168053 - Gis Analyst - Department of Finance - Permanent

The Department of Finance is committed to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility. Our goal is to build a public sector workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve and to promote welcoming, diverse, inclusive, respectful workplaces that are accessible to all. We welcome all interested individuals including Indigenous People, persons with disabilities, Black, racialized, ethnic and culturally diverse groups, as well as people regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identities, and gender expressions. Those looking for more information are invited to visit our Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Policy.

**Our Vision**:Forward-looking people, service, and technology.

**Our Mission**: Our Team proudly delivers quality IT expertise and advice with our partners to make citizen and business-centric service possible.

**Duties will include but are not limited to**:

- Construct and execute unit, load and performance tests;
- Work with business to iterate over software requirements;
- Modify existing code or create new programs in accordance with the approved design specifications, best coding practices, technical guidelines and using experience to ensure high quality and performance of the resulting module(s);
- Design and Analysis - Perform modifications and enhancements to public and internal digital services.
- Design unit tests, load tests, & performance tests;
- Develop resource estimates for modifications;
- Ensure code written is thoroughly tested by following testing best practices including the use of unit testing, system testing, and performance testing;
- Mentor junior team members construct and complete moderately complicated programs and test plans;
- Research, establish and document metrics to ensure quality and performance of developed modules;
- Team and Interpersonal - Work as a team member in providing programming support services for a range of systems after being cross trained to ensure that ITSS provides support to departmental clients.

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Considerable experience in the IT field demonstrating an advancement in a variety of roles for those with a University Degree with GIS component and demonstrating an advancement in variety of roles.
- Demonstrated equivalencies will be considered.

**Other Qualifications**:

- Some experience in the following is considered an asset:

- Ensuring design and architecture is following established specifications;
- Ensuring best coding practices are followed; review and evaluate metrics and implement corrective actions if required;
- Validating troubleshooting and root cause analysis to solve existing and prevent problems in an integrated environment;
- Experience with the following is considered an asset:

- Strong critical reasoning skills;
- Knowledge of operating systems and platforms, security and networking;
- Experience in supervising and mentoring teams;
- Strong written and verbal communication skills;
- Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes.
- Skills and Abilities:

- Evaluating risks and predicting potential problems;
- Understanding and contributing to the technical solution from design through to code level;
- Load testing, load balancing, performance test, automated testing;
- Some existing and emerging software development tools, frameworks and languages;
- Working with databases and data modeling.
- Considerable experience in the following is considered an asset:

- Source control management systems and continuous integration/deployment environments;
- Working with Government organizations.

**This competition may be used to fill future job vacancies.**

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