Programmer Analyst I

Job summary

Compensation

• The compensation range is CAD 7,158.42 to CAD 10,292.25 monthly.
• The job end date is ongoing.

Work performed

• Program, test, debug, maintain, and support enterprise learning technology applications and services.
• Build reusable platforms, shared services, developer tooling, APIs, cloud services, and integrations.
• Build RAG APIs, chatbots, conversational assistants, MCP tools or servers, and agentic AI workflows.
• Contribute to data pipelines, data-lake infrastructure, analytics-ready datasets, and AI/ML use cases.
• Implement row-level security, access controls, and privacy and security controls.
• Evaluate requirements, design integrations, provide technical guidance, document solutions, and conduct demos.
• Participate in Agile planning, refinement, estimation, testing, project implementation, and continuous improvement.

Minimum qualifications

• An undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline is required.
• At least three years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, is required.
• The role requires respect for diverse perspectives and commitment to developing equity, diversity, and inclusion awareness and skills.

Preferred qualifications

• Hands-on experience in at least one of cloud computing, data lake or analytics infrastructure, AI/ML, or data governance is requested.
• Preferred experience includes AWS, full-stack development, Python or TypeScript, Git, CI/CD, SAML, LTI, APIs, and mixed development and maintenance work.
• Additional assets include experience across multiple focus areas, CI/CD tools, and explaining complex concepts in accessible language.

Technical focus areas

• Cloud work may include AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Data work may include ETL/ELT, relational databases, data cleaning, analytics-ready datasets, and complex data structures.
• AI work may include generative AI, large language models, RAG, chatbots, conversational assistants, agentic workflows, APIs, and MCP.
• Governance work may include access controls, row-level security, and data privacy or security practices.
• Learning technology integrations include Shibboleth, SAML, LTI, and APIs.

Core duties

• Prepare programming documentation and follow software development lifecycle methodologies and best practices.
• Build working relationships and collaborate with faculty, instructors, support staff, researchers, and technical colleagues.
• Maintain current knowledge of information technology techniques and tools and perform related duties as required.

Organizational context