**Amended: The only change to this job ad is that the job ad is now posted as Open to all applicants (internal and external).**
Are you looking for your next career move? Looking for a challenging role where you can make a difference? If so, consider this opportunity with the Treasury Board Secretariat, Cloud Services of the Central Agencies I&IT Cluster.
In this role, you will use your business knowledge and technical skills to deliver cost-effective solutions and services to our clients.
Note: This position is located at 222 Jarvis Street, Toronto or 33 King Street West Oshawa; however, alternate work arrangements including flexible hours, hybrid remote work, and compressed work week may be available.
OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:
We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.
We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.
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We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's
Human Rights Code. Refer to the "How to apply" section if you require a disability-related accommodation.
What can I expect to do in this role?
As a Senior Systems Analyst, you will:
• Provide leadership on projects, including leading other project team members to analyze business needs in relation to program and service delivery requirements.
• Conduct feasibility studies and cost/benefit analysis on business and technical systems initiatives.
• Prepare estimates of cost and resource requirements, plan and coordinate schedules.
• Provide technical expertise and advice in complex systems analysis and design.
• Prepare technical recommendations in alignment with I&IT and client strategic priorities and goals.
• Coordinate and oversee testing and implementation of systems and applications.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, including clients, vendors and I&IT service providers, to meet service delivery requirements.
How do I qualify?
Technical Skills :
• You have experience configuring, and working with, Microsoft SharePoint.
• You have web development experience with HTML5, CSS3, and SCSS/SASS.
• You have strong scripting skills using ECMAScript/JavaScript, and jQuery, and experience working with AJAX and JSON.
• You have experience with hands-on development in C#/ASP.NET, including .NET Core.
• You have experience developing applications in MV* Front-end frameworks such as Angular using TypeScript.
• You have experience working with REST APIs, SQL, and non-relational databases such as Cosmos DB.
• You have experience with Git and knowledge of source control strategies.
• You have knowledge of accessibility and security standards such as WCAG/WAI-ARIA and OWASP.
• You have superior knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint configuration, administration, and client-side development using SOAP/REST.
• You have experience working with Service Workers and IndexedDB.
• You have experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud and DevOps.
• You have experience with Azure Functions.
• You have experience writing scripts with Python.
Knowledge:
• You have knowledge of business systems and infrastructure technologies in order to provide leadership in the identification and evaluation of information technology options for business areas, the development of new systems or systems modifications, and the deployment of, or enhancements to, infrastructure solutions.
• You have knowledge of theory and principles of systems design and development, and related methods, techniques, and practices, to provide leadership for the analysis and definition of business and information technology requirements, design, development, testing, and implementation of systems solutions, and evaluation of hardware and software.
• You maintain current knowledge of trends and advances in information technology.
• You have production support experience, including knowledge of service activation and sustainment practices and processes.
Communication Skills:
• You can lead discussion of systems development options and technical processes with the project team.
• You can lead client meetings and workshops to validate business requirements.
• You can lead discussions with the development team and other delivery partners to translate business requirements into technical system requirements.
• You can discuss development and operational recommendations, given limitations and considerations, in clear non-technical terms.
• You can prepare project reports and presentations, business cases, and systems documentation and manuals.
• You can provide input to the negotiation of contracts with vendors of services, equipment, hardware, and software, within pre-determined parameters, including assigning, reviewing, and ensuring quality of work.
• You can deliver presentations to the development and client audiences.
Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills:
• You have the analytical and problem-solving skills required to assess business priorities and needs of business areas.
• You can evaluate business and technical design alternatives.
• You can propose IT solutions which are cost-effective and improve program/service delivery for business areas.
• You can establish use cases and traceability matrices based on business requirements.
Project Planning Knowledge:
• You have knowledge of project planning methodology and theory, along with the ability to acquire and apply knowledge of the Ministry's IT plan, to support the IT business planning process.
