Location: Ottawa, Canada

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

For decades, Ottawa has been a global technology leader. Today, Canada’s capital holds one of the brightest and most diverse technological ecosystems in North America. Voted as Canada’s best place to live 2017 by Maclean's, Ottawa offers a low cost of living with a high quality of life. The Thales Ottawa office has been a major supplier and long-term trusted partner to DND, enabling the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard to achieve mission success.

Software Developer: Angular/React C#/Java (New Grad)

Position Summary

Ottawa, Ontario (Hybrid)

The successful candidate will implement, integrate, test, configure, and document full stack web-based software applications, and will be involved in selection, design, and experimentation activities related to such software in support of Innovation Team projects that contribute to naval platform in-service support programs. The successful candidate will help deliver value to the operational team quickly in an agile, incremental way and will work with business analysts and operational stakeholders to identify problems and find relevant solutions. The type of solutions could range from automating business processes, building a custom user interface that will make decision-making easier, connecting multiple software systems together, etc. The successful candidate will make use of modern software development techniques and technologies such as artificial intelligence and data analytics where warranted.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Participate in user needs / requirements analysis and software design;
• Experiment with new software stacks for proof of concept / pilot projects;
• Implement web applications software, including coding, unit testing, and integration;
• Produce software developer documentation;
• Apply Infrastructure as Code for quick and repeatable software deployment;
• Identify and analyze software defects and implement fixes into product releases; and

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or equivalent education with relevant experience

Experience/expertise:

• Front-end web app software development with Angular and/or React frameworks
• Back-end web app software development using a managed programming language (e.g. C#, Java) and an associated framework (e.g. Node.JS, Spring, .NET Core)
• Web app software development using a scripting language (e.g. JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Ruby) and an associated framework (e.g. Express.js, Django, Ruby on Rails)

Preferred Qualifications

• Very strong coding, unit testing, and debugging skills
• Experience working in a scrum/agile software development environment
• Experience utilizing Infrastructure as Code patterns and technologies (such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Terraform, and AWS CloudFormation)
• Experience with SQL’ API creation and/or management, containerization, e.g. Docker, Kubernetes use of machine learning libraries such as TensorFlow and PyTorch, use of data analysis libraries such as Scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib
• Experience with military (ideally Navy)

What We Offer

• Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:
• Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
• Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
• Employee Discounts on home, auto, and gym membership.

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Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List, the Canadian Controlled Goods Program, the Canadian Industrial Security Program, the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access including eligibility to the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and able to obtain a Canadian NATO Secret clearance.