Application Analyst

Amyantek; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amyantek Inc. is seeking an experienced Intermediate Application Analyst for a hybrid role in Edmonton, Alberta. The resource will work on the Bitumen Royalty in Kind (BRIK) program, focusing on C#, Visual Studio and MS-SQL applications within a government ministry context.

The role involves requirements gathering, design, coding, testing and maintenance, with collaboration across business units and analysts. Onsite presence is required, with hybrid arrangements and periodic meetings in Alberta.

Qualifications

• 5 years experience as an Application Developer in a large enterprise IT environment using .NET and Visual Studio.
• 5 years experience across full software development lifecycle.
• 5 years experience with MS SQL Server, data modelling and reporting services.
• 5 years experience using C# and Visual Studio.
• 5 years experience collaborating with end-users to gather requirements and support testing.

Responsibilities

• Deliver applications programming and analysis tasks within a system development process.
• Collaborate with business units to ensure solutions meet ministry needs.
• Follow Application Architecture and design best practices.
• Produce technical design, database structure and architecture docs.
• Coordinate releases and testing activities with stakeholders.
• Provide time/status tracking and participate in performance/testing activities.
• Assist with documentation and user training materials.

Skills

C#

.NET

Visual Studio

MS SQL Server

Source control

Agile

GitHub

Education

CS/CE/IT degree

2-year CS/CE/IT diploma

1-year CS/CE/IT certificate

Professional certification

Tools

MS SQL Server Management Studio

GitHub

Unit testing tools

Visual Studio

Job description

Intermediate Application Analyst - (GOAPRDJP00001055) - 2 Resources

Work Status:

Hybrid

Work Location:

7000 - 113 ST, Edmonton, Alberta

Must Have: Education

Proposed resource must meet or exceed one of the following:

• University graduation: Computer Science(CS), Computer Engineering (CE), Information Technology (IT) or related discipline & 4yr related experience;
• 2yr diploma: CS, CE, IT or related discipline & 6yr related experience;
• 1yr certificate: CS, CE, IT or related discipline & 7yr related experience;
• Current active professional certification or accreditation in related discipline from a recognized issuing body & 7yr related experience.

Must Have: Work Experience

• 5 years experience working as an Application Developer in a large enterprise IT environment utilizing .net, Microsoft Visual Studio, and source control tools.
• 5 years experience working in software development across the full software development lifecycle
• 5 years experience with MS SQL Server, Management Studio, stored procedures, data modelling, and reporting services
• 5 years experience using C# and Visual Studio.
• 5 years experience working with end-users - confirming requirements, supporting testing and maintain documentation.

Nice to Have: Work Experience

• 3 years experience in the analysis, development, and integration of complex IT systems with a specific focus on the management of multiple data sources , web services, and legacy IT solutions.
• 3 years experience with Agile methodology.
• 3 years experience with GitHub.
• 3 years experience with unit testing and test-driven development tools.

Project Name:

Bitumen Royalty in Kind (BRIK)

Scope:

Project Overview

Technology and Innovation (TI) now supports Oil sand Operations of Energy and Minerals. Technology and Innovations Ministry requires the services of an experienced C#, Visual Studio and MS-SQL application system analyst, that preferably has experience with Oil Sands Regulations.

The System Analyst will be assigned requirements gathering & programming duties for application projects and enhancement tasks. The individual will also work closely with application development and maintenance teams. In addition, the system analyst will work directly with subject matter experts in the business areas for application testing and remediation to ensure code functions as per specification. This system analyst will be assigned to work on implementation of the Bitumen Royalty in Kind (BRIK) program and maintenance projects.

Duties:

Deliver applications programming and analysis tasks as part of a system development process as well as provide application support, maintenance and enhancements. A System Analyst applies a broad knowledge of various technical areas to foresee and rectify certain problem areas within technology or with a mix of technologies, but the focus is to ensure a certain business/functional use case is solved with the help of technology.

• Liaise with business units and program areas to ensure solutions meet current and strategic ministry needs.
• Align development team to follow Application Architecture.
• Write code for the most complex Functional and Technical Designs with minimal defects.
• Assess technical impacts up front and recommend better ways of designing applications to ease the development.
• Produce Technical Design, Database structure and Application Architecture for a new average to high complex application.
• Seek the best technical design solution that respects budget and timeline. Advocate the re-use of existing components/frameworks.
• Innovate in providing better efficient ways to design applications.
• Review Technical Designs from other developers and recommend optimization if necessary.
• Evaluate, with assistance, the quality of the product being delivered, and take action to improve situations.
• Assist/Execute performance/penetration tests and troubleshoot issues at the system level.
• Isolate root cause of issues and provide solution options/recommendations.
• Provide tracking and reporting of time and status on all work, as required.
• Contribute to the creation of the Application Lifecycle Planning.
• Identify and coordinate release schedules.
• Identify service requests and priorities with customers.
• Ensure planned releases remain on schedule.

Deliverable Details:

Scope of services:

• Write application code using C#, Visual Studio
• Coordinate with the Ministry of Energy and Minerals clients, analysts and/or interfaced systems clients and team members during testing, providing systems support and operational assistance.
• Design and implement MS-SQL databases.
• Liaise with business users to collect and analyze business and user requirements.
• Document business processes and applications.
• Produce technical and reference manuals.
• Conduct unit testing, system testing and integration testing.
• Ensure all application changes are developed, tested and implemented in a well-controlled manner using software release strategy

Working Hours:

• Standard Hours of work are 08:15 – 16:30 Alberta time, Monday through Friday excluding holidays observed by the Province
• Work must be done from within Alberta, due to network and data security issues.
• It is anticipated the role will be hybrid where the resource will be working from the office three days out of each week. The GoA does not pay for travel to attend on-site meetings, nor any expenses related to relocation, commuting, housing/accommodation, food/drink.

Notes on Location:

• It is anticipated the role will be hybrid where the resource will be working from the office three days out of each week, and must be available for onsite meetings when required.
• Onsite meetings include but are not limited to strategic, architectural, and technical discussions, meeting with team members, senior managers, directors, executive directors and business clients. Frequency of meeting could be multiple times per month.

Scoring Methodology:

• Resource Qualifications: 20%
• Interview Process: 60%

SUBMISSION MUST INCLUDE:

• RESUME
• ALL REQUIRED EXPERIENCE MUST BE DESCRIBED IN RESUME UNDER THE JOB/PROJECT WHERE EXPERIENCE WAS ATTAINED.
• EACH JOB/PROJECT MUST CONTAIN THE TERM OF THE JOB/PROJECT IN THE FORMAT MMM/YYYY to MMM/YYYY.
• RESOURCE REFERENCES
• Three references, for whom similar work has been performed, must be provided. The most recent reference should be listed first. Reference checks may or may not be completed to assist with scoring of the proposed resource.