Job Description

Apply By: Monday, September 8, 2025 11:59 pm EDT

Senior Developer

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Job ID:

231912

Posting status:

Open

Organization:

Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

Division:

GovTechON - Justice Technology Services

City:

North Bay, Toronto

Position(s) language:

English

Job term:

1 Temporary contract/assignment up to 12 months with possible extension

Job code:

17160 - Systems Officer 5

Salary:

$1,628.82 - $2,104.14 Per week
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.

Empowering Innovation through Technical Leadership!

Join a team where your technical leadership will shape the future of enterprise solutions. As a Senior Developer, you'll be at the forefront of designing and implementing sophisticated systems across diverse platforms, bringing together architecture, integration, and innovation to support complex business needs. This role offers the opportunity to lead high-impact projects, guide development teams through the full lifecycle, and contribute to the evolution of modern, efficient, and scalable applications. Your expertise will drive performance, ensure quality, and support seamless implementation of cutting-edge solutions that make a real difference.

Note:

This position can be located at the

Toronto

or

North Bay

office. Location determination will be made based on closest office to home address.

About the job

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As a Senior Developer, you can expect to do the following:

Lead the design, development, integration, and enhancement of complex application solutions across multiple platforms, ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements. Provide technical leadership and guidance to project teams, end users, and peers throughout the full systems development life cycle. Oversee system architecture and integration, selecting tools and middleware, identifying performance issues, and recommending improvements. Manage technical project planning and execution, including feasibility studies, resource estimation, scheduling, and reporting. Coordinate testing, implementation, and documentation activities to ensure quality, compliance with standards, and successful deployment of solutions. Evaluate and recommend technologies, tools, and standards to improve development practices and system performance, while ensuring adherence to ministry guidelines. Be available for travel within the province.

What you bring to the team

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I&IT Technical Experience:

You have knowledge of:

current information technology principles, current development platforms, and leading-edge client/server application development technologies (web based, n-tier) programming techniques, with experience in Python, JAVA, JavaScript, HTML, Dynamic HTML, and Object-Oriented development data extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) techniques, familiarity with SQL and hands-on experience with a range of industry and government standard database management systems, including PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite, Redis, and mongoDB RHEL and CentOS operating systems, and Linux system management tools along with hands-on work experience programming techniques, including experience working with complex solutions involving common functionalities such as workflow, routing rules, queuing and programming of business logic in procedures and notification modules
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Development Knowledge:

You have knowledge of:

development tools/languages/technologies such as Nginx, Apache Solr, memcached caching, Django ORM, SQLAlchemy ORM, Alembic database migrations, supervisor process monitoring and Ansible automation Git version control using command line and via Gitlab Git repository manager, and familiarity with GitLab CI/CD all aspects of the system development life cycle (SDLC) and ability to design, develop and implement information management systems and manage system development using traditional Waterfall as well as various iterative and Agile Methodologies
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Reasoning, Analytical and Problem Solving Skills:

You can:

assess and recommend architectural strategies for acquisition, development, integration and implementation of complex technical solutions assess technical design problems and develop computerized solutions to information problems in support of end users diagnose and resolve problems impacting the information technology infrastructure and resolve operational problems with software
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Negotiation, Interpersonal and Client Relationship Skills:

You can:

discuss client I&IT program/service delivery needs, requirements, goals, objectives and priorities lead and conduct feasibility studies and cost/benefit analyses for proposed client I&IT initiatives demonstrate research skills to attend trade shows and review technical manuals to maintain current in the rapidly changing technology environment facilitate technical discussions with vendors, customers, and other technical staff
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Communication Skills:

You have:

strong oral communication and listening skills written communication skills to prepare project reports, write and present business analyses and recommendations, and design/develop documentation, manuals, senior- level briefing materials, cost benefits analyses, etc. experience leading/facilitating technical discussions with vendors, clients and other technical staff to promote technology application and encourage user cooperation

Don't meet every qualification?

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If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!

How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

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We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.



Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.



Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives accessibility Anti-Racism Policy

What we offer

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The Ontario Public Service is one of Ontario's largest employers. Employees work for 29 ministries, with offices in more than 70 cities across the province. We offer:



a career that can grow across ministries and job functions. flexible learning and developmental opportunities, including education and mentorship programs. many employee networks offering support for and education about underrepresented groups. comprehensive benefits that look after your holistic wellness needs base salary that aligns to market trends with scheduled salary progression tailored work arrangements, including opportunities like flex hours, self-funded leave and more. a modern, friendly, and accessible physical work environment

Additional information:

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Apply by:

Monday, September 8, 2025 11:59 pm EDT

Position details:

1 English Temporary, duration up to 12 months, 21 College St, 3rd Flr, Toronto, Toronto Region or 200 First Ave W, North Bay, North Region, Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check

Compensation group:

Ontario Public Service Employees Union

Work hours:

Schedule 6

Category:

Information Technology

Posted on:

Friday, August 22, 2025

Note:

About security checks:

A criminal or other federal offence record

does not automatically disqualify you

from the position. We consider each situation based on the position's responsibilities.

If a check is needed and you've lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you'll need to provide an out-of-country police clearance certificate from the country you lived in.

Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.
The information that you provide for the purpose of this competition and the results from this competition may be used to fill other positions. These positions may be of various tenures including short-term assignments. Your information and the results from this competition will be retained for the purpose of filling vacancies in accordance with the applicable collective agreement or policy provisions. T-MG-231912/25

How to apply:

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You must apply online.

Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.

Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.

Read the job description to make sure you understand this job.

OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.

If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please Contact Us to provide your contact information. Recruitment services team will contact you within 48 hours.

Language requirements and assessment:

All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matiere de langue et evaluation:

Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichees en francais et en anglais. Consultez la section Langue du ou des postes en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaitre les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont evalues en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/francais), vous devrez egalement passer un test de competences linguistiques en francais.

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