Programmer Analyst II

Staff - Non Union

Job Category
M&P - AAPS

Job Profile
AAPS Salaried - Information Systems and Technology, Level C

Job Title
Programmer Analyst II

Department
Education Delivery Solutions A | Med IT | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range
$6,551.00 - $9,418.83 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date
April 2, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

Job End Date

This position is expected to be filled by promotion/reassignment and is included here to inform you of its vacancy at the University.

This position is located within a health-care facility, therefore, the successful candidate will be required to provide verification of full vaccination against Covid-19 provided prior to the start date, as required by a provincial health mandate.

Job Summary

The Digital Solutions Programmer Analyst II supports the Faculty of Medicine vision To Transform Health for Everyone with design, development, and support of educational and administrative platforms and solutions for the Faculty of Medicine community. Our team is proud to say, we help build medical doctors and health professionals! 

We value team fit and culture and are looking for teammates who:  

• Take creative and pragmatic approaches to problem-solving. 

• Are self-motivated and take initiative.  

• Care about craftsmanship and ownership.  

• Love to innovate and experiment, safely.  

• Do their best work as part of a team. 

• Have a desire to “do the right thing”!

Organizational Status
The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world. Since 1915, UBC’s entrepreneurial spirit has embraced innovation and challenged the status quo. UBC encourages its students, staff and faculty to challenge convention, lead discovery and explore new ways of learning. At UBC, bold thinking is given a place to develop into ideas that can change the world.

Our Vision: To Transform Health for Everyone

Ranked among the world’s top medical schools with the fifth-largest MD enrollment in North America, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine. Across British Columbia, more than 12,000 faculty and staff are training the next generation of doctors and health care professionals, making remarkable discoveries, and helping to create the pathways to better health for our communities at home and around the world.

The Faculty—comprised of approximately 2,200 administrative support, technical/research and management and professional staff, as well approximately 650 full-time academic and over 10,000 clinical faculty members—is composed of 19 academic basic science and/or clinical departments, 3 schools, and 25 research centres and institutes. Together with its University and Health Authority partners, the Faculty delivers innovative programs and conducts research in the areas of health and life sciences. Faculty, staff and trainees are located at university campuses, clinical academic campuses in hospital settings and other regionally based centres across the province.

The UBC Vancouver Campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. The City of Vancouver is located on Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations territory.

Reports to the Manager, Delivery and Enablement in the Faculty of Medicine, Digital Solutions, Architecture & Applications portfolio.  

• Integral member of an Agile software development team.  

• Works with product leads and solution architects to plan software projects.  

• Works with our partners to design, develop and support our education and administrative platform and solutions.

• Works with central IT to leverage core university software platforms and services.

Work Performed

Specific Duties:

• Work as part of an Agile software development team.

• Design, develop, test, maintain and support our platforms and solutions for educational and administrative services.

• Champion best practices for software development and data privacy and security.  

• Participate in Agile team ceremonies including refinement, estimation and planning.

• Demo features and fixes for our partners.

• Document our processes, designs, and guidelines.

• Lead continuous improvement activities.

• Own software release processes, improving our delivery pipelines with DevOps techniques.

• Ensure quality by automating testing. 

• Coach and mentor junior developers.

Core Duties:

• Designs, develops custom software, defines detailed application specifications.

• Develops overall systems design, researches and evaluates vendor supplied applications, provides recommendations, and implements accordingly.

• Analyzes and reviews system features and integration, security, scalability and performance requirements with clients, business analysts, and team members.

• Packages developed applications for production or integrates vendor supplied applications.

• Provides technical expertise, training, and consultation to other staff.

• Develops software application designs.

• Conducts testing to ensure application meets specifications.

• Documents functions and changes, tests activities/results, error handling and backup/recovery procedures.

• Provides ongoing operational support for applications.

• Supports software development lifecycle and applies and follows appropriate programming/development methodologies and best practices.

• Maintains appropriate professional designations and up-to-date knowledge of current information technology techniques and tools.

• Performs other related duties as required.

Consequence of Error/Judgement
Makes decisions regarding the design and development of education and administrative platforms and solutions for the Faculty of Medicine. Errors in judgment that impact the security and privacy of data may have a significant impact in achieving the strategic goals and vision for the Faculty of Medicine. 
Supervision Received
Works with considerable latitude. Work is reviewed in terms of achievement of specific project objectives.
Supervision Given

May manage staff and be responsible for hiring, evaluation, discipline and termination. Supports the professional development of junior teammates.
Minimum Qualifications
Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. Minimum of three years of related experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred Qualifications

We want you to succeed so you will need:

• Experience with full-stack development 

• Experience with relational database development

• Experience with scripting languages and version control (Git) 

• Excellent problem-solving skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS 

Preference will be given to candidates with: 

• Experience in a mixed software development and software maintenance role

• Experience with software development in Linux and Microsoft server environments

• Experience with web development languages (HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, Java, C#) and frameworks (Laravel, React, Vue.js, Node.js)

• Knowledge of software security best practices

• Experience with CI/CD tools (Bamboo, Maven)  

• Experience with automation tools (RPA)

• Experience with Agile development (Scrum or Kanban)