Ground Segment/Data Infrastructure Engineer

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

The hiring organization will accept applications on-line only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System. To submit an application on-line, please select the button “Apply Online” below. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

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.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications (assets) may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications (assets) will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification, including dates/date ranges. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

Work environment

Our offices are in the Sir William Logan Building at 580 Booth Street in Ottawa’s Little Italy neighbourhood, steps away from Dow’s Lake, the Rideau Canal, the Arboretum and Preston Street. Lunch time walks or runs, skating in the winter, lunches or after work gatherings at wide variety of eateries and/or pubs offer quality of life additions to busy workdays. The Sir William Logan Building is also close to the O-Train and major bus routes. For the time being our employees at working from home and discussions regarding the future of work and hybrid models are being discussed.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates will be established from this process which may be used to staff similar positions at Natural Resources Canada across Canada, with tenures (i.e. Indeterminate, Term, Acting, Deployment, Assignment) and/or with language requirements/profiles (i.e. English Essential, Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB; Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC; Bilingual Imperative CCC/CCC) and/or with security requirements (i.e. Reliability, Secret, Top Secret) which may vary according to the position to be staffed.

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:
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, aeronautical engineering, geological engineering, naval architecture or some other engineering specialty relevant to the duties of the position.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
· Significant* experience in defining system requirements and system interfaces
· Experience in contract management, including writing and keeping up-to-date formal contract documentation
· Significant* and Recent* experience in leading the planning, implementation, management and formal documentation of engineering or research projects
· Experience in negotiation and writing agreements and obtaining final approval from senior management*
· Experience in working with stakeholders – (internal and/or external to government {for example, industry, academia, clients, research centers, international governments}) on technical and/or programmatic issues and/or projects

*Significant experience is defined as experience acquired over a period of approximately 5 years
*Recent experience is defined as experience acquired in the last 5 years.
*Senior management is defined as Director-level and above.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS
Education
· Graduate degree in a relevant field (e.g. MEng, MBA, MSc, etc.)

Degree equivalency

Experience:
· Designing , implementing , testing, operating or working with any of:
o satellite communication systems
o satellite ground segment systems including multiple interfaced systems
o network and system security
o network and system analysis and optimization
o Cloud architectures
· Delivering Orbital analysis

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
· Knowledge of ground segment systems and operations

Competencies:
· Effective interpersonal skills
· Initiative
· Dependability

Abilities:
· Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
· Ability to communicate effectively orally.
· Ability to research, analyze and resolve technical issues and make recommendations.
· Ability to plan and manage projects.

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

Knowledge:
· Of Natural Resources Canada’s role in space-based Earth observation
· Knowledge of emerging technologies related to ground segment systems and operations

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
· Natural Resources Canada is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. This organizational need may be identified as part of the appointment decision. In such cases, qualified candidates who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities or women (in non-traditional occupations) could be considered in priority.

Operational Requirements:
· Willing and able to work via video and teleconference on a regular basis
· Willing and able to travel within Canada and abroad, including travel by car, rail and air
· Willing and able to work overtime as required and to adopt flexible work hours as per operational requirements
· Periods of intense / high-pressure activity

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

• All employees of the core public administration are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and attest to their vaccination status unless accommodated based on a medical contraindication, religion, or another prohibited ground for discrimination as defined under 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

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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

You must provide proof of your education credentials. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

References must have an in-depth and direct knowledge of your work, and must be able to answer specific questions pertaining to your achievements and strengths.

An interview may be conducted.

A written examination may be administered.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may be required to meet the other qualifications, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

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 must meet the conditions of employment and continue to meet these same conditions during their employment.

Random selection and/or top-down selection may be used at any time during the process to identify which applicants will be further assessed.

Natural Resources Canada is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. This organizational need may be identified as part of the appointment decision. In such cases, qualified candidates who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities or women (in non-traditional occupations) could be considered in priority.

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.