Manager, Data Operations - Alberta, Canada - Government of Alberta

Government of Alberta

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Alberta, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Job Information
Job Requisition ID: 49316

Ministry:
Technology & Innovation

Location:
Remote across Alberta

Full or Part-Time:
Full-Time

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Permanent/Temporary:
Permanent

Scope:
Open Competition

Closing Date:
April 2, 2024

Classification:
M41Z2 (Manager Zone 2)

Salary:
$3,147.32 to $4,235.37 bi-weekly ($82,145 - $110,543/year)

The Software Delivery branch within DDD is accountable for the excellence of the technical delivery of software. The branch oversees the technical practices of Architecture, CloudOps, DevOps, & Quality Assurance (QA), and Software Development.

The branch also enables product and platform teams by providing access to underlying infrastructure such as capability in architecture, cloud services, and common tooling and patterns.

Role Responsibilities:

The Software Delivery branch is looking for a Manager of Data Operations. This position will report to the Director of Cloud Operations.

The responsibilities for this position include:

CloudOps Practice and Governance:

Contributing to overarching collaborative CloudOps practices and standards.
Promoting the value of CloudOps approach to facilitate embedding them into ongoing team operations.
Maintaining relationships with other managers across the branch, division, and in client ministries to advance CloudOps collaboration, practice, and governance.
Facilitating ongoing communication and teamwork with others in the ministry and within other ministries at various levels of the organization. Providing recommendations to senior leaders to improve governance standards and practice.

Data engineering solutions development:

Owning and driving implementation of data engineering standards across the CloudOps unit.
Architect data engineering solutions with 6 12 month horizons so that digital products will address client needs.
Leading the scripting of infrastructure as code and testing of that code in the continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline to speed them up and be more efficient.
Providing expertise as needed to solve more complex issues and support Engineers in complex problemsolving. Providing integrated updates and reporting to senior leaders, recommending solutions as needed to meet milestones and deliverable targets and to address emerging issues.

Lead the team to achieve its business goals in alignment with unit branch priorities within a positive team environment:

Identifying and monitoring the implementation of operational plans, adjusting workflow priorities as needed.
Providing leadership, guidance, training, and mentoring to team members.
Leading quality assurance reviews to ensure consistent, highquality, and valid processes and outputs completed by the team.
Promoting open and collaborative engagement with current and potential ministerial partners regarding the new digital delivery model.
Providing the team with the tools and supports that enables them to effectively deliver their objectives.
Managing human resources processes (e.g., vacation, training, performance management). Reviewing and contributing to various reports and responses (e.g., Action Requests, Briefing Notes, Budgets).

Participate in leading the branch to achieve goals in line with ministry and government priorities and stakeholder needs:

Informing and advising the Director on emergent issues and recommend goforward actions.
Providing advice and recommendations to the department senior and executive leaders to inform their decisionmaking and to shape responses.
Participating in unit planning and reporting.
Collaborating with the other unit and division managers to maintain information sharing and integrate reports to provide a complete account of the branch.
Representing the unit and/or ministry perspectives on working groups and committees.
Serving as acting Director, as needed.

APS Competencies:

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans.

We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:

Agility: Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, manage resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.

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Drive for Results: Knowing what outcomes are important and maximizing resources to achieve results that are aligned with the goals of the organization, while maintaining accountability to each other and external stakeholders.
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Develop self and others:A commitment to lifelong learning and the desire to invest in the development of the long-term capability of yourself and others.
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Build Collaborative Environments:Leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcom