Within the context of a client and family centered model of care and, in accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values, and strategic directions of Providence Health Care, the person promotes a safe, respectful, and civil working environment for patients, residents, families, visitors and staff.

Reporting to the Manager, Cloud Data Architect the Senior Cloud Solution Specialist is responsible for the design, development and maintenance of the PHC organization's data infrastructure, including their databases, warehouses, and pipelines, as well as ingesting, transforming, delivering, and sharing data for analysis and providing a robust foundation for data analytics, to support operational and strategic decisions-making at PHC. As a member of the Advanced Data and Cloud Technologies sub-team within Health Informatics, creates and prepares data required for modern BI solutions, implement automated methods to improve data reliability and quality, gather requirements from the various business and analytics teams to build the data models and cloud-native, scalable and sustainable data pipelines and workflows within PHC local Analytics Data Hub and the shared PHC/VCH regional Analytics data platforms.

The Senior Cloud Solution Specialist will have extensive background and experience in data modeling and building traditional and distributed cloud-hosted data pipelines to help guide and explore new grounds in adopting new tools to improve PHC’s data processing process and infrastructure.

The position works in close collaboration with other members of the Data Analytics teams, the Senior Data Solutions Architect, Data Scientists, and technical teams, including members of PHSA IMITS and Emerging technology teams, management, and key stakeholders to understand data challenges and identify solutions.

The Senior Cloud Solution Specialist will stay apprised of current trends and research on all aspects of dimensional modeling, optimization processes, data engineering and advanced analytics techniques and works in collaboration with provincial and national colleagues.

Education:

Masters’ Degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Software Engineering, or other related technical discipline is required plus at least five (5) years’ experience working as a Data Engineer, Software Developer, Business Intelligence Engineer or Data Scientist with experience in Cloud platform, manipulating, processing, and extracting value from large datasets. Cloud certificates related to AWS or Azure preferred. Experience with healthcare analytics is an asset.


Skills and Abilities:

•Demonstrated strength in data modeling, ETL development, and data warehousing with solid knowledge of various industry standards such as dimensional modeling, and star schemas etc.
•Demonstrated ability to build and optimize ‘big data’ data pipelines, architectures and data sets and computing tools such as Spark, MySQL, Azure, AWS, etc.
•Demonstrated knowledge of methods and techniques involved in Advanced Analytics, data mining, statistics, and optimization (including neural networks, reinforcement learning, and adversarial learning).
•Coding proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Python, Java, etc.).
•Demonstrated proficiency working with both relational (SQL) and non-relational databases (NoSQL).
•Demonstrated understanding of data privacy, security and related tools such as anonymization and encryption.
•Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to clearly and fluently translate technical findings to non-technical partners and to communicate to multiple audiences using data storytelling and through graphics.
•Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary environment and to develop recommendations using facilitation and consensus building.
•Strong analytical, critical thinking, and evaluation skills to discern and help solve the important problems facing health care, to identify new ways to leverage our data, and to direct efforts in the right direction.

• A competitive salary: The salary range for this position is $45.46 - $65.35 per hour, depending on experience.
• Growth opportunities: We welcome individuals at all stages of their career, offering opportunities for professional development and growth.
• State‐of‐the‐art facilities: The new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will be the most innovative approach to the delivery of integrated care in B.C. and Canada, designed to appropriately address the future health needs of patients, families and our communities. From hospital care to primary and community health solutions, the new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will continue to lead innovations in care, research, and teaching. The new St. Paul’s Hospital is expected to open in 2027.
• Inclusive culture: We respect the diversity, dignity and interdependence of all persons. We value the cultural richness that our diverse workforce brings to the care of our equally diverse population of patients and residents.
• A comprehensive health benefits package including dental, vision, and life insurance as well as pension.

Your Day to Day:

1. Designs, develops and supports data pipelines, warehouses and reporting systems to address business operations and pressing operational and clinical challenges within the organization.
2. Migrates and moves Data & Analytics platforms and applications to the Azure cloud environment.
3. Builds the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and big data technologies. Re-designs infrastructure for greater scalability.
4. Assembles large, complex data sets that meet functional/non-functional business requirements. Creates data tools for the Advanced Modeling and Optimization team to assist them in building and optimizing our product into an innovative industry leader.
5. Identifies, designs, and implements internal process improvements including establishing standards for development processes and technical requirements; automating manual processes; optimizing data delivery, etc. Develops and ensures compliance for data management processes, policies and standards. Implements and enforces controls to maintain data availability and quality.
6. Recognizes and adopts best practices in data integrity, test design, analysis, validation, and documentation. Tunes application and query performance using profiling tools and SQL.
7. Researches innovative solutions, develops new concepts, and implements proof-of-concept prototypes by applying expertise in data engineering, advanced analytics, process modeling, and optimization tools and techniques.
8. Works in close collaboration with other members of the Data Analytics and Health Informatics teams to develop and implement innovative solutions that address pressing operational and clinical challenges within the organization.
9. Works closely with clinical and management teams across PHC to strategize, develop, and implement advanced modelling projects that translate into improved quality of care, clinical outcomes, reduced costs, temporal efficiencies, and process improvements.

Who We Are:

Providence Health Care is one of the largest faith‐based health care organizations in Canada. For the people at Providence, living our Mission, Vision and Values means providing British Columbians with compassionate, socially just, exceptional and innovative care every day.

From our humble roots 129 years ago, Providence has grown into globally renowned research, teaching, and care organization. As individuals within a mission‐driven organization, we choose to be part of Providence Health Care because we value the organization’s long commitment to social justice and compassionate care, and its commitment to the process of Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

We acknowledge that Providence Health Care and the new St. Paul’s Hospital site is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səlí􀺈 lwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil‐Waututh) Nations.

13.Perform other duties as required.