Senior Application Developer - Jobs in Edmonton

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CL-Application Developer - Senior (Treasury Board and Finance projects)Closing Date: 19-Sept-2023Closing Time (MT): 02:00 PMContract: 12 months contractExtension: 12 Months / 1 timeEstimated Start Date: 01-Oct-2023Estimated End Date: 30-Sept-2024ADDITIONAL DELIVERY DETAILS TO BE SHARED WITH POTENTIAL CANDIDATES:Participate in the development, maintenance, testing, and implementation of applications for the ministry as required and further defined below:Maintain and support the Corporate and Commodity Audit System.Maintain and support the Dispute Resolution, Analysis and Tracking System.Maintain and support the Compliance Inventory Management System.Maintain and support the Corporate/Commodity Tax systemMaintain and support the TBF Incident Management SystemTRACS Maintenance ActivitiesUP/Netfile MaintenanceFollow all ministry and GOA architectural, and security standards, policies and guidelines when building applications.Ensure code is thoroughly tested by following testing best practices including the use of unit testing, system testing, and performance testing.Assist in troubleshooting application issues in any environment.Create or update existing application support documentation for assigned applications to ensure that it matches the code and environment.Assist in managing and maintaining development and system test environments required to maintain the applications. Application code development and solution outputs (assemblies, web applications, database objects, installation packages, plus any other type of development within this scope that is required)Application assemblies or modules that are unit tested and pass quality assurance standards. Application code solutions are added to the department #39;s source control system as per ministry standardsArtifacts that support the tracking and reporting of defects related to development, deployment, and testing of the product• Artifacts such as drawings, models, or documents that are used to communicate/explain estimates, analysis, work items and /or productReporting related to the progress of assigned work, highlighting any expected deviations from previously agreed upon estimatesNOTES ON COMPUTER EQUIPMENT:GoA will supply laptop or desktopNOTES ON LOCATION:There is a possibility the resource may be able to work remotely, though must be available for onsite meetings when required.Standard Hours of work are 08:15 – 16:30 Alberta timeWork must be done from within Alberta, due to network and data security issues.GoA does not pay for travel to attend on-site meetings.Project OverviewThe developer will be assigned requirements gatheringamp; programming duties for application projects and enhancement tasks. The individual will also work closely with application development and maintenance teams. In addition, the developer will work directly with subject matter experts in the business areas for application testing and remediation to ensure code functions as per specification.Description of ServicesDeliver applications programming and analysis tasks as part of a system development process as well as provide application support, maintenance and enhancements. An Application Developer applies a broad knowledge of various technical areas to foresee and rectify certain problem areas within technology or with a mix of technologies, but the focus is to ensure a certain business/functional use case is solved with the help of technology.Liaise with business units and program areas to ensure solutions meet current and strategic ministry needs.Align development team to follow Application Architecture.Write code for the most complex Functional and Technical Designs with minimal defects.Define non-functional requirements (Performance, Availability, Portability, Recovery / Recoverability etc.).Assess technical impacts up front and recommend better ways of designing application to ease the development.Produce Technical Design, Database structure and Application Architecture for a new average to high complex application.Seek for the best technical design solution that respects budget and timeline. Advocate the re-use of existing components/frameworks.Innovate in providing better efficient ways to design application.Review Technical Designs from other developers and recommend optimization if necessary.Evaluate, with assistance, the quality of the product being delivered, and take action to improve situations.Assist/Execute performance/penetration tests and troubleshoot issues at the system level.Isolate root cause of issues and provide solution options/recommendations.Provide tracking and reporting of time and status on all work, as required.Contribute to the creation of the Application Lifecycle Planning.Identify and coordinate release schedules.Identify service requests and priorities with customers.Ensure planned releases remain on schedule.