Senior Developer

Fraser Health is the second largest health system in Canada with over 45,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers, and is the largest of five regional health authorities in British Columbia, providing hospital and community-based health services to nearly 2 million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.

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.

Position Highlights:

Bring your demonstrated leadership and consultation skills to this exciting opportunity as aSenior Developer, Fraser Health's Centre for Advanced Analytics, Data Science, and Innovation (CAADSI) team. In this role, you will provide senior consulting to Fraser Health within an assigned portfolio in the areas of custom coded applications which may include the development and implementation of custom application and/or no code/low code solutions. This role will lead the team across our application and tool strategy, analysis, integration, and management. Your ability to work effectively and in collaboration/consultation with internal and external stakeholders will make you an ideal candidate for this role.

Build on your education and career experience as you:

• Provide senior application 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 provides 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; develop and manage project timelines.
• Ensure 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.
• 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. Monitor and report on budget variances if necessary and discusses with project sponsor as required.
• Liaise and communicate 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. Provide updates on project status and all aspects of the project as required.
• Manage assigned projects using standard documentation methodologies.
• Champion standardized application management methodologies and best practices through mentoring, coaching, and communicating with team members, business units and staff.
• Provide technical coaching, guidance to members of technical teams and assist in the recruitment and training of team members.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Are you passionate about joining our team? We will be looking for you to have:

• Bachelor's degree in Health Information Science, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related study
• Seven (7) years of related experience in a large complex organization
• 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 including a combination of C#, HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• An equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

We are currently have two vacancies for the position of Senior Developer 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.

Valued Benefits:

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. We offer a competitive compensation package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.

Come work with dedicated professionals who are enthusiastic and committed to provide quality healthcare to our clients/patients/residents.

We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust.

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:
Reporting to the Director of Development and Automation, the Senior Developer provides senior consulting to Fraser Health within an assigned portfolio in the areas of custom coded applications which may include the development and implementation of custom application and/or no code/low code solutions. Leads enterprise-wide application development projects; manages timelines and resources; provides leadership to team members and may facilitate change management strategies as part of the project. Coordinates the procurement and management of external services. Provides guidance to assigned staff. A Senior Developer leads the team across our application and tool strategy, analysis, integration, and management.

1. Provides senior application 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.
2. Ensures that projects and initiatives are aligned with the Fraser Healths Strategic direction.
3. 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; facilitates change management strategies; defines tasks; identifies, sources and manages resources such as contractors, staff or dollars; identifies and mitigates project related risks; provides guidance to team members.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Manages assigned projects using standard documentation methodologies.
9. Champions standardized application management methodologies and best practices through mentoring, coaching, and communicating with team members, business units and staff.
10. Provides technical coaching, guidance to members of technical teams and assists in the recruitment and training of team members.
11. Researches and analyzes market, technology, and industry trends and standards related to technologies for the purposes of collaboration in problem solving merging business needs. Provides recommendations on the use and evolution of applications and tools.
12. 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.
13. Develops annual goals and objectives for the area of responsibility, in collaboration with the Manager, ensuring consistency with department plans and authority objectives and strategies.
14. Responsible for collaborating with teams to advise/design and implementing the data infrastructure and systems to support the organizations data-driven initiatives.
15. Write advanced programming code in C# defining code templates, and base classes ensuring code readability and reusability.
16. Identify, prioritize, and execute tasks in an agile/scrum software life cycle.
17. Perform code reviews/pair programming
18. Applying performance tuning and optimization, perform bottleneck problems analysis, and technical troubleshooting.
19. Participates in assigned Fraser Health, Provincial, and Federal committees; chairs and/or leads discussion as required.
20. Performs other related duties as required.

Bachelor's degree in Health Information Science, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related study or equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Seven (7) years of related experience in a large complex organization. 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 including a combination of C#, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

COMPETENCIES:

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

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.
• Advanced knowledge of information management, business processes, technologies and applications.
• Knowledge of all components of a technical architecture.
• Ability to translate business needs into application architecture requirements.
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
• 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.
• Diplomatic negotiation skills and the ability to influence.
• Understanding of and the ability to manage the political climate of the organization.
• Ability to provide input into project budget development, manage assigned dollars and estimate financial impact of application architecture alternatives.
• Demonstrated decision making ability within complex and diverse issues.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.