RQ10248 - Sr. Software Developer

1-year contract (254 business days) - 1 possible extension
ONSITE 5 days a week - Sir William Hearst Ave. Toronto

Deliverables

- Work with Business Analysts / UX & UI Designer / Product Manager / Cloud Architect, base on storyboard, user stories, UI/UX artefacts, solution architecture, security requirements, data models, develop application design and technical specification document, deliver quality software products (including Minimal Viable Products and Cloud-Native Web Application products) as required.

- Create object-oriented models in UML as design artefacts using tools such as Power Designer.

- Support Quality Assurance & Defect Management, including Unit Test, Test Automation, Penetration / Vulnerability Test, Load Test, AODA Test, system / user test, migration test, etc.

- Construct / enhance / renew web applications using Cloud-Native & Java EE application models (e.g. Microservice Architecture, API-based model, Responsive Web Design, Serverless Architecture, etc), and industry-leading Open Source frameworks like Angular, React / Redux, JSON, GraphQL, Node.js, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, in addition to Java, EJB, JSP, Servlets, JDBC, JPA, XML (DOM, SAX, XSLT), DHTML/HTML, Web Service, WebLogic / WebSphere / JBoss / TomCat / WildFly, relational, hierarchical and NoSQL databases

- Provide critical application support (incident investigation, troubleshooting, interim / long-term fixes, maintenance / incremental changes, etc) for complex production Java enterprise Applications

- Provide Method of Procedure (implementation package) document for production releases where required, and operational procedure document for production support staff as required.

- Co-ordinate system development activities and provide technical consultative support to other staff members.

- Provide knowledge transfer to ministry staff at all stages of this assignment.

- Provide post implementation support.

Skill Set

· 10+ year knowledge of, and experience with the following computing environments:

o Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, DB2, IMS, etc, and SQL programming

o Operating System / Platforms: Unix (Solaris, AIX), Linux (e.g. RedHat), Windows (Server)

o Web / Application Servers: WebLogic, WebSphere, JBoss, TomCat, WildFly, Microsoft IIS, etc

· 15+ year experience with Object Oriented Analysis & Design (UML – Use Case/Class Sequence/ Collaboration/State) and 3+ year experience with Micro Service Architecture model

· 10+ year experience in developing web-based applications using JEE (Java, EJB, JPA, JSP, Servlets, JDBC, JNDI), XML (DOM, SAX, XSLT), DHTML/HTML, Struts, JavaScript

· 3+ year experience in Angular, React / Redux, Spring Boot, JSON, GraphQL, Node.js, Spring MVC, etc.

· Good understanding and exposure (5+ years) of program & service concepts, general and best practices, business processes & rules, stakeholders & relationships, service delivery models (incl. self service / digital service), private & public partnership, etc in complex and high-impact public sector (e.g. transportation safety) related licensing, registration, permit, enforcement, safety inspection, photo identification and related fraud prevention line of businesses, services, or functional areas, in relation to I&IT application software delivery

· Proven Experience (10+ years) with all stages of automated system implementation in large complex high volume heterogenous systems, with online Mainframe Transactions

· Experience (15+ years) in structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications

· 2+ year experience with I&IT Solutions architecture, application design / development (& secure programming) / quality assurance standards, solution / project delivery methodologies, and practices with Public Sector Service in Canada.

· Demonstrable knowledge and experience (2+ years) working in accordance with policies and procedures of Public Sector Service in Canada.

· Working experience with toolsets and open source software packages / frameworks that support object-oriented languages, web application, and Cloud-Native product development including:

o Configuration / Builds: Harvest (or similar), Ant, GitHub / GitLab

o UML modeling tools, e.g. PowerDesigner

o Eclipse, Visual Studio

o JUnit, Log4J, Struts, iTEXT, Jasper Reports, Jakarta Commons Beans Utilities/Collections framework, Apache Commons Logging, Angular, REACT / Redux, Node.js, GraphQL, JSON, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, etc

o Test Automation Framework / Tools, e.g. Selenium, JAWS, WAVE, Chrome AXE, NVDA, WC3 Validator

· Excellent problem solving, communication (verbal and written), and interpersonal skills.

· A team player with the ability to work with competing priorities and strict deadlines.

· Proven ability to perform to successful completion assignments of high magnitude and complexity.

Must Have:

1. Overall 10+ years work experience as a systems analyst
2. must have used Java EE frameworks extensively (Java, EJB, JPA, JSP,Servlets, JDBS, JNDI, etc.)
3. Working experience of developing Web-based Java EE and Cloud-Native applications using XML, DOM, SAX, and XSLT, DHTML/HTML, Struts, Angular, React / Redux, Node.js, GraphQL, JSON, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, JavaScript, Web Services