Senior Application Developer

Cynet Systems Inc; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an experienced Application Developer to engage with business units and address strategic needs through innovative code solutions. The role requires a solid educational background in computer science and expertise in C#, .NET, and software development standards. You will contribute to application architecture, technical designs, and ensure high-quality applications aligned with organizational goals.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of Application Developer experience required.
• Experience with educational data standards and PESC standards preferred.
• Strong knowledge of OWASP Top Ten Web Application Security Flaws is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with business units to ensure solutions meet needs.
• Write code for complex designs with minimal defects.
• Evaluate the quality of the product and improve issues.

Skills

C#

.NET

Object Oriented Programming

Web Services

JSON REST API

Technical Documentation

Education

University graduation in computer science or related discipline

2-year diploma in computer science or related discipline

1-year certificate in computer science or related discipline

Tools

Visual Studio

JIRA

Transact-SQL Server

Job description

Job Description:

• 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.
• Define non-functional requirements (Performance, Availability, Portability, Recovery / Recoverability etc.).
• 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 for 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 the 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.

Evaluation:

• The evaluation criteria will be distributed within the following categories. Subject to the requirements of FOIP, the evaluation of Responses shall be confidential, and not released to any party.
• Requirements - 30%.
• Interview - 60%.
• Pricing - 10%.

Must Have:

• The proposed candidate must meet or exceed one of the following: University graduation in computer science or a related discipline and 5-yr Application Developer (AD) experience; OR 2-yr diploma in computer science or a related discipline and 7-yr AD experience; OR 1-yr certificate in computer science or a related discipline and 8-yr AD experience; OR d. 9-yr AD experience. Yes/No
• Experience developing any of the following: multi-user, n-tier, Object Oriented, Web Services, JSON REST API applications using C#, .NET, ASP.net or Visual Studio. 5 Years
• Experience and technical knowledge of Microsoft C#. 5 Years
• Experience and technical knowledge of the Microsoft .NET Framework. 5 Years
• Experience working with educational data standards, in particular Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council (PESC) standards. 5 Years

Nice to Have:

• Technical knowledge of Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top Ten Web Application Security Flaws. 5 Years
• Experience with software development processes, and all associated best practices, methods, standards, tools, and policies. 5 Years
• Experience with unit testing and test-driven development tools. 5 Years
• Experience with using JIRA or Revision Control System (RCS). 1 Years
• Experience working with developing ASP.NET MVC web applications. 4 Years
• Experience working with programming in HTML with JavaScript and CSS. 4 Years
• Experience working with querying data with Microsoft Transact-SQL Server. 5 Years
• Experience working with W3C. 4 Years
• Experience writing and maintaining technical documentation. 5 Years