Senior Technical Analyst, Engineering

OUR COMPANY BACKGROUND & CULTURE

UPP is the first pension plan of its kind in Ontario's university sector, proudly serving over 41,000 members across six universities and fourteen sector organizations. Our purpose is to bring greater retirement peace of mind to the university sector by investing with integrity and serving members with care. As a sector-wide plan designed for growth, our doors are open to all Ontario universities. 

UPP is recognized as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers for 2026. Together, we're a team of progressive thinkers and agile doers operating within a fast-paced culture of collaboration and respect. We believe in bringing smart and capable people together to create, solve, and grow with a clear shared vision and values of integrity, inclusivity, ingenuity, and impact.

Our culture is intentionally welcoming and purposefully rooted in equity, diversity, inclusion, and reconciliation (EDI&R). We believe diverse teams, perspectives, and lived experiences contribute to better decisions and a better workplace.

As a pension plan, UPP approaches investing through a long-term lens to generate and safeguard value. Our commitment to investing responsibly accounts for material risks that impact our investment portfolio to generate sufficient risk-adjusted returns to meet the pension needs of our members.

Join us in building a bright future for our members, our organization, and each other.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a Senior Technical Analyst, Engineering and Enablement, with a proven track record to help us build and support the three key pillars of our business, which include Corporate, Investments, and Pensions. Our growing Corporate Technology portfolio, includes functional groups such as People, Corporate Finance, Communications, Engagement & Strategy, Legal, and Facilities, among others. The ideal candidate must be able to translate high-level business requirements into detailed functional specifications, user interface design, implementation specifications, system requirements and solution design.

Reporting directly to the Director, Engineering & Enablement, the individual will be a key member of the team, working closely with Solution Architects, and partnering with key technology partners to collaboratively engage, model, drive, and operationalize solutions across the organization. You will be extremely motivated with a can-do attitude, be hands-on, subscribe to a continuous learning mindset, and apply leading practices and technologies to your work. You will bring in-depth experience in documenting business and technical requirements, process orchestration and automated workflow design, problem analysis and troubleshooting, system configuration and cybersecurity. You also possess experience in medium-to-large enterprise-level complex technology environment(s).

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual looking to learn from and be part of a team of high-performing individuals and make a great impact.

This role is based in downtown Toronto under a hybrid work policy, allowing employees the flexibility to work remotely and in-office (approximately two days per week in-office).

This posting is for a existing vacancy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

At the senior level, you are expected to lead delivery with little oversight and provide mentorship and training to junior staff.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

NICE-TO-HAVE

ATTRIBUTES

EXPECTED COMPENSATION

The expected compensation for this role is an annualized base salary in the range of $85,600 to $135,600. This range reflects the expected range for new hire base salaries and is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

You may also be eligible for a variable incentive depending on organizational, divisional and personal performance. The final total compensation offered will vary depending on your skills, experience and other factors.

LIFE AT UPP

Do work that matters. We are duty-bound to serve our members' interests, and it's a responsibility we don't take lightly. That's why we've ingrained sustainability in our work from day one—to ensure our members have a resilient future to retire into, both today and for generations to come.

Stronger together. Collaboration is how UPP was born, and it's how we work with each other and our partners day in, day out. No one at UPP is just a number (even if they are excellent at math) and every win is a shared win.

Grow every day. You'll have the opportunity to work on unique, once-in-a-career projects that maximize your skill set and probably teach you some new ones—at any stage in your career.

Prioritize wellness. At UPP, wellness takes many forms. Ultimately, it's about ensuring our people are cared for in the ways that matter to them. Check out some highlights of our inclusive employee-focused benefits program including:

This posting will remain open for a minimum of seven (7) days and will remain open until a sufficient number of qualified applications are received or finalist candidates have been identified. 

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support certain stages of the recruitment process, including sourcing, screening, and assessment. All hiring decisions involve human review and intervention by UPP employees.

UPP enthusiastically welcomes applications from all qualified applicants and especially invites people with lived experience as an Indigenous person, a person with a disability or as a member of another Human Rights Code protected group that faces barriers to employment to apply. Our goal is to create a barrier-free experience for every candidate throughout the recruitment process.

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