Senior Software Developer

• Translate technical systems specifications and business requirements into detailed programming specifications and working applications.
  
• Design, develop, code, compile, test, debug, document, deploy, and maintain applications.
  
• Provide end-to-end solution design, development, unit testing, and technical recommendations aligned with business outcomes, reference architecture, and Ministry objectives.
  
• Develop and maintain data-driven applications and conduct unit testing.
  
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues arising during application implementation, operation, conversion, migration, and post-implementation support.
  
• Participate throughout the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
  
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and subject matter experts to understand requirements and business goals.
  
• Elicit and document information from diverse business areas and stakeholders.
  
• Conduct user-experience research and translate user stories into viable product enhancements.
  
• Design and implement REST API integrations following established best practices.
  
• Conduct code reviews and ensure high-quality software and adequate unit-test coverage.
  
• Diagnose and resolve application, data integrity, security, configuration, and recovery issues.
  
• Assess and test Change Requests (CRQs) containing technical changes and update them as required.
  
• Participate in release promotions, implementations, patching, change management, and release management activities.
  
• Support application monitoring and troubleshoot production issues.
  
• Install, configure, tune, and administer middleware software and gateways.
  
• Review, analyze, and modify product installation scripts, including encoding, testing, and debugging where required.
  
• Provide post-implementation technical support and resolve technical issues.
  
• Conduct design walkthrough sessions with project teams.
  
• Develop user and system documentation.
  
• Prepare technical documentation explaining solution architecture and implementation.
  
• Deliver knowledge-transfer sessions to project/team members.
  
• Produce technical reports and status updates as required.
  
• Identify and contribute to the effective management of solution-design risks and issues.
  
• Promote industry standards, development best practices, and quality practices across product teams.
  
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional and distributed teams, including developers, architects, designers, project managers, QA professionals, and business stakeholders.
  
• Provide technical leadership and help oversee project quality from a technical perspective.
  

Requirements

• Solid and current programming knowledge, ideally including Java.
  
• Experience in programming and analysis at a senior level.
  
• Experience with one or more programming languages and object-oriented and/or third-generation language development tools.
  
• Experience designing, developing, testing, debugging, documenting, deploying, and troubleshooting applications.
  
• Experience applying current application design patterns and best practices.
  
• Experience with structured methodologies for application design, development, implementation, and maintenance.
  
• Experience developing Internet-ready applications.
  
• Experience with application development and specialized software-package support.
  

• Hands-on experience with low-code platforms, particularly Microsoft Power Apps.
  

• Full understanding and hands-on experience with Azure DevOps.
  
• Experience with GitHub and/or comparable modern source-control/development technologies is highly relevant.
  

• Solid understanding and practical experience with Windows and Linux server operating systems.
  
• Experience working with Windows- and Linux-based technologies.
  

• Strong experience with relational and hierarchical database technologies.
  
• Solid working knowledge of Oracle 19c.
  
• Solid working knowledge of DB2 on Windows.
  
• Experience using information-retrieval packages and query languages.
  
• Ability to diagnose and optimize database queries, indexes, and server performance.
  
• Understanding of backup and recovery processes.
  

• Experience with middleware and gateways.
  
• Experience installing, configuring, tuning, administering, monitoring, and troubleshooting middleware software.
  
• Experience with application development involving middleware technologies.
  

• Strong performance-tuning capabilities, including the ability to diagnose and optimize queries, indexes, and server performance.
  
• Experience with application monitoring and technical support.
  
• Ability to analyze and resolve data-integrity, security, configuration, and recovery issues.
  
• Ability to provide post-implementation support and troubleshoot technical issues.
  

• Experience with change management and release management processes supporting large application implementations.
  
• Ability to assess and test Change Requests (CRQs) with technical content and update them as necessary.
  
• Experience participating in release promotions, implementations, and patching activities.
  

• Experience designing and implementing REST API integrations and applying API integration best practices.
  
• Experience with communications protocols and application integration technologies.
  

• Ability to incorporate security requirements into solution design.
  
• Understanding of and ability to comply with OPS security standards and policies.
  

• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders to understand business goals and delivery outcomes.
  
• Experience eliciting and documenting information from business stakeholders and subject matter experts.
  
• Ability to conduct user-experience research and translate user stories into viable product enhancements.
  

• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
  
• Strong understanding of structured software-development methodologies and the complete SDLC.
  

• Ability to provide user and system documentation as required.
  
• Ability to prepare detailed technical and architectural documentation.
  
• Ability to conduct design walkthroughs.
  
• Ability to deliver knowledge-transfer sessions to technical teams.
  
• Ability to prepare reports, technical updates, and project documentation.
  

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
  
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
  
• Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  
• Strong troubleshooting and issue-resolution capabilities.
  
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and distributed teams.
  
• Strong leadership abilities and ability to provide technical direction.
  
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality work.
  
• Strong team-player mindset with the ability to support developers, testers, and end users.
  
• Ability to manage competing priorities and contribute to project risk and issue management.
  

• Rapid Application Development (RAD) methodologies.
  
• Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.
  
• Power Apps and other emerging low-code technologies.
  
• Middleware and gateway technologies.
  
• Installation-script development, modification, testing, and debugging.
  
• AODA and related accessibility regulations and standards.
  
• Experience providing user and system documentation.
  
• Experience conducting technical design walkthroughs.
  
• Experience providing post-implementation technical support.