171750 - Senior Programmer 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.

The Senior Programmer provides programming experience and expertise to a development team of programmers, business analysts, contractors, and designers providing support for and enhancing the foundational elements used to provide public and internal digital services.

The incumbent will be responsible for delivering applications and services to Government. This includes designing, building, and implementing new web pages; integrating sites with back end applications; migrating legacy applications to the web; and performing day-to-day administration of the Government of Prince Edwards Island's web portfolio. Use of a variety of development languages is required. The combination of investigative, analytical and design skills are used to produce and implement properly engineered and tested solutions to meet defined business/technical/organizational results. The work of this position supports outcomes to achieve ITSS's strategic vision of Forward-Looking People, Service and Technology.

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);
• Analyze and evaluate impact of application modifications or enhancements;
• 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;
• Collaborate with team on standards and best practices in evaluating current systems and making decisions on future development;
• Perform code deployment process, ensuring sufficient testing automation, defect tracking;
• Diagnose and troubleshoot problems with new and existing applications;
• Other related duties.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must have a University degree or related two-year IT diploma from a recognized College or University with a focus on programming and application development.
• University degree in computer science or related discipline with major IT course work.
• Demonstrated equivalencies may be considered
• Minimum five years experience in the IT field demonstrating an advancement in a variety of roles for two-year IT diploma candidates.
• Minimum of three years experience in the IT field demonstrating an advancement in a variety of roles for those with a University Degree with programming component and demonstrating an advancement in variety of roles

Other Qualifications:

• 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;
• Containerization, orchestration, and cloud infrastructure;
• Source control management systems and continuous integration/deployment environments;
• Working with Government organizations.
• Delivering multiple complex simultaneous system development projects from design through to release;
• Evaluating risks and predicting potential problems;
• Understanding and contributing to the technical solution from design through to code level;
• Producing accurate delivery estimates and managing the transition from analysis through to design and delivery;
• Participating in architecting solutions using APIs;
• Load testing, load balancing, performance test, automated testing;
• Some existing and emerging software development tools, frameworks and languages;
• Web technologies, protocols and tools;
• Working with databases and data modeling.

Skills and Abilities:

• 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.

This competition may be used to fill future job vacancies.

Please Note: Please ensure the application clearly demonstrates how you meet the noted qualifications as applicants will be screened based on the information provided. We would like to thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those who are selected for an interview will be contacted.

Where possible, submitting an electronic resume or job application is preferred. Otherwise, please return forms to PEI Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 2000, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, C1A 7N8. Applications may be sent by fax to

IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE APPLICANT TO CONFIRM RECEIPT OF THE APPLICATION, BY TELEPHONE OR IN PERSON PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE.

Please ensure that the appropriate Posting ID number is stated on all application forms. You can apply online or obtain an application form by visiting our web site at Forms may also be obtained by contacting any PEI Government office, ACCESS PEI Centre, Regional Services Centre, or by telephone

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