Senior Programmer Analyst

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Are you an experienced developer with strong JAVA skills, with interest in building high-performing, scalable and enterprise-grade applications? Well, bring your technical expertise and consulting services to the Community Services I&IT Cluster for the development, implementation and technology support of the iACCESS Solutions Branch.

To join the Ontario Public Service is to join one of Canada's Top Employers for 2017, an organization that offers challenging, rewarding work together with a defined benefit pension plan and a comprehensive group insurance plan covering basic life insurance, health, dental, vision care/hearing, and long term income protection.

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About the job

You will:

• provide specialized systems design, development and expert technical consultation to client management
• lead and/or advise on business systems needs analysis and systems business application planning, design, testing and customization
• develop business cases for recommended systems and applications
• design and implement new applications and changes to business application systems

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What you bring to the team

Technical skills and knowledge:

You have:
• expert knowledge of programming, business analysis, systems requirements gathering, systems analysis and proficiency in the Unified Markup Language (UML)
• demonstrated knowledge of software change management
• excellent knowledge of systems design/development, data modelling and related methods, techniques, practices and standards
• knowledge of object-oriented development using Java EE (J2EE) technologies such as JSF, Spring, MyBatis and Hibernate ORM Framework, EJBs, Servlets, Core Java, WebSphere 8 +, Oracle, JDBC, itext, Jasper Report, Crystal Report, Spring Batch, Aspects; web based applications implementing with MVC framework, Apache MyFaces, Richfaces, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, Bootstrap, Foundation, Perl, NodeJs, RESTful Services and SML; Multiple platforms Solaris/Linux/Windows and system testing methods; IBM RAD 8, Eclipse, Maven, Junit, ANT Build and other open source tools
• demonstrated ability to use data model tools such as RSA, Erwin or ER/Studio
• knowledge of application deployment, maintenance and networking
• knowledge of software quality assurance and testing

Project management skills:

You have:
• demonstrated knowledge of project management methodology to provide technical leadership and advice
• knowledge of cost benefit analysis methods and techniques to prepare business cases, conduct feasibility studies, and prepare cost and resource estimates

Analytical and problem-solving skills:

You have:
• analytical skills to assess clients' business information and systems needs and recommend design alternatives

Communication skills:

You have:
• written communication skills to prepare systems design documents, business cases, systems documentation and users manuals
• communication and presentation skills to discuss business requirements with clients and to present and discuss options and technical analysis with a variety of audiences (technical and non-technical)

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Additional information:

Note:

• T-EU-108112/17

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.