Application Analyst

About the Company

Technology and Innovation (TI) now supports the Oil and Gas Royalty division of Energy and Minerals. Technology and Innovations Ministry requires the services of an experienced C, PowerBuilder and Sybase application system analyst, that preferably has experience with Oil and Gas regulation.

About the Role

The System Analyst will be assigned requirements gathering & programming duties for application projects and enhancement tasks. The individual will also work closely with application development and maintenance teams. In addition, the system analyst will work directly with subject matter experts in the business areas for application testing and remediation to ensure code functions as per specification. This system analyst will be assigned to work on implementation of the Gas Royalty in Kind (GRIK) program and maintenance projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver applications programming and analysis tasks as part of a system development process as well as provide application support, maintenance and enhancements.
• A System Analyst applies a broad knowledge of various technical areas to foresee and rectify certain problem areas within technology or with a mix of technologies, but the focus is to ensure a certain business/functional use case is solved with the help of technology.
• Liaise with business units and program areas to ensure solutions meet current and strategic ministry needs.
• Align development team to follow Application Architecture.
• Write code for the most complex Functional and Technical Designs with minimal defects.
• Define non-functional requirements (Performance, Availability, Portability, Recovery / Recoverability etc.).
• Assess technical impacts up front and recommend better ways of designing applications to ease the development.
• Produce Technical Design, Database structure and Application Architecture for a new average to high complex application.
• Seek the best technical design solution that respects budget and timeline. Advocate the re-use of existing components/frameworks.
• Innovate in providing better efficient ways to design applications.
• Review Technical Designs from other developers and recommend optimization if necessary.
• Evaluate, with assistance, the quality of the product being delivered, and take action to improve situations.
• Assist/Execute performance/penetration tests and troubleshoot issues at the system level.
• Isolate root cause of issues and provide solution options/recommendations.
• Provide tracking and reporting of time and status on all work, as required.
• Contribute to the creation of the Application Lifecycle Planning.
• Identify and coordinate release schedules.
• Identify service requests and priorities with customers.
• Ensure planned releases remain on schedule.

Deliverable Details:

• Projects
• Gas Royalty in Kind (GRIK)
• Scope of services
• Write application code using C, PowerBuilder, InfoMaker, Sybase SQL for the Solaris 11 platform with the ability to create both desktop and web-based interfaces.
• Coordinate with the Ministry of Energy and Minerals clients, analysts and/or interfaced systems clients and team members during testing, providing systems support and operational assistance.
• Design and implement SQL databases.
• Liaise with business users to collect and analyze business and user requirements.
• Document business processes and applications.
• Produce systems design manuals.
• Produce technical and reference manuals.
• Conduct unit testing, system testing and integration testing.
• Ensure all application changes are developed, tested and implemented in a well-controlled manner using software release strategy.
• Equipment requirements
• It is preferred that resources has their own equipment, though GoA will provide laptop/desktop if necessary.
• The Contractor is responsible for supplying all equipment necessary for remote work, including computers, software, printers, supplies, and appropriate office furniture.
• All contracted resources must utilize a computer with a modern version of Windows or macOS compatible with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and related remote-access software. Windows is strongly preferred due to system compatibility.
• Required remote-access software will be installed on the resource's local machine.
• While the Contractor supplies all physical hardware and work environment setups, the Province will ensure resources are granted the required credentials and access to Government of Alberta systems.
• In the event that, the Contractor’s resources are directed to work in-person, the Province shall provide the requisite office space, furniture and office supplies.
• However, the Contractor shall continue to be responsible for providing computers and software and the Province shall continue to ensure that the Contractor’s resources have the necessary access and credentials to the Government of Alberta’s system.
• The fixed rate quoted must be inclusive of all overhead, office space and equipment, including supplies, administrative burden, mark-up and all other costs to perform the Services for the duration of the Contract.
• Working Hours
• Standard Hours of work are 08:15 – 16:30 Alberta time, Monday through Friday excluding holidays observed by the Province.
• Work must be done from within Alberta, due to network and data security issues.
• It is anticipated the role will be hybrid where the resource will be working from the office three days out of each week.
• The GoA does not pay for travel to attend on-site meetings, nor any expenses related to relocation, commuting, housing/accommodation, food/drink.
• Notes on Location
• It is anticipated the role will be hybrid where the resource will be working from the office three days out of each week, and must be available for onsite meetings when required.
• Onsite meetings include but are not limited to strategic, architectural, and technical discussions, meeting with team members, senior managers, directors, executive directors and business clients.
• Frequency of meeting could be multiple times per month.
• Incumbency
• Previously this role was filled by a contractor, however, for this and all other opportunities, the Ministry seeks the best person to fill the role.
• Standard Background check required
• The Supplier shall, prior