Technical Analyst

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Work environment

At Natural Resources Canada, a Federal government job means developing leadership skills, fostering teamwork, and supporting creativity and innovation. We know it takes people from diverse pools of talent to make this happen. That is why we are looking for people like you. As an employee at Natural Resources Canada you can enjoy diverse employment opportunities, a range of career development programs, and a learning culture that supports you to learn on an ongoing basis. We support balancing your work and private life by offering the benefits of flexible work arrangements.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff one CS 02 position located at Natural Resources Canada in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. A pool of fully or partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions at Natural Resources Canada at the CS-02 group and level with various tenures (determinate period or permanent), various linguistic requirements (imperative and/or non-imperative), language requirements (English Essential, French Essential, English or French Essential and Bilingual) and profiles (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, etc.), various security requirements (Reliability Status, Secret), various conditions of employment and for various locations.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

• 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.
- It is a 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.
- 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 via 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

Recent * experience in administration, support and maintenance of software and hardware for one or more technology platforms
Recent * experience configuring and supporting operating systems such as UNIX, Linux and Microsoft Windows Server in a networked environment
Experience with programming and/or scripting languages such as C++, C#, python and Bash

*Recent is defined as experience that has been acquired within the last three (3) years.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

Experience writing code to manipulate scientific data
Experience manipulating binary files

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of networking such as TCP/IP and Ethernet
Knowledge of management and operation of RAID systems
Knowledge of network file sharing between Windows and Linux systems
Knowledge of standard UNIX/Linux backup utilities and procedures
Knowledge of Unix/Linux command line environment

Ability to analyze technical issues, make recommendations, and resolve problems in networked Unix/Linux and Windows environments
Ability to work as a team member providing IT support to research teams
Ability to communicate effectively in writing
Ability to communicate effectively orally

Effective interpersonal skills
Adaptability
Dependability

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

Post-secondary degree in geophysics, physics, geology, earth science or engineering

Degree equivalency

Knowledge of seismic data acquisition and processing

Willing and able to work overtime as required and to adopt flexible work hours as per operational requirements

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Ability to lift 10 kg

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

The hiring organization will accept applications on-line only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System. To submit an application on-line, please select the button “Apply Online” below. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

Reference checks may/will be sought
An interview may/will be sought
A written examination may/will be administered

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.
Candidates from outside the public service may be required to pay for travel and relocation costs associated with this selection process.
Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position

Random selection and/or top-down selection may be used at any time during the process to identify which applicants will be further assessed.

Natural Resources Canada is committed to employment equity and building strength through diversity. We welcome applications from qualified people and encourage members of the designated groups (Aboriginal Peoples, Persons with Disabilities, Visible Minorities and Women) to apply and to self-identify.


For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email for screening and assessment purposes. This will include communication of screening results and invitations to written tests and interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is also the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.

We thank all applicants for their interest in our position(s). For the purpose of this staffing process, only candidates selected for further assessment will be contacted.

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.