Application Analyst

Role Responsibilities

The Application Services Branch is on the lookout for passionate and driven Application Analysts to join their fast-paced, innovative team. Multiple positions are available—don’t miss your chance to be part of something impactful!

Reporting to the Team lead Application Services and the Manager Application Services, the Application Analysts provides applications development, maintenance and enhancement support to complex custom systems, both in a primary and backup role. Working within government/departmental/divisional information technology guidelines, policies, procedures and practices, the Application Analysts undertakes application maintenance and enhancement projects individually, and as a team member. The systems supported are both foundational and critical systems supporting program delivery within the ministries.

Application Analysts provides technical consulting with other team members and client staff as appropriate, project leadership of small to medium sized projects and full range of system and customer support services (e.g. system design, development, testing and implementation of new systems as well as maintenance and enhancements of existing applications and client training as required).

Responsibilities: 

Some of your responsibilities in this position will include:

• Systems analysis for the development, enhancement and maintenance of the applications, or any impact from changes on interfaced systems, to attain clarity on business requirements to ensure that business needs are well understood.
• Providing production operation and support tasks to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the applications. 
• Planning, supporting, testing and documenting upgrades to COTS and vendor products (such as operating systems, compilers and utilities, job scheduler, database management systems, etc) to maintain continued application stability. 
• Gathering and documenting information for the Security Threat and Risk Assessment and Statement of Acknowledged Risk.
  Collecting and documenting evidence for a variety of application audits.
• Collaborating with other technical teams (such as network operations, cloud operations, audit services, domain access management, etc) to deliver application services.
   

To be successful in this position, you will demonstrate:

• Practitioner's understanding of software architecture, change and information management processes.
• Experience collaborating with other technical teams.
• Exceptional customer service skills.
• An ability to build strong relationship.
• Experience working with stakeholders both internal and external to the government.

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

 

• Agility: Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, manage resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.
• Drive for Results: Knowing what outcomes are important and maximizing resources to achieve results that are aligned with the goals of the organization, while maintaining accountability to each other and external stakeholders.
• Build Collaborative Environments: Leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.
• Systems Thinking: The work done within the APS is part of a larger integrated and inter-related environment. It is important to know that work done in one part of the APS impacts a variety of other groups/projects inside and outside the APS. Systems thinking allows us to keep broader impacts and connections in mind.
• Creative Problem Solving: Ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions

Qualifications

Required: 

• University graduation in Computer Sciences, Information Technology or a related discipline.
• Two (2) years of directly related experience  in: 
  o    Developing and debugging code in C#, .NET/CORE, MVC, ASP.NET, Java, Entity Framework.
  o    Working with Software, tools and technologies may include:  Visual Studio, C#, .NET/CORE, MVC, ASP.NET, Java, Entity Framework, MS SQL, SSIS.
  o    Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions using protocols such as SAML and integration with identity providers (e.g. Azure AD), interface development such as Web API. 
  o    Web presentation protocols – HTML, CSS, JavaScript/ECMA script, JQuery, Angular and React.
  o    Transport protocols such as JSON, REST, WCF services, and WebSocket communication.

Equivalency: Equivalencies will be considered: 

• A related two-year diploma in computer technology or a related discipline from a recognized postsecondary institution and four (4) years related experience; or 
• A related one-year certificate from a recognized post-secondary institution and five (5) years related experience.                           

Assets:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills - ability to present complex information in a clear and concise format.
• Expertise in server setup, configuration, and patching of COTS products.
• Expertise in programming principles, techniques, practices, logic and database design.
• Solid understanding of database principles, practice, design, configuration.
• Formal application lifecycle development methodology knowledge
• Strong organizational and time-priority management skills to effectively balance multiple priorities and demands.
• Experience with application design and change management procedures.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. 

Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards. 

Notes

Term of Employment: Multiple Permanent full-time positions.
Hours of Work:  36.25 hours per week
Location: Remote across Alberta
 
This position is eligible for remote work. You must reside in Alberta to work remotely.

Final candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced security screening.

Applicants are advised to provide a cover letter summarizing information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of
required competencies. 

This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at   the same or lower classification level. 

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

 
Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.
    • Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
    • Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca.
    • Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits.
    • Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.
    • Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.
    • Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
    • Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement.
    • Leadership and mentorship programs.