Middleware Administrator - Ottawa, Canada - Canadian Institute for Health Information

Canadian Institute for Health Information

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Ottawa, Canada

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Description

Category

Software Development

City

Ottawa, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Middleware Administrator
Who we are
We are an organization comprised of industry thought leaders who are passionate about health data and want to make a difference in the health care field. We are an independent, notforprofit organization and together with our partners we provide essential information on Canada's health systems, enabling decisions that lead to healthier Canadians. As a valued member of the CIHI team, you and your work will have a pivotal role in the evolution of Canada's health care systems.

CIHI is recognized as an exceptional place to work that embraces diversity, respect, integrity, collaboration and innovation.

Learn about our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and the work being done to create a more inclusive and welcoming organization by focusing on how we learn, govern and practise.

At CIHI, we recognize what matters to our employees. Some of the benefits of working at CIHI include

HOOPP Pension Plan (Defined Benefits Pension)
Retirement Planning Program
Generous vacation days for permanent and longterm contracts
Worklife balance
Career Planning Program
Learning and Professional Development Program
Flexible benefits program from your first day on the job for permanent and longterm contracts

Why is this role important?

Under the direction of the Manager, the middleware administrator is responsible for the configuration, deployment, optimization, and upkeep of CIHI's software middleware infrastructure including Informatica and AWS data services etc. Working within the Technology Services department, this position will work with stakeholders throughout the ITS Division to design, plan, implement and support CIHI's technical architecture.
What you'll do
1. Designs, plans, implements, and maintains CIHI's technical architecture including environments for development, staging and production activities using CIHI's standard technologies (e.g. Informatica, AWS data services etc Installs and configures middleware onprem software such as Informatica; setup and optimize AWS data services for ETL related jobs.
4. Plans and executes configuration changes, patch management and daytoday administration/monitoring of the middleware infrastructure.
5. Supports CIHI's Information Security Management System (ISMS) through the implementation, management and/or monitoring of required Information Security controls.
6. Participates in key ISMS processes as required, including but not limited to Risk Management, Audit and Assessment, Monitoring and Reporting and Record Management.
7. Works directly with other Architecture staff to solve ongoing middleware architecture and software problems, performs troubleshooting, performance, and security tuning activities of the technical environments. 10. Participates in the architectural design of systems.
11. Supervises, provides technical advice and guidance and coaching to project/program staff assigned to middleware support activities; and provides input on performance evaluations, monitors workload and allocates work as appropriate.
12. Other duties as required.
What you'll bring to the table
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related discipline.
Minimum five (5) years' experience in a senior technical analytical position responsible for administration of complex Middleware Server environments.
ITIL v3 fundamentals certification is an asset.
Strong knowledge and experience with ETL tools, such as Informatica, AWS data services, Ab Initio or Oracle Warehouse Builder.
Knowledge of AWS cloud, experiences with AWS services such as EMR, Glue, S3, Lake formation, IAM etc.
Knowledge of Oracle, RedShift and MySQL RDBMS, network protocols and firewalls.
Demonstrated expertise in Linux Shell Scripting (BASH/KSH, SED, AWK).
Experience with system hardening and demonstrated knowledge of security best practices and techniques.
Experience in for Data Warehouse/ETL technical design concepts, as well as a familiarity with Dimensional Modelling technique is a definite asset.
Experience with data warehouse performance tuning of very large databases in an Oracle environment is an asset.
Exposure or experience with CIHI data holdings or other healthcare data holdings is a definite asset
Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills, both written and oral with the ability to communicate effectively with users, management, and technical staff.
Availability to meet minimum offhours support requirements (occasional variable work hours) patching, vulnerability mgmt. Very occasional( twice or thrice a year)
Not on call
Fluency in both official languages is an asset.

Closing StatementEmployment Equity

At CIHI we are committed to fostering an inclusive, barrierfree and accessible environment. Part of this commitment includes arranging accommodations to ensure an e