Systems Analyst Programmer

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools (SD68) serves over 15000 students and 2500 staff across 40 schools and district facilities on Vancouver Island. We are committed to student success student and staff well-being Truth and Reconciliation equity and the responsible and effective use of technology to support teaching learning and district operations.

Our Information Technology department is strengthening its software development and architecture practices to improve the reliability resilience security and long-term supportability of district applications.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a senior Systems Analyst / Programmer to join our IT team.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys being hands-on with code while also valuing clear requirements disciplined design documentation and sustainable architecture. Reporting under the general direction of the Director of Information Technology you will work with a high degree of professional autonomy. You will work alongside another developer and collaborate closely with infrastructure application support cybersecurity and service desk teams to ensure systems are not only functional but supportable and resilient.

Technology Direction & Modernization

The District is modernizing its application portfolio to reduce operational risk and strengthen long-term sustainability. This includes moving toward hosted and cloud-supported solutions improving architecture redundancy and resilience reducing reliance on individual knowledge and strengthening systems analysis documentation and change management.

This role contributes to that direction by combining business analysis sound technical design and hands-on development within a disciplined project and change framework.

The Role

In this role you will work with business stakeholders to elicit and document requirements perform systems analysis and contribute to solution design including application architecture data models and integrations.

You will design develop test and maintain secure scalable applications work extensively with SQL and relational databases contribute to cloud-hosted and integrated systems (including APIs) and produce clear technical and user documentation.

You will participate in projects and change initiatives support both legacy and modern platforms and help troubleshoot complex application or integration issues as part of a collaborative IT team.

This is a technical individual-contributor role (no staff supervision).

Technical Environment (Current and Evolving)

Our environment includes Microsoft .NETbased and web technologies alongside ongoing modernization initiatives. Experience with comparable tools and transferable skills is welcome. We value strong fundamentals and maintainable systems over loyalty to any single technology stack.

• C# and .NETbased application development
• JavaScript HTML CSS and common web technologies
• MVC or similar server-side application patterns
• SQL and relational databases (e.g. SQL Server or equivalent)
• Cloud-hosted and on-prem environments with growing emphasis on hosted services and resilience
• APIs system integrations version control change management and secure coding practices

What You Bring

You bring over five years of relevant experience in systems analysis application development or systems integration along with a Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or a related discipline (or an equivalent combination of education and experience).

You are comfortable translating business needs into technical solutions working with SQL and data-driven systems contributing to projects and change initiatives and documenting your work clearly. You work well independently while collaborating effectively with others.

Experience in public sector education or regulated environments is an asset but not required.

Why Join SD68

CUPE 606 Systems Analyst / Programmer (165)
Hourly rate: $42.97; 40 hrs./week onsite District Administration Centre
Comprehensive benefits Municipal Pension Plan leave and overtime provisions per the collective agreement.
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How to Apply

Submit your cover letter résumé and three professional references via email to .

Equity & Inclusion

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools is committed to equity diversity and inclusion.