Great Opportunity in IT! Programmers Needed

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When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

Duties

As an IT professional, the main duties are to, but not limited to, providing support in the design, analysis, research and development, testing, upgrading, maintenance and troubleshooting of components of IT applications as well as participation in integrating systems for clients.

Statistics Canada's CS Recruitment and Development Program (CSRDP) offers the prospect of a challenging and rewarding career. As a recruit, you will participate in a two-year development program during which you can expect at least two project assignments. Your duties, performed on project teams with experienced professionals, could include the design, development and enhancement of software applications.

Work environment

Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity?

At Statistics Canada, we believe in creating an environment that lets you be part of a dynamic team while continuing with your professional development. We are also committed to work/life balance. Above all, we offer you an opportunity to make a difference to Canadians.

Employment equity and diversity remains a priority for Statistics Canada and we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment where employees are treated equitably and which reflects the Canadian population we ultimately serve. A competent, engaged and productive workforce that embraces new ways of working and encourages a diversity of talent helps fulfill Statistics Canada’s mandate to the highest standards.

Recruitment of qualified individuals with diverse background and persons in the designated employment equity groups is a priority at Statistics Canada.

For further information on the agency, please visit Statistics Canada website (http://www.statcan.gc.ca).

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Intent of the process

Candidates may be considered for 3 different types of employment (with various tenures) within this selection process:

1. CSRDP - CS-01 leading to CS-02

CS-01 leading to CS-02 Indeterminate (permanent) positions within Statistics Canada’s CS Recruitment and Development Program

- Candidates appointed to a CS-01 positions within Statistics Canada’s CS Recruitment and Development Program may, upon successful completion of the program, be appointed to an indeterminate (permanent) CS-02 position.

- To be considered for these positions, candidates must demonstrate in their application that they meet the essential education and experience listed for the CS-01 positions

2. CS-01 determinate (temporary) or indeterminate (permanent) positions within Statistics Canada

- To be considered for these positions, candidates must demonstrate in their application that they meet the essential education and experience listed for the CS-01 positions.

3. CS-02 indeterminate (permanent) or determinate (temporary) positions within Statistics Canada

- Candidates wishing to be considered for a CS-02 indeterminate (permanent) or determinate (temporary) position must demonstrate that their recent experience can be considered as significant IT experience (depth and complexity). Please refer to the definition of “significant” when completing your application.

A pool of partially assessed qualified candidates may be established to staff identical or similar positions within Statistics Canada with various locations, various language requirements (English Essential, French Essential and bilingual profiles) and various security requirements. These positions may be staffed on an indeterminate (permanent) or determinate (temporary) basis.

Positions to be filled: 20

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 from a *recognized college, CEGEP or university by December 31st 2019 or an acceptable **combination of education, training and/or experience.

Candidates must have an acceptable number of ***courses (normally 10 one-term courses/ approximately 30 credits) in IM/IT at the level of a recognized post-secondary institution.

*A recognized institution is a public or private institution that has been given authority to grant degrees, diplomas, and other credentials by a public or private act of a provincial/territorial legislature or through a government-mandated quality assurance mechanism. For greater certainty, also included are institutions authorized to grant specific academic credentials for specific academic programs.

**Definition of “an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience”:
A candidate who does not meet the minimum education must have two years of *recent IT related experience for each year of post-secondary studies in IM/IT that the candidate does not have. (Example – as a high school graduate with no post-secondary education, the candidate must have a total of four (4) years *recent experience performing a broad range of IT activities.)

*** The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and must have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

CS-01 and CSRDP - CS-01 leading to CS-02:

EXP1A - *Recent experience in computer programming.
OR
EXP1B - *Recent completion of practical IT assignments.

*Recent: Within the last three (3) years

Experience can usually be demonstrated through working in an IT related activity such as volunteer work, student employment or scholastic activity or achievement. Therefore applicants are encouraged to indicate on their resume, activities or experience related to their field that they feel may be pertinent to the types of employment they are seeking.

CS-02:

EXP2- *Significant and **recent experience in computer programming.

*Significant experience is defined as the depth and breadth of experience associated with full-time performance of duties for a minimum of two (2) or more years.

**Recent: within the last 3 years

COMPETENCIES:

C1 – Effective communication (oral and written)

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

Various language requirements
English Essential, French Essential, Bilingual imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

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

Education:

AEdu1 - Graduation with a university degree from a recognized institution with acceptable specialization in Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), Information Management (IM) or a related IT field.

AEdu2 – Graduation with a college diploma or a DEC (CEGEP) from a recognized institution with acceptable specialization in Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), Information Management (IM) or a related IT field.

Degree equivalency

Business and System Analysis:

AExp1 - Experience in the development of business/technical specifications to meet business or client needs.
AExp2 - Experience with analysis techniques for survey data, large administrative data and Big Data.

Security - Information and application protection:

AExp3 - Experience in the implementation of IT security to computer systems architecture.

Application Development, Support and Maintenance:

AExp4 - Experience with Java.
AExp5 - Experience with object-oriented design.
AExp6 - Experience with Microsoft .Net Core 2 programming languages or technologies (VB.Net, C#.Net, ASP, or ASP.Net, ASPMVC, WCF, WPF).
AExp7 - Experience with JavaScript, JQuery, D3.js, Reacts.js, Dojo or other JavaScript toolkits.
AExp8 - Experience with Open Data, data conversion, APIs (REST), JSON, CSV and other web formats.
AExp9 - Experience with Open Source development practices.
AExp10 - Experience with version control using GIT, GitHub or GitLab.
AExp11 - Experience with statistical analysis tools such as SAS or SPSS or R.
AExp12 - Experience with SAP.
AExp13 - Experience with PeopleSoft.
AExp14 - Experience in Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
AExp15 - Experience with OpenText Content Server / GCDOCS.
AExp16 - Experience with Drupal.
AExp17 - Experience with SOLR.
AExp18 - Experience with Python.
AExp19 - Experience with Stored Procedures (T-SQL, PL-SQL).
AExp20 - Experience in User Experience Design.
AExp21 - Experience in web application development (Java script, HTML 5, CSS, etc.).
AExp22 - Experience with Oracle SOA Suite.
AExp23 - Experience in mobile application development.
AExp24 - Experience with SharePoint.
AExp25 - Experience with Unix/Linux administration.
AExp26 - Experience with Object Relational Mappers.
AExp27 - Experience with Containerization (Micro-Services, Kubernetes or K8s).
AExp28 – Experience with scalable, distributed computing.
AExp29 - Experience in using Cloud Services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
AExp30 - Experience gathering online data or information using automated forms of collection (e.g., “web scraping”, “screen scraping”, etc.).
AExp31 - Experience with Business Intelligence, Data Mining, and Data Visualization Tools such as SAS (Enterprise Guide, JMP and Visual Analytics) and Microsoft Power BI.


Database Design and Management:

AExp32 - Experience in applying the methods, practices and policies used in the design and management of databases.
AExp33 - Experience with Oracle database management systems.
AExp34 - Experience with Microsoft SQL Server database management systems.
AExp35 - Experience as a database administrator.
AExp36 - Experience in the manipulation of data and support of Geodatabase.
AExp37 - Experience with data and metadata design and management (e.g. Graph Databases, RDF Databases, Semantic Web, Open Link Data, Provenance and Lineage).
AExp38 – Experience with not SQL databases.
AExp39 – Experience with open source object relational databases.

Statistical Systems:

AExp40 - Experience with statistical processing, methods or systems.

Testing / Quality Assurance:

AExp41 - Experience in automated testing of software and system integration.
AExp42 - Experience with Continuous Integration and Delivery.
AExp43 - Experience with service oriented architecture.
AExp44 - Experience with source control systems.
AExp45 - Experience with static code analysis.

OPERATIONAL:

Weekends, overtime and shift work may be required.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Reliability Status security clearance or other.

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

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A written examination may be administered.

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.

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.

Asset qualifications may be used at the screening stage. Please ensure to indicate if you meet the asset qualification (education and experience). A person may be appointed even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. However, it may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

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

Only online applications will be considered in this staffing process.

It is the candidate's responsibility to obtain the appropriate documentation from the recognized educational institution. Candidates will be required to submit proof of education (i.e. degree, diploma, and/or transcripts), wherever it is required, when submitting their applications.

Candidates from outside the public service may be required to pay for travel and relocation costs associated with this selection process.

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.

Foreign educational credentials must be assessed by a recognized credential assessment service. If the candidate has been educated outside of Canada, it is the candidate's responsibility to have his or her certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian educational standards. Candidates will be required to submit proof of education during the assessment phase of the staffing process. Guidance may be found at the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) at http://www.cicic.ca/.

Asset qualifications may be used at the screening stage. Please ensure to indicate if you meet the asset qualification (education and experience). A person may be appointed even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. However, it may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

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.

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.