Senior Developer

Senior Developer (Permanent)

Ottawa ON/Victoria BC 

Underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, asset management, and specialist training, Babcock International works with customers around the world to improve the capability, reliability, and availability of their most critical assets within the key market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear.

In Canada, Babcock works in the Marine sector, where our teams provide critical and complex support to Canada’s submarine fleet. Our Canadian team is proud to be trusted to deliver key naval in-service support for the Royal Canadian Navy. We also operate in the Aviation sector, where Babcock ensures that the aircrew trainees of our partner nations receive the world’s best flying training. We deliver vital aerial emergency services and are proud to have been selected by the Government of Manitoba to deliver their wildfire suppression services, as well as key components of their critical air ambulance services.

Whether it is providing technical training instruction, developing training materials or maintaining critical training assets, Babcock is trusted by its customers to deliver world-class training solutions.

Babcock’s Purpose is to create a safe and secure world, together. Our Principles create the foundation for how we will do this. They keep us on the right course, unify the way we work and guide us towards success. By thinking, connecting, and acting in line with these Principles, we’ll deliver better outcomes for our Culture, Customers and Communities. Collectively at Babcock, our employees embody the Principles that help make us great at what we do:

• Challenge the status quo, Be Curious, and ask, ‘how might we?’
• Whenever measuring success, Think: Outcomes and positive impacts.
• Be Kind to ourselves, each other, and our planet.
• Babcock employees Collaborate – we are greater than the sum of our parts,
• Be Courageous – be brave, ambitious, and determined.
• Everyone has a part to play - Own and Deliver to be successful.

We encourage you to explore our Babcock Canada website to learn more about us at www.babcockcanada.com.

In this role, you will:

• Work with other Developers, Project Managers and Solution Managers throughout the software development lifecycle, following Agile Principles.
• Develop technical solutions to support business processes within the organization and support updates to existing applications.
• Develop and maintain new and existing Web Applications, Windows Services and work with SQL and Oracle Databases.
• Provide analytical and technical support for complex requests, projects, or initiatives.
• Capture and interpret business requirements in the form of user stories.
• Develop software against business requirements and user stories.
• Provide guidance to other team members and participate in continuous improvement of the development process.
• Write technical documentation for new and existing solutions.
• Package and deploy software releases.
• Liaise with Applications Manager on issues of business process and applicability to Babcock Canada applications
• Works with the business to ensure appropriate governance is applied and adhered to in accordance with IT best practices.
• Other duties as directed.

The ideal candidate brings:

• 4+ years of relevant experience
• An analytical mind, natural fault finding ability, close attention to detail and deep experience of software development.
• A methodical approach to problem solving.
• Self-motivated, self-directed and independent thinking as well as an effective team player.
• Strong experience of .NET, C#
• Strong experience of MVC.
• Strong experience of ASP.NET Forms
• Strong experience of relational databases with Oracle SQL/PLSQL and SQL Server programming. 
• Experience of using DevOps for source control and software development.
• Ability to work with a number of web application applicable technologies e.g. JQuery, BootStrap, CSS.
• Experience of developing and consuming SOAP, JSON and RESTful Web Services.
• Strong understanding and exposure to Object Oriented practices and principles.
• Knowledge and experience of software development life cycle and approaches.
• Knowledge and experience of Agile (Scrum/Kanban) methodologies and practices.
• Other desired but not essential experience of unit testing, T-SQL, SSIS, SSRS, Crystal Reports, MS Access, Telerik.
• Experience of working in a large scale organization with ERP systems.
• Technical and/or business experience with demonstrable professional growth.
• Good organization skills with the ability to prioritize multiple activities and objectives in a rapidly changing environment, while delivering quality service.
• Strong collaboration and consulting skills, committed to providing exceptional customer service and responding to user needs in a prompt, courteous manner.
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex technical issues in terms clearly understood by technical and non-technical audiences.
• Technical writing skills with experience in gathering and documenting user requirements and the ability to produce documents ranging from specifications to user manuals.
• Good knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet and presentation computer programs, preferably Microsoft.
• Proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, meaning that you must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by the Government of Canada with the final dose at least 14 days prior to your start date as well as any COVID boosters recommended by public health authorities
• You are eligible for a Canadian Secret Security and ITAR Clearance

Babcock Canada supports the safety and wellbeing of our employees through the following programs:

• Contributions towards an employee’s physical and mental health
• Wellness days
• Supportive work life balance: flexible work schedule and competitive annual vacation time off
• Comprehensive health and dental benefits
• Pregnancy and Parental Leave top-up available
• Employer matching of employee retirement contribution
• Employee recognition and bonus programs
• Support of professional development and reimbursement of membership dues
• Relocation assistance for individuals and families

Babcock is committed to promoting a workforce without boundaries. One that welcomes everyone to contribute to our success regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or age. If you require accommodation during any stage of our recruitment process, please let us know how we can assist you.

Applicants, please apply online at https://www.babcockinternational.com/careers/