Various Streams

Important messages

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Duties

TBS is positioning itself to be on the leading edge of digital transformation in government. If you are interested in helping to incubate the future of IM/IT in government then this is an exciting opportunity. Whether it is trailblazing the use of Protected B cloud, Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence and agile delivery software, you will have the opportunity to contribute and be seen as a leader in digitizing the Government of Canada.

Work environment

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) is a central agency located in the National Capital Region. Working at TBS offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the work of a central federal agency, and to be part of cultivating the federal public service as a model workplace. With high-performing teams and innovative practices, TBS professionals in various fields serve Canadians by collaborating on government-wide initiatives, driving excellence in people management and taking initiative while effectively managing risks.

TBS’s new flagship facility at 90 Elgin Street, in the heart of downtown Ottawa, is the hub of its activities. The new building meets the government’s Workplace 2.0 concept, has Wi-Fi throughout, and has many fully equipped videoconference areas to support collaboration and innovation. Employees have access to amenities such as showers, change rooms and secure bicycle storage, allowing them to commute using Ottawa’s bike path system.

If you are a leader, a motivator and a strategic thinker who wants to work for one of Canada’s Top Employers, consider joining the TBS team.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified persons resulting from this process MAY be created and MAY be used to fill similar positions with linguistic profiles (English essential, bilingual imperative BBB/BBB, bilingual imperative CBC/CBC) as well as tenures (indeterminate, deployment, acting, assignment, secondment, specified period) which may vary according to the position being staffed.

This pool may be used to staff similar positions in other organizations within the core public administration (http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/plcy-pltq/rfli-lirf/index-eng.htm).

By applying to this process, you consent to your personal application-related information being shared with other government departments interested in staffing similar positions.

Positions to be filled: 6

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A response to a text question addressing the following:

• Please ensure to respond to all the screening questions associated with the essential merit criteria for the specific Stream you are applying for.

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. 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

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

Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

EXPERIENCE
STREAM 1 – DEVELOPER
• Significant* and recent** experience in at least three of the following the design, development, testing, implementation, and support of web-based applications and static Web sites using,
 HTML
 CSS
 ASP.NET using C# or VB
 JavaScript or JQuery
 T-SQL stored procedures and functions
• Experience in managing and leading a project team during various phases of IM/IT projects including the analysis and evaluation of system requirements and technical specifications for clients or stakeholders.
• Experience in using, implementing and troubleshooting custom applications.
• Experience with .NET Framework 4.5 and above.
Note:
*Significant is defined as depth and breadth of experience normally associated with the performance of those duties for a period of approximately three (3) years.
**Recent is defined as experience normally acquired within the last five (5) years.

STREAM 2 – BUSINESS ARCHITECT
• Experience in applying architectural principles, methods and tools to business challenges or process gaps and overlaps
• Experience in creating and using high-level models to collect, aggregate or disaggregate complex and conflicting business information
• Extensive experience planning and deploying either business or IT initiatives
• Experience modeling business processes using a variety of tools and techniques
• Experience in acting as liaison between the business unit and their counterparts within Information Technology to convey information using accurate models.

STREAM 3 – DATA ARCHITECT
• Experience in designing Data Architectures including defining data flow between systems.
• Experience in developing plans for:
o data acquisitions,
o data migration,
o data profiling and cleansing, and
o implementation of a database
o *Note that all four of the above sub-bullets must be demonstrated by your response.
• Experience in reviewing existing database systems to ensure they meet corporate design standards and security standards
• Experience in developing conceptual, logical and physical data models
• Experience in data modeling, data management, data architectures
• Experience defining and documenting Data Retention Rules and Policies.

STREAM 4 – INFRASTRUCTURE SPECIALIST
• Experience developing automation scripts using MS PowerShell.
• Experience troubleshooting and implementing solutions to infrastructure issues.
• Experience provisioning and implementing infrastructure systems such as Windows Server OS, Active Directory, Storage and Backups.
• Experience developing and maintaining secure virtual environments
• Experience building and supporting identity management solutions such as, Multi-factor, federation services, SAML and single sign-on
• Experience provisioning and supporting infrastructure in a Hyperscale cloud environment

STREAM 5 – DATA SCIENCE
• Experience gathering requirements and identifying opportunities to apply data science towards business objectives.
• Experience prototyping and developing complex data exploitation capabilities and visualizations on large volumes of data using Power BI, Python and R to provide insights to analysts, business owners, or decision makers
• Experience with supervised and unsupervised machine learning
• Experience in the design, creation and implementation of visualizing analytics, graph analytics and developing reports
• Experience with text analytics and natural language processing (NLP)

KNOWLEDGE
STREAM 1 – DEVELOPER
• Knowledge of all phases of system development life cycle.
• Knowledge of object-oriented design and object-oriented application development
• Knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0).

STREAM 2 – BUSINESS ARCHITECT
• Knowledge of Business Process Mapping

STREAM 3 – DATA ARCHITECT
• Knowledge of data modelling, data management and data architecture best practices and guidelines

STREAMS 2 & 3
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture Framework

Stream 4
• Knowledge of system architecture components such as networking, DNS and software

STREAM 5 – DATA SCIENCE
• Knowledge of data science tools, libraries, and methods
• Knowledge of statistical analysis

ABILITIES - ALL STREAMS:
• Ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate system requirements, identify options, generate practical solutions and debug a solution.
• Ability to manage projects.
• Ability to communicate effective orally
• Ability to communicate effective in writing

PERSONAL SUITABILITIES
ALL STREAMS
• Initiative
• Effective interpersonal relationships
• Judgement
• Dependability
• Analytical thinking
• Innovation

STREAM 2
• Client service orientation

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

ASSETS
STREAM 5 – DATA SCIENCE
• Experience working with various Big Data technologies.
• Experience in the creation and implementation of algorithms and statistical techniques to resolve data science problems.
• Experience with complex data processing for time series and patterns of life analyses.
• Experience in SQL 2012 and above and developing SQL queries, views and stored procedures

Organizational Needs:
-Treasury Board Secretariat employees affected by workforce adjustment may be appointed before persons employed by other government organizations;
-In support of achieving a diverse workforce, consideration may be given to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and women.

-Willingness to work overtime on short notice.

Conditions of employment

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

We will communicate with you about this process by email. As a result, you must update your Public Service Resourcing System profile if it changes. Applicants should use an email address that accepts messages from unknown senders (some email systems block such messages).

If you do not respond to our communications, we will interpret this as your withdrawal from the process.

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

Reference checks may be sought.
An interview may be administered.
A test may be administered.
An assignment, secondment, or acting appointment requires approval of your supervisor.
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.
You must indicate on your application if you require a technical aid for testing or an alternative method of assessment.
A random and/or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

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.