Software Developer – Senior

Job Title: RQ11105 Software Developer Senior
Client: Central Agencies Cluster
Ministry: Ministry of Treasury Board Secretariat

Location: 222 Jarvis Street Toronto Ontario
Work Model: 5 Days Onsite

Onsite Work Requirement: The successful candidate is expected to work onsite five days per week for 7.25 hours per calendar day between the standard working hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (excluding lunch breaks) Monday to Friday inclusive at the identified OPS office location.

Responsibilities:

Required to translate technical systems specifications into working tested applications. This includes:
developing detailed programming specifications
writing and/or generating code
compiling data-driven programs maintaining and conducting unit tests

Resolves and troubleshoots technical problems which arise during the use and operation of software packages including technical assistance in implementation conversion and migrations

General Skills:

Experience in programming and analysis; specialized software package support at the specified experience level
Ability to collaborate with IT Professionals throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Experience in structured methodologies for the development design implementation and maintenance of applications
Experience in design code test debug and document applications
Experience in the use of object and/or third generation language development tools
Experience in one or more programming languages
Experience in application design latest design patters deployment and troubleshooting
Experience with relational and hierarchical database technologies
Experience in the use of information retrieval packages using query languages
Experience with one or more communications protocols
Experience in structured methodologies for the design development implementation and maintenance of applications
Experience eliciting and documenting information from diverse business area stakeholders and subject matter experts
Excellent analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills
A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

Desirable Skills:

Knowledge and experience with programming Internet-ready applications
Knowledge and experience in rapid application development (RAD) methodologies
Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles concepts policies and practices
Experience with middleware and gateways
Experience reviewing analyzing and modifying product installation scripts including encoding testing debugging
Ability to provide post-implementation support and resolve any post-implementation technical issues
Experience conducting design walkthrough sessions with project team
Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
Ability to provide user and system documentation as required
Ability to integrate and maintain a mass emailing and marketing service such as SendGrid
Ability to use AI (GitHub Copilot) as part of the SDLC process

Responsibilities/Assignment Deliverables

The Developers will be responsible for translating business requirements and technical system specifications into working tested applications. This would involve doing analysis & design based on requirements writing code and conducting unit tests.

Mandatory Skills:

10 years experience in developing n-tier Enterprise applications
10 years hands-on development with C# .Net Framework (Version 4.6 and above)
Must have extensive experience with C# .NET CORE RAZOR BLAZOR SAX BASIC and Entity framework
Expertise in MVC Framework Angular (Version 2 and above)
Extensive hands-on development & troubleshooting experience on Azure App services
Expertise in Web services Web API
Proficient working with Databases MS SQL and Azure DocumentDB
In depth knowledge of application security and performance best practices
In depth knowledge of client side web development : HTML CSS JavaScript
Familar with Google Analytics
Familiar with agile development methodology
Proficient with Azure DevOps or similar tools (e.g. JIRA) including the use of CI/CD pipelines

Nice to Have Skills:

Agile development experience - Scrum User Stories CI/CD TDD Automated Tests etc.
User experience design
Meeting accessibility standards such as Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Web UI design mobile-first design and development principles
Microsoft Azure file storage Cosmos DB GIT
AI (GitHub Copilot)
Ability to integrate and maintain a mass emailing and marketing service such as SendGrid

All positions require the following soft skills:

Be a good team player
Sound time management (working with multiple projects)
Excellent communication skill

Programming / Development skills

10 years of demonstrated experience in developing N-tier enterprise application.
10 years of demonstrated experience of developing frameworks C# (Version 4.6 and above).

Technical Skills

Demonstrated experience of developing applications using Angular 2 and above.
Demonstrated experience of web development using HTML CSS and JavaScript.
Demonstrated experience working Framework - MVC Web services Web API.
Demonstrated experience in development & troubleshooting experience on Microsoft Azure App services.

Other skills

Demonstrated experience of writing SQL and Stored Procedures (preferably in MS SQL and Cosmos DB)
Demonstrated user-experience (UX) design to ensure a great user-centered experience iterate it in accordance with user-testing.
Demonstrated experience of using Agile Methodologies.

10 years experience in developing n-tier Enterprise applications
10 years hands-on development with C# .Net Framework (Version 4.6 and above)
Must have extensive experience with C# .NET CORE RAZOR BLAZOR SAX BASIC and Entity framework
Expertise in Web services Web API
In depth knowledge of client side web development : HTML CSS JavaScript

Nice to have:

OPS or Public Sector
Experience working within an enterprise organization