Requisition ID: 15033
Department: Finance and Corporate Services Dept.
Service: Information Technology Services
Branch: Applications Management Branch
Employment Type: 1 Full-time Temporary - Up to 1 year
Work Hours: 35.00 hours per week
Affiliation: CIPP
Salary Information: $91,476.84 - $111,314.84 annually (2024 rates of pay)
Location: 100 Constellation, Nepean
City: Ottawa, ON
Job Category: Information Technology
Application Close: 04/11/2024
The mandate of Information Technology Services is to create business value by providing innovative and strategic technology solutions for the business operations of the City of Ottawa.
You are responsible for: researching, architecting, designing, developing, customizing, enhancing and/or integrating large-scale applications/solutions for assigned clients in response to new or changing business requirements and/or for assigned projects; maintaining these applications/solutions; and providing client technical support.
You are responsible for: writing and maintaining systems documentation including secure coding practices including maintaining City of Ottawa Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) documentation; ensuring all code is managed appropriately by using software configuration management tools; following the approved project lifecycle (PLC), as appropriate; mentoring/coaching development teams on secure coding best practices, providing code reviews and code fixes to remediate vulnerabilities, working with vendors to identify and remediate vendor application security issues; performing tests to find application security vulnerabilities using Static and Dynamic Application Security Testing (SAST/DAST) tools including integrating such tools into CD/CD Automation Pipelines; Application Threat Modelling / Penetration techniques; hardening Web applications against common attacks including the configuration of Web Application Firewalls (WAF); ensuring solutions are made bilingual and comply with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 AA (WCAG 2.0 AA); researching new application security vulnerabilities and industry trends and responding to application security incidents.
Completion of 3 year university degree or college diploma in information management, information technology, or related field
Minimum of 5 years of progressively more responsible experience in applications development and/or integration, including experience writing and supporting applications with databases.
Desirable Qualifications:
• Development: Microsoft ASP, VB, C#, C++ and .Net programming languages; Java 7/8, Java Server Faces, Spring/Struts, Java EE; Python, Perl, PHP; Web services (XML, SOAP, REST, JSON); HTML5, CSS, XML, JavaScript; ColdFusion; PowerBuilder version 6.5 to 8.0
• Databases: Oracle 11g/12c and higher, SQL Server 2014/2016, MySQL; PL/SQL and T-SQL for creation of procedures and packages; relational and non-relational (i.e. no-sql) database technologies; tuning query performance and logical data modelling concepts
• Servers: Oracle Application Server Technologies; Apache, Tomcat, IIS, WebLogic, WebSphere, nginx; Unix/Linux/Windows Server
• Office: development using Microsoft Office Suite tools and SharePoint
• Testing: Unit, regression and load testing; Test plan creation
• System/Software Development Life Cycle
• n-tier Architecture Design
• Configuration management (Ansible, Jenkins)
• Creation of technical and non-technical documentation
• ITIL knowledge
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
The City of Ottawa promotes the principles of diversity and inclusion and adheres to the tenets of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We encourage applications from members of Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women and non-binary persons, persons of all ethnic origins, religions, sexual orientations, classes, gender identities and expressions.
Candidates are encouraged to self-identify as a member of one or more designated employment equity groups in the self-identification questionnaire.
The City of Ottawa provides accommodation during all parts of the hiring process, upon request, to applicants with disabilities. If contacted to proceed to the selection process, please advise us if you require any accommodation.
Accessible formats and communication supports are available upon request. Please contact the HR Service Centre at 613-580-2424, extension 47411.