About this role
ALGOMA STEEL INC.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada
The Company
Based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Algoma Steel is a leading Canadian electric arc steelmaker producing high-quality steel plate and sheet products, proudly supporting critical sectors including energy, defense, automotive, shipbuilding, and infrastructure. Guided by our purpose to build better lives and a greener future, Algoma is shaping the next generation of sustainable steelmaking in Canada. Powered by Ontario?s clean electricity grid, our operations represent one of the largest industrial decarbonization initiatives in North America and is expected to reduce carbon emissions by approximately 70%.
At Algoma, our transformation is driven by our people. Guided by our core values - safety, teamwork, integrity, and caring - we offer meaningful careers where employees can contribute to critical industries while growing their skills and experience. Whether you?re starting your career or bringing years of expertise, you?ll be part of a company investing in its future, strengthening Canada?s domestic supply chain, and making a lasting impact.
A Place to Call Home
Algoma Steel takes great pride in preserving the high quality of life offered by the Sault - a vibrant and beautiful city that?s surrounded by stunning natural scenery. With its affordable housing, impressive work/life balance, and lack of commute times, it?s the perfect place to raise a family and call home.
For more information on living and working in Sault Ste. Marie, visit https://welcometossm.com.
Systems Architect
Information Technology Department
Key Deliverables
- Provide leadership in the use of Information Technology for corporate IT Infrastructure (excludes Process Control systems).
- Develop policies, practices, and procedures related to IT Infrastructure acquisition and use.
- Coordinate the implementation of projects of up to and possibly greater than 12-month duration, ensuring the effective integration of cross-functional processes and IT control practices.
- Coordinate the implementation of IT Infrastructure administration procedures, ensuring the effective integration of cross-functional processes and Infrastructure management practices.
- Produce an annual report on the status of IT Operations Infrastructure components with particular emphasis on Risk Assessment and recommended improvement plans.
- Enforce the maintenance of IT Infrastructure asset information including detailed configuration and interconnectivity drawings.
- Design and implement policies, practices, and procedures within the assigned area of accountability to sustain the highest level of IT Infrastructure uptime (system reliability). Infrastructure components include but are not limited to CPUs, SAN, Servers, virtualization platforms (VMware), database platforms, backup and restoration media, and network interfaces. This includes timely problem resolution to minimize the impact on Algoma?s business processes.
- Administer and optimize corporate database platforms (Microsoft SQL Server), including installation, configuration, performance tuning, capacity planning, high availability and disaster recovery, backup and restoration, and database security and access controls in alignment with corporate data governance and compliance requirements.
- Develop KPIs to monitor and report on the effectiveness of IT Infrastructure components.
- Design, develop, and deploy data science and machine learning models to support business decision-making, predictive maintenance, and process optimization.
- Collect, clean, and transform structured and unstructured data from enterprise and operational systems into analysis-ready datasets.
- Perform statistical analysis and exploratory data analysis to identify trends, anomalies, and improvement opportunities across business and operational processes.
- Build and maintain data pipelines, dashboards, and reporting tools to deliver actionable insights to stakeholders.
- Collab