Application Analyst

Role Responsibilities

The Application Services branch is looking for an Application Analyst. This position will report to the Team Lead of Applications Services.

This position provides applications development, maintenance and enhancement support to complex custom systems, both in a primary and backup role.

Working within government/departmental/divisional information technology guidelines, policies, procedures and practices, this position undertakes application maintenance and enhancement projects individually, and as a team member.
The systems supported are both foundational and critical systems supporting program delivery within the ministries.

This position provides technical consulting with other team members and client staff as appropriate, project leadership of small to medium sized projects and full range of system and customer support services (e.g. system design, development, testing and implementation of new systems as well as maintenance and enhancements of existing applications and client training as required).
Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities will include:

• Systems analysis for the development, enhancement and maintenance of the applications, or any impact from changes on interfaced systems, to attain clarity on business requirements to ensure that business needs are well understood.
• Provide production operation and support tasks to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the applications.
• Plan, support, test and document upgrades to COTS and vendor products (such as operating systems, compilers and utilities, job scheduler, database management systems, etc) to maintain continued application stability.
• Gather and document information for the Security Threat and Risk Assessment and Statement of Acknowledged Risk.
• Collect and document evidence for a variety of application audits.
Collaborate with other technical teams (such as network operations, cloud operations, audit services, domain access management, etc) to deliver application services.

To be successful in this position, you will demonstrate:

• Practitioner's understanding of software architecture, change and information management processes.
• Experience collaborating with other technical teams.
• A track record of customer service.
• An ability to build strong relationship.
• Experience working with internal stakeholders, including stakeholders external to government

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.
This link will assist you with understanding competencies:

• Agility: Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, manage resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.
• Drive for Results: Knowing what outcomes are important and maximizing resources to achieve results that are aligned with the goals of the organization, while maintaining accountability to each other and external stakeholders.
• Build Collaborative Environments: Leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.
• Systems Thinking: The work done within the APS is part of a larger integrated and inter-related environment. It is important to know that work done in one part of the APS impacts a variety of other groups/projects inside and outside the APS. Systems thinking allows us to keep broader impacts and connections in mind.
• Creative Problem Solving: Ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions

Qualifications

Requirements:

• University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
• 2 years of related experience in:
  • Software development and maintenance of the custom as well as the COTS solutions experience - either as the Systems Analyst or Application Analyst.
  • Operational support, coordination and change management experience of the service delivery.
  
  

Equivalencies: Equivalencies will be considered:

• A related two-year diploma in computer technology or a related discipline from a recognized postsecondary institution and 4 years related experience; or
• A related one-year certificate from a recognized post-secondary institution and 5 years related experience.

Assets:

• Experience with application design and change management procedures.
• Expertise in server setup, configuration, and patching of COTS products.
• Experience in developing and debugging code in C#, Java, MS SQL, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Experience with Windows Server including security configuration, security configuration, IIS configuration, WebSphere configuration and IBM Cognos configuration.
• Experience with Collaboration Services: SharePoint and Content Services; OpenText, IBM Content Manager and other related services.
• Solid understanding of database principles, practice, design, configuration.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills - ability to present complex information in a clear and concise format.
• Strong organizational and time-priority management skills to effectively balance multiple priorities and demands.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.
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Notes

Term of Employment: Permanent full-time position
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Location: Remote across Alberta

This position is eligible for remote work. You must reside in Alberta to work remotely.

Final candidates will be required to undergo enhanced security screening.

This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level.

Applicants are advised to provide a cover letter summarizing information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies.

Additional Information:
In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. As well, please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part-time, or full-time. For example, January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Assistant (PT three 8 hrs. shifts/week).

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

Links and information on what the Government of Alberta has to offer to prospective employees:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service -
• Pension Plans - Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) -
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information -
• Professional learning and development -
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool –
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
• Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement
Leadership and mentorship programs