Job Description

The tasks that service provider will be expected to perform include any or all of the following:

1. Manage the implementation of projects to meet identified business needs, acquiring and using the necessary resources and Skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, and quality.
2. Work closely with the project’s Business Manager (BM) on business justification, project definition, and Business Implementation.
3. Develop comprehensive project plans covering scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality, and risk management.
4. Guide the team in charge of project activities and review their deliverables.
5. Participate in functional working groups and progress meetings.
6. Estimate costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project to agreed terms of reference.
7. Prepare and maintain project and quality plans and tracks activities against the plan, provide regular and accurate reports.
8. Monitor costs, timescales and resources used. Take action where these deviate from agreed tolerances. Ensure that delivered systems are implemented within these criteria.
9. Manage the change control procedure gaining agreement for revisions to the project from project sponsors.
10. Provide effective leadership for the project team ensuring that team members are motivated and constantly developing their Skills and experience.
11. Manage all project stakeholders through a structured communication plan, stakeholder mapping, and regular status reporting aligned to governance cadence.
12. Development of front-end website architecture.
13. Design of user interactions on web pages.
14. Development of back-end website applications.
15. Implement core business logic.
16. Apply data and security best practices: input validation, authentication/authorization, secure storage, compliant logging and monitoring.
17. Ensure web applications are optimized for performance and functionality across different browsers and devices.
18. Design responsive applications.
19. Design and develop APIs.
20. Participating in the design and creation of scalable software.
21. Maintenance of code integrity and organisation.
22. Writing clean, functional code on the front- and back-end.
23. Compile and analyse data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.
24. Perform unit/integration testing, debug, fix, and validate code changes.
25. Deliver solutions that fulfil functional and non-functional requirements and align with user expectations.
26. Write technical documentation.
27. Develop and maintain features across the entire stack, from designing user interfaces and consuming APIs to implementing server-side business logic and database interactions.
28. Deploy and manage applications on cloud platforms using CI/CD pipelines and containerization technologies.
29. Bridge the gap between front-end and back-end developers, facilitating communication and ensuring cohesive integration of all system components.
30. Lead a development team (5–10 members) in an Agile/Scrum environment.
31. Perform code reviews, mentoring, and technical onboarding.
32. Collaborate with QA teams to ensure test coverage
33. Participate in requirements refinement and effort estimation.

Requirements

SPECIFIC EXPERTISE AND TECHNOLOGIES:

1. Experience in managing projects.
2. Knowledge of recognized project management methodologies, such as PRINCE2, PMBOK, and Agile frameworks.
3. Expertise in planning and financial practices such as project scheduling, strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and performance tracking.
4. Excellent knowledge of Agile methodology, Scrum Management, Lean agile.
5. Experience with project management software such as JIRA and Microsoft Project.
6. Experience with collaboration platforms such as Confluence and SharePoint.
7. Experience in facilitation of meetings.
8. Practical knowledge of reporting methods.
9. Proficiency in Java back-end stacks, experience with Spring Boot, Hibernate, and REST API development
10. Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
11. Proficiency in working with both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle, PL/SQL) including schema design and query optimization
12. Proficiency with Weblogic application server, JEE and EJB
13. Experience of cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure) and experience with deploying and managing applications in a cloud environment.
14. Experience in designing, building, and securing RESTful APIs and web services, including OpenAPI/Swagger documentation.
15. Experience of authentication and authorization protocols and standards (e.g., OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT)
16. Knowledge of front-end frameworks/libraries (Angular, React)
17. Experience with build tools and CI/CD pipelines tools like Maven, GitLab, Bamboo, Jenkins, Nexus.
18. Experience with ALM tools like Jira, Git, Bitbucket, and wikis
19. Experience of containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) for developing and deploying applications
20. Experience of service-oriented architectures (SOA) and Service buses
21. Experience of project methodologies and best practices (e.g., Agile, Scrum…)
22. Experience in unit-testing and integration testing tools (e.g., Junit, Mockito)
23. Experience with automated code analysis tools (e.g., SonarQube)
24. Experience of AI applied to coding (e.g. Amazon Q, Kiro.)
25. Knowledge of public grants management processes is a strong asset
26. Knowledge of system analysis and project management is an asset
27. Knowledge of micro-service solutions is an asset

SKILLS

1. Ability to plan, execute, and control projects by managing scope, schedule, budget, risks, and stakeholders with recognized methods.
2. Skills in presenting status, risks, and decisions clearly to varied type of stakeholders.
3. Ability to apply high quality standards to all tasks.
4. Ability to work in an international/multi-cultural environment, rapid self-starting capability and experience in working in a team, understanding the needs, objectives and constraints of those in other disciplines and functions.
5. Ability to orchestrate team activities, managing dynamics, resolving conflicts, and providing direction to ensure collective success.
6. Competence in aligning stakeholder interests and securing commitments through structured negotiation.
7. Ability to adjust plans, mitigate risks, and engage stakeholders during unplanned changes.
8. Ability to quickly ramp-up on new projects and competence in collaborating within teams.
9. Ability to participate in multi-lingual meetings, ease of communication in a multicultural environment.
10. Ability in applying security and cloud best practices.
11. Proficiency in integrating front/back-end builds into CI/CD pipelines.
12. Ability to work in a team as well as autonomously.
13. Results-oriented mindset, focused on delivering.
14. Ability to coach and teach newcomers
15. Ability to evaluate technical skills of current/future team members
16. Ability to refine requirements and stories
17. Ability to use AI tools to increase code quality and productivity
18. Leadership skills are a strong asset