Assignment: Senior Software Developer
Client: Justice Technology Services (JTS)
Ministry: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement
Location: 25 Morton Shulman Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite
Start Date: November 19, 2026
End Date: September 13, 2027
Openings: 1
Security Clearance: CRJMC
Maximum Submissions: 1
Assignment Duration: 203 business days + potential 90-day extension
Hours: 7.25 hours/day, Monday–Friday, between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, excluding breaks
Submission Deadline: October 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Position Overview
Justice Technology Services is seeking a Senior Software Developer to support the development, enhancement, integration, and maintenance of enterprise applications and data solutions.
The successful candidate will work closely with business teams to develop and validate enhancements based on business requirements, maintain and enhance existing applications, resolve defects, ensure consistent data access across Ontario Public Service locations, and support documentation, development, database design, testing, and integration activities.
The resource will also contribute to solution architecture, data pipelines, APIs, reporting services, dashboards, secure system integrations, and data consolidation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Work with business teams to develop and validate application enhancements based on business requirements.
- Maintain and enhance existing applications and resolve application defects in a timely manner.
- Ensure synchronized and consistent data access across all relevant OFPS locations.
- Perform application development, database design, testing, and technical documentation.
- Support conceptual, logical, and physical architecture artifacts.
- Ensure solutions align with GO ITS and enterprise architecture patterns.
- Expand the existing pilot dashboard to support province-wide medicolegal autopsy casework metrics, workload analytics, service performance indicators, and executive reporting.
- Develop and maintain data pipelines, APIs, reporting services, and dashboard functionality supporting executive decision-making.
- Design and build secure interfaces between F-Path, Vanguard (QuinC), and Ontario justice-sector databases.
- Establish data exchange mechanisms for:
- Criminal charge information
- Court attendance data
- Subpoenas
- Counsel assignments
- Case disposition information
- Consolidate legacy data sources into a unified platform.
- Improve data quality, reporting consistency, analytics capabilities, and interoperability across systems.
- Participate in knowledge transfer through 1:1 meetings, team meetings, and technical documentation.
- Maintain code and documentation for all assigned work and transfer knowledge to the Project Manager and team members through SharePoint and DevOps.
Requirements
Mandatory Qualifications
Candidates must demonstrate all of the following mandatory requirements:
1. Senior .NET Development Experience
- 10+ years of experience programming and developing in .NET Core.
- Experience coding and implementing applications using:
- C#
- .NET
- VB.NET
- ASP.NET
- MVC
- Identity C#
- JavaScript
- jQuery
- XML/XSLT
- Experience working with:
- Windows Server
- Microsoft SQL environment
2. Microsoft .NET Application Development & Enterprise Tools
Experience building applications using Microsoft .NET technologies/elements, including:
- Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
- Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
- MS Sync Framework
- Web Client Software Factory
- MS Web Services
- Entity Framework
Experience with:
- Visual Studio
- Team Foundation Server (TFS)
- DevOps
- DevExpress
- Cloud development
- Enterprise Library
3. Architecture, Application Design & Web Services
Experience with:
- Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Object-Oriented Design
- User Interface Development
- Designing, developing, and consuming Web Services
- Designing, developing, and consuming Web APIs
- Working with:
- Use Cases
- Class Diagrams
- Component Diagrams
- State Diagrams
- Data Migration
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work effectively as a team player
4. Database, Integration & Communication Technologies
Hands-on experience with:
- Coding and implementing SQL procedures
- SQL scripts
- T-SQL
- SQL Server object definitions
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Oracle RDBMS
- Web Servers
- Relational database technologies
- Hierarchical database technologies
- Information retrieval packages using SQL, including:
- Stored Procedures
- Triggers
- Functions
- One or more communications protocols
- Middleware
- Gateways
Desired Skills & Experience
The following are desirable:
- Microsoft VB.NET framework
- MS SQL Database
- Azure
- TFS / DevOps
- C#
- DevExpress
- Data Migration
- Technical documentation
- Testing and QA
- Photo Optimization
- Database Documenter
Evaluation Criteria
Candidates will be evaluated across four equally weighted technical areas:
Criteria 1 – Senior Developer Technical Experience: 25 Points
- 10+ years programming and developing in .NET Core
- C#, .NET, VB.NET, ASP.NET, MVC, Identity C#, JavaScript, jQuery, XML/XSLT
- Windows Server
- Microsoft SQL environment
Criteria 2 – Microsoft .NET Application Development & Enterprise Tools: 25 Points
- WCF
- WPF
- MS Sync Framework
- Web Client Software Factory
- MS Web Services
- Entity Framework
- Visual Studio
- TFS
- DevOps
- DevExpress
- Cloud development
- Enterprise Library
Criteria 3 – Architecture Design & Development: 25 Points
- Service-Oriented Architecture
- Object-Oriented Design
- User Interface Development
- Web Services and Web API
- Use Cases
- Class Diagrams
- Component Diagrams
- State Diagrams
- Data Migration
- Strong communication and teamwork
Criteria 4 – Database, Integration & Communication Protocols: 25 Points
- SQL procedures, scripts, T-SQL and SQL Server object definitions
- Oracle RDBMS
- Web Servers
- Relational and hierarchical databases
- Stored procedures, triggers and functions
- Communications protocols
- Middleware
- Gateways