Application Support Engineer (Computer Services Officer 3)

Primary Accountabilities

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Qualifications and Experience

• As the successful candidate, you will have a related Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science plus three (3) years of related experience; or graduation from a recognized Information Technology Program plus three (3) years and six (6) months of related experience; or an equivalent combination of training and experience may be acceptable.
• 3+ years of experience as a software developer, DevOps engineer, or platform engineer supporting production applications.
• Backend development experience using Python, .NET Core (C#), Node.js, or similar languages.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving application defects, including analysis of logs, metrics, integrations, and cloud services.
• Experience writing and maintaining unit, integration, and regression tests, ideally within automated testing or TDD workflows.
• Experience with Docker and containerized application development.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.).
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform (Azure and/or AWS preferred).
• Understanding of observability fundamentals, including logs, metrics, dashboards, and alerting (e.g., CloudWatch, Azure Monitor).
• Comfortable supporting and troubleshooting both modern cloud services (AWS/Azure) and legacy systems such as Microsoft IIS, MOVEit, and SelectSurvey.
• Exposure to Agile delivery practices such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and business teams.
• Willingness to learn new technologies, tools, and platforms under guidance from senior team members.

Assets

Equivalency

Benefits

• Based on the employment status and union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a Defined Benefit Pension Plan , Health, Dental, Life Insurance, General illness, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. For information on all our Benefit program offerings, click here: Benefits for government employees .

Working Conditions

What We Offer

• Career development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career
• Engaging workplace: our employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategies
• Countless career paths
• A Dynamic, client-focused office environment where service excellence and teamwork are our focus.
• Pay Grade: PR 14
• Salary Range: $2,912.93 - $3,547.06 Bi-Weekly
• Employment Equity Statement: Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve. The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented. If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your electronic application.
• Accommodation Statement: We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Candidates may request accommodations based on any grounds protected by the Human Rights Act. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process, please contact us at competitions@novascotia.ca.
• This is a bargaining unit position initially restricted to current civil service employees represented by the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU). If applying from outside a government office, employees must apply correctly via this link:
• Failure to apply correctly means that your application will not be given first consideration as a bargaining unit applicant, and will only be included if external applications are pursued.
• External applicants and current casual employees will only be considered if there are no qualified civil service bargaining unit candidates. PLEASE NOTE: Candidates will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or are missing information.
• If you are receiving a pension from the Nova Scotia Public Service Superannuation Plan (PSSP) or any related plans, you cannot receive pension payments while contributing to the same plan. If you accept a position that requires PSSP contributions, your pension payments must be stopped. Please contact the Nova Scotia Pension Services Corporation for more information.
• Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer. We thank all applicants for the interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All questions and concerns may be directed to Competitions@novascotia.ca.