Software Analyst - Senior - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 124057

We are looking for a Software Analyst - Senior for our client in Toronto. This is a 10 month contract role, hybrid.

The Software Analyst will perform design, analysis, programming and integration activities in the development of software for train control systems.

Responsibilities:

Understands the customer's needs and through life cycle concerns whatever the used means (e.g. advanced studies, simulations, mock-ups, models, prototypes, etc.).
Contributes to the formalization of mission/function description, architectural & algorithms design and the refinement of functional and non-functional requirements.
Designs, codes, debugs, write test procedures and tests software code, chairs design reviews.
Reviews code, test procedures and test results
Analyses and implements correction for defect report
Perform engineering testing in the field and investigates problems in the field.
Provides some inputs for cost estimates.
Assists Functional manager in providing training, leadership and motivation to the staff
Contributes in co-engineering activities with the Systems Engineering team in order to ensure system software consistency and the right refinement of software components and compliance with the software architecture.

Requirements:

Senior level analysis skills, able to diagnose issues based on field logs and correlate events to failures
Able to handle assignments within a medium to large scale software application
Knowledgeable of the software development processes
Able to quickly integrate with the team and work independently
Knowledge of software development environment (Microsoft Visual Studio, desktop simulator, target simulator etc.)
Senior level knowledge of railway signaling techniques including of SelTrac CBTC
Experience in working within an team using Agile Methodologies
Practical experience in using typical programs which are part of Microsoft Office Suite
Practical experience with source control, IDE and requirements management tools (e.g Eclipse, Jira, Git, ClearCase, ClearQuest, Doors, etc)
Senior level experience in development of software for embedded systems using programming languages such as C and C++
Senior level experience in development of software in Java, C-Sharp, Assembly and Python programming languages will be considered an asset
Senior level experience in using scripting languages such as Perl, Ruby etc.
Senior level experience in Modelling and Simulation
Able to program on various operating platforms (i.e. Windows, Linux, Unix etc.)

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