Department Name: Department of Natural Resources
Location: Victoria
Classification: PC – 03
Salary: $70,090 to $83,407
Closing Date: April 9, 2008 – 23:59, Pacific Time
Reference Number: RSN08J-006661-000438
Selection Process Number: 2008-RSN-EA-0722-125055
Employment Tenure: Permanent Full Time – A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar term and/or permanent positions.
Vacancies: 1
Who Can Apply:
Persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad.
Citizenship
Preference will be given to Canadian citizens. Please indicate in your application the reason for which you are entitled to work in Canada: Canadian citizenship, permanent resident status or work permit.
Language Proficiency
Applicants must demonstrate in their application that they meet the following merit criteria to be retained for further consideration.
English essential
Education
Essential Qualifications:
Graduation with a degree in science relevant to the position.
Asset Qualifications:
(Asset Qualifications may be used for screening purposes)
Graduation with a Master’s degree from a recognized university, with acceptable specialization in computer science, engineering, geography or other scientific discipline relevant to the position.
Experience
Essential Qualifications
– Experience working with and analyzing spatial data.
– Extensive experience in software engineering / development.
– Significant experience in the life cycle of a major scientific and technical distributed interoperable system in an operational environment.
– Extensive experience as a Linux and/or Solaris Unix administrator
– Extensive experience with Java and/or C programming languages.
– Significant experience with Open Source projects .
– Significant experience in the deployment of OGC Web Mapping Services and Web Feature Services.
– Experience in leading project teams.
– Experience in project planning.
Asset Qualifications:
(Asset Qualifications may be used for screening purposes)
– Experience in working with provincial, territorial, and federal governments in the delivery of reporting commitments.
– Experience in the deployment and management of a major interoperable distributed infrastructure with partnerships from the federal, provincial and territorial governments
– Extensive experience in the deployment of OGC Web Mapping Services and Web Feature Services
– Extensive experience with Open Source projects as developer and user
– Administrative experience with Spatial Warehouse technologies: CubeWerx/CubeStor and PostgreSQL/PostGIS
– Working knowledge of metadata standards (including: FGDC, NBII, ISO TC211 – 19115, MARC)
– Extensive experience in leading project teams
Other Merit Criteria and Conditions of Employment
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Willing to work overtime, if required.
Available to travel frequently
Available to travel on weekends, when required.
Statement of Merit Criteria
Applicants who meet the above criteria will also be assessed against the Statement of Merit Criteria for this position.
Information to be provided:
You must provide the following information when submitting your application:
Your résumé.
You must ensure that you select at least one employment type when submitting your application: Employment Tenure
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Your résumé must clearly demonstrate how you meet the requirements.
We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Questions regarding travel and relocation.
The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.
The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.
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