Systems Engineer, Managed Service Provider

The salary range for this position is CAD $44.Why Fraser Health?

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations. Our team of 45,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Twelve acute care hospitals, BC’s first dedicated outpatient care and surgery centre and a wide range of services in public health, home health, mental health and long-term care facilities - all within Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Known as one of the most desirable places to live in the world, these dynamic communities along with inspiring scenery and easy access to an abundance of outdoor activities provide an amazing quality of life.
We are proud of the innovation, dedication, integrity and tenacity of our physicians, employees and volunteers. More than any building or technology, it's our people who make Fraser Health distinct.
Bring your demonstrated leadership and consultation skills to this exciting opportunity as a Senior System Engineer, Fraser Health's Centre for Advanced Analytics, Data Science, and Innovation (CAADSI) team. In this role, you will provide senior consulting to Fraser Health executive within an assigned portfolio in the areas of systems and systems management in corporate business areas. Provide senior systems engineering services to all disciplines and stakeholders within an assigned portfolio by keeping abreast of the initiatives and issues within the business areas assigned and leading the business area through developing business cases, process reengineering initiatives, etc.
Formulate project plans with the business areas and/or provide input into operational or strategic plans.
Ensure that projects and initiatives are aligned with the Fraser Health’s Strategic direction.
Provide project leadership to a variety of large, complex projects including a number of diverse disciplines and/or affecting multiple stakeholders.
Ensure project closure by providing post-implementation evaluation.
Provide leadership to staff assigned to lead small to medium scale projects by providing guidance on project requirements, budget management, or technical issues.
Provide input into project budget development and, once approved, manage the budget dollars by approving required contractors, purchasing software and hardware
Bachelor's degree in Health Information Science, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related study or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
A good understanding of modern data platforms with proven experience in assembling large, complex sets of data that meets non-functional and functional business requirements using a variety of languages.
We are currently looking to fill four vacancies as a Senior System Engineer located at our Central City office in Surrey, BC . These roles have the option for remote/hybrid work.
Effective October 26, 2021, all new hires to Fraser Health will need to have full COVID 19 vaccination (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and individual medical exemptions must be approved by the Provincial Health Officer.
A career at Fraser Health will offer you the opportunity to work in a fast growing and exciting organization with professionals who are eminent in their respective fields. Come work with dedicated professionals who are enthusiastic and committed to provide quality healthcare to our clients/patients/residents.
We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust.

Reporting to the Manager, Technology and Information Delivery, The Senior System Engineer provides senior consulting to Fraser Health executive within an assigned portfolio in the areas of systems and systems management in corporate business areas which may include the development and implementation of architecture both on premises or cloud as well as managing upgrades, and monitoring of systems to ensure optimal and sustainable performance. Leads enterprise-wide information systems projects; provides leadership to team members and may facilitate change management strategies as part of the project. A Senior System Engineer leads the team across our data strategy, analysis, data integration, and data management.

Provides senior systems engineering services to all disciplines and stakeholders within an assigned portfolio by keeping abreast of the initiatives and issues within the business areas assigned and leading the business area through developing business cases, process reengineering initiatives, etc. Formulates project plans with the business areas and/or provides input into operational or strategic plans.
# Ensures that projects and initiatives are aligned with the Fraser Healths Strategic direction.
# Provides project leadership to a variety of large, complex projects including a number of diverse disciplines and/or affecting multiple stakeholders; develops and manages project timelines; identifies, sources and manages resources such as contractors, staff or dollars; identifies and mitigates project related risks; Ensures project closure by providing post-implementation evaluation; measuring key outcomes, assessing project related staff, ensuring customer satisfaction, obtaining project sign off, and documenting lessons learned.
# Provides leadership to staff assigned to lead small to medium scale projects by providing guidance on project requirements, budget management, or technical issues; receives updates from assigned team leaders on project status.
# Provides input into project budget development and, once approved, manages the budget dollars by approving required contractors, purchasing software and hardware. Monitors and reports on budget variances if necessary and discusses with project sponsor as required.
# Liaises and communicates with project sponsors and stakeholders by monitoring and reporting on all phases of projects to ensure success and to increase overall quality of products implemented. Provides updates on project status and all aspects of the project as required.
# Manages assigned projects using standard documentation methodologies.
# Champions best practice approaches through mentoring, coaching, and communicating with team members, business units and staff.
# Researches and analyzes market, technology, and industry trends and standards related to technologies for the purposes of collaboration in problem solving merging business needs with a focus on leveraging data. Provides technical coaching, guidance to members of technical teams and assists in the recruitment and training of team members.
# Provides expert advice and consultation by performing or managing the research, analysis, and recommendations for proposed technology changes. Provides input into development and into the use of new technology for inclusion in the technology architecture. Provides consultation and advice to senior management on technology alternatives and solutions.
# Responsible for collaborating with teams to advise\ design and implementing the data infrastructure and systems to support the organizations data-driven initiatives.
# Responsible for developing and maintaining ETL pipelines, developing data models and supporting the creation of a hybrid cloud model.
# Applying performance tuning and optimization, perform bottleneck problems analysis, and technical troubleshooting.
# Participates in assigned Fraser Health, Provincial, and Federal committees; Bachelor's degree in Health Information Science, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related study or equivalent combination of education, training and experience. A good understanding of modern data platforms with proven experience in assembling large, complex sets of data that meets non-functional and functional business requirements using a variety of languages.
Professional/Technical Capabilities
Ability to provide leadership to a variety of large project teams in an environment that constantly changes and that has fluctuating priorities.
Knowledge of all components of a technical architecture.
Demonstrated knowledge of the project management process and the systems development life cycle.
Ability to be organized, goal-oriented, proactive, solution-oriented, pragmatic, and the ability to understand the long-term and short-term perspectives.
Ability to provide input into project budget development, manage assigned dollars and estimate financial impact of application architecture alternatives.