Responsibilities:
- Provide senior technical expertise, project leadership and coordination of activities in the development, implementation and maintenance of a diverse range of cost effective I&IT solutions.
- Provide technical advice to clients and leverage OPS I&IT solutions and applications to meet program/service goals and objectives ensuring efficiency
General Skills:
- Provides specialized technical expertise in the overall analysis of the design and architecture of systems solutions.
- Ability to evaluate recommendations and ensures all recommended solutions for improvement are congruent with the project goals and objectives
- Identifies short and long-term project goals/objectives, and as a senior technical expert, defines and identifies program and service delivery requirements in support of the development and/or acquisition of client applications
- Leads the analysis, development and documentation of design and architecture of systems solutions.
- Leads the development of testing, integration and implementation of systems solutions into the clients’ applications
- Guides the feasibility studies and cost effective analyses of proposed client I&IT initiatives, ensures all studies and analyses are documented
- Leads the technical aspects of projects related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). This includes planning, scheduling and estimating resources, providing technical expertise, co-ordination, monitoring progress and providing management with project status updates
- Demonstrated experience gathering requirements, translating business documents into technical specifications
- Experience leading development/support teams supporting multi-dimensional and relational databases and their applications for effective planning, budgeting, strategizing and forecasting procedures
- Demonstrated experience designing and developing complex applications utilizing relational and multi-dimensional databases
- Ability to provide implementation and post implementation support as required
- Oversees the research and evaluation of the technical components in the acquisition of software, hardware, technology, systems and products
- Recommends and directs the measurement and improvement of tools, techniques, standards and performance criteria to control the quality of application development initiatives
- Provides coaching and direction to junior analysts throughout the project, related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle
Desirable Skills:
- Knowledge and experience in rapid application development (RAD) methodologies
- Knowledge and experience with middleware and gateways
- Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
- Experience with development/maintenance of documentation as per Methodology
- Good working knowledge of Dimensions and Facts
- Knowledge of multidimensional structures (cubes)
- Ability to gather, review and provide feedback to business requirements
Note : This is a hybrid position , where individuals must have a sufficient internet connection to maintain a VPN connection during work hours. On site meetings may be required at 255 Ontario, Milton, but will not exceed 3 days per week.
Experience and Skill Set Requirements: Systems Analyst with Quality Control experience