Under the general direction of the IT Manager - Applications, the Developer is responsible for the development, support, maintenance, design and operation of Winnipeg Police systems and applications. The Application System Specialist serves as the technical application lead and as such will provide technical direction to the Developer.

Duties include analysis, implementation, development, modification, testing, documentation, deployment and problem resolution of IT applications.

The Developer independently undertakes and/or coordinates small application system implementation or development projects, or participates on medium to large size projects as required by the WPS. The Developer also actively participates in operational tasks by providing resolutions to escalated problems as needed.

The WPS applications and the underlying infrastructure are supported by ITSD 24 x 7 x 365. The availability and reliability of the mission critical systems are imperative to ensure police and public safety. As such, this position will be required to provide technical application support in a 24/7 environment. This position may be called upon from time to time to provide after-hours support. Also, the position will be responsible to provide support, as defined in the project, for any new application or any enhancement rolled out to the production environment.

The utmost degree of confidentiality, care and security must be observed at all times.

As the ISP II - Programmer/Developer you will:

• Solution initiation, design, development, implementation, and testing to meet project requirements and further the goals of Information and Technology Solutions Division (ITSD) and the WPS
• Maintain existing vendor-supplied and in-house developed applications at implied or explicit Service Level Agreement performance
• Coordinate small-sized projects
• Research current and emerging technologies to establish best practices

Your education and qualifications include:

• University degree in Computer Science (or related field), or College Diploma in Business Information Technology (or related field) and equivalent in experience and expertise
• 36 months related work experience in programming
• Demonstrated experience in programming technologies and concepts within the .Net framework/technology stack such as C#/Visual Studio, ASP.Net MVC, SQL server, CSS/JavaScript/HTML, ASP.Net WebAPI/ WCF, Entity Framework/NHibernate, Active Directory
• Demonstrated aptitude in Visual Studio, Azure DevOps Server/GIT, NUnit/XUnit
• Demonstrated experience with Rest API’s
• Demonstrated ability to manage change on a rapid and on-going basis
• Knowledge and practical experience with integrated application development environments, in particular Visual Studio and scripting environments
• Ability to work with relational database such as SQL Server
• Ability to use analytical techniques to obtain user requirements, identify root causes of problems, analyze alternatives, provide cost-benefit analysis
• Excellent understanding of techniques, tools and technologies pertaining to the analysis, design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance of software solutions
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements
• Ability to determine whether a particular problem is caused by hardware, operating systems software, application programs or network failures
• Knowledge of networking technologies from the programmer’s prospective
• Ability to prioritize work, efficiently switch tasks when warranted and stay organized in a dynamic work environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group including executives, managers, subject matter experts, and business analysts
• Ability to maintain a current knowledge of related industry applications and tools and adapt to changing technological environments
• Ability to manage time constraints and prioritize workloads
• Ability to establish and maintain a positive, respectful, healthy work environment that supports the physical, psychological and social working relationships with all members within WPS at all levels in a team environment

*IMPORTANT: Applicants who have been educated outside of Canada must have education which is comparable to the minimum qualification in Canada. Applicants submitting foreign credentials require an official academic assessment report issued by a recognized Canadian assessment service** at application. If you are not submitting proof of Grade 12 completed within Canada, we require you to submit proof of a full-time, two-year post-secondary program completed in Canada.

If you are not submitting proof of Grade 12 completed within Canada, we require you to submit proof of a full-time, two-year post-secondary program completed in Canada.

Minimum requirements:

• Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Minimum 18 years of age
• No involvement in any criminal activity within the last two years (including illegal drugs)
• No criminal record for which a Pardon has not been granted

Conditions of employment:

• Ability to pass a level 3 Winnipeg Police Service security check and maintain clearance
• Willingness and ability to successfully complete additional training as defined by the Service
• Willingness and ability to work overtime, holidays and weekends as required by the Service

Winnipeg Police Service Competencies:

• Dealing with Ambiguity
• Functional/Technical Skills
• Integrity and Trust
• Peer Relationships
• Results Oriented