Reports to: Assistant Director, IT Engineering

Union/Excluded: Excluded

Security Screening: Required

Additional Info: An eligibility list to fill future vacancies may be established. Testing may be required. Lesser qualified applicants may be appointed at a lower level. 

We are seeking a Technical Integration Lead to join our team in VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada. 

The Technical Integration Lead is part of the IT Engineering (ITE) Branch and contributes to the Corporation’s digital transformation and modernization roadmap. This position is responsible for designing technical solutions, driving innovation and initiatives, applying technical expertise, and collaborating across multiple technical teams to prototype new ideas.

This role is a great opportunity to work with a team of talented software engineers, solve challenging technical problems, and collaborate across diverse technical teams to explore, prototype, and deliver new ideas.

Hybrid Work Model 

This position is located in our Victoria, BC office. You will have the flexibility to work part of the time on-campus and part of the time off-campus. The requirement for on-campus presence is a minimum of 40% of your schedule in a month. 

Additional requirements are determined by the role functions and operational needs of each business area.  

Responsibilities

•    Work directly with the project team (Project Managers, Solution Engineers, Business Systems Analysts, Software Developers, QA, etc.) to understand business requirements, evaluate technologies and recommend solution options.

•    Contribute to BCPC’s reference architecture, design, implementation, and security standards and best practices.

•    Evaluate new technologies, the feasibility of integration with existing systems, and make recommendations on the application of emerging solutions to business needs.

•    Define, document, and develop best practices, design patterns and technology standards, and communicate and enforce standards.

•    Prepare technical documentation, including solution architecture and technical specifications.

•    Collaborate with Architecture, Information Management and Security office, IT Operations specialists, and Solutions Engineers to ensure architectural alignment.

•    Identify technical considerations in project planning, including risk mitigation, task identification, estimating, task dependencies, and resource identification.

•    Examine, document, and explain technical implications as related to portfolio/project planning, specifically risk mitigation, task identification, estimates, task dependencies, and resource requirements.

•    Support complete, integrated solutions spanning multiple technology areas (application, database, middleware, security, etc.) and providers (BCPC, Cloud, SAAS, etc.).

•    Investigate and propose solutions to development and design problems.

•    Conduct and participate in research, design, development and configurations.

•    Coach and mentor junior software engineers.

Qualifications

Must have

•    Degree in Computer Science or in a related discipline.

•    An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered.

•    Minimum eight years of recent experience in systems integration and supporting large, diverse corporate business applications, including designing, implementing, integrating, and operating enterprise-wide integration solutions within complex application environments.

•    Experience with distributed application architectures.

•    Experience working on complex enterprise IM/IT projects with multiple interdependencies including major business transformations.

•    Experience with at least two of the following technologies: Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases and data warehouses, enterprise reporting solutions, web services and integration APIs, and document management systems.

•    Experience in application development with a variety of system development methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, DevOps).

•    Experience with Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), Event Driven Architecture (EDA).

Nice to have

•    Experience delivering solutions in Hybrid Cloud and Multi-Cloud environments is preferred.

•    Experience delivering solutions in the Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) public clouds is preferred. 

•    Experience with Microsoft Azure solutions, AKS, containerization is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

•    Demonstrated leadership skills, with proven ability to motivate, influence and coach others, resolve conflict and work in a changing environment.

•    Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across the organization to advance corporate goals and drive successful outcomes.

•    Knowledge of heterogeneous networks, operating systems, and database environments.

•    Strong technical problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve issues in complex environments.

•    Knowledge of project management practices, standards and approaches.

•    Ability to balance tactical and strategic objectives, think beyond immediate requirements, analyze problems systematically, and deliver right sized solutions in a timely manner.

•    Knowledge of IT security systems and policies, as well as an understanding of how they impact technical solutions/applications.

•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adapt communication style for technical and non-technical audiences.

•    Proactive and self-directed with excellent organizing, planning and time management skills and the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities.

•    Knowledge and ability with both waterfall and agile systems development life cycle.

Application requirements

Cover letter: Please do not submit a cover letter; it will not be reviewed.

Resume: A resume is required as part of your application. Ensure your resume includes your education, the start and end dates (month and year) of your employment, and any relevant information that relate to the job requirements.

Questionnaire: As part of the application process, you will be prompted to complete an online questionnaire to demonstrate how you meet the job requirements. Responses will be used to shortlist applicants against the job requirements. Please allow approximately 15 minutes to complete this questionnaire.

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 pm PST on the closing date. Late applications will not be considered.

Diversity & Inclusion 

BC Pension Corporation is an equal opportunity employer committed to establishing an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment for all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status or any other basis protected by applicable law. 

We are committed to ensuring that reasonable accommodations are made available to persons with disabilities during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes and will provide reasonable accommodations upon request. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please email us at jobs@pensionsbc.ca.  

Thank you for your interest in working with us. We will let you know about your status in this competition as soon as possible. If you have questions about this opportunity, please email us at jobs@pensionsbc.ca.