IT Senior Systems Analyst

If you are committed to public service, enjoy collaborating with others, share our values and have a desire to learn and grow, join The City of Calgary. City employees deliver the services, run the programs and operate the facilities which make a difference in our community. We support work-life balance, promote physical and psychological safety, and offer competitive wages, pensions, and benefits. Together we make Calgary a great place to make a living, a great place to make a life.

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The Analytics and Integration team, part of Enterprise Support Systems in Information Technology, is committed to driving innovation and cultivating a culture of continuous learning. As a Senior Systems Analyst you will be a highly motivated and adaptable professional who excels at rapidly mastering emerging technologies, creating prototypes, and transforming cutting-edge concepts into practical solutions. Join our team and contribute to shaping the future of our technology landscape. Primary duties include:

• Provide technical vision and leadership for architecture, ensuring high-quality, scalable technology solutions. Blend strategic foresight with hands-on expertise in cutting-edge technologies.
• Design and implement middleware solutions using integration technologies, cloud toolsets, and scalable design patterns.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for operations, support and development teams, covering topics like REST, SOAP, messaging, event-driven architecture, API management, and API gateways.
• Stay ahead of technological advancements, assess their relevance, and craft informed recommendations to address infrastructure needs. Deliver clear technical direction that empowers teams to achieve high-quality outcomes.
• Continuously explore and adopt new tools, frameworks, and methodologies. Develop proofs of concept (POCs) to demonstrate the feasibility of novel solutions and evaluate existing systems for performance and efficiency improvements.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, sharing knowledge and guiding others in best practices and emerging technologies.

Qualifications 

• A degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline with at least 4 years of related experience; OR
• A completed 2 year Technical Diploma with at least 8 years of related experience.
• Experience with system design and development experience with strong integration, architecture and data skills is required.
• Proven knowledge and hands-on experience with Azure Integration Services, TIBCO, MuleSoft, or similar Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) platforms and tools is required.
• Thorough knowledge of the integration design approaches, and message exchange patterns, including publish/subscribe, request/reply, queueing, and streaming are required.
• Technical knowledge and work experience in implementing integrations with web services / SOAP / REST / file-based integration patterns are required.
• Proficiency in industry security standards such as OAuth, SAML, TLS, and AES is essential.
• Understanding of integration design patterns for building middleware systems from scratch including, security models, encryption, routing, transformations, error handling, logging, and auditing will be considered assets.
• You are a team player and are able to demonstrate strong communication skills.
• You have a customer service focus, the ability to develop trusted relationships, and the ability to work strategically as well as operationally.

Pre-employment Requirements 

• A security clearance will be conducted. 
• Successful applicants must provide proof of qualifications.

Note: This position may require after-hours support and on-call support.

Union: CUPE Local 38

Business Unit: Information Technology 

Position Type: 1 Permanent

Location: 133 6 Avenue SE

Compensation: Pay Grade 13 $47.77 - 63.92 per hour (2024 Rates)

Days of Work: This position typically works a 5 day work week, with 1 day off in each 3 week cycle.

Hours of work: Standard 35 hour work week. This position may require after-hours support and on-call support.

Audience: Internal/External

Apply By: December 20, 2024

 Job ID #: 310941