Job Description

Date Posted: 06/26/2023
Req ID: 32285
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Information and Instructional Technology
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 46523 & 51603

Description:

About us:

The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada\'s leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs.

We can only realize our mission with the dedication and excellence of engaged staff and faculty. The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, innovative thinking and collaboration. At Arts & Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world.

The Faculty\'s Divisional IT team, Information and Instructional Technology (IIT) is a crucial source of support for teaching, research, and administrative operations. Core functions include Infrastructure-Server/Networking & Data Centre, Client Services Teaching Technology and End User Support, Product & Delivery Services and Applications & Development. We are a high volume, service focused team, supporting the day-to-day IT needs and operations for numerous Faculty units and work collaboratively with local, departmental IT teams as well as institutional IT partners to deliver technology initiatives which have included Office 365 services, SharePoint, Multi Factor Authentication, Learning Management Engine and VoIP.

Your opportunity:

Under the general direction of the Senior Manager, Applications and Development, the Senior Application Developer plans, architects, designs, develops, implements, tests, and solves problems with complex applications involving authentication and databases used by the University community. The incumbent is expected to demonstrate innovation and leadership in developing and enhancing application services. As the Senior Application Developer, they participate in the future planning and direction of application services and serves as the resource on applications to other specialists. They are responsible for modifying, debugging, and development of large existing applications. The incumbent will work closely with colleagues, faculty, and departmental heads, as well as helping them visualize concepts.

The incumbent will act as resource on specific Application and Development issues to other Application and Development specialists, and other IT staff, as well as clients, stakeholders, and partners. They are expected to assume responsibilities for activities or projects by providing leadership, application expertise, and support to other technical staff. The incumbent will perform code reviews and ensure applications are developed in compliance with established procedures and industry best practices.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Guiding and modernizing team development efforts towards successful project delivery
• Providing technical guidance to other developers through mentorship
• Maintaining high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
• Identifying and encouraging areas for growth and improvement within the team
• Collaborating with other software developers and Product Delivery Leads to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain no code/low code web-based business forms and workflows and custom based applications
• Assisting in the collection and documentation of user requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans
• Preparing reports, analytics, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation and maintenance of Arts and Science applications
• Designing, developing, and unit testing applications in accordance with established standards
• Participating in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code
• Developing, refining, and tuning integrations between applications
• Working with other developers in the migration of legacy applications to current technologies
• Analyzing and resolving technical and application problems
• Assessing opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and IT management
• Researching and evaluating a variety of software products
• Executing institutional risk and security assessments withcontinuous improvement plans

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor\'s Degree in computer science or Computer/Electrical Engineering or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum five years of recent and related experience in designing, developing and maintaining highly complex, multi-tier solutions, and enterprise-level programs in a networked environment with at least two (2) of these years in a Senior Application Developerrole.
• Experience in integrating databases with enterprise-grade Web technologies and projects is required.
• Experience in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Object- Oriented design architecture, and framework (e.g., Laravel).
• Highly proficient with Web technologies and servers. (e.g., Apache, Tomcat, etc.).
• Experience developing in Windows and Linux/Unix environments.
• Experience in web programming and scripting, including PHP, JSON, AJAX, XML, HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Strong database back-end skills, including design, implementation, and testing of RDBMS, OLTP, and OLAP databases, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, and MySQL.
• Experience with debugging, performance profiling and optimization, automated testing, and Cloud technologies
• Experience with agile development methodologies including Kanban and Scrum
• Experience with business process analysis, workflow modelling, software development lifecycle, secure development procedures, and creating user and technical specification documents.
• Experience developing System Design documentation (SDS) and application architecture.
• Demonstrated experience in converting functional requirement document into technical document
• Experience in conducting root cause analysis and prepare incident reports for the management team.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize logic in the interpretation of guidelines.
• Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated training and presentation expertise.
• Demonstrated willingness to learn and develop in a new technology stack.
• Knowledge of Incident, Problem and Change management process
• Proven strong understanding of Git version control as systems and process.
• Proficiency in professional project management methodologies and best practices.
• Proven application development risk and security execution

Assets (Nonessential):

• Knowledge of Python and Perl will be an asset.
• Knowledge of vendor products such as ServiceNow, Decisions, or Salesforce will be an asset.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Adaptable
• Communicator
• Diplomatic
• Problem solver
• Self-directed
• Team player

Closing Date: 07/06/2023, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 16 -- $91,328 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $116,794. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Information Technology (IT)

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see .

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

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