Assistant Programmer Jobs in Kanata, ON (NOW HIRING)

TELUS Health is empowering every person to live their healthiest life. Guided by our vision, we are leveraging the power of our leading edge technology and focusing on the uniqueness of each individual to create the future of health. As a global-leading health and well-being provider - encompassing physical, mental and financial health - TELUS Health is improving health outcomes for consumers, patients, healthcare professionals, employers and employees.

What you'll do

• According to the requirements provided by the Data Lead and the available data, program the data transformations necessary to meet these requirements.

• Proceed with the verification of these transformations with unit tests.

• Adjust your T-SQL programming according to the comments received. This feedback will come from the assigned Data Conversion QA resource, your Data Conversion lead, the testing QA team, integrated testing and our clients.

• Respect the project deadlines related to your responsibilities. Communicate any risk of delay in a timely manner to your Data lead, or to your assigned Project Manager.

• Participate in the creation and execution of corrective scripts on internal and client environments.

• Assist and support clients and other implementation resources with data issues.

• Technical support for internal resources (T-SQL extracts).

• Participate with the Quality Assurance team in reviewing the various control reports produced by the loading process and the action items that are raised.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

• Minimum 3 years of professional software development experience

• Fluency in English and French (written and oral)

• Strong experience with the T-SQL language, Microsoft SQL Server and Visual Studio

Assets

• Experience with Azure DevOps, PowerShell, Excel

• Capable of communicating with technical and non-technical people

Soft skills

• Detailed oriented, Analytical and problem-solving aptitude

• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, always keeps a positive attitude

• Take ownership and be organized

• Use of a combination of concepts (ideas, strategies, methodologies from learning and experience) and data (facts, information from research and investigation) to approach problems in a structured manner

• Always deliver quality solutions the most efficient way possible (with no compromise on quality)

• Curious, disciplined, creative

• Ability to understand the "big picture" as well as to operate in details of a situation

• Working well under pressure, staying calm, optimist and being flexible

• Accountability, delivering quality on time

What's in it for you

• True Work-From-Home Flexibility: Genuine remote-first culture.

• Enterprise-Scale Impact: Your work directly affects major enterprise clients with long-term contracts, providing both complexity and job stability

• Scaled Agile Excellence: Experience structured Agile methodology with autonomous teams, clear roles, and influence-based leadership

• Collaborative Culture: Work in an environment that values relational skills and positive influence over traditional hierarchical management

• Career Stability: Join a team with a strong order book and major long-term client relationships spanning multiple years

Intermediate knowledge of English is required because you will on a regular basis interact in English with external parties (clients, suppliers, candidates, external partners, etc.); interact in English with internal parties (colleagues, internal partners, stakeholders, etc.); and work with IT tools whose interface is only accessible in English as part of this position's main responsibilities given its international scope.

Salary Range: 58 100,00 - 107 900,00 CAD

Actual total compensation will be determined based on factors such as knowledge, skills, performance and experience. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply, even if the posted salary range doesn't match your expectations. We're open to discussing competitive compensation packages tailored to your experience level and expertise.

TELUS offers rewarding benefits, which may vary per job function, such as:

• Comprehensive total rewards package highlighting competitive salary and bonus structures, minimum 3 weeks of vacation, and flexible benefits plan to meet the needs of you and your family

• Flexibility to work in-office, virtually or a combination of both

• Generous company matched pension

• Opportunity to give back to communities in which we work, live and serve

• Career growth and learning & development opportunities to develop your skills

• And much more...

Job Type: This is for a current vacancy.

A bit about us

We're a people-focused, customer-first, purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world.

TELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.

Disclaimer: In accordance with the TELUS Health Solutions Data Center Security Policy, as a condition of employment, all team members whose job functions require they work at a Data Center and/or have access to detailed knowledge of technology related to client service delivery, are subject to a Personnel Security Screening conducted through the Government of Canada.

Note for Quebec candidates: if knowledge of English is required for this position, it is because the team member will be asked, on a regular basis, to interact in English with external or internal parties or to use English applications or software as part of their tasks.

By applying to this role, you understand and agree that your information will be shared with the TELUS Group of Companies' Talent Acquisition team(s) and/or any leader(s) who will be part of the selection process.