Analyst, Applications

Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. (Al-Pac) is seeking a Analyst, Applications to work out of our Mill Site location near Athabasca, Alberta. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and evolving all aspects of an assigned portfolio of business applications. This includes monitoring and mitigating risks to ensure that the systems and applications are meeting business and technical objectives. For us, it's not just about coming to work and doing a job - as soon as you walk through the door, your career has purpose.

Who Are We?

Al-Pac is the largest single-line kraft pulp producer in North America. Our mill is located near the communities of Athabasca, Boyle & Lac La Biche. We are leaders in our industry, from our quality products, mill operations and responsible forest management practices, to the way we grow and develop our team members and work with local communities. We are continuously exploring new and innovative ideas, while delivering premium products with a commitment to strong environmental stewardship and corporate social responsibility – a commitment that is demonstrated by our long-standing Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certification (FSC-C022642).

Responsibilities

• Manage and support the business applications portfolios to ensure systems meet business and technical requirements.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for application-related issues, risks, incidents, and other operational needs.
• Monitor application performance, troubleshoot issues, recommend and action solutions, and recommend system improvements.
• Lead solution design activities, develop technical requirements, and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and integration standards.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify needs, provide solutions, and enhance application functionality.
• Configure, develop, test, implement, and maintain application solutions, scripts, reports, and supporting tools.
• Manage application-related projects through planning, execution, effective change management, and delivery while balancing scope, quality, cost, risk and schedule.
• Lead system, functional, and user acceptance testing activities to ensure deployment of enhancements and updates are on schedule.
• Collaborate with IT teams, vendors and business users to support integrations, infrastructure readiness and ongoing service delivery.
• Review vendor-delivered services and maintain productive relationships with suppliers and partners.
• Contribute to technology standards, best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support organizational cybersecurity objectives by ensuring security considerations are incorporated into application management and solution delivery.

Qualifications

• Completion of post-secondary degree or diploma or its equivalent in information and communication technologies or computing science, supplemented by 5 years of relevant experience or demonstrated mastery in system administration and support is required.
• 5 + years progressively related work experience is required.
• Experience working with Al Pac’s secondary business applications including but not limited to LIMS, LRMS, GEO-Spatial ESRI tools, web applications, DBA tools is an asset.
• The successful candidate is not expected to arrive with advanced database-administration expertise; however, they must demonstrate the aptitude and interest to develop stronger database, integration and enterprise data-management skills.
• Working knowledge of Python, ArcPy, SQL or similar scripting and query tools used for GIS automation, validation and troubleshooting is an asset.
• Experience working with field-collected GIS data, GPS information, forestry roads or other natural-resource datasets is an asset.
• Experience developing, maintaining or monitoring data-integration and quality-control workflows using Safe Software FME Form and FME Flow is a strong asset.
• Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise, including Portal, hosted or referenced services, web maps and web applications, is an asset.
• Experience with enterprise geodatabases and spatial data stored in relational database platforms such as Oracle or SQL Server is an asset.
• Experience supporting authoritative, enterprise-wide spatial datasets, including data stewardship, metadata, quality assurance, versioned editing, publishing and coordination of updates from multiple business areas, is required.
• Certifications in project management, organizational change management and IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL 4) are desirable.
• Working knowledge and experience with utilizing Agile development methodologies.
• Experience in strategic planning and execution as well as experience in the forestry sector is desirable, specifically in technology and information systems strategy to support business goals.
• Working knowledge of computing environments, trends and market players.

Other

• Ability to work both independently and within a team setting.
• Ability to prioritize and identify mission-critical tasks.
• Ability to influence stakeholders across both technical and non-technical environments.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.

What We Offer

You may wonder what makes us unique. Why would you want to work with Al-Pac? You will experience firsthand that our team-based culture values safety, open communication, productivity and quality, as well as a variety of other great perks including:

• A competitive annual salary including a company-paid pension at 7% and matching RRSP up to 3%.
• Company-paid dental and extended health benefits, including a health care and taxable spending account and supplemental life insurance.
• Compressed work schedule (Monday-Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).
• Hybrid Work Arrangement Program, depending on eligibility.
• Four week’s annual vacation to start, increasing with years of service.
• Relocation Assistance Program, depending on eligibility.
• Team-based culture that encourages work-life balance.

Applications for this role will close on November 19, 2026. We encourage your prompt application.

Al-Pac is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals. We wish to express our thanks to all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

CLOSING DATE: November 19, 2026
REQUISITION: 556
POSITION TYPE: Permanent
LOCATION: Mill Site