Systems Analyst (Accela)

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The City of Barrie is a vibrant, progressive, and growing community with deep connections to our heritage, to nature and to the opportunities surrounding us.

Our community values quality of life; the ability to play year-round with 300 hectares of park space, our beautiful waterfront, our lively downtown core and the nearby hills, wetlands, and forests.

We also value connections; to our neighbours and the community, to our road and rail network, and to the opportunity Barrie provides to enjoy life.

Everything Barrie has to offer, from the water we drink to the roads we travel on, has one thing in common - municipal workers.

Joining a municipality is one of the most rewarding, engaging, and exciting careers you could choose. It is a career you can take pride in knowing that every day you make a positive impact on an entire community.

We are one team, with one goal and we all work together to continue making our community great. The Opportunity

The Information Technology Department provides information technology expertise and professional services to all City departments, affiliated agencies (Barrie Public Library, Barrie Police Services) and area municipalities receiving Barrie fire dispatch services.

The Department is responsible for delivering, administering, managing and supporting (in partnership with the business units) all data and voice communications, including but not limited to network infrastructure, servers, storage infrastructure, printers, computing infrastructure, applications and software, databases, web services, geographic information systems, and project and portfolio management.

The Department provides daily technology support to over 1100 users at more than 40 City locations across the City.

The Systems Analyst (ACCELA) is responsible for developing, administering, securing, and supporting the City’s information system applications, with a focus on the permitting and application processing system.

This role also includes providing problem resolution to ensure efficient and effective use of these systems in alignment with corporate and departmental needs.

The Systems Analyst fosters positive working relationships with staff, customers, other municipalities, agencies, and vendors.

Key requirements for this position are as follows :

• Experience in analyzing business requirements and translating them into detailed technical designs
• Strong experience with workflow and approval systems processes
• Production experience with JavaScript and SQL is mandatory.

Our Culture and Qualifications of the Job Corporate Culture : Your workplace values align with our corporate values of Strive, Share and Care and you want to join us in providing exceptional services and programs to build a prosperous, growing and sustainable community Education (degree / diploma / certifications)

Four (4) year University Degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or related discipline

Don’t meet the education credentials as outlined above but have years of directly related experience? Please see the City’s Education Equivalency Policy to determine if you may qualify for equivalency.

Further information is available at www.barrie.ca / JobOpps.

Position Equivalency Code : F

Experience

• Five (5) years of experience performing duties related to the above mentioned major responsibilities
• Demonstrated experience in an information technology portfolio developing, supporting, and managing business system
• Demonstrated experience in disaster recovery, high availability, virtualization and mobile technologies

Knowledge / Skill / Ability

Demonstrated Ability to : think and work collaboratively forming working relationships with both internal and external groupsalign branch programs / services with departmental and corporate goals and objectiveschampion the mission and values of the Citymanage vendor relationships and achieve desired performance outcomes while maintaining a positive working

relationshipcommit to continuous learning and professional development

Intermediate skills include : Analytical; Facilitation; Interpersonal; Presentation; Problem Solving; Project Management;

Time Management; Troubleshooting; Verbal Communication; Written Communication

Intermediate computer literacy using the following systems and software : Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word);

Microsoft technologies including but not limited to IIS, .NET, Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL; and the Internet

Availability, on a rotational basis, to assist with after-hours questions, concerns, or emergencies; to attend evening / weekend meetings or special events;

or to work outside of designated normal hours per week

Conditions of Employment

• Valid Ontario Class G Driver’s Licence in good standing with a reliable vehicle for use on corporate business
• Satisfactory Criminal Record Check*
• Please note that this is a requirement of the position for any new employees to the City of Barrie in accordance with the Police Record Check Procedure .

Existing employees who have met this criteria will be exempt from this requirement.