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Job Type:
Employee
Duration in Months(for fixed-term jobs):
24
Job Family:
Application Development
# of Open Positions:
1
Faculty/Service - Department:
Student Life and Campus Services, IT Solutions
Campus:
Main Campus
Union Affiliation:
UOITP
Date Posted:
August 07, 2025
Applications must be received BEFORE:
August 18, 2025
Hours per week:
35
Salary Grade:
UOITP Grade11
Salary Range:
$92,685.00 - $115,243.00About Information Technology:
Information Technology is a dynamic and collaborative environment. We are focused on prioritizing and optimizing technological investments that facilitate the best student experience, as well as the activities of faculty, researchers and staff. Our greatest strength are the people working with us. People like you, professionals eager to flex their intellectual muscle and achieve new heights in their career. Working here gives you access to a great IT environment, rich with a diverse range of platforms, products, and services. This is a place where innovative ideas are welcome.
In a nutshell: working here is challenging and rewarding. It’ll bring out the best of you. We want people that have the drive to advance IT in higher education. We have the technologies to keep your inner fires burning, and benefits that can help you sustain a better lifestyle. And all this minutes away from gyms, the Byward Market, downtown, and the Rideau Canal at lunch time for runners and skaters.
Position Purpose
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Information Technology, the incumbent evaluates the users business and software requirements and develops new or enhances existing or off-the-shelf computer applications. Manages medium to major projects and may be required to supervise the work of others. Is focused on meeting user needs and improving the efficiency of the University’s business processes through system and software solutions.
In this role, your responsibilities will include:
- Analysis: Provides professional expertise and leads the analysis of client business and functional requirements for projects of medium and large scope and assists in determining technical, operational and economic feasibility.
- Development and Testing: Develops and writes complex programs and oversees the work of others in developing effective program code, tests, debugs and performs integration tests to ensure correct functionality of software.
- Documentation: Creates and reviews the documentation of others for new releases or application upgrades.
- Maintenance: Reviews and identifies the requirement to repair and maintains current systems and software to ensure they continue to perform in keeping with client expectations.
- Purchasing Advice: Evaluates software options (custom versus off-the-shelf) and measures these against client requirements to offer sound recommendations ensuring the most cost effective and operationally appropriate solutions for user needs.
- Continuous Improvement: Provides recommendations to improve and enhance existing policies and standards and develops and implements procedures to ameliorate the efficiency and effectiveness of the services provided to users.
What you will bring:
- University degree in Computer Science or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum 5 years of experience developing and implementing software applications.
- Experience working with Artificial Intelligence Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) is considered an asset.
- Knowledge of and experience with programming tools, languages, techniques.
- Knowledge of industry standards and best practice.
- Knowledge of project management concepts and methods and experience in planning and managing cross functional projects that are usually completed within 1 year.
- Knowledge of University policies, guidelines, procedures and standards regarding system and software development and deployment.
- Experience in providing supervision, guidance, leadership and feedback to project teams and junior resources.
- Analytical skills to diagnose, troubleshoot, debug and repair complex programming issues.
- Ability to proactively keep abreast of new and emerging technologies.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to users.
- Bilingualism - French and English (spoken and written).
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Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:
Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.
The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.
If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.
Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.
