Senior System Engineer

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $45.46 - $65.35 / hour Job Summary

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 consulting and support to Fraser Health executive within an assigned portfolio in the areas of systems and systems management in corporate business areas. 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 IT systems engineering services as part of a leading digital technology transformation team in a large enterprise. Lead and support medium to large infrastructure projects with designing, solutioning and implementations in coordination with internal and external stakeholders and senior leadership. Provide systems and applications maintenance and operational support for enterprise solutions and initiatives. Good knowledge and understanding of on-premise and Cloud technologies including Microsoft product suite and services, Windows, Azure, Power Platform, AWS, IaaC, automation, version sontrol systems like Git, DevOps, networking and server management. Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to investigate and resolve issues, identifying areas of improvement. Effective communication skills for collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. Experience working in fast-paced, Agile environments for iterative development and integration with knowledge of ITIL processes and tools like ServiceNow. Provide guidance and support to junior engineers to enhance team skills and knowledge. Perform 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 or equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Seven (7) years of related experience in a large complex organization. A good understanding of on-premise, Cloud infrastructure and integration technologies and passion to contribute effectively to digital transformation initiatives in the public healthcare sector. We are currently looking to fill

two vacancies

as a

Senior System Engineer

located at our

Central City

office in

Surrey, BC . These roles have the option for

remote/hybrid work.

Detailed Overview

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 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; 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 System Engineer leads the team across our data strategy, analysis, data integration, and data management.

Responsibilities

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; 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. 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 recommendations on the use and evolution of applications and tools. 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. 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. 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; chairs and/or leads discussion as required. Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications

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.

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.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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