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If you're looking for a fulfilling career that can make a real difference in your life, and the lives of others, you've come to the right place.

As a national health solutions partner, we put people first in everything we do - and that begins with our team of 8,000+ professionals who bring a cross-section of diverse life experiences and career expertise to Medavie. By collaborating and innovating together, our employees are creating industry-leading solutions in insurance, primary care and emergency medical services that impact millions of lives in Canada each year.

Our mission is to improve the wellbeing of Canadians so that every life can be lived to the fullest - and it's reflected in our award-winning culture. We celebrate individuality and value the diverse perspectives and skills our employees contribute. We go beyond providing competitive pay and comprehensive benefits to offer opportunities for personal and professional growth, flexible work options, meaningful experiences, and supportive leadership. Medavie is where employees can be their best selves, feel they belong, and achieve their full potential. Be part of it by applying for a position with us today.

Join Our Team as a Data Architect

Are you passionate about designing cutting-edge data solutions that drive business success? We have the perfect opportunity for you!

As a Data Architect at Medavie Blue Cross, you will be the mastermind behind our data infrastructure. Your expertise will ensure our data is efficiently stored, securely accessed, and seamlessly integrated across various platforms. Here's why you should consider this role:

• Innovative Projects: Lead the design and implementation of advanced data systems, driving innovation and scalability.
• Impactful Work: Empower decision-makers with reliable, well-structured data that fuels strategic initiatives and operational efficiency.
• Collaborative Environment: Work with talented professionals across IT, business units, and external partners to create robust data solutions.
• Growth Opportunities: Expand your skill set and advance your career in a forward-thinking company that values continuous learning and development.
• Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, competitive salary, and rewards for your contributions.

What's in it for you?

In this role, it's the opportunity to influence data strategy, and gain exposure to all areas our organization. Common goals and collaboration to deliver outstanding service is what our team is all about, we offer:

• A diverse team of colleagues with multiple fields of expertise
• A stimulating and flexible working environment
• Bonus Program
• Employee and Employer matching Pension Program
• Comprehensive health and dental plan that is 100% employer paid effective on your first day
• Emphasis on work life balance, providing wellness benefits, health resources and fitness center discounts
• An organization where we encourage personal learning and growth
• If getting involved in charitable causes is something you're passionate about, we support and offer plenty of opportunities to give back

Your every day with us:

As an Enterprise Data Architect, you will gain an understanding of our lines of business and the underpinning technology solutions that support our business model. This role will be responsible for proactively advising and overseeing ongoing advancements of our enterprise data and BI solution architecture. Responsible for the development and execution of the enterprise data strategy.

• Lead the design of innovative Data & Analytics architectures and solutions that balance the latest and disruptive technologies. Guide the evolution of the existing data warehouse solution. Architect data solutions to meet our current and future business needs, budget constraints, data availability and resource requirements.
• Collaborate across various business units and other solution architects to define metadata layers, technical data strategies and optimal integration. Drive adoption of innovative technologies within and beyond the existing enterprise architecture framework.
• Lead evaluation and selection of the tools and components necessary for optimal data management (data acquisition, data storage, data quality, data governance, data visualization and advanced analytics).
• Drive the enterprise adoption of cloud-based data solutions for storage and compute. Implement solutions for cloud-based report delivery and business intelligence self-service for external and internal clients.
• Support the Data Strategy Lead in the development and rollout of Medavie's enterprise data strategy. Support the implementation of strategic roadmap across all business areas.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert, both as a technical go-to for the data delivery teams as well as offering consultancy across the business enabling business data teams. The role will include working closely with BI operational and project teams to ensure alignment/consistency with defined architecture.
• Continue to develop a deep understanding of technical advancements in the data warehouse space. Provide/advise modern information architecture technical designs and specifications for data integration and data storage to support new BI solutions.
• Define the standards to be followed in the design of relational, dimensional and tabular data models.
• Foster strong working relationships and people leadership practice across BI operational and strategic teams, provide mentoring to colleagues in areas of expertise.
• Provide support as required to ensure the availability and performance of enterprise data and BI environments for our customers. Together with BI operational teams the role will be responsible for the stability of the data warehouse platform.
• Work closely with technical services teams to ensure that BI infrastructure components remain supported. In cooperation with technical service teams continually refine the BI infrastructure architecture so that growing information demands can be serviced.
• Ensure proper configuration management and change controls are implemented for your sphere of influence.
• Design and implement technology best practices, guidelines and repeatable processes. Design and implement processes and procedures that ensure the data warehouse's adherence to Medavie's data policies.

Skill and experience:

• A proven practical experience (at least 5-10 years) working in a lead data role, with strong understanding of both the theory and application of data fundamentals - preferably as a data engineer, data architect, or other similar role.
• Direct experience with on premise and cloud data technologies such as Oracle, SQL Server, Power BI.
• Knowledge of and experience in aligning technology infrastructure and architectural designs to drive performant enterprise level data BI solutions.
• Practical experience with various data modelling techniques including dimensional data modelling and associated best practices.
• Effective collaboration with business areas to understand priorities, help inform roadmaps and evolve organizational data solutions that align to strategic direction.
• Experience developing a clear-concise target state and the roadmap required to achieve it.
• Proficiency in data modelling and data product design as well as associated development, ETL and Visualization tools.
• Familiar with data management, data governance and data compliance/security needs.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing, data lakes, ETL/ELT processes and big data technologies.

What you need to succeed:

• Great communicator - communication is clear, concise and audience appropriate. We engage with colleagues across the organization at all levels. You will be comfortable 'selling' the data story to a wide range of stakeholders and have experience in adapting presentation style from executive summary to detailed technical interaction with the development team.
• Ability to individually develop and advance data and business intelligence related strategies and follow through with implementation, while collaborating and contributing as a member of the greater data business intelligence team.
• Desire to drive and enable greater data analytics capabilities and broader data literacy.
• Passionate about the protection of individual's personal information and privacy. A post-secondary diploma or degree and/or relevant working experience in business, technology or engineering.
• You are a problem-solving master. You understand client requirements and possess the ability to transform this into technology solutions.

Security Clearance: Security Clearance Requirement: In conjunction with our contract with the Federal Government, you will be required to have Reliability Status Clearance (Enhanced Level B). This includes Fingerprinting, Criminal Record Check, Credit Check and you must have resided in Canada for at least 5 years and hold Permanent Resident or Citizenship Status.

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We believe our employees should reflect the communities we serve and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. To provide the best experience possible, we will support you with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team of your needs. We are committed to making sure recruitment, retention, advancement, and compensation are fair and accessible while following all relevant human rights and privacy laws . We appreciate everyone who has shown interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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