Software Developer – Full Stack; RQMinistry of Public and Business Service Delivery

Deliverables / Skill Sets

The Labour and Transportation I&IT Cluster (LTC) Operations Maintenance and Support Branch (OMSB) provides Application Maintenance and Support (M&S) to the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) and to the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development (MLTSD) .NET applications. M&S encompasses all aspects of managing, maintaining and supporting business solutions hosted in Azure.

Maintenance Services cover:

• Functional enhancements, bug fixes and upgrades
• Scheduling permanent repairs into a planned release
• Application development activities
• Mandatory changes (required or statutory changes)
• Data fixes/changes (e.g. regional boundary change)
• Optimization (increasing performance or throughput)
• Conversion (changing the interface or file structure)
• Dead code removal (removing segments no longer utilized)
• Retirement (withdrawing a solution from active service)
• One‑time client reports
• Follow ITIL process to track work effort
• Testing of changes to ensure service is functioning
• Assisting with scheduling/planning of maintenance and support

Scheduled maintenance release includes:

• Participation in release planning activities such as change classification, estimation and prioritization
• Analysis / design / development / test case creation
• Regression / system testing
• User acceptance testing support
• Preparing change request (CRQ) and CRQ submissions to the change advisor board
• Release coordination
• Deployment assistance into UAT and production
• Document updates
• Participation in post‑implementation reviews

OMSB is looking to hire a consultant to meet support requirements of MTO and MLTSD.

• Respond to client’s incidents and service requests in eSMT
• Preparing change requests (CRQ) and change coordination
• Partake in the release process
• 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
• Resolve and troubleshoot technical problems which arise during the use and operation of software packages, including technical assistance in implementation, conversion and migrations
• 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 one or more programming languages such as .NET, C#, ASP.NET, Angular and React.js
• Experience in developing and maintaining platform‑based solutions on SharePoint Online, Power Platform and Dynamics 365 Online
• Experience in application design, latest design patterns, deployment and troubleshooting
• Experience building applications that are hosted in Microsoft Azure
• Experience with Azure Dev Ops
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Git for code version control
• 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
• 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…