To respond to the priorities of the Government of Ontario through the passage of the Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act 2025, the resource may be partially assigned to Bill 5 related projects or initiatives on an as needed basis.
A Senior GIS Systems Analyst and Developer is needed to upgrade Geocortex based GIS applications to the new VertiGIS platform.
The Land and Resources I&IT Cluster (LRC), in partnership with the Ministries of Natural Resources, Energy and Mines; Environment, Conservation, and Parks; Agriculture, Food, and Agribusiness; and Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation is undertaking a multi-year effort to upgrade up to 18 business-critical geospatial applications hosted on the GIS Delivery Platform (GDP).
This initiative is driven by the need to upgrade Geocortex-based applications, which rely on deprecated middleware and infrastructure, to the current Geocortex vendor release version, the fully supported, next-generation VertiGIS platform. The project will deliver like-for-like upgrades of up to 18 existing Geocortex applications, preserving current functionality while upgrading the underlying technology and application codebase. This work will ensure continued alignment with GO-ITS standards and service delivery requirements, maintain vendor support, and mitigate risks associated with unsupported systems, including security vulnerabilities, system instability, performance degradation, and potential reputational impacts.
The upgraded VertiGIS applications will provide improved integration with modern GIS capabilities, including enterprise data, geoprocessing services, and portal technologies. This enhanced compatibility will enable future modernization opportunities and improved data management efficiencies. In addition, the upgrades will address existing functionality and performance issues, support Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) compliance, and deliver an overall improved user experience.
All Geospatial Ontario IT Program projects are composed of both IT Source Fee-For-Service and Full Time Employee resources.
Projects will maintain independent, as well as, Program, and Corporate level governance.
Two onsite work locations are recommended; however, the successful candidate may work out of a locally available Ontario Public Service office:
- 300 WATER STREET, NORTH TOWER, FLOOR 4, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO
- 40 ST CLAIR AVENUE WEST, FLOOR 11, TORONTO, ONTARIO
The successful candidate is expected to work without break in service for the duration of the contract. However 5 days off have been built into the contract.
- Provide senior technical expertise, project leadership, and coordination of activities in the development, implementation, and maintenance of a diverse range of cost-effective I&IT solutions.
- Provide technical advice to clients and leverage OPS I&IT solutions and applications to meet program/service goals and objectives, ensuring efficiency.
- Provides specialized technical expertise in the overall analysis of the design and architecture of systems solutions.
- Ability to evaluate recommendations and ensure all recommended solutions for improvement are congruent with the project goals and objectives.
- Identifies short and long-term project goals/objectives, and as a senior technical expert, defines and identifies program and service delivery requirements in support of the development and/or acquisition of client applications.
- Leads the analysis, development, and documentation of design and architecture of systems solutions.
- Leads the development of testing, integration, and implementation of systems solutions into the clients’ applications.
- Guides the feasibility studies and cost-effective analyses of proposed client I&IT initiatives, ensuring all studies and analyses are documented.
- Leads the technical aspects of projects related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). This includes planning, scheduling, and estimating resources, providing technical expertise, coordination, monitoring progress, and providing management with project status updates.
- Demonstrated experience gathering requirements, translating business documents into technical specifications.
- Experience leading development/support teams supporting multi-dimensional and relational databases and their applications for effective planning, budgeting, strategizing, and forecasting procedures.
- Demonstrated experience designing and developing complex applications utilizing relational and multi-dimensional databases.
- Ability to provide implementation and post-implementation support as required.
- Oversees the research and evaluation of the technical components in the acquisition of software, hardware, technology, systems, and products.
- Recommends and directs the measurement and improvement of tools, techniques, standards, and performance criteria to control the quality of application development initiatives.
- Provides coaching and direction to junior analysts throughout the project, related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle.
- Experience developing and deploying solutions to cloud platforms, ideally Azure.
- Knowledge of service-oriented architecture (SOA), microservices, and web services (REST, JSON, AJAX).
- Ability to troubleshoot and support incident management and operations.
- Experience developing web applications (JavaScript, Typescript, HTML5, CSS) and scripting (Python).
- Knowledge of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), spatial data, analysis, and applications.
- Experience using GIS software suites, ideally ArcGIS, VertiGIS/Geocortex, and/or FME.
- Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.
- Experience with development/maintenance of documentation including installation guides and build books.
- Ability to gather, review, and provide feedback to business requirements.
