Senior Advisor & Solutions Architect (Stream 1) / Manager (Stream 2)

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

Work environment

From Strategy to Execution:
• You are a dynamic, curious, pragmatic leader?
• Are you highly adaptable and results-oriented?
• You want to help accelerate the Government of Canada (GoC) and PSPC’s Digital transformation journey?
• You like being in the middle of the action and having a chance to influence the GoC and departmental initiatives?
• You want to help GC Enterprise Architecture evolve to meet the world’s new demands, or to help manage large IT-enabled projects?

This opportunity is for you! Come and join a dynamic team in either Enterprise Architecture or Project Management in an amazing Client Service Centric department. You can help GoC Business programs achieve their business strategies and desired outcomes!”

Did you know that Public Services and Procurement Canada was selected as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers in 2018 for a second year in a row?
We invite you to join an organization that is committed to ensuring an inclusive workplace and respect for all!

As an organization, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) strives to give all its employees opportunities to achieve organizational, professional and personal goals in a respectful and inclusive workplace, mobilized and supported by leadership at all levels. For more information on PSPC's People Management Philosophy and Our Commitments please see the following link: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/apropos-about/pe-pc-eng.html.

Intent of the process

A pool of partially qualified candidates will be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions within the Public Service and Procurement Canada. The pool of partially qualified candidates may also be open to other Government Departments. These positions may be of different tenures. Please note that deployments at level may be considered to staff any available positions at any point during the selection process.

Positions to be staffed are the following : 3 Senior Advisor positions, 2 Solutions Architect positions and 2 Manager positions.

Positions to be filled: 7

Information you must provide

A covering letter in 1,500 words (maximum) "Within the maximum of words (3 pages), this document needs to contain specific situational examples (Specify when and where). Applicants are responsible for clearly demonstrating how they meet the essential and asset education and experience qualifications."

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

ESSENTIAL MERIT CRITERIA

EDUCATION (for 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.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCES (stream 1)
• Significant experience as a Solutions Architect

EXPERIENCES (stream 2)
• Significant experience solving technical Information Technology or engineering problems

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC, BBB/BBB, English essential.

Information on language requirements

COMPETENCIES (for both streams)
• Analytical thinking
• Client service orientation
• Achieve results
• Values and ethics
• Communication
• Continuous Learning
• Creative Thinking

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

ASSET MERIT CRITERIA

EDUCATION (for both streams)
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE (for both Streams)
• Experience in IT security
• Experience in Enterprise Architecture
• Experience in Enterprise Data Warehouse
• Experience in Application development
• Experience in Mobile applications Deployments
• Experience in Project implementation

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 designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

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). It is the candidate's responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement.

In your application, please identify clearly: your substantive group and level, your employment status and your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) number.

You must be prepared to provide the original or a certified true copy of your educational credentials. For candidates who have International Credential,please verify equivalency at http://www.cicdi.ca/1/accueil.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.

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent might be considered for deployment first.

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.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.