Airswift is seeking a Systems Analyst to join our client’s Upgrading and Utilities team. This is an onsite role based in Calgary, AB, supporting a major oil sands business unit.
The Opportunity
Are you an information technology professional with acute technical skills and a passion for systems development and sustainment? This role offers the opportunity to support a dynamic business unit focused on oil sands operations. As part of the Upgrading and Utilities Team, you will play a key role in resolving technical issues, providing technical direction, and ensuring timely resolution of support tickets.
Using your refined technical and functional abilities, you will be responsible for designing application components and physical data structures based on business requirements and logical data models. As a technical resource for one or more applications, you will contribute to the stewardship of all applications, interfaces, reports, and data within the portfolio.
Key Responsibilities:
Participate in all stages of the application development lifecycle including solution development, application design, testing and demonstrating the solution to the end users
Understand and make recommendations regarding how best to configure both in-house and vendor applications to better serve the customer needs
Own, maintain and implement best practices for applications, reports and integration development & deployment ensuring a stability and reliability
Develop estimates of effort for design of new, and/or modifications to existing applications and application components
Troubleshoot and repair problems that occur in the everyday use of applications and provide guidance to developers and developer analysts
Develop and implement maintenance procedures, monitor health of systems, gather system statistics, and troubleshoot reported errors and alarms
Occasional travel to field sites in northern Alberta
Skills & Qualifications
8+ years of combined Systems Analyst and development work experience and completion of a Post-secondary degree or diploma in computer sciences
Strong computer, hardware, software, and analytical skills (technical ability to troubleshoot client/server-based application issues and work with vendors/infrastructure teams)
Demonstrated proficiency in process modeling, data modeling, and effort/cost estimating
Experience installing, configuring, documenting, testing, training, and implementing new applications and systems
Proficiency in N-tier application analysis, design and development in the following development environments and tools.
Additional Information
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8-hour shifts
Contract Length: 1 year
Travel: Occasional travel to field sites in northern Alberta