Job Location: Edmonton, AB Job Type: Contract Job Description:
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 and Data Architecture.
Write code for the most complex Functional and Technical Designs with minimal defects.
Hands on experience with building and managing data solutions using SQL and/or Python.
Experience in data modelling (star or snowflake schema), including designing and developing data models to support business requirements.
Develop and implement data warehouse solutions to support business intelligence and analytical needs.
Demonstrate strong commitment to Data Security and Compliance to protect sensitive information and enforce data governance in enterprise platforms (access control, security policies across platforms etc.).
Conduct data profiling to identify data trends, patterns and data quality issues.
Experience with software development best practices including code reviews, unit testing and documentation.
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 applications.
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 the 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.
Scoring Methodology:
Financial/Pricing: 10%.
Resource Qualifications: 20%.
Interview Process: 70%.
Must Have:
The proposed resource must meet or exceed one of the following: University graduation in computer science or a related discipline and 4-year relevant experience.
2-year diploma in computer science or a related discipline and 6-year relevant experience.
1-year certificate in computer science or a related discipline and 7-year relevant experience.
A currently active professional certification or accreditation and 8-year relevant experience. Yes or No
Experience in designing, building, testing, deploying, and supporting applications in an enterprise IT environment equivalent in size and complexity to the Government. 8 years
Experience using Microsoft SQL. 3 years
Experience with Python development. 3 years
Experience with software development processes, and all associated best practices, methods, standards, tools, and policies. 8 years
Experience working with various software development methodologies (i.e. agile, waterfall, scrum, Kanban, etc.). 8 years
Experience working in a data warehouse / datalake / business intelligence or relevant data environment in a development role. 8 years
Knowledge of ETL processes and tools, with hands-on experience designing and implementing data pipelines for transforming and loading data from multiple sources into data warehouses. 8 years
Nice to Have:
Experience assisting in overall project planning and providing advice on system development opportunities. 5 years
Experience making decisions and recommendations on highly technical or complex issues without formal guidelines or precedents and exercises resourcefulness and ingenuity. 5 years
Experience translating data from multiple sources to a single solution, including planning for historical, current, and future data needs. 5 years
Experience with cloud computing or big data platforms and infrastructure. 5 years
Experience working in the public sector. 2 years
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