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Assessment accommodation

Work environment

Are you looking for a challenging IT career opportunity? Would you like to work in a dynamic team for a world renowned Statistical Agency? Statistics Canada is currently for IT professionals to join our team!

What do you need to know about us:

- You will be working at Tunney’s Pasture, in Ottawa. We are close to transit lines (and the future light-rail train), coffee shops and restaurants. In our buildings you also have access to a food court, a small shop and a gym.

- Our offices are bright and open.

- We offer a stimulating and pleasant environment. Our social committee is engaged and creative, offering multiple activities throughout the year.

- We have a wide variety of social groups including: sports teams, choirs, Toastmasters, mentoring groups, special interest groups, gaming groups, Indigenous groups, and many more.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified pool of candidates may be established to staff similar positions with various tenures, security, and linguistic requirements within the IT Field of Statistics Canada in the National Capital Region.

Positions to be filled: 2

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 (2) 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

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.

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 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.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

Experience creating web sites or web applications with PHP or Drupal.

KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle methodologies.

Knowledge of theory, trends and best practices in application development and maintenance.

Knowledge of Drupal.

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

English or French

Information on language requirements

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:

PS1. Adaptability
PS2. Communication
PS3. Client Focus
PS4. Initiative
PS5. Teamwork

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

ASSET EDUCATION:

AEd: Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Management or a related IT field.

Notes :

1. 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.

2. The term "degree" refers to a baccalaureate or a higher level degree, as established by educational authorities.

Degree equivalency

ASSET EXPERIENCE:

A1. Experience with Apache HTTP or IIS or NGINX.
A2. Experience interpreting and applying Government of Canada web standards to web sites (WET, WCAG AA).
A3. Experience using versioning control systems such as GIT, SVN or TFS.
A4. Experience using Continuous Integration frameworks such as Travis, Circle, Jenkins, etc.
A5. Experience in application configuration and installation on servers and integration of those applications with multiple technology and infrastructure components.
A6. Experience with Javascript Frameworks such as JQuery, Dojo, etc.
A7. Experience with the WETKIT or WXT Drupal Distribution
A8. Experience with Drupal 8
A9. Experience with Spark
A10. Experience with Hadoop
A11. Experience with Big Data
A12. Experience with Solr/Elastic Search Technologies
A13. Experience with ELK Stack
A14. Experience with Jupyter Notebooks

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 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
Candidates must meet all essential qualifications to be appointed to the position. However, a person may be appointed to the position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. Meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

All correspondence will be done through e-mail. Candidates must provide a valid e-mail address and it is their responsibility to notify us of any changes.

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

The asset qualifications may be used at any point in the process.

A written examination may be administered.

An interview will be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

You may be asked to provide proof of your educational credentials.

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 who have been assessed and found to have met all essential qualifications may update their Second Language Evaluation (SLE) results for as long as the pool(s) is/are valid. Please note that candidates can undergo SLE testing only once within the context of a selection process; any update to a candidate’s linguistic profile must be as a result of subsequent SLE testing done outside of the scope of this selection process.

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.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.
We thank all those who apply.

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.