Cloud Data and Application Solution Specialist

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $38.88/Hr. - CAD $55.89/Hr.

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Summary

PHC Ventures is seeking a Cloud Data and Application Solution Specialist to help power the next generation of digital health innovation with profits reinvested back into public care.

As the for-profit innovation arm of Providence Health Care (PHC) PHC Ventures (PHCV) partners with industry startups and health system leaders to design build and commercialize digital solutions that improve patient care across British Columbia and beyond. From advancing initiatives like the Intelligent Network for Point-of-Care Ultrasound (IN PoCUS) to supporting scalable analytics platforms this role sits at the intersection of cloud engineering healthcare data and real-world impact.

If youre excited about building secure scalable cloud-native data and application solutions in Azure and AWS while contributing to meaningful change in public healthcare this is your opportunity to do both.

Reporting to the Director of Software Engineering at Elevare Health PHC Ventures the Cloud Data and Application Solution Specialist is responsible for the design development and maintenance of cloud-based data platforms and applications that support PHCs operational clinical and analytics needs. This role spans data engineering relational data design and full-stack cloud application development with a strong emphasis on efficient data movement cost-optimized pipelines and scalable architectures.

As a member of the Elevare Health team within Providence Health Care Ventures the Specialist designs and delivers relational data models data pipelines APIs and web-based applications that enable analytics reporting and decision-support solutions. The role supports PHCs Elevare Hub and the shared PHC/VCH regional Analytics platforms primarily using Azure and AWS.

The Cloud Data and Application Solution Specialist works closely with clinical operational analytics and engineering stakeholders to gather requirements design cloud-native and data-centric solutions and ensure reliable secure and cost-effective data access for downstream applications and analytics. The Specialist remains current with industry trends in relational and dimensional data modeling cloud-native development data engineering optimization techniques and advanced analytics and collaborates with provincial and national partners as required.

What you will be doing

• Design and deliver scalable cloud data platforms: Architect and build relational data models data pipelines and cloud-native solutions across Azure and AWS that support operational clinical and analytics use cases. Youll focus on performance reliability and cost-optimized data movement to enable decision-support and reporting at scale.
• Develop data-driven applications and APIs: Build and maintain backend services APIs and web-based applications that provide secure efficient access to curated healthcare datasets and analytics outputs. Youll work across the full stack to ensure seamless integration between data infrastructure and end-user tools.
• Optimize data integration and engineering workflows: Design and enhance ETL/ELT processes using SQL Databricks Spark-based tools and cloud-native technologies. Youll modernize and automate data ingestion transformation and deployment processes while ensuring high standards of data integrity testing and performance tuning.
• Collaborate to modernize healthcare analytics infrastructure: Partner with clinical operational analytics and health informatics teams to migrate and evolve shared PHC/VCH regional analytics platforms. Youll ensure solutions are secure compliant with healthcare data governance standards and aligned with long-term innovation goals.

What You Bring

Education Training and Experience

• A level of education training and experience equivalent to a Masters Degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Data Engineering Data Science or a related technical discipline is required plus three (3) or more years of progressively responsible experience working as a Data Engineer Cloud Engineer Software Developer Business Intelligence Engineer or Full-Stack Developer.
• Experience working in AWS and/or Azure cloud environments is required.
• Experience developing applications and services that interact with relational databases data warehouses and analytics platforms is required.
• Experience with Databricks Spark-based processing or Azure Data Factory is an asset.
• Experience in healthcare data or healthcare analytics environments is an asset.
• Cloud certifications related to AWS or Azure are preferred.

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated expertise in relational data modeling data design and schema optimization including normalized and dimensional models (e.g. star and snowflake schemas).
• Strong proficiency in SQL including query optimization performance tuning and cost-aware query design.
• Demonstrated ability to design build and optimize data pipelines and data movement workflows with attention to cloud cost efficiency scalability and reliability.
• Experience with Databricks Spark or similar distributed data processing frameworks.
• Strong programming skills in Python and JavaScript; experience with additional languages is an asset.
• Experience developing frontend and backend cloud applications including APIs and data-driven web interfaces.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g. compute storage networking IAM) and Azure services for data and application development.
• Proficiency working with both relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) databases.
• Knowledge of ETL/ELT patterns orchestration tools and data integration frameworks including Azure Data Factory or equivalent.
• Understanding of data privacy security and governance including encryption anonymization access controls and compliance requirements in healthcare environments.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines DevOps practices and infrastructure-as-code approaches.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to translate technical and data concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams and contribute to shared standards and best practices.
• Strong analytical critical thinking and problem-solving skills applied to complex operational and clinical challenges.

What We Offer

• Competitive Pay: $76111 - $109409 per year depending on experience

• Growth opportunities: We welcome individuals at all stages of their career offering opportunities for professional development and growth.

• State-of-the-art facilities: The new St. Pauls Hospital and health campus will be the most innovative approach to the delivery of integrated care in B.C. and Canada designed to appropriately address the future health needs of patients families and our communities. From hospital care to primary and community health solutions the new St. Pauls Hospital and health campus will continue to lead innovations in care research and teaching. The new St. Pauls Hospital is expected to open in 2027.

• Inclusive culture: We respect the diversity dignity and interdependence of all persons. We value the cultural richness that our diverse workforce brings to the care of our equally diverse population of patients and residents.

• Remote work opportunity.

• Meaningful impact: You will have the opportunity to work for an organization that is deeply committed to safeguarding of our surrounding environment by contributing to high quality care while promoting sustainable practices in your everyday work.

• A comprehensive health benefits package including dental vision and life insurance as well as pension.

Who We Are

Providence Health Care is one of the largest faith-based health care organizations in Canada. For the people at Providence living our Mission Vision and Values means providing British Columbians with compassionate socially just exceptional and innovative care every day.

From our humble roots 129 years ago Providence Health Care has grown into a globally recognized leader in research teaching and care. As individuals within a mission-driven organization we choose to be part of PHC because we value its long-standing dedication to social justice and compassionate care its active efforts to advance environmental sustainability and planetary health and its meaningful engagement in the process of Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous about our culture and what its really like to work here Check out the video below to meet some of the incredible people who make Providence a truly special place to work.

Your Day to Day:

• Designs develops and supports cloud-based data pipelines relational databases data warehouses and application services to address operational and clinical needs.
• Develops and maintains relational and dimensional data models that support analytics reporting and application use cases.
• Designs and optimizes data movement and integration workflows ensuring performance reliability and cost-effective use of cloud resources.
• Builds and supports backend services APIs and data-access layers used by analytics tools and web-based applications.
• Develops data-driven applications and user interfaces that enable access to curated datasets and analytics outputs.
• Assists in building and evolving the infrastructure required for data ingestion transformation and delivery using SQL Databricks and cloud-native technologies.
• Identifies designs and implements process and platform improvements including automation monitoring development standards and cost optimization strategies.
• Cleans integrates and curates large volumes of structured and unstructured data from disparate sources for analytics and machine learning use cases.
• Applies best practices in data integrity testing validation documentation and performance tuning across data and application layers.
• Works with stakeholder teams to migrate modernize and deploy Data & Analytics platforms and applications across AWS and Azure environments.
• Collaborates with Health Informatics teams to deliver innovative secure and scalable solutions addressing pressing healthcare challenges.
• Ensures compliance with PHC data management security and governance policies and standards.
• Performs other related duties as required.

We acknowledge that Providence Health Care & the new St. Pauls Hospital site is located on the traditional ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples including the territories of the xʷməθkwəyəm (Musqueam) Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səlílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Yearly Salary Salary: 76111 - 109409