Corporate Application Technical Leader - Toronto, Canada - City of Toronto

City of Toronto

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

5 days ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job ID: 38832

Job Category:
Information & Technology

Division & Section:
Technology Services, Technology Standardization Delivery

Work Location:
Metro Hall, 55 John Street

Job Type & Duration:
Full-time, Temporary (24 months) vacancy

Hourly Rate and Wage Grade:
$ $58.00

Shift Information:
Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

Affiliation:
L79 Full-time

Number of Positions Open: 1

Posting Period: 12-JUN-2023 to 26-JUN-2023

In this role you will provide expertise and advice in the areas of initiation, analysis, design, development, implementation, and sustainment of enterprise solutions.

You will contribute to the development of corporate system architecture, methodologies, standards, policies, procedures and guidelines.

Major Responsibilities:

Negotiates amongst divisional business and technical stakeholders with multiple points of view to drive consensus for corporatewide solution designs.
Brings together multiple stakeholders from across all divisions and provides expert advice within the context of corporate architectures, standards, policies, procedures and emerging technologies.
Applies project management expertise to lead and/or input to project management and procurement processes including the evaluation and recommendation of complex technical solutions and professional services.
On a project basis, provides direction and assigns work to non I&T positions e.g. divisional unit staff (management & bargainingunit).
Applies technical expertise to develop and/or input to procurement and project management documentation. Examples include 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.
Communicates effectively e.g. leading and facilitating meetings, preparing and delivering presentations and reports. Audiences include business/project managers, project team members and other orders of government and external parties.
Applies 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; ensures conformance and adherence in daily practice among business and technical teams.
Analyzes and recommends changes to current business practices, business and information processes, data flows, performance measures, information delivery and knowledge utilization toward a more efficiently managed and coherently integrated information environment for all divisions in the City.
Generates the plan and directs the project team in the execution of software upgrade activities.
Applies technical expertise to support the development and testing environments of complex computing solutions.

Key Qualifications:

Postsecondary education in Computer Science or a related discipline, or the approved equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
Extensive experience leading business discussions, technical teams.
Extensive experience in solution design, development, implementation and support in Asset/Work Order management.
Experience using Maximo 7.6 functionality and following tools and methodologies: ITIL, BIRT Report, IBM WebSphere, ESRI ArcGIS, Linux, MS Windows, Java Scripting, Python, SOAP and REST API using JSON and XML transformation.

You must also have:

Working experience with HP Service Manager, HP Asset Manager, Jira, and confluence is an asset.
Knowledge of Project Management Methodology (PMBOK compliant), J2EE, Oracle Database/Application Express,.Net, PowerBuilder, HTML5, and MVC is an asset.
Ability to write solution architecture documentation using structured systems analysis and design techniques, systems development methodologies and templates.
Excellent communication skills.
Strong customer service orientation along with a demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective stakeholder relationships.
Excellent problemsolving, leadership, facilitation, presentation and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work effectively as a team member, collaboratively with others in a multidisciplinary team environment and independently, as required.
Ability to work under pressure during the execution of project and operational activities.
Advanced time management and estimation capabilities and ability to perform several tasks and project concurrently.
Ability to develop technology standard, techniques and product specifications.
Knowledge of current and emerging technologies, and skills to evaluate and recommend new technology for introduction into a complex technical environment.
Ability to develop project plans, projections and cost/benefit analysis of proposed solutions.
Ability to develop, maintain and execute both test plans and disaster recovery plans.
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