Job Title: Senior Software Developer
Job ID: RQ09474
Location: Toronto ON (Hybrid 3 days onsite at 5700 Yonge St. 2 days remote)
Duration: September 1 2025 April 5 2026 (with potential extension up to August 31 2026)
Client: Health Services Cluster Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Software Developer to join a government-led initiative within the Health Services Cluster. You will play a key role in designing developing and integrating enterprise-level IT systems across a multi-platform environment.
Responsibilities
- Conduct requirements analysis in collaboration with business analysts
- Design and document architecture (conceptual logical and physical)
- Lead and participate in architecture review checkpoints
- Develop system components and integrate them with other modules
- Conduct system unit and integration testing
- Develop technical and user documentation
- Collaborate with QA teams to support system testing (functional performance vulnerability)
- Facilitate knowledge transfer to technical team members
Must-Have Qualifications
- 10 years of experience in IT systems development across multiple platforms (web desktop mobile mainframe)
- Strong expertise with:
- Java EE technologies (JSP/Servlet EJB JNDI JDBC JMS)
- Web services (REST SOAP/WSDL JSON XML)
- Frameworks and platforms such as Struts WebSphere WebLogic Apache Tomcat
- RDBMS (Oracle 9 12) PL/SQL
- Development tools (Eclipse IntelliJ Git versioning/deployment tools)
- Demonstrated experience in full-stack development and systems integration
- Ability to lead technical teams and support solution design/code walkthroughs
- Experience with debugging system optimization and refactoring
- Strong understanding of enterprise security and quality control systems
- Effective communication and documentation skills for technical and non-technical audiences
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience working in the public sector or regulated environments
- Familiarity with:
- ITIL practices and project management methodologies
- PKI LDAP VPN security infrastructure
- Government architecture security and privacy standards
- Consulting experience particularly in stakeholder engagement and technical advisory roles
Soft Skills
- Strong interpersonal communication and consultation skills
- Ability to work on multiple concurrent assignments
- Comfortable leading discussions collaborating with diverse teams and engaging stakeholders