Applications Analyst and Systems Administrator

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Assessment accommodation

!!! HOW TO APPLY !!!

Respond to Screening Questions.

Candidates are not required to submit a cover letter. Instead, candidates will be asked to answer screening questions for each essential and asset criteria (education and experience) through the electronic application. Candidates will have to provide concrete examples for each screening question demonstrating how they have acquired the education and experience criteria in one or two paragraphs. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the qualification is met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities.

You must clearly demonstrate in your application how you meet the Education requirements listed in the Essential Qualifications section below. Please indicate:
• Institution name, city, province/state, country
• Program name and duration
• Period of time spent at the institution (Year-Month to Year-Month)
• Successful completion of program (degree, diploma, certificate received)

Asset Qualifications:
You must indicate "NO" if you do not have experience in performing a task listed in the section entitled "Asset Qualifications". Responding “NO” to one or more of these non-essential experience questions will not result in the rejection of your application. If you answer “YES” to a non-essential experience question, you should provide information in the format mentioned above to ensure that the assessors are in a position to assess the depth, complexity, and scope of your experience. This will ensure that you can be considered for a specific appointment where asset qualifications would be used.

Duties

As a member of the Information Systems Services Division (ISSD), you will collaborate with a small team of developers in support of services provided to federally appointed judges.

You will have the opportunity to work on the development of new web applications using different environments and frameworks including Visual Studio 2022 and ASP.NET Core, Azure and Azure DevOps and Microsoft SQL Server. You will also help to maintain existing .NET WebForms applications and related databases and reports.

You’ll help to gather, analyze and document business requirements prior to the implementation of technical solutions, and you will be provided with opportunities for training in order to improve your skillset.

Work environment

The Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs (FJA) was established in 1978 in order to create an independent entity tasked with providing services to approximately 1200 active and 850 retired federally appointed judges and their survivors.

FJA is part of the Core Public Administration and is not serviced by the Pay Centre. We have our own compensation team. FJA has approximately 70 employees. Our offices are located at 99 Metcalfe Street, in the heart of downtown Ottawa. The area is served by all major bus routes and a light rail station, and employees have access in the building to amenities such as kitchens, showers, change rooms, secure bicycle storage and underground parking. At the corner of our building, we have a Second Cup, a Starbucks and a Tim Hortons.

Since April 1, 2023, all employees are expected to balance working remotely with being on site up to a maximum of 3 days per week (2 days per week in the office).

ISSD employees meet two days per week in our offices in order to facilitate collaboration, and work the remaining three days remotely.

Intent of the process

CURRENT NEEDS: The immediate intent of this selection process is to staff one (1) permanent position in Ottawa, Ontario.

FUTURE NEEDS: A fully or partially assessed pool may be created and may be used to staff identical or similar positions at the same - or equivalent - group and level, with various linguistic requirements, tenures and security clearance within the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs 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.

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:
EX1: Experience in the design, development, testing, and maintenance of web-based application systems.
EX2: Experience in relational database development and maintenance, such as creating and modifying tables, views and Transact-SQL stored procedures and functions.
EX3: Experience in gathering and analyzing business requirements and translating them into functional IM/IT solutions.

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

ASSETS QUALIFICATIONS:
EXPERIENCE:
AE1: Experience developing and maintaining web applications using the .NET Framework (C#, ASP.NET/ASP.NET Core, MVC).
AE2: Experience in Microsoft SQL Server database infrastructure management such as Windows server management, maintenance plans and account and permissions management.
AE3: Experience designing and building reports using Crystal Reports or SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
AE4: Experience in the configuration and administration of Windows Server (2019 and up) and Internet Information Services (IIS).
AE5: Experience working with Azure DevOps and version control systems such as Git and Team Foundation Server (TFS).
AE6: Experience deploying and maintaining web applications in an Azure environment.
AE7: Experience working with container-related technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes.
AE8: Experience in the configuration and administration of GCDOCS (Content Server).
AE9: Experience in the configuration and administration of CCM Enterprise.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB
English or French essential

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

KNOWLEDGE:
K1: Knowledge of web application development frameworks and programming languages (for example: HTML, JavaScript, ASP.NET, SQL, C#, LINQ, etc.).

ABILITIES:
A1: Ability to communicate orally
A2: Ability to communicate in writing

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
PS1: Judgment
PS2: Attention to detail
PS3: Interpersonal skills
PS4: Teamwork

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

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
Willing and able to work overtime on short notice

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status 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

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.

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

The screening questions and résumé may be used to evaluate the ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Further assessment may be conducted on the experience provided depending on the position to fill.

The selection committee reserves all rights to use any methods that they deem appropriate in order to evaluate the candidates (written examination, interview, reference check, performance agreement, etc.).

Proof of your education credentials will be required at a later date. Candidates with foreign education credentials are required to provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Any applicable fees are the responsibility of the candidate.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed. Meeting one or many of the other qualifications may be a deciding factor in appointing a particular candidate amongst the qualified candidates. Please note that one, some or all of the asset qualifications could be used at any stage of the staffing process.

It is important to note that in order to manage the volume of applications, the selection committee may at any time decide to use various strategies such as the application of one or more assets, the top-down selection or other strategies.

Please note that achieving a pass mark on any of the assessment used does not mean you will move forward in the selection process. Management may decide to use a cut-off mark that is higher than the pass mark on any evaluation used throughout the process.

For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with the candidates by email. Candidates who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

For Government of Canada employees: please clearly identify your substantive group and level, and your employment status, and Personal Record Identifier (PRI) in your application (if available).

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment.

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.