Analyst/Programmer

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Tips for applicants:
• Please provide complete and thorough details of your education and experience.
• Do not assume that the screening board has any previous knowledge of your background, qualifications, or work history. You must be specific and provide concrete examples/details for each Experience element, as applications will be screened only on the information provided.
• Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being screened out of the process.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff one position on an indeterminate basis, with a linguistic profile of Bilingual Imperative (BBB/BBB) and an RCMP Top Secret security clearance.

A pool of qualified candidates may be established to staff similar temporary and/or permanent positions.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Successful completion of two (2) years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program in computer science, information technology, information management, or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.

Degree equivalency

EXP1: Recent* experience providing technical support and expertise in the installation, operation, support, maintenance, configuration, programming, security, testing and troubleshooting in one or more of the following;
• Windows Server
• Active Directory
• System Centre Configuration Manager (SCCM)
• OES 2
• Zenworks

EXP 2: Recent* experience providing solutions to business needs; including performing needs assessments, analyzing client requirements, recommending and designing solutions, integrating and implementing solutions, and follow-up analysis of the solutions.

EXP 3: Experience in systems analysis and design methods, techniques and practices, including user interface, design, naming conventions, specifications, application development.

EXP 4: Experience working with Wide Area Network infrastructure; specifically how network devices such as firewalls, proxy servers, VPN’s, and gateways affect access to systems or applications.

EXP 5: Experience troubleshooting software and/or hardware using a systematic approach.

*Recent experience is defined as experience normally acquired within the last five (5) years.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

Recent* experience working with multi-disciplinary or cross-functional business IT teams.
Recent* experience writing and maintaining technical documents.

*Recent experience is defined as experience normally acquired within the last five (5) years.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

Analytical Thinking: Interpreting, linking and analyzing information to understand issues.

Client Focus: Identifying and responding to current and future client needs; providing service excellence to internal and external clients; ensuring the use of information and services that are barrier-free and accessible for persons with disabilities.

Communication: Listening to others and communicating in an effective manner that fosters open communication.

Creative Thinking: Questioning conventional approaches, exploring alternatives and responding to challenges with innovative solutions or services, using intuition, experimentation and fresh perspectives.

Teamwork: Working collaboratively with others to achieve common goals and positive results.

Conditions of employment

Top Secret security clearance

Ability and Willingness to work overtime

Ability and Willingness to travel across New Brunswick

Valid provincial driver's license or personal mobility to the degree normally associated with a driver's licence.

Other information

Testing/interviews will be conducted at locations of the employer's choice and may require candidates to travel to the test/interview location (Fredericton, New Brunswick).

Please note that candidates (including persons employed in the Public Service) will not be considered to be in travel status or on government business and travel costs will not be reimbursed. Consequently, candidates will be responsible for travel costs.

For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (including issuing screening results, and sending invitations for written tests and interviews). Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.