Technical advisor, Applications Development and Database Administration

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* The Employment Equity Act, which is under review, uses the terminology Aboriginal peoples and visible minorities.

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Organizational Unit:Chief Information Officer Branch

Classification:CS-3

Duration: 1 year

Work arrangements: Due to the nature of the work and operational requirements, this position may be eligible for a limited hybrid work arrangement (combination of working onsite and telework).

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We are looking for a Technical Advisor, Application Development / Database and Data Administrator to support our Chief Information Officer Branch (CIOB). The Technical Advisor, Application Development / Database and Data Administrator would be someone who shares our core values of Integrity, Excellence, Respect and Creativity.

Under the direction of the Manager, Web Applications Development, the Technical Advisor is responsible for the design, development, testing, implementation and maintenance of Chem In-In Chim , a custom-built Symfony-based Web application that is used as the NRC-wide online Chemical Inventory tool.

The Technical Advisor writes new and modifies existing application code while following industry standards and best practices, performs database administration tasks, participates in project activities and discussions, advises on approaches for new functionalities, creates technical specifications and produces technical documentation.

The Technical Advisor works closely with the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Branch as well as technical specialists, colleagues, senior advisors and staff from the NRC Research Centres, Branches and IRAP to clarify requirements for services and to resolve technical issues.

Applicants must demonstrate within the content of their application that they meet the following screening criteria in order to be given further consideration as candidates:

University degree or 3-year college diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, System Engineering, or other related field.

An equivalent combination of relevant training and experience may also be considered .

• Recent
  * and significant** experience working in a high-pace collaborative development environment based on the LAMP stack technologies;
• Recent
  * and significant** experience developing and maintaining large dynamic Web applications using Symfony framework and Doctrine.
  
  Experience with other comparable PHP frameworks may also be considered;
• Recent
  * and significant** experience developing with Object Oriented PHP;
• Significant** experience designing and maintaining MariaDB or MySQL databases;
• Significant** experience using Git Lab for code versioning and issue tracking;
• Experience using command line tools in the UNIX/Linux and Windows environments.

** Significant is defined as at least 2 to 6 years of experience.

* Recent is defined as within the last five years.

Reliability Status

For a Reliability Status, verification of background information over a period of 5 years is required.

Candidates will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:

• Advanced knowledge of the Symfony framework including dependency management with Composer and Web Pack, Flex structure, custom guards, complex Doctrine elements, components, libraries and bundles;
• Advanced knowledge of the Object Oriented PHP programming language;
• Solid Knowledge of MariaDB or MySQL…