The Department of Finance has the mandate to provide leadership and direction to the public service in all areas of finance and human resource management. This mandate includes negotiating major financial arrangements with the federal government, providing analysis and advice to the Financial Management Board, and ensuring that financial and information resources are managed effectively, efficiently and economically. This mandate also includes the recruitment and retention of a competent public service that is representative of the people it serves and the development of programs and services that effectively serve the human resource needs of the public service.

Reporting to the Manager, Development Services, the Junior Software Developer plans and undertakes software development projects and assignments including interfaces and applications, ensuring implemented solutions meet the anticipated business requirements. Services are delivered on behalf of all GNWT departments and NWT Housing Corporation. Projects and initiatives range from simple to moderately complex and valued at up to approximately $1M and have some organisational financial and reputational risk.

The incumbent is a software developer, undertaking the planning, designing, creation, amending, verification, testing and documentation of new and amended software components in order to deliver agreed value to stakeholders. The position assists in the identification, creation and application of agreed software development and security standards and processes, adopting and adapting software development lifecycle models based on the context of the work and selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.

There is a requirement for security and privacy to their own work and the operation of the organization. The position seeks specialist security and privacy knowledge or advice when required to support their own work or work of immediate colleagues.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of software development methods, practices and processes;
• General knowledge of Project Management practices such as those described in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK);
• General Knowledge of the software development lifecycle, as well as the various methodologies including predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile);
• Experience with modern software development and scripting languages, software and tools;
• Ability to rapidly absorb new information and applies it effectively.
• Communicates fluently, orally and in writing, and can present complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to effectively facilitate collaboration between stakeholders who share common objectives.
• Ability to maintain an awareness of developments in the industry and select appropriately from applicable standards, methods, tools and applications, taking responsibility for driving own development.
• Ability to implement software design and programing concepts, processes and methodologies;

This position is typically attained by:

Completion of a diploma in computer science or equivalent, with 3 or more years of directly relevant and progressive experience as a programmer developing software components and integrations.

Inquiries Only:

Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE CENTRE 5TH FLOOR
BOX 1320 YELLOWKNIFE NT X1A 2L9
Tel (867) 767-9154 Extension 14106
Fax (867) 873-0445
jobsyk@gov.nt.ca

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