Programmer Analyst

Xplore Inc.; Fredericton; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications provider is seeking a Programmer Analyst to join their team in Fredericton or Woodstock, New Brunswick. The role involves collaboration with business analysts and IT operations to define, develop, and maintain software applications. Candidates should have strong experience in SQL, C#, and web services. The position requires a focus on problem-solving skills and the ability to work within dynamic teams to deliver effective solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in writing applications/scripts/SQL commands against relational databases.
• 3+ years’ experience building and consuming web services using SOAP or REST.
• Proven experience integrating on premise and cloud systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Development and IT Leads to review solution design.
• Provide estimates of development effort for projects.
• Support the testing of project deployments.

Skills

SQL commands

C#

SOAP

REST

Responsive design

Agile methodologies

Creative problem-solving

Tools

JIRA

Azure DevOps

SVN

GIT

Job description

Xplore Inc. is Canada’s fibre, 5G and satellite broadband company for rural living. Xplore is committed to the relentless pursuit of an improved broadband experience for all Canadians. Xplore is building a world‑class fibre optic and 5G wireless network to enable innovative broadband services for better every day rural living, for today and future generations.

We are looking for a Programmer Analyst to consommation our team in Fredericton or Woodstock, New Brunswick. Working closely with our business systems analysts, QA and IT Operations teams, the Programmer Analyst role is to define, develop, test, analyze, and maintain software applications/solutions in support of the achievement of business requirements. This includes writing, coding, testing, and analyzing software programs and applications. The Programmer Analyst will also research, design, document, and modify software specifications throughout the production life cycle, focusing on turning Partners of a new era using canine native complexity.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Development Leads, IT Leads and the Business Systems Analysts to review and provide feedback on solution design & technical specification documents
• Ability to create software solutions using the tools available
• Provide estimate of development effort for projects and tasks
• Provide status updates to the Development Leads and the Business Systems Analysts as required
• Assist Programmer Analysts and external developers to work through their challenges as required
• Support the Business Systems Analysts team through functional and user acceptance testing of projects
• Provide change requests for deployment of database and application updates
• Work with the IT team to solve incidents and provide root cause analysis
• Assist in maintaining Test / QA / Staging environments
• Assist in monitoring applications to verify proper functionality after updates have been deployed
• Create reports to assist the IT team and business units
• Knowledge of telecommunications sector
• Knowledge of client / server applications
• Positive attitude, willingness to apply hands on approach
• Experience working as part of an operational team

The Ideal Candidate

• Proven experience in writing applications/scripts/SQL commands against relational databases
• Proven skills in writing and coding in various languages for both web and transactional systems
• Proven database experience in the areas of data structures and modeling
• Proven experience integrating on premise and cloud systems
• 33+ years’ experience building and implementing custom solutions on the Salesforce (or similar CRM) platform
• 3+ years’ experience building and consuming web services using SOAP or REST
• Experience with Microsoft .NET / C#
• Experience using source control systems such as SVN or GIT
• Experience with responsive design
• Experience with software development collaboration tools (JIRA, Azure DevOps, Team Foundation Server, Slack)
• Proven experience developing a full stack solution
• Excellent analytical, mathematical and creative problem‑solving skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to conduct research into infrastructure issues and products as required
• Understanding of software development lifecycle (Planning, Analysis, Design, Implementing, Testing, Maintenance)
• Understanding of software development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall)
• Understanding of computer programming languages and development environments, database systems, and cloud‑based systems
• Understanding of distributed systems and Service Oriented Architecture
• Conscious of security concerns when designing systems

Condition of Employment

As a condition of employment and in order to comply with industry‑related data security standards, this position is subject to the successful completion of a Criminal Background Check. Details will be supplied to applicants as they move through the selection process.

Xplore is committed to creating an accessible environment and will accommodate disabilities during the selection process. Please let your recruiter know during the selection process of any accommodation needs.