System Development Specialist - Toronto, Canada - City of Toronto

City of Toronto

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Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job ID: 43631

Job Category:
Information & Technology

Division & Section:
Technology Services, Technology Standardization Delivery

Work Location:
Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Toronto, ON

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

Hourly Rate and Wage Grade:
$ $55.11, Wage Grade 16

Shift Information:
Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

Affiliation:
L79 Full-time

Number of Positions Open: 1

Posting Period: 11-Mar-2024 to 25-Mar-2024

We're looking for someone to join our growing Open Data team focused on delivering the City's first Open Data Master Plan which sets the strategic framework and roadmap to advance Toronto's vision for open data.

As one of our Systems Development Specialists you will help us further grow our program through improving the City of Toronto's Open Data Portal.

A successful applicant will be someone comfortable in front end development and will work alongside technical and non-technical staff who are focusing on: envisioning, designing, and implementing a public open data request tracking dashboard; establishing a process to embed open data requirements as part of the process of writing staff reports to City Council; redesign our engagement approaches for City staff and the public; and other cool projects.

As a System Development Specialist, you will be joining the Open Data Team as part of the greater Digital Government Modernization directorate.

We're at the forefront of developing new tools and approaches within the City.

As a part of the team, you will get to work through all phases of the development life cycle and contribute to the development of corporate tools, system architectures, methodologies, standards, policies, procedures and guidelines.

Major Responsibilities:

Performs analysis and design duties as well as programming, modeling 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.
Sets up data queries, builds Extract, Transform and Load (ETLs), data pipelines and automates recurring analysis, and builds reusable scripts to speed up future analysis.
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 with the ability to provide technical leadership on large scale projects.
Extensive experience in developing Single Page Application development using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, Bootstrap, and frameworks such as Backbone, React as well