About Us:Join our team at the Data Centre Operations Branch of the Infrastructure Technology Services Division within the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement. We are seeking a dynamic leader for our Strategy and Sustainment Planning office. As a Team Lead, you will drive transformational change by crafting sophisticated business cases and identifying optimal digital solutions for complex business challenges.
What You Will Do:• Lead a team of subject matter experts in the development of strategic initiatives and business cases.
• Provide strategic guidance to various parts of the organization, enhancing our on-premises hosting and cloud services and products.
• Stay ahead of technology trends, advocating for progressive solutions that challenge the status quo.
• Collaborate with a diverse group of stakeholders, including technical teams, business leaders, and financial experts, to foster innovation and efficiency.
Who You Are:• A visionary with a robust balance of technical knowledge and business acumen.
• Passionate about leveraging technology to solve business problems.
• A collaborative leader who thrives in cross-functional team environments.
• Enthusiastic about continuous learning and leading development activities.
If you are eager to lead in an environment where technology meets business, and you are committed to fostering learning and development, then we want to hear from you! Step into a role where you can make a significant impact. Join us in driving the future of digital government solutions.
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.
We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.
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Human Rights Code. Refer to the "How to apply" section if you require a disability-related accommodation.
About the job
As a team member with Infrastructure Technology Services - Data Centre Operations (Strategy and Sustainment Planning), you will:• Define strategies and work with architecture groups for evolving enterprise-scale technologies to meet business needs in a flexible and agile manner.
• Provide assistance with critical system issues, characterization, and analysis of network performance and develop of remediation plans.
• Identify risks in existing architecture designs and develop mitigation plans.
• Provide technical guidance and leadership and co-ordination in the development, support and maintenance of public cloud, mainframe, mid-range and server infrastructure services, along with co-ordination during priority incidents,
• Lead and manage the technical implementation and delivery of comprehensive I&IT infrastructure solutions to meet client needs within service mandate, including upgrades to large-scale systems and deployments of system replacements.
• Provide technical leadership, advice and information in support of I&IT infrastructure planning, evaluation, decision-making; team leadership of technical staff; and oversight of external service provider staff, to ensure the efficient delivery of I&IT infrastructure services.
What you bring to the team
Leadership Skills
• You can lead technical and project teams; and balance competing needs against the available resources, when working with cross functional technical teams, including external vendors and partners.
• You can lead problem-solving activities with clients/external vendors, partners and staff in order to identify/resolve complex and highly integrated I&IT solutions.
Communication Skills
• You have writing and editing skills to prepare business cases, technical documentation, reports, recommendations and presentations related to technology development strategies and plans.
• You have presentation skills, to convey technical information, convincing explanations, options and recommendations for diverse internal and external technical audiences.
• You can provide authoritative and persuasive technical expertise for the implementation of recommended solutions.
• You have persuasion, tact and negotiating skills with IT infrastructure staff, IT service providers and clients to resolve I&IT service problems.
Technical Knowledge
• You have knowledge of systems/platform architecture, design, deployment and integration principles, in order to oversee the implementation and operation of complex, highly integrated systems platforms designed to support major government program and priorities.
• You have knowledge of systems integration principles, tools and techniques, in order to oversee and support the full integration of multiple platform components across several data centres and external providers.
• You have knowledge of integrated networking technologies, public cloud (e.g., AWS, Azure), open systems technologies, storage technologies, high- availability technologies, leading edge technologies, and technology developments (trends and new products).
• You have knowledge of networking concepts and testing tools to manage and deliver production testing services.
Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
• You can assess condition, technical performance and capacity of existing system to meet needs of clients cost/beneficially.
• You can investigate, analyze, design, develop and oversee the implementation of specific business solutions which drive services, projects and activities.
• You can anticipate and identify any issues arising during systems upgrades/deployments; and develop solutions to ensure that unplanned outages do not occur.
Risk and Project Management Knowledge and Skills
• You can anticipate and understand the potential for risk in system failure/critical incidents.
• You can develop risk management strategies and protocols to mitigate and minimize risk; and lead resolution of critical incidents when they occur.
• You have knowledge of project management methodology, analytical tools and processes, to oversee system implementation projects, and manage issues as they arise during implementation.