Senior Programmer Analyst (.NET)

The Role

The Senior Programmer Analyst (.NET) will support all the design and development change activities in a variety of systems on the .NET platform. You will be responsible for design, development and system analysis for complex processes in support of day-to-day operational service requests, participate in delivery of new solutions and addressing production issues.

In this role, you will:

• Provide recommendation into the selection and implementation of new features to translate complex requirements to solution and production
• Prepare and maintain detailed design/technical specification documents for delivering requested business functionality through the solution
• Develop new requirements following SDLC best practices
• Work with the development team to ensure quality deliverables by completion of unit and integration testing, and of assigned tasks
• Support and collaborate with the Senior Test Analyst on the team
• Partner with business analysts and business users to create training materials and documentation, when required
• Participate in addressing production operational requests and production issues, as required

Job status: Full time, Permanent

Salary: $70,757 - $83,243

Work status: Full time in office and hybrid work arrangements are available

Location: Must live and work in Ontario to perform this role

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 5+ years’ IT experience in full development cycle of Web and Windows applications on .NET platforms (FW4.6 or higher) using C#
• 2+ years’ experience using Oracle
• Experience in SharePoint configuration or ESRI GIS software, an asset
• Experience in systems integration and implementation of Service Oriented Architecture using WCF web Services or Web API in system development
• Experience in stored procedures and using tools such as Toad or PL/SQL developer
• Experience in using TFS/JIRA in day-to-day system development activities and Agile methodology
• Demonstrate a strong ability to understand, analyze, troubleshoot and solve technical issues under time constraints
• Experience in production support with strong analytical skills to identify and address production issues
• Demonstrate creative problem solving abilities through work experiences
• Excellent communication skills and team working capabilities

Key competencies

• Communication – Listens to others and communicates effectively, fostering open communication
• Critical judgment, decision making and problem solving – Uses critical judgment to make decisions and solve problems involving varied levels of complexity, ambiguity, and risk
• Initiative – Identifies and deals with situations and issues proactively and persistently, seizing opportunities that arise
• Analytical thinking – Interprets, links, and analyses information and situations by breaking them down into component parts, and identifying patterns, connections, and underlying issues
• Client focus – Provides service excellence to internal and external clients
• Information Technology – Application development/support and maintenance – Has the knowledge and ability to design, define, construct, enhance, support, and maintain application software on one or more platforms including web

Background

Agricorp, an agency of the government of Ontario.

Agricorp delivers government programs. These programs help protect the livelihood of over 47,000 Ontario farmers against the many risks farm businesses face every day. Our employees are skilled professionals who respond when industry and government need us, manage public funds with great care and integrity, and deliver a quality customer experience.

Agricorp helps grow Ontario agriculture. We underwrite $6-8 billion in risk each year. The agency was established in 1997, and since then we’ve made over $8 billion in payments to farmers when they needed it most.

Apply online

To apply for this position, please go to www.agricorp.com and select Careers. Click on Current Opportunities.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted directly.