Senior Programmer Analyst

Senior Programmer Analyst

Department: Department of Finance, Government of Prince Edward Island

Job : 171750

Employment Type: Full-time

Seniority Level: Mid‑Senior level

Job Function: Information Technology

Industries: Government Administration, IT System Custom Software Development, IT Services, and IT Consulting

Location: 95 Rochford Street, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 3T5

Publish date: January 6, 2026 |
Expires on: January 21, 2026

Pay Range: CA $75,290.00/yr - CA $92,469.00/yr

The Department of Finance is committed to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility. Our goal is to build a public sector workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve and to promote welcoming, diverse, inclusive, respectful workplaces that are accessible to all. We welcome all interested individuals including Indigenous People, persons with disabilities, Black, racialized, ethnic and culturally diverse groups, as well as people regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identities, and gender expressions.

Those looking for more information are invited to visit Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policy.

Our Vision:
Forward‑looking people, service, and technology.

Our Mission:
Our Team proudly delivers quality IT expertise and advice with our partners to make citizen and business‑centric service possible.

• Construct and execute unit, load and performance tests;
• Work with business to iterate over software requirements;
• Modify existing code or create new programs in accordance with the approved design specifications, best coding practices, technical guidelines and using experience to ensure high quality and performance of the resulting module(s);
• Analyze and evaluate impact of application modifications or enhancements;
• Ensure code written is thoroughly tested by following testing best practices including the use of unit testing, system testing, and performance testing;
• Mentor junior team members construct and complete moderately complicated programs and test plans;
• Collaborate with team on standards and best practices in evaluating current systems and making decisions on future development;
• Diagnose and troubleshoot problems with new and existing applications;
• Other related duties.

• Must have a University degree or related two‑year IT diploma from a recognized College or University with a focus on programming and application development.
• University degree in computer science or related discipline with major IT course work.
• Demonstrated equivalencies may be considered.
• Minimum five years experience in the IT field demonstrating an advancement in a variety of roles for two‑year IT diploma candidates.
• Minimum of three years experience in the IT field demonstrating an advancement in a variety of roles for those with a University Degree with programming component and demonstrating an advancement in variety of roles.

• Ensuring design and architecture is following established specifications;
• Ensuring best coding practices are followed; review and evaluate metrics and implement corrective actions if required;
• Validating troubleshooting and root cause analysis to solve existing and prevent problems in an integrated environment;
• Containerization, orchestration, and cloud infrastructure;
• Source control management systems and continuous integration/deployment environments;
• Working with Government organizations.
• Delivering multiple complex simultaneous system development projects from design through to release;
• Evaluating risks and predicting potential problems;
• Understanding and contributing to the technical solution from design through to code level;
• Producing accurate delivery estimates and managing the transition from analysis through to design and delivery;
• Participating in architecting solutions using APIs;
• Load testing, load balancing, performance test, automated testing;
• Some existing and emerging software development tools, frameworks and languages;
• Web technologies, protocols and tools;
• Working with databases and data modeling.

• Strong critical reasoning skills;
• Knowledge of operating systems and platforms, security and networking;
• Experience in supervising and…