The Alberta Post-Secondary Application System (APAS) is a not-for profit organization comprising the 26 public post-secondary institutions in Alberta. APAS owns and operates the ApplyAlberta online application and transcript transfer system, which anyone can use to apply for admission to programs at one or more of those institutions.

The Senior Application Developer will deliver applications programming and analysis tasks as part of a system development process as well as provide application support, maintenance and enhancements. An Application Developer applies a broad knowledge of various technical areas to foresee and rectify certain problem areas within technology or with a mix of technologies, but the focus is to ensure a certain business/functional use case is solved with the help of technology.

• Liaise with business units and program areas to ensure solutions meet current and strategic ministry needs.
• Align development team to follow Application Architecture.
• Write code for the most complex Functional and Technical Designs with minimal defects.
• Define non-functional requirements (Performance, Availability, Portability, Recovery / Recoverability etc.).
• Assess technical impacts up front and recommend better ways of designing application to ease the development.
• Produce Technical Design, Database structure and Application Architecture for a new average to high complex application.
• Seek for the best technical design solution that respects budget and timeline. Advocate the re-use of existing components/frameworks.
• Innovate in providing better efficient ways to design application.
• Review Technical Designs from other developers and recommend optimization if necessary.
• Evaluate, with assistance, the quality of the product being delivered, and take action to improve situations.
• Assist/Execute performance/penetration tests and troubleshoot issues at the system level.
• Isolate root cause of issues and provide solution options/recommendations.
• Provide tracking and reporting of time and status on all work, as required.
• Contribute to the creation of the Application Lifecycle Planning.
• Identify and coordinate release schedules.
• Identify service requests and priorities with customers.
• Ensure planned releases remain on schedule.

Work Requirements

• Standard Hours of work are 8:15 to 4:30 with a 1 hour lunch break Alberta time, Monday through Friday excluding holidays observed by the province.
• Location: #4-213 Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Avenue NW, Edmonton AB, T5J 4P6
• The expectation will be for the resource to work from the office 1 to 2 days a Month
• Work must be done within Canada/Alberta/North America

This resource will primarily work remotely; however, the resource may be required to attend meetings or work sessions in office on reasonable notice from the Province. At the time of providing such notice, the Province will advise of the expected duration of any such meetings or work sessions. However, time to travel and any associated expenses to and from Edmonton and/or travel within Alberta will be at no cost to the Province.
Evaluation

The evaluation criteria will be distributed within the following categories. Subject to the requirements of FOIP, the evaluation of Responses shall be confidential, and not released to any party.

1. Requirements - 30%
3. Interview - 60%
4. Pricing - 10%

Anticipated Interviews dates:

• Interviews are estimated to start June 17, 2025, this is an estimate only.

Incumbency: 

• There two incumbencies for the two position requested. However, for this and all other opportunities, the Ministry seeks the best person to fill the role.

Mandatory Training Courses:

• Once hired the resource will be required to complete all mandatory training which includes but not limited to Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Security/Cybersecurity, Information Management, and Respect in the Workplace. There may also be other mandatory and/or optional training.

ALL REQUIRED EXPERIENCE MUST BE DESCRIBED IN RESUME UNDER THE JOB/PROJECT WHERE EXPERIENCE WAS ATTAINED.

EACH JOB/PROJECT MUST CONTAIN THE TERM OF THE JOB/PROJECT IN THE FORMAT MMM/YYYY to MMM/YYYY.