The Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay

has a rewarding opportunity for a

Applications Developer/Analyst - Business & Enterprise Applications Solutions! (Full-Time)

Work Location: (Thunder Bay – Hybrid)

Thunder Bay is the largest community on Lake Superior. With a census metropolitan area population of 123,258 (Census 2021), it is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario. Deeply rooted with European and Indigenous cultures, Thunder Bay is the sixth most culturally diverse community of its size in North America. The Community values a high quality of life and promotes a clean, green, beautiful and healthy community that provides economic opportunity, respects diversity and provides affordable and safe neighborhoods that are accessible to all.

Thunder Bay is a vibrant community and is the region's commercial, administrative, and medical hub. From trees to transportation to the new frontier for research, health and life sciences, the community stands for hard work and innovation. The City by the Bay is home to 38 elementary schools, three middle schools, eight secondary schools, two private schools, an adult education facility, a post-secondary college and a university institution that provides a medical school and a law school.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic office, which provides a flexible work environment and the means to achieve work-life balance.

This role is eligible for up to two days remote work (work from home) within Thunder Bay.

If you truly enjoy the advantages of work life balance that a smaller city provides in a large organizational setting, then come join us!

If you already live here, we can’t wait for you to join our team!

Applications Developer/Analyst - Business & Enterprise Applications Solutions

The Opportunity

The Applications Developer/Analyst is responsible for developing and providing effective corporate & departmental business & enterprise applications and web solutions. They also provide functional guidance to both division and corporate or departmental clients as it relates to business & enterprise applications, web solutions and the resolution of technical problems.

The role reports to the Manager – Business & Enterprise Applications and has the following accountabilities:

• Provides effective Corporate and departmental software business & enterprise applications and web solutions, utilizing the applicable phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle, to meet client business needs, legislative requirements, or software release upgrades.
• Leads or participates in researching, planning, determining resource allocation, evaluating software solutions, providing recommendations, determining client and technology requirements, and developing program/system specifications and cost-effective solutions as it relates to project management-related activities.
• Leads or participates in the preparation of reports, business cases, surveys, and studies; provides recommendations relating to the implementation of new and existing application solutions.
• Identifies, develops, and ensures compliance with technical standards and guidelines; participates in the development of procedures as it relates to application processes and IT standards; maintains records in accordance with policies.
• Collaborates with the business application owner to establish and review user security access for the application; ensures application security is maintained.

Ideal Candidate

• Degree in computer science, software engineering, or information systems together with three years’ recent experience working with business application and web solutions, advanced programming techniques, relational database technology, and project management; or
• Diploma relating to software development together with five years’ recent experience working with business application and web solutions, advanced programming techniques, relational database technology, and project management; or
• Equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of network hardware, protocols, and standards
• Experience in business analysis and systems design/development projects
• Superior ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with clients, co-workers, and business partners
• Experience developing applications/reports and adhoc queries using the latest releases in the following environments: VB (Visual Studio, specifically asp.net), HTML, Javascript, CSS, Crystal Reports, Microsoft Office, SQL Server Reporting Services
• Experience in developing queries and stored procedures using Oracle SQL, PLSQL and/or Microsoft SQL Server
• Experience in Web software such as Webtrends and GIS mapping interfaces for presentation on the web

For a detailed job description, click here.

Why City of Thunder Bay Corporate Information Technology?

It is an exciting time for our Corporate Information Technology Division and the Corporation.  We are embracing our digital world and have developed a digital strategy for the City of Thunder Bay, which is all about how we can use technology to make our community work better in the digital age. It sets out the framework for delivering customer-centred, digitally powered City services and identifies a number of digital initiatives to be actioned.

This position will play an integral role in implementing our digital strategy.  Click here to learn more about our Digital Strategy:  Digital Strategy

This is the time to join our team.  If you seek to be a part of this transformational journey, then we would like to hear from you!

Why Work for the City of Thunder Bay (CTB)?

When you work for the City of Thunder Bay, you are part of our team, and here you can:

• Experience your importance,   
• Unleash your potential,
• Know your work matters,
• Embrace diversity,
• Make a difference,
• Join a dedicated team, and
• Build community.

Learn more about the top reasons to work at the CTB:  https://www.thunderbay.ca/en/city-hall/jobs.aspx

Great Tangible Benefits

As an employee with the Corporation you will be in receipt of the following amazing benefits:

• Great competitive salary
• Fantastic matching pension plan
• Great paid vacation and holidays
• Strong health benefits coverage – employer paid health, vision, & dental benefits
• Excellent life insurance & accidental death & dismemberment insurance (1.5 times your annual salary)
• Fantastic employee family assistance program (EFAP)
• Great employee wellness program
• Supportive career progression opportunities
• Great corporate training & leadership development
• Great tuition reimbursement program (continuous learning)
• Voluntary Leave Purchase Plan (option – to purchase 5 leave days)

Beautiful Thunder Bay

Learn why Thunder Bay is such great place to live and work:  https://gotothunderbay.ca/why-thunder-bay/

General Information:

As an equal opportunity employer, the City of Thunder Bay encourages applications from Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minority groups, women and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

ONTARIO HUMAN RIGHTS CODE:  It is a contravention of the Human Rights Code of Ontario to discriminate on the basis of: race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability, age, record of offences, gender identity or gender expression.  Therefore, a resume submitted to the City must not include references to any of the above characteristics.  Do not include: 

• Photos
• Any certificates that have photo identification
• Driver’s licences
• Police records checks

Note: The above documentation will be requested by the Human Resources Division should you be the successful applicant. If a Criminal Record Check is required, it will be requested by Human Resources should you be the successful applicant.  Please do not submit your Criminal Record Check with your application.

ACCOMMODATION:  Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for all parts of the recruitment process.

PRIVACY: Personal information on this form is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, c. 302, as amended, and will be used to determine eligibility for employment. Questions about this collection of personal information should be directed to the Human Resources Division, 125 Syndicate Ave Suite 42, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 6H8, Telephone: 625-3866

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