Data Engineer

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Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.  Our team of 45,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care. Learn more.  

About the Role

In the Centre for Advanced Analytics, Data Science, and Innovation department (CAADSI) at Fraser Health, we are seeking a talented Data Engineer to join our dynamic and fast-paced team. Reporting to the Director of Data Engineering, you will be responsible for: Developing and maintaining ETL pipelines, creating data models, supporting the creation of a hybrid cloud model

As a Data Engineer, you will lead the team in data strategy, analysis, integration, and management. Your work will significantly impact the delivery and utilization of our data products across the organization. You will leverage your extensive experience in data modeling and building both traditional and distributed data pipelines to explore and adopt new tools, enhancing CAADSI’s Data Lake and infrastructure.

We currently have an opening for a Full Time Data Engineer. We offer the option of hybrid work within office days based at our Central City offices in Surrey, BC, with access to rapid transit, shopping, restaurants, on-site gym and other amenities

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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, Data Engineering, the Data Engineer provides consulting to an assigned portfolio in the areas of data management, decision support and in corporate business areas which may include the development and implementation of application architecture. Leads small to medium information systems projects; provides leadership to team members and may facilitate change management strategies as part of the project. Serves as a consultant on enterprise-wide projects and provides technical coaching, guidance to members of technical teams.

Bachelor's degree in Health Information Science or Computer Science, Software Engineering or related study or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Five years of recent experience with business and systems analysis including experience as a project manager.

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 project teams in an environment that constantly changes and that has fluctuating priorities.
• 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.
• Demonstrated decision making ability within complex and diverse issues.
• Demonstrated superior skills in data research, gathering, modeling, and business and systems analysis.
• Ability to organize work, problem solve, multitask and meet deadlines.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

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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