Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical expertise, project leadership and coordination of activities in the development, implementation and maintenance of a diverse range of cost effective I&IT solutions. Provide technical advice to clients and leverage OPS I&IT solutions and applications to meet program/service goals and objectives ensuring efficiency.
  

General Skills

• Provides specialized technical expertise in the overall analysis of the design and architecture of systems solutions.
  
• Ability to evaluate recommendations and ensures all recommended solutions for improvement are congruent with the project goals and objectives Identifies short and long-term project goals/objectives, and as a senior technical expert, defines and identifies program and service delivery requirements in support of the development and/or acquisition of client applications Leads the analysis, development and documentation of design and architecture of systems solutions.
  
• Leads the development of testing, integration and implementation of systems solutions into the clients' applications Guides the feasibility studies and cost effective analyses of proposed client I&IT initiatives, ensures all studies and analyses are documented
  
• Leads the technical aspects of projects related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
  
• This includes planning, scheduling and estimating resources, providing technical expertise, co-ordination, monitoring progress and providing management with project status updates
  
• Demonstrated experience gathering requirements, translating business documents into technical specifications
  
• Experience leading development/support teams supporting multi-dimensional and relational databases and their applications for effective planning, budgeting, strategizing and forecasting procedures
  
• Demonstrated experience designing and developing complex applications utilizing relational and multi-dimensional databases
  
• Ability to provide implementation and post implementation support as required Oversees the research and evaluation of the technical components in the acquisition of software, hardware, technology, systems and products
  
• Recommends and directs the measurement and improvement of tools, techniques, standards and performance criteria to control the quality of application development initiatives
  
• Provides coaching and direction to junior analysts throughout the project, related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle.
  

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge and experience in rapid application development (RAD) methodologies
  
• Knowledge and experience with middleware and gateways
  
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
  
• Experience with development/maintenance of documentation as per Methodology Good working knowledge of Dimensions and Facts Knowledge of multidimensional structures (cubes)
  
• Ability to gather, review and provide feedback to business requirements
  

Must Have:

• Experience and actual deliverables with a Service-Oriented design related projects and complex multi-ministries integrated systems
  
• Hands-on, extensive experience with Automation suites (creating, executing, analyzing and reporting the results
  
• Understanding of systems environments, business analysis and change management in projects or programs related to integrated multi-ministries' government services
  
• Ability to create automated scripts to uncover issues that could impact developed front-end and integrated systems
  
• Experience in preparing test data requirements
  
• Experience producing test matrix and test result reports
  
• Experience with Digital Dealership registry in ServiceOntario portal
  
• Experience with Canada Post module and Payment Gateways