Systems Analyst

The Opportunity

At Canadian Natural, we are proud to be a leader in Canada’s energy industry. Join us and help drive innovation and long-term value through integrity, teamwork, and a passion for doing things right. 

Make your mark while you grow your career! Are you an information technology professional with acute technical skills and passion for systems development and sustainment? Canadian Natural is seeking a Systems Analyst to support our oil sands business unit.  Working with the Upgrading and Utilities Information Systems team, you will play a key role in resolving technical issues, providing technical direction and ensuring timely resolution of all support tickets.

Using your refined technical and functional abilities, you will be responsible for designing application components and physical data structures based on business requirements and logical data models. As a technical resource for one or more applications, you will contribute to the stewardship of all applications, interfaces, reports and data within the portfolio of the oil sands business unit.

• Job location: Calgary, Alberta
• Work schedule: 5 x 2, 8-hour shifts
• Safety sensitive position: No
• Application deadline: November 4, 2026

Key Accountabilities

• Participate in all stages of the application development lifecycle including solution development, application design, testing and demonstrating the solution to the end users
• Understand and make recommendations regarding how best to configure both in-house and vendor applications to better serve the customer needs
• Own, maintain and implement best practices for applications, reports and integration development & deployment ensuring a stability and reliability
• Develop estimates of effort for design of new, and/or modifications to existing applications and application components
• Troubleshoot and repair problems that occur in the everyday use of applications and provide guidance to developers and developer analysts
• Develop and implement maintenance procedures, monitor health of systems, gather system statistics, and troubleshoot reported errors and alarms
• Occasional travel to field sites in northern Alberta

What You Bring to the Role

• 8+ years of combined Systems Analyst and development work experience and completion of a Post-secondary degree or diploma in computer sciences
• Strong background supporting business-critical applications and infrastructure in large corporate IT environments
• Experience managing application servers, web servers, and multi-tier enterprise applications across development, testing, and production environments
• Skilled in Oracle and SQL Server administration, troubleshooting, performance analysis, and resolving issues across applications, databases, integrations, and infrastructure

What We Offer

• Competitive salary, stock options, company matched stock savings plan, annual bonuses
• May be eligible for relocation pursuant to Canadian Natural’s Relocation Policy
• 100% Employer paid extended Health, Dental and Vision Benefits 
• Health & Wellness Spending Account
• Multiple volunteer opportunities within the community
• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Access to online learning platforms for continuous learning and development
• Paid vacation and time off during Christmas week and summer Fridays

Check out our COMPENSATION & BENEFITS to learn more about what we have to offer!