Specialist, Business Intelligence Data Warehouse

Vancouver Island Health Authority; Victoria; On-site; CAD 91,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health) seeks a Specialist, Business Intelligence Data Warehouse at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria to lead data warehouse architecture and ensure 24/7 availability.

You will manage data models, ETL processes, and BI repositories, working with SQL Server, Cognos, and related tools, while guiding a team and collaborating with clinical and admin stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of data warehouse experience.
• Experience with MS SQL Server databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design of BI data warehouse components.
• Provide 24/7 support for mission-critical systems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into data solutions.

Skills

Communication skills

SQL proficiency

Cognos expertise

Data modeling

ETL development

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

MS SQL Server

Cognos

ETL tools

Job description

Specialist, Business Intelligence Data Warehouse - (236205)

Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH) - Victoria, BC V8R 1J8 CA (Primary)

Work Area (FBA Only)

Multi-Site

No

Travel Requirement

Shift Start Time/End Time

0830-1630

Days Off

Vacancy Type

Regular FT

Salary Range (Hourly Rate)

$46.55 - $66.91

Paid FTE

1.0

Worked BI-WEEKLY HOURS

75.0

Planned Start Date

Oct. 23 2026

Approximate End Date (For Temporary Assignments ONLY)

Pending Return of Incumbent

No

CRC required? (employee will be working with or have access to children or vulnerable adults and requires a Criminal Record Check)

No

Job Description

In accordance with the Vision, Purpose, and Values, and strategic direction of the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health), patient safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone; as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.

Reporting to the Manager, Enterprise Data Warehouse, the Specialist, Business Intelligence Data Warehouse develops, manages, and updates data models, including physical and logical models of the data warehouse, data mart, and staging area, and sometimes the operational data store and source systems. The Specialist is a lead resource responsible for the architecture, design, implementation, and operational support of the Business Intelligence databases, data repositories, and related infrastructure.

The Specialist is accountable for the day-to-day data warehouse environment that includes applications, systems, and services that are mission-critical and requires twenty-four hour support. The Specialist plays a key leadership role in the recovery process in the event of critical system outages.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education, Training And Experience

A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and at least five (5) years' recent related experience in areas such as management of data warehouse implementations, performance of MS SQL Server DBA functions including backup and recovery, performance monitoring, performance optimization, disk space utilization, software installation and upgrades, logical and physical data modeling, development of stored procedures, triggers, views, and other database objects, ETL procedures; large scale project management; health care clinical and administrative implementations.

Skills And Abilities

• Effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to write programs in a variety of programming languages.
• Ability to transfer knowledge and skills to other department staff.
• Ability to provide clear and concise system documentation and procedures for other staff.
• Ability to keep skill set up to date with new technologies as they are introduced to the workplace.
• Data standards, database structures, database server administration.
• Familiarity with HL7, XML, MIS guidelines.
• Strong understanding of Cognos from a development and architecture perspective.
• Ability to work independently and organize workload and priorities with minimal supervision.
• Superior database querying skills including using Structured Query Language.
• Physical ability to perform job.
• Strong conceptual, communications, and technical skills.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Strong relational and dimensional data modeling and database design skills.

The salary range for this position is $90,770 (min) to $113,462 (midpoint) to $130,481(max) per annum (based on 1 FTE). Salary placement is between min and midpoint, based on experience, qualifications, and internal equity.