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• The Employment Equity Act, which is under review, uses the terminology Aboriginal peoples and visible minorities.

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City: Ottawa
Organizational Unit: Metrology Research Centre
Classification: CS-3
Tenure: Term
Duration: 2 years
Language Requirements: English
Work Arrangements: Due to the nature of the work and operational requirements, this position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement (combination of working onsite and telework). Employees in this position who telework will be required to travel to the identified work site at least three times per week or a minimum of 60% of their regular work schedule at their own expense.
At NRC, we recognize that Indigenous candidates may have important connections to their communities and you may be eligible for an exception to this work arrangement. Alternative work arrangements may also be considered to accommodate candidates as required. To learn more about these options, please contact the hiring team using the contact information below.

EDUCATION

BSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or a three-year Community College diploma in Computer Engineering Technology combined with relevant work experience.
For information on certificates and diplomas issued abroad, please see Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

• Significant experience working independently and within a team on joint projects and achieving recognized and quantifiable results including planning, design, setup, documentation, data collection, troubleshooting, and analysis of complex systems;
• Significant experience working in both Linux and Windows operating systems, including system setup, configuration, troubleshooting and customization;
• Significant experience with software design and development using Python and C, object-oriented programming (OOP), open-source software development tools, revision control systems, web-based development, and Linux shell scripting;
• Experience with web programming (XML, HTML, JSON, and JavaScript), graphical user interfaces programming, client/server architectures development, data acquisition programming, database programming (SQL, relational and non-relational DBs);
• Experience in IT networks design and technologies (i.e., TCP/IP), implementation, maintenance and troubleshooting;
• Experience with Java or C++ would be considered an asset; and
• Experience with analog and digital electronics, FPGA programming, including writing firmware and software for microprocessors and embedded systems would be considered an asset.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

English
Information on language requirements and self-assessment tests

The challenge will be to work collaboratively with F&T team and NRC services to develop software tools and IT systems to support NRC Time measurements, analysis and dissemination and contribute to F&T capabilities development at one of the leading metrology institutes in the world. The activities will include:

• Design, development, implementation and maintenance of in-house software and IT systems;
• Maintain and support F&T network-based time dissemination services; and
• Prepare technical documentation, reports, analysis and visualisation of measurement results and systems performance

We are looking for a System Support Technician and Application Developer to support our Metrology Research Centre. The successful candidate would be someone who shares our core values of Integrity, Excellence, Respect and Creativity.
We, at the NRC Frequency and Time (F&T) group, are responsible for realising the second, the SI unit of time, and maintaining and disseminating the Official Time for Canada. In support of this work, the F&T team conducts research and development of primary and secondary frequency standards, and frequency comparison and dissemination methods.
The majority of F&T R&D and Services are computerised and automated and involve significant IT infrastructure and software base. The primary role will be to contribute to the support and development of F&T automated systems and services.

The challenge will be to work collaboratively with F&T team and NRC services to develop software tools and IT systems to support NRC Time measurements, analysis and dissemination and contribute to F&T capabilities development at one of the leading metrology institutes in the world. The activities will include:

• Design, development, implementation and maintenance of in-house software and IT systems;
• Maintain and support F&T network-based time dissemination services; and
• Prepare technical documentation, reports, analysis and visualisation of measurement results and systems performance.