Various IT-02 positions

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Assessment accommodation

Assessing your qualifications throughout the process:

Your role at every step of this process is to convince us that you have what we are looking for and to demonstrate it unequivocally. Be clear but brief, get to the point, but cover all the important elements. Don't assume we know.

This is your opportunity to sell yourself!

Duties

Technological Solutions Branch.

Stream 1, 2 and 3: This branch is responsible for the IT infrastructure and cybersecurity of the employees and the organization, as well as providing user support. It includes all elements of technology hardware and systems upgrades and technical support to users, as well as infrastructure project management. It also handles Microsoft 365 governance, change and new product release management, IT service and maintenance.

Digital Solutions Branch

Stream 4: This branch manages application development and business intelligence projects, including development in the Microsoft Power Platform and support for corporate applications. Collaboration with various clients (operations, finance, ...) is regular and essential to fulfill the mandate.

Work environment

CED is a small, agile organization within the federal government (less than 500 employees). Our head office is based in downtown Montreal, our offices are new and collaborative. Our employees are equipped with the latest in technology. Our workforce is representative of the population, it is possible to work in both French and English and colleagues come from all backgrounds and cultures. Unlike other very large organizations, we are called upon to work on multiple challenging projects and we quickly see the results of our efforts.

Working at CED means joining a dynamic and forward-looking team. It also means contributing directly to the realization of the Agency's mandate while seeing our contribution make a real difference.

Our salaries are competitive, we offer a wide range of attractive benefits, we value work-life balance and flexible work arrangements, and it is possible to telecommute for most of our positions.

At CED, you will not be a number, you will be a partner in our success!

Intent of the process

A pool of pre-qualified or fully qualified candidates may be created to staff similar or identical positions with various tenure, various linguistic profiles and security requirements within CED.

We have several permanent and temporary positions to fill, in the short and medium term:

- Project Management;
- IT Infrastructure Ops;
- Cyber Security;
- Digital Solutions.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

EDUCATIONS:
- Graduation from a two-year program of study from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.

OR the following alternative:
- An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience (will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis).

(Indeterminate incumbents in the CS group (on May 10, 1999) or in the IT group (on December 9, 2021) who do not possess the education prescribed above, are deemed to meet the minimum education standard 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 IT group).

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCES
Stream 1 : Project Management
- Experience in the development or deployment of technological solutions requiring the collaboration of multiple partners (for instance: users, IT stakeholders, external service providers, etc.).

Stream 2: IT Infrastructure Ops
- Significant** experience in systems administration and maintenance (e.g. Windows operating systems, Active Directory, software, storage servers and terminals in a network environment).

Stream 3: Cyber Security
- Recent* and significant** experience in researching, assessing, analyzing, or implementing cyber security controls or practices.

Stream 4: Digital Solutions
- Significant** experience in the analysis, development, or implementation of digital solutions such as: software, application, website, BI or CRM.

* A "recent experience" has generally been acquired over the last three years.

** Significant experience is defined as in-depth and varied experience gained by performing various complex activities for approximately six (6) months.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATION - FOR ALL STREAM
Depending on the position being staffed, one or some of the qualifications below may be considered as essential for the job. This doesn't mean that you must possess all qualifications, but these criteria may be a deciding factor in choosing the persons to be appointed.

EDUCATION:
- A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in software engineering, computer science, information technology or other computer-related field.

KNOWLEDGE:
- Knowledge of Microsoft 365 solutions, applications, and product and service trends;
- Knowledge of Security Operation Centre (SOC);
- Knowledge of security standards (NIST 800, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, etc.);
- Knowledge of cloud infrastructures (Azure, AWS, etc.);
- Knowledge of basic project or initiative management principles.

ABILITY:
- Strong ability to write and maintain technical documentation.

EXPERIENCES:
- Experience deploying and configuring Microsoft 365 applications (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Streams, etc.);
- Significant* experience in digital data manipulation: R, SQL, FetchXML, ETL tools (SSIS, Azure Data Factory or others);
- Significant* experience in Web Service integration (REST or SOAP);
- Significant* experience in analysis and development (Javascript, C#, Microsoft Power Fx);
- Significant* experience in BI analysis and development (Microsoft Power BI, Azure Data Lake);
- Significant* experience with Microsoft Power Apps (Canvas or Model-driven) or Power Portals;
- Significant* experience in Microsoft Power Automate or Azure Logic Apps analysis and development;
- Experience in PCF development in Power Apps Component Framework;
- Experience in Pipeline automation for the purpose of automating a DevOps process.

* "Significant experience" is defined as extensive and varied experience performing various complex activities for approximately six (6) months.

Degree equivalency

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

Various language requirements
We have essential French positions, as well as positions requiring fluency in French and English.

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

KNOLEDGE:
FOR ALL STREAMS.
- Knowledge of major labor market trends that impact the I.T. world.

ABILITIES AND SKILLS:
FOR ALL STREAMS.
- Achieve results;
- Collaborate effectively with partners and stakeholders;
- Autonomy and adaptability;
- Analytical Thinking;
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

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

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Willing and able to work overtime on occasion;
- Willing and able to travel on occasion.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
- Security Clearance : Reliability or Secret;
- Covid : All employees of the Core Public Administration are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and attest to their vaccination status, unless accommodation is made due to medical contraindication, religion, or other prohibited ground of discrimination as defined by the Canadian Human Rights Act.

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

For the purpose of workforce diversity, preference may be given to candidates who have identified themselves as members of one of the following employment equity groups: Aboriginal peoples, members of a visible minority group, persons with disabilities and women.

*ONLY APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED ONLINE WILL BE ACCEPTED*

Answering selection questions may take time. However, your answers to the questions will determine whether you prequalify in the selection process. Candidates are therefore encouraged to allow sufficient time to provide relevant and complete answers.

Applicants who do not provide the information requested in a CLEAR manner may have their application REJECTED. In addition, we will not contact applicants if any information is missing or incomplete.

To be appointed to a position, you must have all the essential qualifications. Other qualifications may be taken into account in the choice of the person appointed.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, 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.