PeopleSoft Technical Advisor

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What’s in it for you:
• One of Canada’s Best Employers (Forbes 2021)
• A career within a dynamic and dedicated team
• Opportunities for advancement
• A wide variety of positions to diversify your career
• IRCC supports a hybrid workplace and telework or flexible work arrangements may be possible.

If you share our vision for a strong and inclusive Canada, come be a part of the IRCC Team!

If you think that you meet the experience listed below:
• Click "Apply online"
• Upload your resume
• Respond to the screening questions

***Please note that only applications received directly via GC Jobs will be accepted. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying online are asked to contact the persons listed below.***

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Work environment

Come join a team of people who are dedicated to building a stronger, better and more inclusive Canada. Our work helps to reunite families and protect displaced and persecuted people, while attracting top talent from across the globe to contribute to our social and economic prosperity. Both concepts are important - maximizing the social and economic benefits of managed migration is one of our main objectives. Whether we are working on temporary entry, permanent residency, citizenship, passports, or the many internal services that enable our work, we are helping to shape the welcoming, diverse, inclusive and prosperous country we want to be.

We recognize our responsibility and are fully committed to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, and finding and eliminating racism as well as systemic and structural barriers in our people management, policy and programs. In order to achieve this goal, we strongly encourage you to tell us if you belong to one or more of the following groups: Indigenous, Black and other racialized minorities, Persons with a Disability, Women and LGBTQ2+.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to fill one(1) immediate vacancy.

A pool of partially or fully qualified candidates may be established from this selection process and may be used to staff similar positions at an identical or equivalent group and level with various official language proficiencies, various security profiles, various tenures using various staffing mechanisms within Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

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:
• 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.

Notes:
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 working as a technical specialist in a PeopleSoft HR application
• Significant* experience developing PeopleSoft application modules using PeopleCode, SQR and Application Engine
• Significant* experience writing Data Manipulation Language (DML) in SQL

Definitions:
*Significant is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with the performance of the duties for a period of approximately one (1) year.

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

The following qualifications are "Asset Qualifications"

An asset qualification is considered a "nice to have." Asset qualifications may be used when considering best fit or future hiring needs. Candidates do not need to meet all of the following qualifications.

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS - EDUCATION:
• Certificate in Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
• PeopleSoft Certifications such as PeopleTools Certified Implementation Specialist and PeopleSoft Human Resources Certified Implementation Specialist.

Degree equivalency

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS - EXPERIENCE:
• Significant* experience in planning and/or directing the development and/or implementation of complex** IT enabled projects.
• Significant* experience in recommending successful strategies to reduce IT incidents in a Production environment.
• Significant* experience in the management and implementation of change initiatives, having significant impacts on Departmental personnel and/or external clients.
• Significant* experience developing technical architectures, frameworks and/or strategies for the PeopleSoft HR application.
• Significant* experience working with PeopleSoft tools such as PeopleTools Change Assistant and/or PSQuery and/or Integration Broker.

*Significant is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with the performance of the duties for a period of approximately one (1) year.
**Complex projects are with at least two (2) of the following characteristics: multidimensional, sensitive, confidential, affecting many partners or stakeholders, precedent setting, having a major impact on the public service.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
• Knowledge of best practices related to IM/IT project management.
• Knowledge of the PeopleSoft HR relational database model.
• Knowledge of PeopleSoft’s Application Designer.

COMPETENCIES:
• Judgement / Analytical Thinking
• Effective Interactive Communication (Oral & Written)
• Client Service Orientation
• Values and Ethics
• Adaptability and Flexibility

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS - KNOWLEDGE:
• Knowledge of software development best practices.
• Knowledge of PeopleSoft HR application version upgrades and/or data migration.
• Knowledge of current IM/IT environment and associated challenges as they relate to the Government of Canada direction and initiatives.

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
• Ability and willingness to carry a government-issued smartphone during and outside working hours.
• Ability and willingness to work overtime and on call as required.
• Ability and willingness to travel.
• Ability and willingness to work virtually (telework)

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

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

STEP 1 – INTRODUCE YOURSELF
Please make sure to fully answer the screening questions and provide details as the information you provide will be shared with hiring managers. Résumés will be used as a secondary source to validate the education and/or experience described in the screening questions.

STEP 2 – SHOW US!
If your application is screened in, you will be invited to the next stage of assessment which may include one or more of the following: an online exam, an interview and/or references.

STEP 3 – SECURITY CLEARANCE
The hiring department is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process. The process may involve reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, credit checks (if required) and fingerprints.

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Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

Candidates will be required to acknowledge through their application that they have read and understood IRCC's Confidentiality Agreement in order to be referred for assessment.

Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

Please note that your overall conduct and communications, including e-mail correspondence, throughout the entire process may be used in the assessment of qualifications and competencies.

Candidates must provide proof of education credentials at a later time in the process. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at https://www.cicic.ca/2/home.canada

The selection decision(s) may be based on one or more of the following criteria:
• Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the strengths and weaknesses of the work team.
• Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the specific duties of the position being staffed.
• Depth, breadth, type of work-specific experience.
• Level/degree of one or more competencies/qualifications.

We thank all those who apply.

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.