15 Oct
Vancouver Coastal Health
Vancouver
Principal Data Engineer
Job ID 2024-131469
City Vancouver
- Work Location
- Corporate Admin-520 W 6th
- Home Worksite
- 00 - Excluded - VCHA
- Labour Agreement
- Excluded
- Union
- 905 - Mgt/Excluded-VCHA (37.5 Hr)
- Position Type
- Baseline
- Job Status
- Regular Full-Time
- FTE
- 1.00
- Standard Hours / Week
- 37.50
- Job Category
- Leaders & Corporate Support
- Salary Grade
- 09
- Min Hourly
- CAD $54.19/Hr.
- Max Hourly
- CAD $77.89/Hr.
- Shift Times
- 0800-1600
- Days Off
- Saturday, Stats, Sunday
Salary
The salary range for this position is CAD $54.19/Hr. - CAD $77.89/Hr.
Job Summary
Come work as a Principal Data Engineer with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!
Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Principal Data Engineer to join the Data & Analytics Team. Apply today to join our team!
As a Principal Data Engineer with Vancouver Coastal Health you will:
- Lead and support technical teams to architect, build, and deploy cloud solutions to support assigned projects for designated programs/services within the department and/or throughout the organization.
- Be initially responsible for leading the team in planning a large-scale data migration through the full lifecycle of the project. Regular responsibilities include designing, developing, and maintaining data pipelines and ETL processes using Databricks.
- Work closely with other VCH technical teams in support of initiatives with a primary focus on ensuring the department’s ability to deliver and promote cloud-based solutions within the enterprise environments.
- Apply strong design, migration, administration, and support experience in those environments (MS Azure, Databricks).
This work is framed within VCH’s commitments to our pillars of Indigenous Cultural Safety, Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Planetary Health.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems Management or a data intensive related field.
- Five (5) years of experience as a data engineer or equivalent combination of education and experience in a similar role within a data development role.
- Demonstrated project leadership experience is required.
Knowledge & Abilities
- Proven ability to develop, deploy and maintain multi-tiered infrastructure, database, and web applications.
- Ability to lead Azure and/or Databricks specific Cloud Migrations, Application Modernization, and/or Cloud Transformation initiatives.
- Ability to perform analysis of the current practices and design and implement best practices and emerging concepts in CICD landscape.
- Expert-level understanding of software development, deployment and release processes, especially within a DevOps practice and DevOps toolset.
- Demonstrated hands on experience building sophisticated and highly automated infrastructure.
- Deep understanding of coding best practices and modern architectural patterns using SQL and Python.
- Strong skills in Azure/Databricks environment and scripting languages.
- Demonstrated strength in data modeling, ETL development, and data warehousing architecture with solid knowledge of various industry standards.
- Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation,
budgeting, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills including strengths in working in a team environment with a client/user orientation.
- Ability to work effectively with multi-disciplinary teams with different lines of reporting.
- Demonstrated technical leader with skills in teaching, coaching and mentoring others.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas and processes in simple terminology to internal and external stakeholders, including all levels of management.
- Demonstrated attention to detail and maintenance of high-quality standards.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently,
meeting deadlines with minimal supervision.
- Develops and maintains strong relationships with key internal and external partners to promote and enhance services provided with sensitivity to diversity and indigenous lens.
- Practices the recognition, inclusion and support of all types and aspects of diversity at all stages of engagement, with an understanding of the issues faced by people from equity-deserving groups.
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
Closing Statement
The hours of work including days off and work area may be subject to change consistent with operational requirements and the provision of the Collective Agreement and applicable statutes. Successful applicants may be required to complete a Criminal Records Review Check.
As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines, and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health, you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.
WHY JOIN VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH?
VCH is a world class innovator in medical care, research and teaching, delivering service to more than one million BC residents. At VCH, we embrace thinking boldly, taking smart risks,
and "going first" when we believe it will lead to the best possible outcomes for patients and their families. We invite you to join us in creating healthy lives in healthy communities by showcasing our passion for care, connection to the communities we serve and our culture of teamwork that makes VCH a great place to work.
- Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
- Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
- Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
- Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
At Vancouver Coastal Health, our vision of healthy lives in healthy communities inspires us and our values and pillars guide us. We support equitable practices, diverse teams and inclusive environments, which are vital to creating welcoming spaces where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and feel supported. We encourage applications from equity-deserving communities, including Indigenous Peoples and members of racialized groups, people with disabilities and people of all gender identities and expressions and sexual orientation.
Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2024.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for this posting.
***Employees of VCH must apply online via the Internal Career Portal on CareerHub, you are currently viewing the External Career Portal. Refer to the https://my.vch.ca/working-here/job-postings site for instructions on how to view internal job postings and how to apply as an employee. Current VCH employees who apply to this posting using this external site will be considered as an external candidate. Seniority will not apply.***
Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.
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