Senior Systems Integrator (Data Science and Visualization), Technology Service

Responsibilities

• Plans and develops methods and procedures for collecting, organizing, analyzing, and visualizing data, and interpreting results for use in decision making
• Develops prototypes, proofs of concepts, algorithms, predictive models, data mining and discovery, and custom analysis that leverage the value of available data sets.
• Implements detailed plans and recommends policies / procedures regarding program specific requirements.
• Performs on-demand, exploratory and targeted data research and analysis with integration and analysis tools of datasets and applies statistical analysis and modeling for applications.
• Uses leading-edge data visualization techniques to analyze and present engaging and interactive dashboards, maps and related applications.
• Supervises, motivates and trains assigned staff regarding data gathering, use, analytics, and visualization ensuring effective teamwork, high standards of work quality and organizational performance, continuous learning and encourages innovation in others.
• Supervises the day to day operation of all assigned staff including the scheduling, assigning and reviewing of work. Authorizes and co-ordinates vacation and overtime requests. Monitors and evaluates staff performance, approves salary increments, hears grievances and recommends disciplinary action when necessary.
• Provides input into and administers assigned budget, ensuring that expenditures are controlled and maintained within approved budget limitations.
• Leads, facilitates and contributes to the design, creation, development and sustainment of corporate standards for the division, including formalized project management and methodology, data warehousing architecture, data modeling, metadata, change management, and application development and migration.
• Responsible to senior management within the division, business and technical stakeholders for all aspects of assigned projects, including the project charter, project plan and schedule, progress, budget, risk management, issue management, change management, resource management, quality review / best practices.
• Provides project budget and financial management such as sole source requests; contract negotiations; leasing agreements; business cases; feasibility and cost / benefit analysis.
• Prepares and / or supervises the preparation of various formal contractual documents such as Request For Information / Proposal / Quotation (RFI / P / Q), Statement Of Work (SOW), Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) and Service Level Agreements (SLA).
• Provides leadership in the evaluation, selection and recommendation of technical solutions and professional services; manages vendors and contractors in the overall solution delivery process.
• Identifies and develops divisional / cross-divisional initiatives to produce synergies and economies of scale.
• Negotiates with senior management, clients and various stakeholders often with competing and conflicting goals, objectives and priorities.
• Provides assessments and recommendations of new technology trends on the effective use, acquisition and integration of technology by the City.
• Identifies and analyzes current business processes and practices in the context of evolving information architecture and performance measures; prepares feasibility study and recommends overall technical solutions for business initiatives and leverage existing enterprise infrastructure investments.
• Recommends and implements security, privacy and quality assurance requirements consistent with both the Municipal Freedom of Information Privacy and Protection Act (MFIPPA), and corporate and legislated standards regarding the storage, processing and retention of confidential data.
• Recommends, establishes, and sustains various project management structures that span one or more levels of government such as the Provincial Offence Act and Social Housing downloading initiatives.
• Assesses and recommends scalable multi-jurisdictional business and technical solutions that meet client and business requirements in the context of corporate standards, policies and procedures for information technologies and architectures. This includes determining requirements, conducting research and evaluations and obtaining all approvals and signoffs.
• Informs and educates senior managers, business users and technology peers on technology trends, and the effective use of business and technology solutions and information management.

Key Qualifications :

Your application for the role of Senior Systems Integrator (Data Science and Data Visualization Lead) should describe your qualifications as they relate to :

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