**AMENDED CLOSING DATE** CS-03 TWO STREAMS - Stream 1: Team Lead, Stream 2: Technical Advisor

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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is looking for your energy and new ideas! The Information, Science and Technology Branch keeps mission-critical systems running and innovates to include new technologies to support our country’s borders 24/7. Are you a motivated, highly committed individual who enjoys a challenge? We look forward to having you on the team!

This selection process is for CS-03 positions in two (2) different areas of expertise (streams):

STREAM 1: Team lead
STREAM 2: Technical advisor

*** NOTE: Candidates MUST submit their application through the online system available at: GC jobs. Applications submitted in any other format will not be accepted. If there are limitations or special circumstances preventing you from submitting your application via the PSRS online portal, you must contact the CBSA Recruitment team AND receive approval to apply via an alternate means PRIOR to the closing date.

When submitting your application to this selection process, you will be required to answer screening questions to demonstrate how you meet the Essential Qualifications (Education and all Essential Experiences) as well as any Asset Qualifications (if applicable).
 
When answering the screening questions, remember that the assessment board cannot make assumptions about your Education and Experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current or past responsibilities. Rather, you must provide concrete examples with significant details to explain WHEN, WHERE and HOW you acquired each qualification. This is similar to what would be expected of you when asked to provide a concrete example of a particular situation in the context of an interview.
 
Candidates must also submit a resume with their application, which will only be used to validate the information provided in their answers to the screening questions.
 
Should your responses to the screening questions contain insufficient details to demonstrate that you meet the screening criteria, your application will not be given further consideration in this process. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.
 

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff positions within the Information, Science and Technology Branch.

A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established from this selection process and may be used to staff similar positions with various tenures, various linguistic profiles as well as various security clearances within the Canada Border Services Agency.

NOTE: For specific opportunities, candidates may be evaluated further on qualifications that are deemed necessary, whether or not these qualifications have been listed on the job advertisement.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

We encourage you to identify any skills, competencies and/or experiences you acquired through a career with the Canadian Armed Forces.

EDUCATION (BOTH STREAMS):

- 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.

Note:
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.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

BOTH STREAMS:

- Recent* and significant** experience in the field of IM/IT.
- Recent* and significant** experience providing advice and recommendations to management (Team-lead or above) or to clients.
- Recent* and significant** experience working on at least two (2) different complex IT projects***.
- Experience negotiating with clients, partners or stakeholders.

STREAM 2 : TECHNICAL ADVISOR

- Recent* and significant** experience in creating and maintaining technical IT documentation, such as, but not limited to, design documents, deployment guidelines, test cases, etc.

*Recent experience is defined as the experience acquired within the last five (5) years.
**Significant experience is defined as hands-on work experience associated with having performed a broad range of related activities which would normally be acquired over a period of approximately three (3) years in the daily management of IT issues.
***Complex IT project is defined as having two (2) or more of the following factors:
1. Multidimensional: a multi-platform or a multi-tier diverse set of technologies requiring integration;
2. Requirement for high availability (99% availability) and mission critical (7/24) system;
3. A program of national/international or significant corporate scope, or having a major impact on the Public Service or Canadian Public (precedent setting);
4. Requires new specialized expertise and/or state of the art technology;
5. Represents a large number of stakeholders with diverse interests, or distributed large (500+) client base;
6. Sensitive: in terms of having a potential for significant media coverage, classified security issues, high critical risk factors, critical time sensitivity, or political sensitivity issues.

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

Various language requirements
STREAM 1: TEAM LEAD

- Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB.
- Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC.

STREAM 2: TECHNICAL ADVISOR

- English Essential.
- Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB.
- Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC.

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:

BOTH STREAMS:

- Knowledge of project management theories and best practices.
- Knowledge of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Methodologies.

COMPETENCIES:

BOTH STREAMS:

- Analytical thinking.
- Planning and organizing.
- Client focus.
- Adaptability.
- Initiative.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally.

STREAM 1: TEAM LEAD

- Team leadership.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION (BOTH STREAMS)

- Successful completion of an educational program from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

BOTH STREAMS:

- Experience as a Project Leader.
- Experience in creating, maintaining or contributing to project documentation, such as, but not limited to, project charters, project plans, project schedules, dashboard reports, lessons learned, closure reports, benefits realization, etc.

STREAM 1: TEAM LEAD

- Experience supervising or mentoring IT staff.

STREAM 2: TECHNICAL ADVISOR

- Experience as a Technical Business Analyst.
- Experience in Application Development.
- Experience in Enterprise Architecture.
- Experience in Database and Database administration.
- Experience in End User Services.
- Experience in IT Security.
- Experience in IT Continuity.
- Experience in IT Service Management or Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
- Experience in Testing.
- Experience in IT Engineering.
- Experience working in an Agile or Development/Operations environment.
- Experience in managing IT initiatives using the Service Life-Cycle Management Framework (SLMF) methodologies.

KNOWLEDGE:

STREAM 2: TECHNICAL ADVISOR

- Knowledge of recent and emerging IT, such as, but not limited to: mobile technology, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, bimodal IT, cloud computing.
- Knowledge of the Service Life-Cycle Management Framework (SLMF).

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS :

- Placement of Canada Border Services Agency employees affected by Workforce Adjustment.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Some positions may require:

BOTH STREAMS:

- Willingness and ability to work overtime, sometimes on short notice.
- Willingness and ability to work flexible hours
- Willingness and ability to travel within the National Capital Region.
- Willingness and ability to be on stand-by.
- Willingness and ability to be on call back.

STREAM 2: TECHNICAL ADVISOR

- Willingness to carry a personal communication device and respond after working hours and on weekends.

Conditions of employment

- Reliability Status security clearance.
- Some positions may require a Secret security clearance.

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

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

You may be assessed using a variety of assessment tools, such as, but not limited to: standardized tests, written exams, interviews, simulation exercises, reference checks, recent and past performance evaluations, self-assessments, candidate achievement record, etc.

Please note that your overall conduct and communications, including email correspondence, throughout the entire process may be used in the assessment of qualifications and competencies.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.  If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian education standards. For more information please click on “Degree Equivalency” in the Education section above. 

LEAVE/ABSENCES DURING THIS SELECTION PROCESS: It is the responsibility of the candidate to notify the Departmental contact of any pre-approved leave throughout the duration of the process in order to facilitate scheduling of evaluations. One (1) alternate date will be possible only if requested for the following reasons: 1) Medical reasons with doctor’s certificate 2) Death in your immediate family 3) Confirmation of pre-approved travel plans or training plans (made before the advertisement posting date) 4) Religious reasons or 5) Participation in an assessment for another selection process.

Please note that achieving the pass mark on any of the assessments used does not mean you will move forward in the selection process. Management may decide to use a score that is higher than the pass mark on any of the evaluations used throughout the selection process. Management may also decide to use top-down selection at any stage of the process.

Management may choose to invoke an asset(s) at any point of the process.

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

Official language proficiency could be assessed and required solely upon appointment. Also, a person who initially failed linguistic testing could be introduced into the pool of qualified candidates during the pool’s validity period if he/she is assessed again through another selection process or following linguistic training.

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COMMUNICATION
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Communication for this process will be sent via email. Applicants MUST check their e-mail accounts frequently as there may be a deadline for responses.It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). Please note that we will have to consider that you are no longer interested in participating in the selection process and that you have withdrawn your candidacy should you not provide us with an up-to-date email address or respond to our communications.

If you need to communicate with us during any stage of this process, please indicate the selection process number in the subject field of your email.

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OTHER INFORMATION
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Please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application.

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

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.