Engineering Jobs in Ottawa, ON

Job Requisition ID: 10985

Position Status: Permanent Full Time

Position Type: Hybrid

Office Location: Montreal (QC); Ottawa (ON); Toronto (ON)

Travel Requirement: Limited

Language Designation: English Essential

Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak): ZZZ

Security Requirement: Reliability Status

About CMHC

The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system.

At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. We thrive on collaboration , connecting across CMHC and involving the right people to get our work done. We have flexibility , in how, when, and where we work, within the boundaries of the business needs and the nature of your role. Our leadership style is guided by trust , where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

What’s in it for you

We’ve got the purpose, the people and the perks you need for a fulfilling career. Here’s the comprehensive and generous benefits you get when you’re a permanent employee:

• Annual paid vacation.
• Annual individual performance incentive.
• Defined benefit pension plan.
• Comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one.
• Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more.
• An inclusive workplace culture and environment.
• While positions at CMHC require some in-office presence, alternative work arrangements may be considered for Indigenous candidates.

About the role

Join the Business Solutions Engineering team, where we are developing the next generation of software applications to enable CMHC to achieve its strategy. As a Subject Matter Expert, you will guide a team of Developers specializing in one of CMHC’s platforms. Your skills and passion for collaborative application development, programming, leading teams, user-centric design and software reliability will contribute to the development and maintenance of CMHC’s business platforms and other applications to propel CMHC forward efficiently and securely.

What you’ll do:

• Guide and advise a team of developers in their work by providing mentoring, guidance, and knowledge sharing.
• Be CMHC’s leading expert on a platform or set of application development technologies.
• Interface with the client community to determine their system needs. Document the current and proposed business processes. Advise clients of the proposed solutions and their impacts.
• Author technical specification documents and diagrams for CMHC’s platforms and custom developed applications.
• Develop logical and physical system models incorporating the business processes and prepare clear, concise and well-written analysis documents or program specifications.
• Create or update the technical design for new or existing computer systems including hosting, network, databases, processes, error handling, inputs, outputs, reports and interfaces to other systems or processes.
• Design logically sound, readily maintained program structures based on program specifications.
• Complete complex application development projects by following the SDLC, from business requirements to deployment and support in production.

What you should have:

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Management, or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of experience programming, developing, and implementing business applications. This experience would be in roles and projects with increasing complexity in application development.
• Leading expertise in CMHC’s application development platforms/environments. This position will be CMHC’s expert in a technology (see below).
• Advanced ability to program and design applications to drive business objectives and innovation while meeting requirements. This includes setting standards, best practices and reference designs.
• Advanced Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics, with a focus on Microsoft technologies.
• Solid experience with end-to-end solution implementation, including project planning, estimation, and solution architecture.
• Experience with information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations management, DevOps, and Enterprise Architecture and ITIL frameworks.
• Proven interpersonal, leadership and business competencies, including teamwork, facilitation, communication, presentation, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Strong development project organizational skills, including an ability to accomplish multiple priorities with team members when facing competing demands for resources.

Technologies:

• ReactJS, NodeJS, Typescript, Azure Function App.
• Microservices development.
• Experience with containerization technologies.
• .NET development (C#), ASP.Net MVC, .Net Core, ASP.Net, Web API, .NET Full Stack Development, Visual Studio.
• Source code management and DevOps practices with Azure DevOps and Git.
• Experience working with cloud platforms (Azure (preferred), AWS, GCP) Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus and API Management.

It would be great if you also had:

• A Graduate degree or certificate in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Management, or a related field.
• Technical certifications in application architecture, cloud development and administration (ex. Azure Administrator, Azure developer).

Posting closing date : Note, the competition will remain active until filled.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

We’re committed to employment equity and encourage women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, veterans and persons of all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions to apply. We also welcome applications from non-Canadians who are eligible to work in Canada.

CMHC is an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought – and of people – are recognized, valued, and considered essential to achieving our mission.

What happens after you apply

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If you applied before and you were not successful don’t worry – we're always posting new positions, so don’t hesitate to give it another shot. We’re excited to see what you bring to the table this time around!