1 New Senior Developer to be dedicated to the Forte Service
** Forte Background **
Forte is the Talent Management (TM) Framework is the mechanism through which the OPS understands and manages talent, ensuring employees continue to have the skills and capabilities to fulfill their roles and deliver quality public services. The TM system is a solution that enables the organization to implement the TM Framework which consists of three modules: Talent Profile, Performance and Readiness Assessment (PRA) and Succession Management. In FY2019/20, a project team in EAB was tasked with building a modern Talent Management system, to replace the previous legacy Domino-based application, running on no longer supported infrastructure (Windows 2008). The new system was launched on July 6, 2020, to be used by more than 9,000 OPS managers and included components for Talent Profile, Performance and Readiness Assessment (PRA) and system administration management. During the last year, our business client prioritized enhancing functionality to support Bargaining Agent Staff in addition to upgrades on the Talent Search and Administrative functions.
The Forte Product Management Office recently provided an updated product roadmap that injected a series of system enhancements that will require development work over the next 12-18 months. New FFS contracts will be required in order to deliver on these new requirements.
This position is listed as "Onsite"; the resource is expected to work 7.25 hours per calendar day between the standard working hours of 8:00-5:00 PM (excluding lunch breaks) every Monday to Friday inclusive at the identified OPS office location.
** Responsibilities: **
• Required to translate technical systems specifications into working, tested applications. This includes:
• developing detailed programming specifications
• writing and/or generating code
• compiling data-driven programs, maintaining, and conducting unit tests
• Resolves and troubleshoots technical problems which arise during the use and operation of software packages, including technical assistance in implementation, conversion and migrations
** 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 Life Cycle
• Experience in structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications
• Experience in design, code, test, debug and document applications
• Experience in the use of object and/or third generation language development tools
• Experience in one or more programming languages
• Experience in application design, latest design patters, deployment and troubleshooting
• Experience with relational and hierarchical database technologies
• Experience in the use of information retrieval packages using query languages
• Experience with one or more communications protocols
• Experience in structured methodologies for the design, development, implementation and maintenance of applications
• Experience eliciting and documenting information from diverse business area stakeholders and subject matter experts
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
** Desirable Skills: **
• Knowledge and experience with programming Internet-ready applications
• Knowledge and experience in rapid application development (RAD) methodologies
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
• Experience with middleware and gateways
• Experience reviewing, analyzing, and modifying product installation scripts including encoding, testing, debugging
• Ability to provide post-implementation support and resolve any post-implementation technical issues
• Experience conducting design walkthrough sessions with project team
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
• Ability to provide user and system documentation as required
** Responsibilities / Assignment Deliverables **
The Developers will be responsible for translating business requirements and technical system specifications into
working, tested applications. This would involve doing analysis & design based on requirements, writing Java EE
code, and conducting unit tests.
** Mandatory Skills: **
• 10+ years’ experience in developing n-tier Enterprise applications
• 10+ years’ hands-on development with Java Enterprise technologies
• Expertise in application design, latest design patterns, deployment and troubleshooting
• Extensive hands-on development & troubleshooting experience on Java EE platform
• Expertise in JPA or Hibernate, and Spring Framework
• Proficient working with Databases and SQL (expertise with Azure Cosmos DB, Postgres, Oracle and PL/SQL highly desirable)
• Proficient in Eclipse IDE or Rational Application Developer
• JavaScript / TypeScript frameworks such as React, Angular, JQuery
** Nice to Have Skills: **
• Agile development experience - Scrum, User Stories, CI, TDD, Automated Tests, etc.
• Experience writing Web Services and implementing SOA
• BPM tools such as: jBPM, Activiti, IBM Process Server, Camunda BPM, Drools Rule Engine
• Fine-grained security frameworks such as: Spring Security, Apache Shiro, ForgeRock
** Evaluation Criteria **
** Technical / Java EE platform **
• 10+ years’ experience in developing n-tier Enterprise applications.
• 10+ years’ hands-on development with Java Enterprise technologies.
• Demonstrated experience in application design, latest design patterns, deployment and troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting unit test based on requirements.25%
** Spring Framework **
• Demonstrated experience working with Spring Framework - Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Batch, Spring Security, etc.10%
** ORM **
• Demonstrated experience with ORM tools such as JPA, Hibernate or MyBatis15%
** Database **
• Working experience in writing SQL and Stored Procedures (preferably in Oracle and PL/SQL, Cosmos DB, Postgres, MySQL15%
** BPM **
• Demonstrated experience with Camunda BPM, Drools Rule Engine5%
** Azure Cloud **
• Demonstrated experience working with Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Cognitive Search, etc.20%
** UI **
• Demonstrated experience with React, Angular, jQuery10%
Applications for this position will be accepted until Monday, December 1, 2025 at 1:30 p.m..
If you meet the requirements for this role, please apply now.
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