Cyber Security & Digital Solutions Location: HALIFAX Permanent At CSDS, we prioritize people — both within our team and in the communities we serve. Our mission is to redefine how Nova Scotians engage with government by creating accessible, reliable digital solutions centered around user needs. In today’s tech-driven world, CSDS empowers government departments with essential digital solutions to meet Nova Scotians’ expectations.

As a trusted partner across government, we enable departments to fulfill their mandates with secure, user-friendly services. From healthcare and education to public safety, we collaborate to transform how services are designed and delivered. Our agile, data-driven approach ensures that digital services are both efficient and adaptable to Nova Scotia’s evolving needs.

From providing vital tech support to healthcare professionals to strengthening cybersecurity and developing scalable digital platforms, you’ll play a key role in building a more inclusive, responsive government for Nova Scotians. Together, we’re setting recent standards for digital public service, delivering resilient solutions that meet today’s needs—and anticipate tomorrow’s challenges. You will join Digital Platform Services, within the Emerging Platforms team, a highly capable engineering team that builds and supports the reusable digital platforms powering modern government services in Nova Scotia.

We take end-to-end ownership, researching opportunities, designing platform architecture, writing code, automating cloud infrastructure, and operating production systems. Our work spans payments, notifications, forms, and other shared components that delivery teams rely on to serve citizens. If you want to work in a technically broad, mission-driven environment where your contributions directly advance digital service delivery for the province, this is the place.

We’re hiring an Application Support Engineer who brings solid backend development background (Python, .NET, or Node.js) and some familiarity with cloud infrastructure provisioning and management (e.g. Terraform for AWS/Azure). In this role you will primarily serve as a support-oriented engineer handling bug fixes, incident response, and client or internal user requests while also contributing to cloud deployments, infrastructure maintenance, and platform operations.

Application

Support & Bug Fixing Investigate, reproduce, and resolve defects in custom applications (Python, .NET). Support API integrations and troubleshoot issues across service boundaries. Participate in code reviews, adhering to team coding standards and secure development practices.

Automated

Testing & Quality Assurance Maintain and extend automated test suites (unit, integration, and regression tests)



to ensure platform stability. Write targeted tests to verify bug fixes, prevent regressions, and support continuous delivery workflows. Contribute to improving test coverage and quality in existing applications and services.

Work with senior engineers to embed testing into CI/CD pipelines and ensure reliable deployments. DevOps & Automation Support Maintain and update Terraform IaC for AWS and Azure environments Contribute to CI/CD pipeline improvements in GitLab. Support logging, monitoring, and alerting configurations (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, etc.).

Assist with routine operational tasks (deployments, environment maintenance, dependency updates).

Platform

Operations & Legacy System Support Provide operational support for platforms, and other legacy systems as needed. Maintain documentation for configurations, operational procedures, and known issues.

Cloud Infrastructure Support

Contribute to provisioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting of AWS and Azure services. Work with senior engineers to implement secure, scalable cloud configurations following best practice.

Continuous Improvement

Improve platform stability, performance, and operational resilience. Support periodic platform upgrades, refactors, and optimization efforts. 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 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). ~ 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





Experience supporting or contributing to high-traffic or mission-critical systems or applications with high-volume transactions. Comfort working across multiple programming languages and frameworks, with openness to learning new ones.

Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, SQL Server, DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, etc.).

Experience improving automated test coverage or working with broader test automation frameworks. 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. May be required to work overtime on occasion 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 A Dynamic, client-focused office environment where service excellence and teamwork are our focus.

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, Persons of African Descent, Racialized Persons, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ Persons 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.

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. 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.

📌 Application Support Engineer (Computer Services Officer 3) (Halifax Regional Municipality)
🏢 Government of Nova Scotia
📍 Halifax Regional Municipality