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Competition ID: 3931
Internal Closing Date: March 14, 2025
External Closing Date: Open until filled
# of Openings: 1
Salary Information: 16-14 - BCGEU Pay Grid - $44.47 to $48.75 per hour
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Travel Frequency: Occasional travel between campuses is required.
Employee Group: Support Staff (BC General Employees Union)
Days of Work (BCGEU): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Hours of Work (BCGEU): 8:30am-4:30pm
Hours per Week (BCGEU): 35

JOB OVERVIEW: PROJECT LEADER

This position is responsible for providing project management, technology planning, business area analysis, systems design and client support services to users of Kwantlen's Information Technology (IT) systems.

General Requirements:

University degree with a major in Information Technology or Computer Sciences.
Minimum 8 years' experience in Information Technology environment, which includes 5 years of direct experience in enterprise cloud architecture conception and 3 years recent related experience in or supporting post-secondary enterprise systems. An equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered.
Demonstrated ability to take a leadership role in evaluating, developing and implementing Enterprise Cloud solutions. This position will be required to lead projects and work directly with university stakeholders to identify, assess and document business requirements with the ability to transform end-user needs into technical and functional requirements.
Progressive technical knowledge and knowledge of generative AI, best practices in information technology certifications such as Project Management, Agile SDLC and ITIL.
Certification in LEAN business processing. Proven work experience in business process analysis, developing LEAN business process methodologies.
Knowledge of modern infrastructures such as storage area networks, virtualization, high availability design, operating systems, network architecture, enterprise network management systems, etc.
Superior organizational skills with the ability to set priorities, follow-up and meet challenging deadlines.
Ability to research, evaluate and plan the implementation of emerging technology.
Ability in architectural design, system design and heterogeneous systems integration.
Proven ability to work in a team or highly matrix-managed varied and diverse environment with multiple concurrent initiatives/projects simultaneously and changing priorities.
Ability to work independently in a highly matrix-managed, extremely busy, varied and diverse environment with changing priorities.
Ability to clearly communicate and articulate complex and technical concepts clearly with non-technical as well as technical personnel at all levels of the organization both written and orally.
Ability to shift working hours and to work occasionally on Saturday, Sunday and holidays.

Enterprise Systems Architecture:

3+ years working experience in a leadership role of evaluating, developing and implementing enterprise architecture including project coordination, monitoring, maintenance and administration that support enterprise systems.
Certifications in Windows Servers(current), Active Directory (AD), Azure Administrator and Identity and Access Administrator.
3+ years of experience in authentication protocols such as SSO, MFA, Kerberos, etc.
4+ years of experience managing Windows-based infrastructure with AD, Azure AD, Azure AD Connect
(AADC), Windows domains, and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) environments.
Experience with PowerShell and other scripting languages for automation of AD, Azure AD, Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Microsoft SQL Server Database Administration.
Strong expertise in DNS, DHCP, DFS, KMS, LAPS, certificate lifecycle, and Group Policy managements in a hybrid of on-premises and cloud AD environments.
Experience with maintaining AD domains, forests, trusts, and controllers, and managing Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to organize devices, users, groups, and service accounts and enforce Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and permissions.
Experience with monitoring system performance, security logs, and compliance reports for the Windows domain, AD, PKI, Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM), and Azure AD environments.
Ability to work in collaboration with network, security, and application teams to ensure seamless integration of identity and authentication services and provide technical support and guidance for domain, identity, certificate-related issues, patching, upgrades, migrations and infrastructure changes.

Salary Information

Annual salary increases are based on hours worked and anniversary dates

Please note: As per the KPU-BCGEU Collective Agreement, qualified internal applicants within the BCGEU bargaining unit are given first consideration in filling this position. Internal applicants must apply by 11:59pm on the internal closing date in order to be considered as an internal applicant. Internal applications received after the closing date will be considered as an external applicant.

Total Rewards

As a part of our total rewards offerings, KPU also offers extended health and dental benefits, healthcare spending account, generous vacation package, defined pension plan, parenthood top-up, sick leave, long-term disability, life insurance, professional development days, tuition waiver, inhouse training & development, inter-campus transportation, and more! Note: eligibility requirements apply, benefits may vary if the position is temporary or part-time.

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Note to Applicants

Kwantlen Polytechnic University welcomes and encourages applications from equity deserving groups and diverse experiences including, but not limited to, Indigenous people, racialized people, people with disabilities, and members of the 2S/LGBTQIA+ community.

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Kwantlen Polytechnic University is committed to protecting the safety and welfare of employees, students, and the general public, and upholding the reputation and integrity of the University. For this reason, final applicants will be asked to undergo a background check.

We thank all applicants for their interest in employment with KPU. Only candidates who are legally eligible to work in Canada will be considered; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.