Technical Advisor, Application Development

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Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff 6 positions on an indeterminate (permanent) basis. Four (4) of these positions have an English or French linguistic profile and two (2) of them have a Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB linguistic requirements.

A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions within Elections Canada with various tenures (permanent or term).

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level, or equivalent may be considered for deployment.

Positions to be filled: 6

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

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, project 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 reassessed 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

EXPERIENCES
Recent* and significant** experience developing software solutions.
Recent* and significant** experience in analysing requirements and recommending IT solutions.
Recent* and significant** experience using software development best practices and software design methodologies.

NOTE: *Recent is defined as an experience having been acquired within the last five (5) years.
**Significant is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with full-time performance of duties for a period of approximately two (2) years

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)
English or French

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of current government-wide IM/IT trends or best practices.
Knowledge of IT Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including best practices and standards used in application development.
Knowledge of IT testing practices.

KEY COMPETENCIES
Teamwork
Promote Innovation and Guide Change
Achieve results

ABILITIES
Ability to diagnose and develop solutions to complex application development problems.
Ability to analyze business needs 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/EDUCATION
Post-secondary diploma in the field of IM/IT

Degree equivalency

ASSET/ EXPERIENCES
Experience working in IT projects using Agile Scrum.
Experience in developing a technical design of an initiative including the analysis of stakeholder needs to document requirements.
Experience in maintaining or developing geospatial databases, or geospatial applications, or geospatial services.
Experience in planning, developing and managing IT projects using a formal project management methodology.
Experience in maintaining or developing application databases, or extract, transform and load / replication between multiple databases.
Experience in selecting, installing or configuring Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) software.
Experience in maintaining or developing Microsoft Dynamics CRM solutions.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
1) Willingness and ability to work overtime when needed and on short notice.
2) Willingness and ability to travel across Canada and/or abroad on an as-needed basis.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Reliability

Other Conditions of Employment :
1) Consent to observe strict political impartiality and neutrality for the duration of employment.

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

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.