Job ID: 52852
Job Category: Information & Technology
Division & Section: Technology Services, Technology Standardization Delivery
Work Location: 55 John St, Toronto, ON M5V 3C6
Job Type & Duration: Full-Time, Permanent Vacany
Hourly Rate and Wage Grade: $51.19 - $56.07
Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
Affiliation: L79 Full-Time
Number of Positions Open: 1
Posting Period: 13-Mar-2025 to 27-Mar-2025

JOB SUMMARY:

To provide expertise in the initiation, analysis, design, development, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise solutions and contribute to the development of corporate system architecture, methodologies, standards, policies, and guidelines.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

Your application for the role of System Development Specialist should describe your qualifications as they relate to:

• Extensive experience in business system analysis, rapid application development and programming in a large, diverse computing environment.
• Extensive experience in Java, JEE web application, object-oriented methodology and design.
• Extensive experience in developing and using REST and JSON APIs
• Extensive experience in JavaScript development
• Experience in Scrum rapid software product development methodology
• Considerable experience in developing integrations between large enterprise systems, using synchronous interfaces and asynchronous messaging techniques
• Considerable experience in RDBMS development using Oracle, and PL/SQL
• Experience creating program specifications and code documents including use cases, business process models, entity relationship diagrams, class and component models
• Experience in developing and/or maintaining large scale information technology applications
• Post secondary education in computer science or a related discipline, or the approved equivalent combination of education and/or experience

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs analysis and design duties as well as programming, modelling and scripting, testing, documentation and deployment preparation.
• Coordinates and prepares requirement 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 in-house developed/custom/packaged systems and systems changes.
• Tests integrated systems to ensure system compatibility and proper functional integration.
• Provides application maintenance and enhancement including implementation of vendor systems fixes and patches.
• Conducts quality assurance on departmental and external developments.
• Develops systems interfaces between enterprise and departmental systems.
• Performs information and application data conversions.
• Provides development support to users by providing technical assistance and troubleshooting.
• Provides documentation and instruction/training to users of the system.
• Designs and develops application security interfaces to enable clients in controlling and administering access to their systems.
• Provides expertise, advice and technical skills for information and application service delivery.
• 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 walk-throughs 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.
• Contributes to project charters, statements of work and project plans, project status reports and variance explanations, risk identification and mitigation planning.
• Conducts research, investigates and recommends best practices for information and application services.
• Contributes to post-implementation project reviews.
• Recommends improvements to current methodologies, processes, standards, policies and guidelines.
• Contributes to planning of future system growth and provides detailed work plans.
• Participates in enterprise projects.
• Determines user training needs.

Your application for the role of System Development Specialist should describe your qualifications as they relate to:

• Extensive experience in business system analysis, rapid application development and programming in a large, diverse computing environment.
• Extensive experience in Java, JEE web application, object-oriented methodology and design.
• Extensive experience in developing and using REST and JSON APIs
• Extensive experience in JavaScript development
• Experience in Scrum rapid software product development methodology
• Considerable experience in developing integrations between large enterprise systems, using synchronous interfaces and asynchronous messaging techniques
• Considerable experience in RDBMS development using Oracle, and PL/SQL
• Experience creating program specifications and code documents including use cases, business process models, entity relationship diagrams, class and component models
• Experience in developing and/or maintaining large scale information technology applications
• Post secondary education in computer science or a related discipline, or the approved equivalent combination of education and/or experienc