CS-03, Technical Advisor, Various Positions (15)

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15 permanent positions to staff within the following disciplines:
• Technical Advisor, Infrastructure / Operations;
• Technical Advisor, Application Development / Database and Data Administration;
• Technical Advisor, Enterprise Architecture;
• Technical Advisor, Security;
• Technical Advisor, IT Business Line Support Services;
• Project Leader / Technical Advisor, Planning.

When submitting your application, you MUST ANSWER questions regarding the education and experience requirements. You must CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE how you meet each of these requirements by answering the online questions. It is not sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to only provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather you must clearly demonstrate WHEN (month-year to month-year), WHERE and HOW you acquired each qualification by giving CONCRETE EXAMPLES. Information provided in your answers related to your education and experience must be supported in your resume. Failure to provide the above information in the format required WILL result in your application being rejected from the process. The information you provide in the questionnaire must be true.

Depending on the requirements of the positions being filled, any or all of the asset qualifications and organizational needs may be considered at any time during this process. These criteria may be a deciding factor in choosing the persons to be appointed.
** You MUST indicate if you possess the additional experiences. If you answer YES, it must be clearly indicated in your resume how you meet this experience.

Work environment

Explore the career options in the federal public service that line up with your interests and experience! Elections Canada has several positions available for Technical Advisors in applications development, as well as in IT operations and infrastructure support (including telecommunications), security, architecture, and project management.

Elections Canada’s technical environment includes development products such as Visual Studio (C#, .NET), Oracle databases and SQL Server, Microsoft products (Windows operating system and Microsoft productivity suite) and several COTS products (e.g. Sharepoint, CRM Dynamics, Cognos, ArcGis, OpenText). Elections Canada invests in Agile development methods, mobile application research and development, cloud computing and security control using specialized tools to improve the voter experience, strengthen elections security and simplify processes for election workers.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff 15 positions on a permanent basis. Nine (9) of them have a Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB linguistic profile. Six (6) of them have an English or French essential linguistic requirement. A pool of fully qualified and partially qualified candidates may be established to staff similar or identical positions within Elections Canada with various tenures.

Positions to be filled: 15

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.

Or

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.

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

- Recent* and significant** experience in one or more of the following IT/IM disciplines:
• Infrastructure/Operations;
• Application Development, Database and Data Administration;
• Enterprise Architecture;
• Security.

- Recent* and significant** experience in analysing and documenting client requirements and recommending solutions.

- Recent* and significant** experience in implementing IT solutions to achieve the objectives of the client or management.

* Recent experience refers to experience acquired over the past five (5) years.
** Significant experience refers to the experience acquired by the candidate in the performance of his/her main duties, normally for a period of at least three (3) years or more in carrying out the full range of activities described.

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

ASSET/EDUCATION

- Post-secondary diploma in the field of IM/IT;
- Post-graduate degree in the field of IM/IT;
- Post-secondary degree in Geomatics.

Degree equivalency

ASSET/ PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

Certification applicable to the position, such as cloud technologies, the Microsoft suite, ITIL, PMP, TOGAF, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, any SANS cyber security related GIAC certifications, Geomatics or GIS.
(ITIL: Information Technology Infrastructure Library;
PMP: Project Management Professional;
TOGAF: The Open Group Architecture Framework;
CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional;
CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor;
CISM: Certified Information Security Manager;
CRISC: Certified in Risk and Information System Control;
SANS: System Administration, Audit, Network, and Security;
GIAC: Global Information Assurance Certification.)

ASSET/ EXPERIENCES

- Recent* experience in participating in working groups or committees;
- Recent* experience in contributing to the documenting one or more architecture domains such as: application architecture, technology architecture, security architecture, business architecture, information architecture, cloud architecture or enterprise architecture;
- Recent* experience in maintaining or developing CRM solutions within Dynamics framework or ADX Studio;
- Recent* experience writing plugsin, workflow activities and actions for Dynamics 365;
- Recent* and significant** experience maintaining or developing .net applications;
- Recent* experience in maintaining or developing geospatial databases, or geospatial applications, or geospatial services;
- Recent* experience in developing with the ArcGIS platform;
- Recent* and significant** experience working with cyber security tools such as but not limited to firewalls, proxy systems, Intrusion Detection or Prevention Systems, Security Information and Event Management platforms, Virtual Private Network appliances or any other advanced security platforms (must describe how the tool/system relates to the field of cyber security);
- Recent* and significant** experience in the ongoing configuration, support or administration of relational databases;
- Recent* and significant** experience implementing solution for network infrastructure, telecommunication infrastructure or architecture;
- Recent* experience in telephony and contact centre technologies including Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Voice Recognition System (VRS), Automated Call Distribution (ACD), and /or Voice over IP (VoIP).

* Recent experience refers to experience acquired over the past five (5) years.
** Significant experience refers to the experience acquired by the candidate in the performance of his/her main duties, normally for a period of at least three (3) years or more in carrying out the full range of activities described.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB
English or French Essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE

- Knowledge of current government-wide IM/IT trends or best practices;
- Knowledge of industry trends or best practices in emerging technologies;
- Knowledge of IT testing practices.

KEY COMPETENCIES

- Client focus;
- Teamwork;
- Promote Innovation and Guide Change;
- Uphold integrity and respect.

ABILITIES

- Ability to analyse complex issues, formulate options and make recommendations;
- Ability to communicate effectively orally;
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

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

ASSET/KNOWLEDGE

- Knowledge of cloud technologies and best practices;
- Knowledge of project management principles and techniques;
- Knowledge of Microsoft COTS products.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

- Consent to observe strict political impartiality and neutrality for the duration of employment;
- Willingness and ability to work overtime on as when needed and on short notice;
- Willingness and ability to travel across Canada and/or abroad on an as needed basis.

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

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All job applications must be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System.

A written examination may be administered.

An interview may be administered. If you receive an invitation, we expect you to make yourself available. If you do not attend, we may reject your application. Additional applicants may be assessed at a later date.

You must provide proof of your education credentials and professional certification if applicable.

Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

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.