Sr. Solutions Designer in Toronto

About the job

Responsibilities

• Undertakes the design of hosting technology solutions based on the clients service specifications, standards, policies, best practices and cost models, in order to meet client application business requirements and project/initiative deliverables.
• Maintains and enhances client-developed data linking technology to facilitate analysis of transitions between publicly funded secondary and postsecondary institutions.
• Uses Data Linking and searching algorithms and techniques such as Probabilistic Matching, Jaro Winkler, Smith Waterman, and other Edit Distance Functions.

General Skills

• Knowledge of integrated networking technologies, mainframe, midrange server, enterprise storage and SAN, and personal computer system technologies.
• Knowledge of related best practices, OPS directory/messaging standards, standard facilities infrastructure/architecture management, facility service delivery processes, infrastructures policies, procedures and direction, cost models and procurement processes.
• Ability to gather client business requirements; corporate I&IT information mandates, client information technology strategic plans, environment and standards.
• Ability to participate in the development of solutions and provide advice on short/long term solution service development activities.
• Knowledge of leading edge technologies design criteria, security and recovery procedures, preparation of technical specifications for installation, testing and performance of integrated, multi-services systems; assess performance and capacity of existing system making recommendations for improving performance and develop technical documentation.
• Experience planning, migrating, implementing and sustaining large complex system development projects.
• Knowledge of technology developments, trends and new products to evaluate application to client short and long term technology requirements.
• Basic knowledge of project management methodology (e.g. PMBOK), analytical tools and processes.
• Conceptual and analytical skills to assess and evaluate client needs and conduct cost/benefit analyses for new technology requirements in planning and designing solutions.
• Experience designing and developing large, complex, highly available, mission critical server applications.
• Experience with systems evaluation to assess conditions, technical performance and capacity of existing systems and determine need and feasibility of expansion, renovation or replacement.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills and negotiation skills, teamwork skills.
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.

Skills Experience and Skill Set Requirements

• Core Technical Skills 45%
• Experience managing a source control system, including responsibility for branching, merging, managing build and release pipelines.
• Experience with Continuous Integration and with build systems such as Azure DevOps or similar tools.
• Experience with authentication and authorization concepts, standards such as SAML and OAuth, and experience with identity providers such as Azure Active Directory.
• Extensive experience as a full stack developer, capable of working across from presentation to data tiers; relevant experience working on systems supporting data, reporting and analytics.
• Experience with building solutions that programmatically interface with 3rd party web APIs; experience with building solutions that integrate with other systems and COTS products.
• Other Technical Skills 40%
• Experience with Microsoft Azure configuring and using PaaS and SaaS services, and infrastructure and networking concepts.
• Experience designing, developing, testing and debugging applications on Azure and Office 365, including: SharePoint Online, Power BI, Power Platform, Azure App Service, Containers, Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Factory.
• Experience with the configuration and administration of operating systems including Microsoft Windows and Linux.
• Experience with Data Linking and searching algorithms and techniques such as Probabilistic Matching, Jaro Winkler, Smith Waterman, and other Edit Distance Functions.
• Experience with geocoding techniques and tools.
• General Skills 10%
• Experience analyzing requirements in order to determine functional and system requirements; able to take concepts and lead initiatives from end to end.
• Experience in documenting system design and producing technical specifications and architectural artefacts.
• Demonstrated analytical problem solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Experience in dealing with multiple teams representing various areas in delivering the project.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with client organizations.
• Knowledge of industry methodologies, best practices, and standards.

Public Sector Experience: 5%

• Previous public sector experience in an organization of equivalent size and complexity.

7+ years Must Haves

• Experience with Data Linking and searching algorithms and techniques such as Probabilistic Matching, Jaro Winkler, Smith Waterman, and other Edit Distance Functions (algorithms for data matching machine learning) A MUST.
• Experience with authentication and authorization concepts, standards such as SAML and OAuth, and experience with identity providers such as Azure Active Directory.
• Extensive experience as a full stack developer, capable of working across from presentation to data tiers; relevant experience working on systems supporting data, reporting and analytics.
• Experience with building solutions that programmatically interface with 3rd party web APIs; experience with building solutions that integrate with other systems and COTS products.