Corporate application technical leader
City of Toronto’s Technology Services Division is inviting applications from suitable candidates for the position of Corporate application technical leader. City of Toronto’s Technology Services Division focuses on enhancing the city’s digital infrastructure. It provides innovative IT solutions, including data management and cybersecurity, to improve municipal operations. This commitment to smart urban development positions the division as a leader in municipal technology services. It aims to elevate the quality of life for Toronto’s diverse communities. The candidates selected for the vacancy will be required to start the work as soon as possible.
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Job Description:
Employer Name: City of Toronto
Division: Technology Services
Section: Technology Standardization Delivery
Position: Corporate application technical leader
No of Vacancies: 1
Salary: $53.98 – $59.17 hourly
Employment Type: Full time/Permanent
Affiliation: L79 Full-time
Job Category: Information and Technology
Location: Toronto, ON, CA
Shift: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Schedule: Days, afternoons, nights, and weekends
Job ID: 48570
Requirements:
Languages: Candidates must have knowledge of the English Language
Education:Â Candidates should have completion of post-secondary education in computer science
Experience: Candidates should have experience in coaching, training, and providing work direction to team members and assessing outcomes
Physical Requirements:
- The candidates should have the ability to develop, maintain, and execute both test plans and disaster recovery plans and the ability to work flexible hours, including days, afternoons, nights, and weekends
- The candidates should have the ability to be on call for support of production systems and the ability to travel across various office locations within the City of Toronto
- The candidates should have the ability to implement and support software products and/or reusable technical components integrated into business solutions through modern integration technology using micro-service architecture and managing product/component release cycles
- The candidates should have the ability to elicit, drive, and develop application requirements to ensure that business needs and requirements are adequately defined and documented, and that the root cause of problems is accurately stated
- The candidates should have the ability to work effectively as a member of a team, collaborating with others in a multidisciplinary team environment and independently and advanced time management and estimation capabilities, with the ability to perform several tasks and projects concurrently
Other Requirements:
- The candidates should have experience developing applications related to document and content management and extensive experience in the architecture and development of Single Page Applications using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, and frameworks such as Backbone and React, as well as API integration with REST (JSON, XML) APIs
- The candidates should have extensive experience working independently with minimal supervision on application architecture and integration, managing architecture diagrams, technical documents, risk assessment, digital accessibility compliance, and QA/UAT feedback and extensive experience in root cause analysis during unanticipated outages, providing troubleshooting and debugging recommendations and support
- The candidates should have experience developing and maintaining large-scale information technology applications and working effectively with a group of multidisciplinary staff in a project team setting, including the creation of related documentation and relevant training
- The candidates should have experience developing digital products that comply with accessibility standards and/or best practices (WCAG 2.x AA, AODA, WAI-ARIA) while optimizing accessibility features of the platform (Web, iOS, Android) and a related discipline, or an approved equivalent combination of education and experience, with the ability to provide technical leadership on large-scale projects
- The candidates should possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with team members and clients regarding technical and business requirements and knowledge of various software packages, including MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Access), data modeling Oracle SQL Developer), and software version control Bitbucket, GitHub), Java, mobile app development, and web communication
- The candidates should have an understanding of SCRUM or rapid application development methodology and a strong customer service orientation and demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain effective stakeholder relationships and possess excellent problem-solving, leadership, facilitation, and interpersonal skills
- The candidates should have knowledge of current and emerging technologies and the skills to evaluate and recommend new technology for introduction into a complex technical environment
Responsibilities:
- The candidates should be able to direct business and technical inter-divisional staff and professional services to deliver and sustain complex, critical enterprise business applications and information through the application life cycle, reporting progress to managers, stakeholders, and team members to ensure successful delivery of solutions adhering to project management methodology and direct the day-to-day work output of staff and resources, including scheduling, assigning, and reviewing work tasks to ensure consistent service while sustaining complex, critical enterprise business applications and information
- The candidates should be able to negotiate among divisional business and technical stakeholders with multiple points of view to drive consensus for corporate-wide solution designs and bring together multiple stakeholders from across all divisions and provide expert advice within the context of corporate architectures, standards, policies, procedures, and emerging technologies
- The candidates should be able to determine project requirements, analyze and recommend feasible options, design, build and code, acquire, test, and implement enterprise information structures and applications to meet critical City-wide and divisional business objectives and provide scalable enterprise solutions and apply technical expertise to recommend, develop, and maintain corporate policies, procedures, and standards that are consistent with legislation to ensure enterprise information and applications integrity
- The candidates should be able to apply technical expertise to ensure security, privacy, and quality assurance requirements are implemented in a manner that delivers business requirements and is consistent with MFIPPA and legislation, ensuring the integrity of complex enterprise information and applications and apply project management expertise to lead and contribute to project management and procurement processes, including evaluating and recommending complex technical solutions and professional services
- The candidates should be able to provide direction and assign work to non-IT positions on a project basis divisional unit staff (management and bargaining-unit) and apply technical expertise to develop and contribute to procurement and project management documentation, such as business cases, RFI/P/Qs, sole sources, statements of work, service level agreements, project charters, project plans, status reports, issue logs, change orders, resource plans, budgets, migration plans, contingency plans, and risk assessments
- The candidates should be able to communicate effectively, leading and facilitating meetings, preparing and delivering presentations and reports to audiences that include business or project managers, project team members, and other orders of government and external parties and apply complex business and application models, information structures, data models, data schemas, technical program code, network and security interfaces, and data and application design, governed by architectural frameworks, technology standards, information policies, and legislative requirements
- The candidates should be able to apply a strong understanding of information and technology industry and City priorities over both the short and longer term to advise, develop, and maintain City infrastructures, methodologies, tools, and techniques, ensuring conformance and adherence in daily practice among business and technical teams and actively participate in corporate and cross-divisional initiatives to design, construct, and implement business and application infrastructure solutions, such as data warehousing, document management, and electronic service delivery
- The candidates should be able to analyze and recommend changes to current business practices, business and information processes, data flows, performance measures, information delivery, and knowledge utilization for a more efficiently managed and coherently integrated information environment for all divisions in the City and generate the plan and direct the project team in executing software upgrade activities
- The candidates should be able to apply technical expertise to perform analysis, development, and testing for new or enhancements to existing complex, critical enterprise business applications and information and apply technical expertise to support the development and testing environments of complex computing solutions
How to apply:
If the position is fit for you and the basic requirements are fulfilled then you can now apply directly to the employer (along with your resume) through the below-mentioned details.
We thank all the applicants for showing their interest and trust in us, however, only the most eligible candidates will be selected and conducted for further procedure directly from employers, in between no charges/fees or original documents will be asked from any applicant. All the best!