Programmer Analyst

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*** ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ***

All job applications must therefore be submitted through the jobs.gc.ca site.
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Persons who cannot apply online or persons with disabilities preventing them from applying online are asked to inform the contact persons responsible for this process and to contact 1-800-645-5605 prior to the closing date.

Candidates must clearly demonstrate in the screening questionnaire how they meet the education and experience criteria listed in the Essential Qualifications and Asset Qualifications if applicable. Please note that stating that the requirement has been met, and/or listing past or current responsibilities, does not represent adequate substantiation. Rather, you must provide concrete examples that clearly illustrate how you meet the requirement. Résumés may be used as a secondary source to validate the qualifications described; comments such as "refer to my attached résumé" will not be accepted and may result in your application being rejected.

Work environment

These positions are located at 1200 Vanier Parkway, Ottawa, Ontario.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff eight (8) positions on an indeterminate basis, with a linguistic profile of English Essential and with various RCMP security clearances.

A pool of candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions within the RCMP in the National Capital Region on an indeterminate or specified period (including term, acting, or assignment) basis, with various linguistic profiles and various RCMP security clearances.

Should a Civilian Member (CM) be found qualified and selected for appointment, the appointment will not result in a change of status to the Public Service (PS) category for the CM. Notification regarding the CM appointment will be sent to all applicable candidates who are within the area of selection and participated in the advertised process.

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Positions to be filled: 8

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 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.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
• *Recent experience in application development and maintenance
• *Recent experience in application programming utilizing one or more of the following corporately scalable database products such as Oracle, DB2, SQL Server.
• *Recent experience in systems analysis and design including analysis and documentation of client requirements and technical functional specifications.
• *Recent experience in application debugging and testing.
• *Recent experience in client support of IT systems.

Definition:
* Recent experience is defined as having performed a broad range of various related duties full-time for a minimum of one (1) year 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)

ASSET EXPERIENCE :
• ** Significant experience in application development with COBOL.
• **Significant experience in application development with CICS.
• ** Significant experience with XML and XML-related APIs.
• ** Significant experience in application development using JAVA within a development framework such as Struts, Spring MVC, JSF, Hibernate, EclipseLink, or MyBatis.
• ** Significant experience in application development using C++ or C# within a development framework such as .Net.
• ** Significant experience in application development with Peoplesoft and Peopletools.
• ** Significant experience in application development with ABAP and SAP.
• **Significant experience in application development with PowerBuilder.
• ** Significant experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• ** Significant experience with Business Analysis including the creation and maintenance of functional specifications using a product such as DOORS/NG.
• *Recent experience with web-services such as SOAP, REST, and/or AJAX .
• *Recent experience with mainframe tools such as JCL, SPUFI, VIASOFT, and/or ISPF.

Definitions:
* Recent experience is defined as having performed a broad range of various related duties full-time for a minimum of one (1) year within the last five (5) years.
** Significant experience is understood to mean the depth and breadth of the experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of various, complex related activities associated with full-time performance of duties for a period of two (2) or more years.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
• Knowledge of application development and maintenance including SDLC, application design & software techniques
• Knowledge of Business Analysis
• Knowledge of Database Design and Management
• Knowledge of Testing

ABILITIES:
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing
• Ability to communicate effectively orally
• Ability to analyze and solve problems
• Ability to establish priorities and plan own work

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
• Initiative
• Teamwork
• Dependability
• Client Focus

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

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Willingness and ability to support a 24/7 system including being on call and carrying and responding to a pager.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - VARIOUS SECURITY CLEARANCES:
RCMP Enhanced Reliability security clearance, RCMP Secret security clearance, and RCMP Top Secret security clearance.

All applicants for positions within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be subject to a thorough security clearance process which includes an interview wherein questions may include (but not limited to), reference checks, previous employment, on-line activities, credit checks, alcohol and/or drug use.

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

A written exam may be administered.

An interview may be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

Acknowledgement of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

You must provide proof of education credentials. If you obtained your degree outside Canada, it is your responsibility to demonstrate its equivalence, please take a look at the following link for more information: http://www.cicic.ca/383/foreign-credential-recognition.canada.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.

Our means of communication with applicants is via e-mail. Please ensure to include a functional e-mail address, which will accept messages from unknown users (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mails). It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.

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.