System Development Specialist - Toronto, Canada - City of Toronto

City of Toronto

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Job ID: 38081

Job Category:
Information & Technology

Division & Section:
City Clerk's Office, City Clerk's Member Svcs & Prog Support

Work Location:2 Hobson Avenue, Toronto, ON

Job Type & Duration:
Full-time, Temporary Vacancy (12 months)

Hourly Rate and Wage Grade:
$ $54.97

Shift Information:
Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

Affiliation:
L79 Full-time

Number of Positions Open: 1

Posting Period: 03-AUG-2023 to 18-AUG-2023

To provide expertise and advice in the areas of: initiation, analysis, design, development, implementation and sustainment of enterprise solutions. To contribute in the development of corporate system architecture, methodologies, standards, policies, procedures and guidelines.

Major Responsibilities:

Performs analysis and design duties as well as programming, modelling and scripting, testing, documentation and deployment preparation.
Coordinates and prepares needs analysis and detailed systems design.
Conducts user interviews to determine detailed systems requirements.
Completes preliminary analysis, system and functional design, workflow diagrams for quality systems development.
Designs, codes, tests, implements and maintains enterprise systems.
Designs and develops systems that comply with access and privacy legislation.
Coordinates and develops program specifications and documentation.
Designs and conducts all levels of testing i.e. unit, system, integration, regression, performance, security, usability, optimization/configuration and coordinates user acceptance testing.
Liaises and coordinates with internal and external consultants in detailed systems deliverables and technical problem resolution.
Implements enterprise inhouse developed/custom/packaged systems and systems changes.
Tests integrated systems to ensure system compatibility and proper functional integration.
Conducts quality assurance on departmental and external developments.
Develops systems interfaces between enterprise and departmental systems.
Provides development support to users by providing technical assistance and troubleshooting.
Provides documentation and instruction/training to users of the system.
Conducts research and evaluation of hardware/software/framework and makes recommendations.
Recommends, presents and demonstrates system solutions to City management and corporate business clients.
Conducts presentations, system demonstrations and system walkthroughs at project review meetings.
Participates as a team member in the execution of project plans providing technical expertise and advice re: architecture, development tools, work effort estimates.
Directs the activities of staff, mentors, and recommends training.
Contributes to project charters, statements of work and project plans, project status reports and variance explanations, risk identification and mitigation planning.
Contributes to postimplementation project reviews.
Recommends improvements to current methodologies, processes, standards, policies and guidelines.
Contributes in planning of future system growth and provides detailed work plans.
Participates in enterprise projects.
Conducts feasibility studies, business cases, RFI/P/Q's, technical reports by researching and participating in evaluations and recommending solutions.
Determines user training needs.

Key Qualifications:

Postsecondary education in computer science or a related discipline, or the approved equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
Extensive experience in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, VueJS, and Bootstrap. Extensive experience in using REST APIs, including JSON and XML APIs.
Experience creating program specifications and code documents including use cases, business process models, swimlane process, entity relationship diagrams, class and component models.
Experience in working effectively with a group of multidisciplinary staff in a project team setting

You must also have:

Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively as a member of a team, collaboratively with others in multidisciplinary team environment and work independently, as required.
Ability to be selfmotivated and work with mínimal supervision.
Ability to negotiate effective resolution of conflicting business priorities with corporate business
Strong analytical, problem solving, listening and interacting skills.
Demonstrated business acumen to establish and maintain effective consulting relationships with corporate clients and vendors, using a strong customer service orientation.
Ability to work with competing demands, prioritize and meet deadlines.
Knowledge of hybrid mobile apps development and Cordova is an asset.
Basic coding knowledge and Salesforce programming languages, such as Java, Apex (custom code) and Visualforce (user interface).
Knowledge of current and eme