Project Leader

We are currently seeking a Project Leader to join our Information Technology team.

Job Overview
To provide project management, technology planning, business area analysis, systems design and client support services to users of Kwantlen's Information Technology (IT) systems.

General Requirements

• University degree with a major in Information Technology or Computer Sciences.
• Minimum 8 years' experience in Information Technology environment, which includes 5 years of direct experience in enterprise cloud architecture conception and 3 years recent related experience in or supporting post-secondary enterprise systems. An equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered.
• Demonstrated ability to take a leadership role in evaluating, developing and implementing Enterprise Cloud solutions. This position will be required to lead projects and work directly with university stakeholders to identify, assess and document business requirements with the ability to transform end-user needs into technical and functional requirements. 
• Progressive technical knowledge and knowledge of generative AI, best practices in information technology certifications such as Project Management, Agile SDLC and ITIL.
• Certification in LEAN business processing.  Proven work experience in business process analysis, developing LEAN business process methodologies.
• Knowledge of modern infrastructures such as storage area networks, virtualization, high availability design, operating systems, network architecture, enterprise network management systems, etc.
• Superior organizational skills with the ability to set priorities, follow-up and meet challenging deadlines.
• Ability to research, evaluate and plan the implementation of emerging technology.
• Ability in architectural design, system design and heterogeneous systems integration.
• Proven ability to work in a team or highly matrix-managed varied and diverse environment with multiple concurrent initiatives/projects simultaneously and changing priorities.
• Ability to work independently in a highly matrix-managed, extremely busy, varied and diverse environment with changing priorities.
• Ability to clearly communicate and articulate complex and technical concepts clearly with non-technical as well as technical personnel at all levels of the organization both written and orally.
• Ability to shift working hours and to work occasionally on Saturday, Sunday and holidays.

Senior Enterprise Systems Architecture     

• 3+ years working experience in a leadership role of evaluating, developing and implementing enterprise architecture including project coordination, monitoring, maintenance and administration that support enterprise systems. 
• Certifications in Windows Servers(current), Active Directory (AD), Azure Administrator and Identity and Access Administrator.
• 3+ years of experience in authentication protocols such as SSO, MFA, Kerberos, etc.
• 4+ years of experience managing Windows-based infrastructure with AD, Azure AD, Azure AD Connect (AADC), Windows domains, and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) environments.
• Experience with PowerShell and other scripting languages for automation of AD, Azure AD, Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Microsoft SQL Server Database Administration.
• Strong expertise in DNS, DHCP, DFS, KMS, LAPS, certificate lifecycle, and Group Policy managements in a hybrid of on-premises and cloud AD environments.
• Experience with maintaining AD domains, forests, trusts, and controllers, and managing Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to organize devices, users, groups, and service accounts and enforce Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and permissions.
• Experience with monitoring system performance, security logs, and compliance reports for the Windows domain, AD, PKI, Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM), and Azure AD environments. 
• Ability to work in collaboration with network, security, and application teams to ensure seamless integration of identity and authentication services and provide technical support and guidance for domain, identity, certificate-related issues, patching, upgrades, migrations and infrastructure changes.

Senior Enterprise ERP 

• 3+ years' applied work experience implementing and maintaining a post-secondary ERP like Ellucian Banner, including Banner integrated applications such as Elevate, Degree Works, Banner Document Management System. An equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered
• 5+ years of programming experience developing applications within the following areas:
  • Web languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other web programming languages 
  • Programming languages: SQL, PL/SQL, Java, SharePoint Power Shell/Apps, Shell scripting 
  • Databases include Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server 
  • Operating System: Linux, Microsoft Windows Server.
• Proven job experience in developing and delivering quality Business Intelligence and Institutional Data Warehousing, Business Analytics, Dashboarding and engineering report development with certification in tools such as Microsoft SSIS, Microsoft SSRS, Microsoft Power BI and advanced SQL reporting is desirable.

Enterprise Cloud Applications Architecture

• 3+ years working experience in a technology leadership role of evaluating, developing and implementing enterprise architecture including project coordination, monitoring, maintenance and administration that support cloud-based administrative ERP systems (such as BANNER and etc.) including working with Application Programming Interface (API), using cloud-native and API-driven platform design to unify data integrations across systems.
• 3+ years of experience with integration technologies such as RESTFul APIs, JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), GraphQL for API and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) & Java Message Service (JMS).
• Hands-on applied work experience using integration tools and platforms such as Postman, Insomnia, Bruno, GraphQL Playground, API Gateways and version control.
• 3+ years working experience with ORACLE tools, environments and processes like Startup, Shutdown, Import, Export and basic tuning concepts.
• Expert proven proficiency in SQL and PL/SQL for database management and optimization, and skills in SQL tuning to optimize application performance.
• Understanding the architecture of enterprise self-service applications, and skills in testing and verifying various ERP modules and environments.
• Ability to work in collaboration with network, security, and application teams to ensure seamless integration of identity and authentication services and provide technical support and guidance for domain, identity, certificate-related issues, patching, upgrades, migrations and infrastructure changes.
• Proven applied experience and knowledge working with Linux (RHEL) and Windows technologies in AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Elastic Container Service (ECS) architectures is desirable.

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As per the KPU-BCGEU Collective Agreement, qualified internal applicants within the BCGEU bargaining unit are given first consideration in filling this position. Internal applicants must apply by 11:59pm on the internal closing date in order to be considered as an internal applicant. Internal applications received after the closing date will be considered as an external applicant.

Salary Information
Salary and wage increments are in accordance with the Collective Agreement.