Associate Programmer Analyst Jobs in British Columbia

We are currently seeking a Programmer Analyst to join our Information Technology (IT) team.

Job Overview

To provide programming and technical support to develop, maintain, administer and enhance Kwantlen Polytechnic University's information and education systems.

Priority consideration will be given to BCGEU employees currently impacted by layoff at the same or lower pay grade.

Education and Experience

• Completion of a college diploma or university degree in computing studies or a related field.
• Minimum of 6 years' experience in Information Technology environment, which includes 3 years of direct experience in enterprise architecture conception and 1-year recent related experience in supporting the Ellucian BANNER Post-Secondary Enterprise architecture is preferred. An equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered.
• Experience working with Active Directory, Open LDAP, Single Sign On solutions, SSPR and provisioning of identities to IdP.
• A Microsoft certification in either Azure Fundamentals or Identity and Access Administrator Associate is required (or applicable experience).

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Progressive technical knowledge and knowledge of best practices in information technology service delivery such as Agile Software Development Life Cycle and ITIL.
• Knowledge of sign-on methodologies (such as CAS, SAML and Shibboleth).
• Experience with IT infrastructure like Active Directory and VMWare in order to understand existing and new architecture with enterprise applications. Installation and
• Configuration experience working with operating platforms such as Windows Server 2016/2019 and Linux RedHat.
• Direct experience working with a broad base of products, technologies, platforms, patterns, frameworks, and methodologies. This would include:
• Programming languages may include: SQL, PL/SQL, T-SQL, C/C++, Java, Perl, PHP, Shell scripting, AWK, and PowerShell.
• Web languages may include: HTML, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript (JQuery), C#, Visual Studio, groovy and grails, NET stack, etc.
• Databases may include: Oracle, MS SQL, mySQL, Postgre, etc.
• Operating platforms may include: Windows, Linux, and UNIX.
• Detailed knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint 2012-2019 back end architecture, with experience in maintaining, configuring, installing and upgrading.
• Strong grasp of PowerShell as a scripting tool to automate administrative tasks.
• SQL Server Database support and administration experience is preferred.
• Ability to configure, tune and maintain IIS, Apache, Tomcat and RHEL servers.
• Ability to gather, understand business requirements and translate into high-level requirement documents for the system integration.
• Knowledge of modern infrastructures such as storage area networks, virtualization, high availability design, operating systems, network architecture, enterprise network management systems, etc.
• High level of proficiency and experience in cloud application technologies, and transitioning on-site applications to the cloud in a higher education environment.
• Ability to recognize problems or situations that are new or without clear precedent.
• Ability to find solutions using a systematic, multi-step approach for developing improvements and innovations to enhance performance.
• Ability to work proactively with minimal supervision, under own initiative.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, and well-developed leadership skills.
• Must be willing to work a flexible schedule including occasional evenings and weekends.

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As per the KPU-BCGEU Collective Agreement, qualified internal applicants within the BCGEU bargaining unit are given first consideration in filling this position. Internal applicants must apply by 11:59pm on the internal closing date in order to be considered as an internal applicant. Internal applications received after the closing date will be considered as an external applicant.

Salary Information

Salary and wage increments are in accordance with the Collective Agreement.