Technical Analyst

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Assessment accommodation

Intent of the process

A pool of fully 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 indeterminate, acting etc.), various linguistic requirements (English Essential, French Essential, English or French Essential, and Bilingual imperative) and profile(s) (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, etc.), various security requirements (i.e. Reliability, Secret, Top Secret), various conditions of employment and for various locations.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 2,000 words (maximum)

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 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

Experience
· Designing, developing, integrating, documenting, and maintaining systems such as databases, dashboard, and software
· Participating in and leading projects of limited scope or components of larger projects related to IMIT (Information Management Information Technology)
· Providing technical assistance, services and advice to clients and/or project teams related to IMIT
· Working with high-level programming languages

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

English or French

Information on language requirements

Knowledge
· Of advanced programming tools
· Of computer science theories and principles including computer systems design, programming and testing techniques and practices
· Of data gathering and preliminary analysis techniques

Abilities & Competencies
· Demonstrating integrity and respect
· Thinking things through
· Working effectively with others
· Showing initiative and being action-oriented

Personal Suitability
· Creativity
· Flexibility
· Focus on results
· Integrity
· Teamwork

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

Education
Successful completion of a bachelor’s degree from a 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

Knowledge
· Of project management principles, methods and techniques
· Of the practices governing the management of financial, human, and technical resources
· Of the technical aspects of networks including local, wide and storage area networks

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
· Willing and able to work overtime as required and to adopt flexible work hours as per operational requirements
· The work requires long periods of sustained attention to a computer screen

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Other Conditions of Employment
· Willing and able to work flexible hours and overtime

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

It is your responsibility to keep your personal data in your PSRS Applicant Account up-to-date and to check your email account regularly to ensure that you do not miss out on any opportunities.

A written examination may be administered.
An interview will be conducted.
Reference will be sought.

All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the candidates.

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.

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.

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.