Various Programmer Positions

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Information on accommodation for persons with disabilities

You will be required to demonstrate how you meet the essential qualifications (Education and Experience) for the initial screening through your resume and in answering online screening questions. It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather you must clearly demonstrate HOW, WHEN, and WHERE the qualification was met through substantiation by examples. Information on your described skills, experience, etc. provided in screening questions should be supported by your resume. Failure to provide the above information in the format required may result in your application being rejected from the process.

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For this advertisement, applicants will be required to provide information which is only accessible when applying on-line (namely the job questionnaire). To submit an application on-line, please click on the “Apply Now" button below.

Persons with a disability preventing them from applying on-line should contact us at 1-800-645-5605.

Please note that all written communication submitted may be used to evaluate the ability to communicate in writing.

Work environment

The Department of National Defence (DND) is one of the largest federal government employers, offering over 70 different types of civilian career opportunities. DND's role is to provide services and support to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in their operations and missions at home and abroad. As a civilian employee, you will be an essential part of the Defence Team. In this regard, the department fosters a work environment where employees have opportunities to grow, to learn, to progress in their careers and have job satisfaction over the long-term.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to create a pool of candidates to staff immediate vacancies and future opportunities.

The pool of candidates may be used to staff similar positions (including lower level positions) on an indeterminate or term basis, including casual employment and with various security requirements.

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

EDUCATION:

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, or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Notes: 1. Indeterminate period incumbents of positions in the CS group on May 10, 1999, who do not possess the education prescribed above, are deemed to meet the minimum education standards based on their education, training and/or experience. They must be accepted as having met the minimum education standard whenever this standard is called for when staffing positions in the CS group.
2. It is the recognized educational institution (e.g. community college, CÉGEP or university) that determines if the courses taken by a candidate correspond to two years of a post-secondary program at the institution.
3. At the manager's discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience may serve as an alternative to the minimum post-secondary education stated above. Whenever the minimum education is met using this alternative, it is met for the specific position only and must be re-assessed for other positions for which this alternative has been specified by the manager.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

ALL STREAMS:
• **Significant experience in programming data-driven applications employing a software development lifecycle, which may include but is not limited to: gathering, analyzing and documenting user requirements; developing; testing; implementation.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

STREAM 1 (Development and Support of Data-Driven Applications):
• **Significant experience in programming in Visual Basic.

STREAM 2 (Programmer Analyst .Net Applications):
• *Recent and **significant experience in Web languages and protocols – FTP, asp.net, C#, HTML, SQL, CSS, AJAX, JSON, and JavaScript
• Experience in resolving programming / application errors using debugging tools and techniques

* Recent experience is defined as being acquired within the last four (4) years.

** Significant experience is defined by the depth and breadth of the experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of various, complex activities which are normally acquired over a minimum period of two (2) years.

ALL STREAMS:

ABIILITIES:
• Identify and analyze programs, evaluate requirements and propose recommendations
• Communicate effectively orally
• Communicate effectively in writing

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
• Client service-oriented
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Judgement
• Initiative
• Reliability

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

EXPERIENCE:
• *Recent experience in Writing and maintaining application user documentation (user guides)
• *Recent experience in Developing and providing application user training

Recent experience is defined as being acquired within the last four (4) years.

KNOWLEDGE:
Knowledge of:
• Agile software development methodologies
• W3C Standards for accessibility (WCAG)
• Treasury Board standards (WET, Common Look and Feel)
• SQL (Structured Query Language)
• Relational database design and development principles
• Object-oriented programming principles

Notes: 1. Managers may add to the Asset Education and/or the Asset Experience specific and/or the Asset Knowledge to the position being staffed.

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Security required: Various, including Reliability and Secret.

Candidates must meet and maintain the above condition of employment throughout their employment.

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the targeted groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

PLEASE NOTE: 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.

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A test may be administered.

Please identify clearly for which position(s) you are submitting an application.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

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.