Technical Advisor, Application development, and database & data administration

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

On October 6, 2021, the Government of Canada announced details of its plans to require vaccination across the federal public service.
As per the new Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination for the Core Public Administration Including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, federal public servants in the Core Public Administration and members of the RCMP must attest to their vaccination status. The requirement for employees to be fully vaccinated applies whether they are teleworking, working remotely or working on-site. This is a condition of employment and it applies to indeterminate (permanent), determinate (term), casual, and student hiring. Should you reach the point in the selection process where it is necessary to verify terms and conditions of employment then the hiring manager or a human resources representative will contact you in order to complete an attestation.

The Government of Canada is committed to building a skilled workforce that is representative of Canada's diversity, which includes the recruitment of Canadian Veterans and releasing Canadian Armed Forces personnel:
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/public-service-jobs/canadian-armed-forces-members-veterans.html
We encourage applicants to identify any abilities, competencies, and/or experiences acquired through employment with the Canadian Armed Forces where applicable.

Work environment

At Natural Resources Canada, a Federal government job means developing leadership skills, fostering teamwork, and supporting creativity and innovation. We know it takes people from diverse pools of talent to make this happen. That is why we are looking for people like you. As an employee at Natural Resources Canada you can enjoy diverse employment opportunities, a range of career development programs, and a learning culture that supports you to learn on an ongoing basis. We support balancing your work and private life by offering the benefits of flexible work arrangements.

The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) offers a stimulating work environment with a passionate team and support work-private life balance. The GSC's Quebec City regional office is located at 490 de la Couronne Street, in the heart of a vibrant neighbourhood and is a French-speaking office. The building is close to restaurants, parks, walking and running trails, etc. Employees have access to amenities such as showers, locker rooms, a gym and a secure bike room, allowing them to enjoy activities year round.

The position is located in Quebec City. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is currently possible to carry out the tasks by telecommuting. Once the pandemic situation is over, the candidate must be available to perform his/her duties at the office at 490 de la Couronne, Quebec City.

Intent of the process

The intent of this selection process is to staff one (1) position on an indeterminate basis.

A pool of (fully or partially qualified) candidates will be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions at the IT-03 group and level within Natural Resources Canada with various tenures (determinate period or permanent), various language requirements (English Essential, French Essential, English or French Essential, or Bilingual), linguistic requirements (imperative and/or non-imperative) and profile(s) (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, etc.), various security requirements (Reliability status or Secret clearance), various conditions of employment and for various locations.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

Education
The minimum standard is:
• 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.
Note:
1. Indeterminate incumbents 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.
2. Indeterminate 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 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.
3. At the manager’s discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience may serve as an alternative to the minimum 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.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
• Significant* experience in applications and data architecture.
• Significant* experience in the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including analysis, design, development and testing, implementation, documentation, and evaluation.
• Recent** experience in analyzing requirements, designing IT solutions, and making recommendations to management.

*Significant is defined as the breadth and depth of experience associated with having performed a broad range of various, complex related activities over a period of at least 3 years.
** Recent is defined as being within the last two (2) years.

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

English or French

Information on language requirements

Abilities
• Ability to structure one's thoughts, formulate hypotheses and seek solutions
• Ability to formulate a plan of action to address an issue
• Ability to articulate and present a plan to various stakeholders
• Ability to communicate effectively orally
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing

Personal Suitabilities
• Initiative
• Willingness to learn
• Professional conscience

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

Asset Qualifications
• Master's or doctoral degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a relevant field of study.

Degree equivalency

• Experience implementing and securing IM/IT applications, software or databases in a cloud environment.
• Experience providing technical expertise in the architecture and design of cloud solutions.
• Experience with relational database modeling and SQL.
• Experience working with Agile methodologies (user stories, sprint planning, sprint retrospectives, sprint reviews, daily scrums, or backlog grooming).
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker).
• Experience with javascript
• Experience in web development
• Experience with machine learning/AI
• Recent experience in the maintenance of a system running on Linux.

Conditions of employment

- Security: Reliability
- 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
- Willingness and ability to work overtime.
- Willingness and ability to travel.

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

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.

The hiring organization will accept applications on-line only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Government of Canada jobs website. 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 the HR Advisor at the coordinates indicated on this poster.

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.

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

HOW TO APPLY:
You will be required to answer screening questions to demonstrate how you meet the Essential Qualifications (Education and all Essential Experiences).
When answering the screening questions, it is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current or past responsibilities. Rather, you must provide concrete examples of tasks you have accomplished with significant details to explain the WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and HOW you acquired each qualification.

For each experience criteria, please provide the following information:
1 - Name of the department or organization where the experience was acquired;
2 - Title of the position occupied and duration for which you exercised the functions; and
3 - Specific details of tasks or projects demonstrating how the experience was acquired and concrete examples.

Should your responses to the screening questions contain insufficient details to demonstrate that you meet the screening criteria, your application will not be given further consideration in this process. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.

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.