Job Description

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Position Summary

Northern Health is seeking a skilled and innovative Engineer, Data Analytics to lead the design and development of enterprise-wide data infrastructure and analytics systems that support strategic decision-making across the organization.



In accordance with the Vision, Purpose, and Values, and strategic priorities of Northern Health, the Engineer, Data Analytics is responsible for design, development, validation and implementation of Northern Health's analytics data infrastructure and systems required for data storage, processing, and analysis. This role designs, develops and manages the data pipelines that enable efficient and reliable data integration, transformation, and delivery for all data users across the enterprise. The Analytics Data Engineer regularly works with Northern Health Leadership, Digital Health, Corporate and Clinical Services and cross functional operational teams to inform and develop data solutions supporting organizational strategic plans and goals.



The Engineer, Data Analytics creates and prepares data required for modern business intelligence and analytics solutions, implements automated methods to improve data reliability and quality, gathers requirements from key informants to build data models and cloud-native, scalable and sustainable data pipelines and workflows within Northern Health and shared analytics data platforms. Serves as a subject matter expert/consultant on enterprise-wide projects, at times being exclusively allocated to specific projects such as the Northern Health Enterprise Transformation (NExT), providing technical coaching and guidance to members of technical teams.



Starting salary will be approximately from $88,990 to $111,237 and will be based on education, training, experience, and salaries of similar positions.

Prince George

Prince George is the centre of business, education, health and culture for northern British Columbia and services a rural population of about 300,000. The region's economic growth and diversification strategies are creating outstanding opportunities for investors, employers and employees. Affordable housing, land prices and transportation costs, due to short and quick commutes; result in one of the lowest costs of living for a city of its size in the province. Additionally, wage rates fall above provincial averages, providing residents of Prince George with a high standard of living in one of BC's most beautiful regions. The city itself is the 4th largest in British Columbia and has a population of approximately 82,300 local residents and a service centre for nearly 320,000. It is built on the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers. Prince George is the home of the University of Northern British Columbia - Canada's Green university. The warm, friendly and diverse population attests to a strong and dynamic community spirit. Check out Prince George for more information on what this community has to offer.

What Northern Health has to offer you!

Comprehensive benefit packages including extended health/dental and a municipal pension plan for part-time and full-time employees. Casuals have the option of paying for benefits. Four weeks vacation with one year of continuous service Financial Support for Moving Expenses is available for eligible positions Employee referral program Employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities Spectacular outdoor activities and the shortest commutes in BC "Loan Forgiveness Programs" are offered through the Federal and BC Government for eligible professions.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

As part of your application process, you will need to upload the following documentation:

Registration number (if you are part of a regulated profession) Any supporting documents regarding education/qualifications for this position.

Examples may include:

Program certificates or diplomas High school/college/university transcripts etc. It is also recommended to provide a cover letter and resume

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applying for a job with Northern Health, please follow these steps on our Northern Health careers page
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Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or other related technical discipline plus five (5) years of experience in data management disciplines, including data integration, modeling, optimization and data quality, or other areas directly relevant to data engineering responsibilities and tasks. Experience with healthcare analytics is an asset.

Skills and Abilities:

Demonstrated experience in developing data pipelines in Microsoft Fabric, Azure, AWS, or Google cloud platform and related technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Databricks Lakehouse, Azure SQL Database. Demonstrated proficiency in integration, modelling, and orchestration of complex data; optimization and automation skills required. Demonstrated ability to build and optimize data pipelines for large data sets using tools such as Microsoft SQL, Postgres and Oracle and their respective cloud-based platforms. Demonstrated coding proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Python, C#. Demonstrated proficiency working with both relational (SQL) and non-relational databases (NoSQL). Demonstrated understanding of data privacy, security and related tools such as anonymization and encryption. Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to clearly and fluently translate technical findings to non-technical partners and to communicate to multiple audiences using data storytelling and through graphics. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary environment and to develop recommendations using facilitation and consensus building. Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

Who we are

Northern Health covers an area of nearly 600,000 square kilometers and offers health services in over two dozen communities and 55 First Nation's communities. We deliver hospital and community-based health care for a population of 300,000.

Employing more than 7,000 staff throughout the region, Northern Health provides exceptional health services for Northerners, through the efforts of dedicated staff and physicians, in partnership with communities and organizations in Northern BC.

There is a wide variety of career opportunities available in our two dozen hospitals, 25 long-term care facilities, public health units and many other offices providing specialized services.
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Comments

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Competition #:

05708164


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Employee Type:

TERM SPECIFIC FULL TIME


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Bargaining Unit:

NON-CONTRACT


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Facility:

BRUNSWICK BUILDING


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Location:

Prince George, BC


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Department:

NH ALYACARE PROJ OPERATING


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Reports To:

REGIONAL MANAGER, ENTERPRISE ANALYTICS ARCHITECTUR


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Close Date:

AUGUST 29, 2025






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