Software Developer Integration (Hybrid)

About the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)

We’re here to help. When an injury or illness happens on the job, we move quickly to provide wage-loss benefits, medical coverage and support to help people get back to work. Funded by businesses, we also provide no-fault collective liability insurance and access to industry-specific health and safety information. We are one of the largest insurance organizations in North America covering over five million people in more than 300,000 workplaces across Ontario. For more information, visit wsib.ca.

At the WSIB, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• explore many career paths and follow your passion
• continuously learn and grow professionally
• be recognized for the great work you do
• participate in programs that support your health and wellbeing

You’ll also receive a competitive salary, along with a comprehensive benefit package and defined benefit pension plan.

We are establishing our new head office in London and looking to grow our team in this region! Candidates located in this region will be given preference.

Our people have different ways of working and lifestyles. We’re committed to a mix of working in the office, in the field and from home. You have some flexibility in terms of where and how work gets done to help you balance your personal life and career goals.

Salary Grade:  213        From:  $94,583.02  

Job Summary :

Design, develop, implement and support new or enhanced end-to-end solutions in a multi-platform environment that meet quality management and development standards and also provide system, technical analysis and solution recommendations/work effort estimation for project development deliverables. This role is on the automation team which is responsible for delivering and maintaining intelligent automation and RPA solutions to business partners across WSIB.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

1. Design, develop and deliver technology enabled applications and provide technical expertise that adheres to quality management plans and standards by:

• Providing solutions to business and technical issues and ensuring that design specifications and development schedules are met.
• Providing solution recommendations that have potential business/process automation impact and organization/financial impact.

2. Interact with the business, vendors and ITC technical teams by:

• Gathering technical requirements for integrating with the vendor products;
• Attending Requirements and solution design reviews;
• Coordinating system installations and software testing;
• Integrating system solutions to handle confidential data/information and transfers between WSIB and external service providers;
• Conducting and attending technical and detailed design walkthroughs and code reviews;
• Providing isolation and resolution of software issues by leading root cause analysis, providing recommendations and communicating options for resolution of software issues;
• Providing feedback to architecture or high-level solution designs, project plans, requirements, testing and change/implementation review and walkthroughs;
• Report timely work progress status to lead, project manager and development manager.

3. Collaborate with project or support teams and coordinate all development and system integration testing activities by:

• Preparing detailed design specifications, test cases and document testing result;
• Designing/developing high quality application and integration components based on WSIB’s standards and industry’s best practices, using the J2EE/JavaEE or .NET solution frameworks and integrating enterprise solutions utilizing EAI/ Middleware technology;
• Defining and developing logical data models and processing models based on business requirements in order to meet the organization's information requirements by helping to determine data requirements, normalization, structure and distribution;
• Participating in defects meetings and resolving development related issues/defects;
• Supporting all testing, creating code drop release notes and overseeing the implementation of all development components;
• Researching development and integration best practices in order to introduce innovative and creative solutions;

4. Provide after-hours support for applications, integration components, middleware adapters/wrappers and interfaces in order to achieve operational excellence.

5. Perform other duties as assigned or required.

Job Requirements

Education

• University completion at undergraduate level with a specialty focus in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Experience

• Five years prior experience in software development and technical support.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We respect and value the diversity of our people. We strive to create an environment where employees can be themselves and where our differences are celebrated.

The WSIB is committed to being accessible and inclusive, and following barrier-free and accessible employment practices in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Should you require accommodation through any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know when we contact you and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Disclosing conflicts of interest

As public servants, employees at the WSIB have a responsibility to act in an ethical way at all times to create a respectful workplace and maintain public trust. Job applicants are required to disclose any circumstance that could result in a real, potential or perceived conflict of interest. A conflict of interest is any situation where your private interests may impair or be perceived to impair the decisions you make in your official capacity. This may include: political activity, directorship, other outside employment and certain personal relationships (e.g. with current WSIB employees, customers and/or stakeholders). If you have any questions about conflict of interest obligations and/or how to make a disclosure, please contact the Talent Acquisition Centre at talentacquisitioncentre@wsib.on.ca.

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As a precondition of employment, the WSIB requires that prospective candidates undergo a criminal records name check any time before or after they are hired.

To apply for this position, please submit your application by the closing date.