M365 Applications Developer

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Date Posted:03/04/2024

Req ID: 36202

Faculty/Division: Ofc of the Chief Information Officer

Department: Enterprise Apps & Solutions Integration

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Position Number: 00050013

Description

About us:

The Enterprise Applications and Solutions Integration (EASI) department within the Chief Information Officer’s (CIO) Division is a central department responsible for all matters pertaining to the development, maintenance and effectiveness of the core administrative management and student systems at the U of T. Included within these responsibilities are all central SAP systems, such as Financial Services, Human Resources, Research Administration and Procurement; the central U of T Student System (ROSI); approximately 40 related vendor and specialized web applications, as well as central Business Intelligence and Document Management applications.

Your Opportunity

Under the general direction of the Manager, Microsoft Cloud Architecture, you will be part of a dynamic, collaborative and innovative team focused on delivering transformational technology solutions to the University. Through your efforts in this position, you will directly help improve the University’s administrative management and student systems.

You will be responsible for developing and deploying PowerApps for a variety of University of Toronto internal clients. You will also be responsible for collaborating with other internal development teams (citizen developers) to ensure solutions adhere to applicable best practices, policies, and security guidelines.

You Will Be Responsible For

• Leveraging your technical expertise to design and implement Power Platform based solutions satisfying requirements and meeting agreed completion dates;
• Leveraging new approaches to solutions for system design and functionality;
• Liaising effectively between clients, IT staff, information security and leadership teams to ensure high quality and timely resolution of issues;
• Working closely with the DevOps, Architecture, and Information Security teams to ensure PowerApps conform to prevailing architectural standards and guidelines;
• Providing assistance and mentoring on an ongoing basis to citizen developers across the University’s divisions;
• Offering guidance to citizen developers to ensure legal and compliance issues are satisfied;
• Encouraging citizen developers to follow a security-aware software life cycle process by which they can be guided to create and deliver high-quality and secure applications;
• Identifying and providing or recommending approved APIs, application security testing and development tools, SDKs, and test plans;
• Managing custom connector requests;
• Identifying costs and effort to be incurred by proposed PowerApps;
• Effectively communicating the need for additional licensing and custom development when necessary;
• Developing custom connectors when necessary; and
• Initiating and contributing to a peer support community so that PowerApps developers can learn from their peers.
  
  

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Writing complex technical code
• Designing, testing, and modifying programming code
• Analyzing and writing programming code structures based on user requirements
• Evaluating programming code to ensure it has validity, compatibility, and that it meets appropriate standards
• Commenting on programming code for the purposes of standardization and consistency
• Creating complex and technical documentation and user support guides
• Serving as a resource on specific issues to a group of specialists
  
  

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum two years’ experience with Microsoft Azure software development services
• Minimum four years’ experience with one or more of these languages C#, .Net Core, JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience developing PowerApps, Logic Apps or Function-as-a-Service
• Familiarity with OAuth 2.0 data flows and how to apply them appropriately
• Strong writing and verbal communication skills
• Strong customer service skills
• Effective problem-solving skills
• Able to work concurrently on multiple projects, adjust to occasional changes in priorities, and respond quickly and effectively in emergency situations
• Able to instruct, direct, assist, guide, and share information with both technical and non-technical personnel alike
  
  

Assets (Nonessential)

• Experience using project management tools (Jira, MS Project)
• Microsoft Certifications related to desktop management
  
  

To Be Successful In This Role You Will Be

• Adaptable
• Multi-tasker
• Proactive
• Problem solver
• Self-directed
  
  

NOTE: This is a 2 year-term position

Closing Date: 03/19/2024, 11:59PM ET

Employee Group: USW

Appointment Type: Budget - Term

Schedule: Full-Time

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone

USW Pay Band 12 -- $78,308 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $100,144. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.

Job Category: Information Technology (IT)

Recruiter: Khristen Sivaramalingam

Lived Experience Statement

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

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All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca.

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