Deliverables:

• Work with Business Analysts / UX & UI Designer / Product Manager / Cloud Architect, base on storyboard, user stories, UI/UX artefacts, solution architecture, security requirements, data models, develop application design and technical specification document, deliver quality software products (including Minimal Viable Products and Cloud-Native Web Application products, AODA compliance) as required.
  
• Create object-oriented models in UML as design artefacts using tools such as Power Designer.
  
• Support Quality Assurance & Defect Management, including Unit Test, Test Automation, Penetration / Vulnerability Test, Load Test, AODA Test, system / user test, migration test, etc.
  
• Construct / enhance / renew web applications using Cloud-Native / PaaS & Java EE application models (e.g. Microservice Architecture, API-based model, Responsive Web Design, Serverless Architecture, etc), and industry-leading Open Source frameworks like Angular, React / Redux, JSON, Node.js, Spring Framework / Spring Boot / Spring MVC, Lombok Annotations, in addition to Java 1.8+, JDK 11+, EJB, JSP, Servlets, JDBC, JPA, XML (DOM, SAX, XSLT), DHTML/HTML, Web Service, WebLogic (14+) / WebSphere / JBoss / TomCat / WildFly, relational, hierarchical and NoSQL databases
  
• Provide critical application support (incident investigation, troubleshooting, interim / long-term fixes, maintenance / incremental changes, etc) for complex production Java enterprise Applications
  
• Provide Method of Procedure (implementation package) document for production releases where required, and operational procedure document for production support staff as required.
  
• Co-ordinate system development activities and provide technical consultative support to other staff members.
  
• Provide knowledge transfer to ministry staff at all stages of this assignment.
  
• Provide post implementation support.
  

General Skills:

• Experience in programming and analysis; specialized software package support at the specified experience level
  
• Ability to collaborate with IT Professionals throughout the Software Development process
  
• Experience in Agile/Scrum methodology for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications
  
• Experience in design, code, test and debugging applications
  
• Experience in one or more programming languages
  
• Experience with relational database technologies
  
• Experience in the use of information retrieval using query languages (e.g. SQL)
  
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills
  

Full Stack Skills:

• Proficient with both front-end and back-end development, including any associated areas such as database design/management and DevOps
  
• Design and implementation of the overall solution architecture
  
• Implementation of approved user interfaces, design and deployment of databases
  
• Ensuring the entire stack is designed and built for speed and scalability
  
• Design and construction of REST API services
  
• Integrating Front-End UIs with the constructed API's
  
• Supporting the implementationupkeep of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CICD) pipelines
  

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge and understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
  
• Ability to provide system documentation as required
  

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• React and NextJS
  
• Java Enterprise
  
• Cloud Native
  
• JSON, Spring Framework, Spring Boot
  
• Oracle, SQL
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Microsoft/Azure Development and Quality Assurance Experience:

• Must have:
  

• Entity Framework or other Object-Relational Mapping data access tools
  
• REST APIs
  
• REAT and NEXTJS
  
• JavaScript and TypeScript
  
• SQL experience
  
• Node.js
  
• Knowledgeable in Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for web application development
  
• Experience with common React libraries such as Hook Form, React Query, Zustand etc.
  

• Nice to have:
  

• Azure SQL
  
• Responsive Web front-end, Web APIs, and web services design, development, and testing
  
• Unit testing and test automation support (e.g. NUnit, XUnit, MSTest, Karma or Jasmine)
  
• Microservices and container-based platform development, delivery, and testing
  
• JSON
  
• Rest API, SpringBoot.
  
• Azure Cloud Development including PaaS and SQL services, or other cloud hosting technologies.
  
• Regression testing (manual and automated), including familiarity with web-based QA automation software such as Playwright, and supporting the use of such tools via coding techniques
  
• GIT, Azure DevOps (VSTS/TFS)
  
• CI/CD pipeline setup and management
  

Agile Delivery Team Experience:

• Experience participating in Scrum Agile development
  
• Experience contributing as a Developer or Tester (QA) in a balanced team which is comprised of roles including Developers, Testers, product Management, and Design
  
• Experience participating and contributing to task planning, daily stand ups, iteration demos, and review meetings
  
• Providing input to development estimates and designs
  
• Experience working with a team using concurrent development practices including Git-based source control, feature branches, and DevOps CI/CD pipelines
  

Business Analysis:

• Experience translating business requirements into software code/implementations
  

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
  
• Oral and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills
  
• Highly developed interpersonal skills