I&IT Lead Technology Specialist

If you have the technical leadership and extensive hands-on full-stack development experience and skills to oversee the design, development, deployment and on-going sustainment of high-profile I&IT platforms supporting significant government business lines, we are looking for you to come join the Children, Youth and Social Services I&IT Cluster.

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What can I expect to do in this role?

You will :

• Provide authoritative technical leadership and expertise to oversee the design, development, deployment and on-going sustainment of high-profile I&IT platforms supporting significant government business lines and resolve complex systems problems and critical incidents
• Responsible for front-end and back-end development and ensure smooth integration between different application components
• Lead and participate in collaborative enterprise-wide or cross-jurisdictional projects and activities
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and leadership to the design and development project team

How do I qualify?

Technical Skills :

• You have advanced knowledge and experience with systems / platform architecture, design, development, deployment and integration principles, practices, and technology.
• You have advanced knowledge of system integration principles, practices, tools and techniques of multiple components in multiple design platforms.
• You have extensive hands-on experience with programming languages and frameworks such as Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Spring Boot, Angular, and Bash.
• You have experience with Cloud-based solutions, DevOps, and infrastructure-as-code.
• You have experience with CI / CD tools such as Git, Docker, Ansible, Helm, Kubernetes, Jenkins, or any equivalent tools
• You have knowledge of current and emerging I&IT trends, operational methods and technologies, including microservices architecture, software, networks, databases, applications, systems integration, technology infrastructure and cloud services, artificial intelligence, testing and implementation methodology.
• You have in-depth knowledge of the information technologies, applications, industry and computer languages specific to the program systems(s) currently in use.

Leadership and Interpersonal Skills :

• You have the demonstrated ability to lead multiple concurrent project teams, including managing resources, assigning work, monitoring performance and quality of service and deliverables, explaining work procedures.
• You can be persuasive to present IT strategies and solutions, provide authoritative advice for resolving contentious systems issues, lead client / stakeholder consultations and lead projects to successful conclusion.

Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills :

• You have the ability to identify, assess appropriate IT solutions to meet complex requirements, evaluating technical performance and capacity of existing and new systems options.
• You can ensure the application of best practices for technology design, development, deployment and operation, for multiple complex system platforms.
• You can develop systems integration strategies, identify and assess the impacts of new solutions or enhancements on existing services and infrastructure for performance, sustainability and robustness.
• You can understand, assess and develop solutions for mitigating risk.
• You can assess and resolve critical incidents and develop protocols for dealing with / avoiding future incidents.

Project Management Skills :

• You have demonstrated knowledge of current methodologies pertaining to system analysis, design, development, testing and implementation methods, data, applications, networking and security.
• You have demonstrated knowledge of project management principles, methodology, tools and best practices to lead and manage multiple complex system design and delivery projects.
• You have the demonstrated ability to plan and lead all phases of complex multi-ministry and jurisdictional projects, including estimating and ensuring availability of technical resources;

and resolve competing priorities, conflicting deadlines and resourcing issues.

You can develop appropriate performance measure for project evaluation and assess or develop contingency plans.

Consultation, Negotiation and Relationship Management Skills :

• You have demonstrated consultation and collaboration skills to lead consultations with clients and provide authoritative and persuasive technical expertise.
• You have demonstrated negotiation skills to negotiate customer service agreements and resource requirements, develop project scope and timelines;

manage resources over multiple concurrent projects and ensure optimal service delivery.

• You have relationship management skills to lead meetings, discuss / determine priorities and resourcing, change management directions and problem resolution.
30+ days ago