Software Developer – Senior

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.

Onsite: 5 days per week in the office at 40 St. Clair Ave. W, Toronto unless otherwise approved.

A senior programmer developer is required to support two Permissions Enterprise Platform (PEP) projects to meet the requirements related to permit modernization and integration with the Centralized Digital Permitting System (CDPS):

• Design, develop, test, and maintain high?quality Java applications across the full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Build and enhance applications using Java, Spring Boot, JPA, EJB, Angular, NodeJS, and modern PDF‑generation tools such as iText or Apache Velocity.
• Develop and integrate robust RESTful and SOAP web services to support secure and scalable system interactions.
• Design and implement microservices architectures and contribute to distributed systems development.
• Develop and maintain cloud‑enabled solutions leveraging Azure Cloud services, CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and infrastructure automation.
• Prepare deployment packages, support production deployments, and coordinate releases across multiple environments (Dev, QA, UAT, Prod).
• Implement, update, and optimize complex business rules using IBM Operational Decision Manager (ODM).
• Integrate applications with IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW) for workflow orchestration and automation.
• Develop and support applications running on IBM Web Sphere and Liberty 8.x application servers.
• Work with middleware, enterprise gateways, and various communication protocols to enable secure and reliable system integration.
• Write complex PL/SQL queries, stored procedures, data transformation scripts, and design staging structures for migration activities.
• Support relational and hierarchical databases and contribute to end?to?end data migration initiatives.
• Work with Open Text Content Management APIs to update metadata, maintain data integrity, and support enterprise content management flows.
• Develop accessible, AODA?compliant user interfaces and generate accessible documents (including PDFs) aligned with GO?
  
  ITS 54 standards.
• Contribute to public?sector permitting systems and ensure compliance with Ontario Government IT standards and enterprise integration requirements.
• Use the Red Hat Open Shift Console to deploy, monitor, and manage cloud?native applications and containerized workloads.
• Participate actively in Agile Scrum ceremonies and collaborate closely with Business Analysts, QA teams, architects, and product stakeholders.
• Maintain, update, and produce system design documents, architecture diagrams, technical specifications, and deployment guides.
• Conduct unit, regression, load, and functional testing to ensure high?quality, defect?free deliverables.
• Perform code reviews, enforce best practices, and provide accurate effort and timeline estimates.
• Track and report development progress using Kanban tools and participate in technical or project leadership meetings.
• Manage multiple tasks simultaneously, prioritize effectively, and adapt to fast?paced, high?pressure project demands.
• Demonstrate strong analytical thinking, problem?solving abilities, communication skills, and teamwork across all stages of development.

• Extensive experience across the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), including design, coding, testing, debugging, deployment, and maintenance.
• Proficient in Java and related technologies including Spring Boot, JPA, EJB, Angular, NodeJS, Jasper Reports, and PDF generation.
• Strong experience in…