Technical Lead – Software Development

at  Government of Prince Edward Island

TECHNICAL LEAD – SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Department: Treasury Board Secretariat
Location: Charlottetown / Possible Hybrid Options within PEI
Position: Full-Time Position (Commencing immediately)
Employment Type: Classified (Permanent) - UPSE
Hourly Salary Range: $38.37 - $47.98
Annual Salary Range: $74,822- $93,561
Pay Level: 19
Bi-Weekly Hours: 75.0 hours bi-weekly
Posting ID: 166412-0125TBPO
Closing Date: Monday, February 10, 2025 5 p.m.
Open to: Public
The Department of Finance is committed to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility. Our goal is to build a public sector workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve and to promote welcoming, diverse, inclusive, respectful workplaces that are accessible to all. We welcome all interested individuals including Indigenous People, persons with disabilities, Black, racialized, ethnic and culturally diverse groups, as well as people regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identities, and gender expressions. Those looking for more information are invited to visit our Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Policy.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must have a University degree in computer science or related discipline with major IT course work; or
• A two-year IT diploma from a recognized College or University with a focus on programming and application development;
• Minimum 7 years experience in the IT field combined with supervisory experience or training while demonstrating advancement in a variety of roles;
• Demonstrated equivalencies will be considered;
• Strong and demonstrable critical reasoning skills;
• Experience in supervising and mentoring teams;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes;
• Demonstrated Continuous Learning;
• Applicants must have a good previous work and attendance record. The successful candidate must provide a satisfactory Criminal Records Check prior to beginning employment.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience:
• Ensuring best coding practices are followed; review and evaluate metrics and implement corrective actions if required;
• Validating troubleshooting and root cause analysts to solve existing and prevent problems in an integrated environment;
• Source control management systems and continuous integration/deployment environments;
• Knowledge of operating systems and platforms, security and networking;
• Containerization, orchestration, and cloud infrastructure;
• Working with Government organizations.
• Considerable experience:
• Delivering multiple complex simultaneous system development projects from design through to release;
• Evaluating risks and predicting potential problems;
• Understanding and contributing to the technical solution from design through to code level;
• Working closely with other team members to produce accurate delivery estimates and managing the transition from analysis through to design and delivery;
• Architecting solutions using APIs;
• Load testing, load balancing, performance test, automated testing.
• Extensive experience:
• Some existing and emerging software development tools, frameworks and languages;
• Web technologies, protocols and tools;
• Working with databases and data modeling.

• Research, establish and document best coding practices;
• Review and establish a process to review code for best coding practice;
• Research, establish and document technical guidelines;
• Review and monitor the development of applications for multiple tier deployment environments (Dev, QA, Staging, and Production);
• Provide oversight on building software releases from multiple development project streams and manage multiple tier deployment environments;
• Ensure design and architecture is following established specifications;
• Provide effort estimates/timelines and set targets for complex new development projects and application upgrades, guide team members;
• Must have experience setting priorities in a dynamic environment where there are competing priorities and a high urgency.
• Oversee full application upgrades and patch within a full stack environment;
• Author documentation to support government’s approval and decision-making process;
• Work closely with other members of the application delivery team and play a key role in architectural discussions, defining solutions, and solving complex technical issues.