To respond to the priorities of the Government of Ontario through the passage of the Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act 2025, the resource may be partially assigned to Bill 5 related projects or initiatives on an as needed basis.

Hybrid work: 2 days in the office at 40 St. Claire Avenue West, Toronto. and 3 days remote from home office within Ontario; 

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
• 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
• Lead all development activities for the assigned system components which includes, but is not limited to, coding, documentation, unit testing, defect resolution;
• Work closely with systems analysts during the design review sessions to provide instruction and recommendations on best coding design, impacts and options;
• Work closely with business analysts and quality assurance analysts to confirm that the application code meets the business and system requirements that are outlined in the detailed design, during the analysis and user acceptance, testing, and implementation phases of the development lifecycle;
• Assist systems analysts in the documentation of design, functional, and technical specifications and deployment guides;
• Ability to work in an Agile Scrum methodology framework;
• Participate in all phases of the systems development lifecycle from analysis and design, development and coding, acceptance testing, and implementation, and work with project team members to review, evaluate, and approve project deliverables and documentation;
• Develop and code, including links, application components prototypes as a proof-of concept during design phase, as assigned;
• Coding, testing, and debugging of the code drop/code release developed based on the assigned application components;
• Code all assigned application components in accordance with the approved detailed design specifications;
• Prepare code drop/code release deployment packages in preparation for release to production, and co-ordinate code deployment into various environments (i.e. test, staging, and production);
• Conduct and assist in code and design reviews;
• Provide accurate estimates for newly proposed functionality/enhancements and review the estimates from other team members for completeness and accuracy;
• Work with the Cluster technical staff to identify performance and/or availability issues for the code drop/code release developed and provide solutions;
• Lead development activities during the defect resolution cycle during the acceptance test Write database scripts for assigned application components;
• Obtain Client or Cluster application architect approval for all code drop/code release changes for assigned application components;
• Experience in developing AngularJS or NodeJS based application Experience with Jasper reports Experience with PDF development Develop and code system components that are compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005;
• Provide a defect free code drop/code release according to the Cluster’s development standards for the assigned application components;
• Provide quality assurance for the code drop/code release (includes: unit testing, functional testing, load testing, tuning and regression testing, providing defect resolution and a fully tested application component);
• Provide documented source code for the assigned application components and obtain approval, acceptance, and sign-off by the Cluster on the final code drop/code release;
• Obtain acceptance and approval by the Cluster and the project team for all assigned deliverables; Ensure all artefacts are in compliance with Government of Ontario –Information Technology Standards (GO ITS) 54 Standards;
• Actively participate in and contribute to weekly project team meetings and document review meetings, and when required facilitate and lead meetings;
• Provide daily report confirming status of the assigned tasks in a kanban setting

Application Modeling Tool: Rational Software Architect v.8.0

Application Server: IBM WebSphere Application Server (ND) 8.x, IBM Business Process Manager 8x, Liberty 8.x

Database: Microsoft Access®, Oracle Enterprise Edition , 11g,

Database Design Tool: Oracle Designer 10g and 11g

Development Environment: RAD 8.0 Websphere BPM v 8x, IBM ODM(ILog/JRule), Liberty 8.x

Development Language / Runtime Environment: Java™ Enterprise Edition,Java™, JavaScript™ , VB Script™, HTML, DHTML, XML, AJAX

Office Automation Tools: Microsoft Office, including Exchange/Outlook

Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows 10, SUN Solaris, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition - sp2

Server Platform: Windows 2008 and Sun Solaris

Tools: IBM/Rational® Products, Requirement Composer, Rational Application Developer for Websphere®, Liberty 8.x

Testing Tools: Mercury QuickTest Professional 10.x Astra LoadTest 5.4.3 (with Load Runner)

IBM AppScan Rational Quality Manager Rational Performance Tester

Web Browser: Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox©

Web Server: IBM HTTP Version 1.3.26 and IIS

• Very strong Web design and development experience, including Hyper Text Mark-up
• Very strong experience interfacing with Java services with BPM
• Language (HTML), Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), Cascade Style Sheets (CSS);
• Connectivity/Structured Query Language (JDBC/SQL);
• Strong experience building UI application using AngularJS , NodeJS
• Strong experience in Restful WebServices
• Strong knowledge of Java scripts.
• Experience interfacing with relational databases utilizing Java
• Experience developing AODA complaint applications
• Experience with different presentation and server side frameworks (e.g., Struts, Spring,
• Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), Java Persistence Application Programming Interface (JPA) etc);
• Understanding of Agile development methodology such as Scrum
• Experience with JEE application Servers, IBM WebSphere, Liberty 8.x;
• Experience with Web Services-security, application security (crypto Application Programming Interfaces (API));
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks at the same time.
• Must be able to work under pressure and in high paced environment.

Evaluation Criteria:

Development Experience - 35%

• Very strong experience interfacing with Java services with BPM
• Some experience in developing UI applications using latest web UI framework such as AngularJS and NodeJS
• Demonstrates experience in Restful WebServices
• Demonstrated experience with Javascript
• Demonstrates Web design and development experience, including Hyper Text Mark-up
• Language (HTML), Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), Cascade Style Sheets
• (CSS); Connectivity/Structured Query Language (JDBC/SQL)

Technologies Experience - 35%

• Experience with different presentation and server side frameworks such as Struts, Spring, Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), and Java Persistence Application Programming Interface (JPA)
• Experience with developing IBM ODM (Operational Decision Manager) based complex applications
• Demonstrates experience with SOA design and development, with strong emphasis on WSDL, Web Services and Rest Services
• Demonstrates experience with IBM WebSphere and Liberty
• Demonstrates experience with PDF development

Programming and Analysis Experience - 15%

• 10+ years of experience with the design and development of common utility components using JEE
• Demonstrates experience with the systems development life cycle from analysis and design, development and coding, acceptance testing, and implementation
• Experience in interfacing with relational databases utilizing Java
• Working knowledge of the Agile development methodology

Technical Skills and Compliance Experience - 10%

• Demonstrates experience in developing and coding system components that are compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005

Public Sector Experience - 5%

• Demonstrated experience with the MOE Modernization of Approvals platform, or similar
• SOA-based Public Sector modernization initiatives

Hybrid work: 2 days in the office at 40 St. Claire Avenue West, Toronto. and 3 days remote from home office within Ontario;