation standards.

Evaluate Projects

• Participate in evaluating the success of the project, identifying best practices and lessons learned and provide feedback to leadership and incorporates this information into future integration plans.

Operations Management

• Developing and documenting standard operating procedures, improvements to design, build, configuration or operational functions based on measurement of reliability or efficiency of the service.

• Management of technology licenses, asset management, prioritizing and assigning work to vendor staff, and the evaluation of OTPP and vendor operations performance.

What you’ll need

• Expert understanding of database technologies

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Studies, IT or meaningful experience, with a minimum of 10 years in IT

• 5 years of demonstrated ability in designing Enterprise Infrastructure Services running various Compute, Network & Storage ecosystems

• 3 or more years in designing, developing, deploying and running database services and creating database automations (infrastructure as code)

• Significant experience in the design of distributed, highly available database systems following on-premise, hybrid or public cloud models

• Demonstrated ability to generate and maintain technical documentation

• Experience in contributing to a complete Project Life Cycle process including but not limited to project Request-Discovery-Planning-Delivery and Closure landmarks

• ITIL Foundations and TOGAF certification preferred

What we’re offering ​

• Pay for performance environment that offers competitive salary and incentive

• Numerous opportunities for professional growth and development

• Comprehensive employer paid benefits coverage

• Retirement income through a defined benefit pension plan

• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working

• Competitive time off

• Discount programs including Edvantage and Perkopolis

• Degreed: a digital platform that helps you quickly and easily discover, share, and track various learning resources — from courses to videos to articles and more.

At Ontario Teachers', diversity is one of our core strengths. We are a globally minded organization and take pride ensuring that the people we hire and the culture we create reflect and celebrate diversity of thought, background and experience. Through our Inclusion & Diversity Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) events, celebrations , we offer a variety of opportunities for colleagues to connect for the purposes of professional development and networking & mentoring.

How to apply

Are you ready to pursue new challenges and take your career to the next level? Apply today!

Accommodations are available upon request (talent_acquisition@otpp.com) for candidates with a disability taking part in the recruitment process and once hired.

Note that all individuals employed by Ontario Teachers’ in our Toronto office will be required to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. We remain committed to an accessible, inclusive and barrier free workplace; written requests for a human rights-based exemption from vaccination will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Candidates must be legally entitled to work in the country where this role is located.

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