Senior Analyst, Application Engineering

Location

Brookfield Place - 181 Bay Street

Technology Services

Technology Services (TS) is responsible for delivering all enterprise infrastructure, applications and related end user technology services across all Brookfield business groups, comprised of approximately 6,500 users.

Brookfield Culture

Brookfield has a unique and dynamic culture.  We seek team members who have a long-term focus and whose values align with our Attributes of a Brookfield Leader:  Entrepreneurial, Collaborative and Disciplined.  Brookfield is committed to the development of our people through challenging work assignments and exposure to diverse businesses.

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Analyst, Application Engineering, to join our team in delivering application integration solutions that support the operations and scalability of our Brookfield Wealth Solutions and Brookfield Credit business areas. In this role, you will apply your expertise in application integration and operational excellence to deliver the design, implementation, and optimization of our technology solutions.  The successful candidate will demonstrate strong business and technical acumen within the Asset Management or Insurance industry, exceptional communication skills for engaging senior stakeholders, the ability to collaborate with team members, and a disciplined approach to solving complex technology challenges.

What You Will Do:

• Deliver initiatives within established Brookfield standards, timelines and quality.

• Ensure operational excellence by managing application integrations and incident response within agreed SLA (Service Level Agreement) metrics.

• Monitor alerting and perform after-hours L3 support of applicable application and integration solution components.

• Deliver continuous improvement through automation, solution optimization, and root cause analysis for any incidents.

• Design, implement and support application integrations leveraging Application Engineering experience and knowledge of the Insurance and Asset Management business domains

• Design and implement application integrations leveraging Cloud tools like Workato and Snowflake for implementation of data pipelines.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between application integration initiatives and broader Brookfield architecture, SDLC, ITIL, cyber and tooling standards.

• Complete documentation for application integrations, maintained in alignment with Brookfield and data platform standards ex. Solution architecture diagrams, interface inventories etc.

• Implement data validation, normalization and cleansing processes to ensure accuracy and integrity of application integrations.

• Identify and Implement IT non-functional requirements such as timely alerting and logging of application integration solutions for proactive troubleshooting of incidents or anomalous behavior.

• Participate in migration initiative of existing legacy (C# code, SQL Server stored procedures and Informatica integration components) to Cloud environment (Snowflake, Workato, Azure DevOps), ensuring consistent solution design, optimal performance, stability and scalability.

• Identify and deliver improvement opportunities associated with application integration pipelines to proactively minimize business impact.

• Design and implement scalable architectures within cloud data platforms like Workato and Snowflake to support analytics and business intelligence initiatives.

• Identify and implement areas for optimization within existing workflows and system processes, and execute necessary system improvements for operational efficiency

• Partner closely with business stakeholders to understand requirements and formulate application solutions that address business needs.

• Partner with Business Systems Analysts to implement requirements for system changes and ensure successful delivery of all in scope application components.

• Partner with end users to develop automated workflows for key reporting processes, and ensure governance and controls for underlying data and integrations

• Communicate application solution architectures to technical and non-technical audiences.

• Partner with business end users on maintaining systems to enable ad-hoc or periodic analytics and cashflow runs in production

Qualifications and Skills

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Data Analytics or related discipline.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in application engineering and optimization with significant exposure to data platforms such as Snowflake or other similar platforms with specialization in the Asset Management or Insurance industry.

• Experience with Investment management & Insurance business domains, specifically in terms of application integration and data models across Public and Private asset classes

• Experience with Investment Management applications such as Aladdin/ADC, Clearwater/LPX, WSO, SS&C PLM, Mercatus, Numerix, TriOptima, Bloomberg AIM, and Duco

• Experience with Actuarial applications such as FinX, Moody’s Axis, Milliman MG Alfa, and AON Pathwise

• Hands-on experience with data orchestration and workflow management using tools such as Workato or other similar platforms.

• Proven expertise in ETL/ELT, data integration concepts with extensive experience with REST API, Python, Snowflake, SQL Server, XML, JSON, CSV.

• Using best practice data frameworks like Data Centric Development or Medalion Architecture when onboarding data, ensuring structures and efficient data integrations processes.

• Familiarity or experience in source code management and continuous integration practice using Azure DevOps.

• Strong analytical skills, including conceptual, requirements interpretation, solution creation and problem-solving abilities

• Ability to assess and manage risks within application integrations and implement effective mitigation strategies.

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams

• Familiarity with data governance frameworks and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations

Position Opening Reason:

New Position

Brookfield is committed to maintaining a Positive Work Environment that is safe and respectful; our shared success depends on it.  Accordingly, we do not tolerate workplace discrimination, violence or harassment.

Brookfield is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive organization. We are committed to providing barrier-free and accessible employment practices in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Should you require a Human Rights Code-protected accommodation through any stage of the recruitment process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to meet your needs.