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We’re looking for a Business Analyst! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Business Analyst Term: 6-month contract Location: Remote for now - Toronto Job ID number: C1369   Brief description of duties:   Experience in network segmentation and lateral movement attacks so, technical familiarity with network engineering would be good, if not necessarily with solutions addressing that specific kind of attack. As well, we’re working on a project concerning inspection and policy enforcement of SSL/TLS traffic.   Experience with crafting governance documents (for security) would be good too   Must Haves:

• Vulnerability and configuration management, e.g., mainframe configuration scanning
• Identity and Access Management, e.g., cloud privileged access, business process mapping for the management of onboarding/offboarding/access provisioning
• Network Security, e.g., Ransomware, API controls, network segmentation, lateral movement attacks (already mentioned)
• Security Monitoring
  • SIEM, e.g., Splunk and Splunk products, such as Phantom, Enterprise Security, etc.
  • Database activity monitoring, e.g., Imperva (vendor) solution

   

We’re looking for a Microfocus Developer/Architect! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Microfocus Developer/Architect Term: 6-Contract Location: Remote for now - Toronto Job ID number: C1365   Brief description of duties:   The client is about to start a large program to more than 4 major applications for their life insurance business (policy, claims, billing, tax) off of their mainframe into a Nutanix environment.  This means conversion of all the Mainframe Cobol code over to Micro Focus Cobol code. A small team of the client’s resources will be dedicated to leading the vendor.  Their enterprise architect would like a senior developer with some systems analysis and/or architecture experience to assist in the technical leadership of the vendor and project.   MUST haves:  

• Strong communication skills
• Strong experience with Microfocus Cobol
• Strong experience with Mainframe Cobol (ideally converting mainframe Cobol to microfocus)

  Nice to haves:  

• Experience with conversion projects is a strong asset
• Experience with Nutanix is a strong asset

 

We’re looking for a Mainframe Developer! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Mainframe Developer Term: 12-Contract Location: Remote for now - Toronto Job ID number: C1367   Brief description of duties:  

• Design, develop and test software to specifications.
• Support production (includes 24x7 on-call support) as required
• Provide consultation with the Systems Architect and Business Systems Analyst.
• Deliver code reviews and provide feedback relative to best practices.
• Knowledge of software design, design methodologies, and design documentation tools.
• Knowledge of IT industry current trends.

  MUST haves:

• A degree in computer science or an equivalent combination of education and experience, with a minimum of 5+ years experience in a software developer role
• Knowledge of the mainframe environment using COBOL, DB2, and CICS, with insurance and Ingenium knowledge an asset
• Knowledge of client-server environment Eclipse IDE, Microfocus COBOL, JSP, Javascript, Web services, OOREXX, PowerShell, Control-M, GIT, and BitBucket an asset
• Knowledge of automated testing tool selenium is an asset
• Experience with iterative development using agile in a multisite environment is an asset
• Initiative with the ability to easily adapt to change
• Strong customer service and communication skills
• Knowledge of software design, methodologies, and documentation standards
• Proven leadership skills with a commitment to customer service
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent organizational skills combined with a quality focus

  Nice to haves:

• Ingenium 5.4 SD; Ingenium 5.4 and mainframe programming skills

   

We’re looking for a Business Systems Analyst! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Business Systems Analyst Term: 6-Contract Location: Remote for now - Toronto Job ID number: C1366     Brief description of duties:   The Senior Business Systems Analyst is responsible for leading the analysis of business problems and developing requirements, product specifications, and contribution towards product design efforts. This role applies advanced knowledge to complex work and supports the project, product, and operations teams by sharing skills and mentoring. This role leads the work to implement solutions to complex problems, which may be independently or through leading or supporting the collaboration with other stakeholders. Accountabilities will include but are not limited to:

• Experience with Insurance and underwriting systems
• Leads and orchestrates the overall analysis, scoping, estimating, and planning for large or complex initiatives
• Leads the elicitation and validation of business requirements impacting multiple products using various methods, techniques, and tools
• Leads and facilitates meetings, walkthroughs, workshops, and reviews of deliverables
• Develops and delivers training & support materials for affected stakeholders

  MUST haves:  

• Degree in a related discipline (Commerce/Management Information Systems, Business Administration, etc.) or equivalent combination of training and experience;
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, that is appropriate for the audience;
• Good interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment;
• Experience in Insurance and/or Financial Industry would be an asset;
• Good understanding of business principles and experience with a broad range of different types of business functions;
• Understanding of general Technology project methodologies, processes, and practices
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills that rely on a structured approach to problem-solving;
• Effective internal consulting skills with a strong customer service focus;
• Ability to adapt to change and perform effectively under pressure;
• Effective planning and organizational skills;
• Good understanding of information technology

  Nice to haves:  

• Experience and ability to understand and effectively work with legacy technologies and contribute as legacy applications evolve and are migrated to new platforms would be an asset.

We’re looking for a Business Systems Analyst! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Business Systems Analyst Term: 12-Contract Location: Remote for now - Toronto Job ID number: C1365   Brief description of duties:   The Business Systems Analyst maintains a “business perspective” through all phases of the problem resolution and systems enhancement. Business Systems Analyst work closely with the business and leadership to understand business needs, requirements, and strategic opportunities. Working in a team environment, the Systems Analyst is responsible for:

• Representing the business’ requirements,
• Defining and designing the business functionality of the system,
• Ensuring that the system meets the defined business requirements;
• Understand and define a strategic vision for key systems based on the line of business, their needs, known risks, and dependencies.
• Apply advanced knowledge to complex work and supports the project, product, and operations teams by sharing skills and mentoring. This role leads the work to implement solutions to complex problems, which may be independently or through leading or supporting the collaboration with other stakeholders.

  MUST haves:  

• Define and maintaining business architecture through conceptual business models
• Define business problems/opportunities, providing a clear definition and performing benefit analysis
• Perform business and systems analysis and design, articulating the logical design alternatives and recommending appropriate solutions
• Perform functional analysis and design, defining and documenting detailed business requirements
• Work with quality assurance team members to ensure adequate testing and validate that the system meets business needs/expectations
• Lead and orchestrate the overall analysis, scoping, estimating and planning for large or complex initiatives
• Lead the elicitation and validation of business requirements impacting multiple products using various methods, techniques and tools
• Lead and facilitates meetings, walkthroughs, workshops, and reviews of deliverables
• Contribute to training strategies and business implementation planning
• Develops and delivers training & support materials for affected stakeholders’
• Degree in a related discipline (Commerce/Management Information Systems, Business Administration, etc.) or equivalent combination of training and experience;
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, that is appropriate for the audience;
• Good interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment;
• Experience in Wealth and/or Financial Industry would be an asset;
• Good understanding of business principles and experience with a broad range of different types of business functions;
• Understanding of general Technology project methodologies, processes, and practices
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills that rely on a structured approach to problem-solving;
• Effective internal consulting skills with a strong customer service focus;
• Ability to adapt to change and perform effectively under pressure;
• Effective planning and organizational skills;
• Good understanding of information technology

 

We’re looking for a Project Manager! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Project Manager Term: 6-Contract Location: Remote for now - Toronto Job ID number: C1364   Brief description of duties:

• Business operational transformation projects with key technology / digital deliverables utilizing both internal IT and vendor partners; complex technology alignment across systems

• Ongoing alignment and coordination of business process and operational impacts and implementation of project deliverables; cross-functional resource and priority management

• Management of intra-project dependencies and alignment across portfolios

• Key deliverable timeframes ranging from 3 to 6 months in the context of projects spreading over the next 18 months

  MUST haves:  

• A mix of technical experience in IT and business-related / business consulting experience.

• Minimum seven years of experience in a direct Project Manager role delivering high value, complex projects that have included the responsibility for the management of: o Multiple related and concurrent projects
• Technology teams and initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels, both inside the organization, to technical and non-technical stakeholders, with quality both written and verbally.
• Experience in the use of various project development methodologies including both Waterfall and Agile/Scrum.
• Important – Experience working with vendors and technology consulting firms including managing relationships, evaluating performance, and tracking T&M budgets.
• Important - Experience managing project financials and forecasting including developing and tracking capital and operating budgets.
• Important - Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated experience to onboard quickly, solidify scope rapidly and manage change to scope closely.
• PMP certificate

   

We’re looking for a Salesforce Developer! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Salesforce Developer Term: 6-Contract Location: Remote for now - Toronto Job ID number: C1362   Brief description of duties:  

• Add a Salesforce developer to the team
• 5 + years Sales force development experience
• Needs to have Salesforce Cloud
• Community Cloud
• Platform developer Cloud
• Will be integrating a number of systems
• Multiple API integrations
• Modules needed would be : Platform Developer 2
• Application architect
• Systems Architect

  MUST haves:  

• Previous experience with Salesforce (Customization & Config) is a must
• Previous experience in implementing/supporting at least one salesforce capability(Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Community Cloud, Financial Services Cloud) is a must
• 5-7 years relevant experience
• Undergraduate Degree or Technical Certificate
• Experience with Object Oriented Analysis and Design
• Experience with at least one object oriented language (Java, Apex, Javascript, Python)
• Experience with Relational Databases & SQL
• Experience in JavaScript
• Experience in web services (REST)
• Experience with Git and Devops processes
• Experience in Agile Delivery environment
• Previous experience with Mulesoft is an asset
• Experience with Test Driven Development is an asset
• Readiness and motivation to address and resolve complex issues
• Guide/advise/support clients, partners and project teams, often working on multiple medium-to-large sized projects.
• Commitment to and belief in the quality of your deliverables

We’re looking for a Hadoop Solution Architect! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Hadoop Solution Architect Term: 6-Contract Location: Remote for now - Toronto Job ID number: C1361   Brief description of duties:  

• Ensure proper usage of state of the art big data technologies to meet business goals in line with internal architectural guideline
• Create and maintain end-to-end roadmap taking into account business needs, technology evolution, Network Big Data strategy, networks evolution and corporate security team’s requirements
• Identify and evaluate future technologies that may have a significant impact on the environment or technology by improving performance and efficiency, decreasing costs, or enabling new revenue sources.
• Apply expertise and leadership in software development and data engineering, work closely with solution providers, product management, enterprise architects, data engineers and data scientists.
• Liaison with the NBD Infrastructure and Analytic teams to ensure alignment, effective planning and hand-over. Provide technical support, input and direction as required
• End to end thinking to proactively consider customer experience and operational support in their designs/architecture
• Ability to bring together cross-functional teams across Network, Information Technology and others to collaborate, design and deliver Use Cases/Solutions that create business value for the client.

  Basic Qualifications

• A Bachelors or Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent
• 5+ years software architecture experience preferably in a data environment
• Knowledge and expertise in designing data platforms and solutions
• Experience securing Big Data / Hadoop environments
• Experience developing solutions using Java/Scala, Python
• Experience developing solutions in GCP
• Familiarity working with web services, REST and APIs including SOAP/XML protocol and RESTful APIs
• Knowledge and practice of consolidation, Virtualization and High Availability solutions
• Highly analytical skills and ability to work with large and complex technical data sets
• Ability to work within an agile setting
• Ability to oversee and work simultaneously on different requirements with a variety of projects and short timelines
• Self-starter who is comfortable working with and presenting to all management levels.
• Good business acumen to ensure technical solutions are created with business focus
• Very good analytical capabilities as well as organizational, interpersonal and communication skills are necessary (written, verbal and presentation skills).
• Working knowledge of DevOps SDLC using CICD
• Familiarity with software testing frameworks

  MUST haves:  

• Google Cloud
• Hadoop

We’re looking for a Mainframe Developer! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Mainframe Developer Term: 6-Contract Location: Remote for now - Toronto Job ID number: C1360     Brief description of duties:  

• Provide ServiceNow development assistance including, but not limited to, form configuration, workflow administration, reporting, data imports, custom scripting and third-party software integrations
• Coordinate with the team to understand business requirements and rationale behind changes to existing functionality as well as new functionality to be deployed
• Configure new applications and modules related to IRM and Security

  MUST haves:  

• Strong understanding of ServiceNow Security Operations Modules
• Strong understanding of IT architecture, JavaScript and web software design principles + Web Services integrations (SOAP, REST)
• Familiarity with Security Operations Center (SOC), Networking and Security technologies: SIEM, vulnerability management, end-point protection, breach detection and threat intelligence
• Knowledge of various attack vectors and intrusion methodologies: Denial of Service (DDoS), malware, phishing, brute force, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), buffer overflow, etc.
• ServiceNow Fundamentals Certification required

  Nice to haves:  

• ServiceNow Implementation Specialist in Security Operations strongly preferred
• Good communication skills and a strong personal commitment to quality service
• 5+ years of experience implementing, configuring, and customizing ServiceNow
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 3-4 years of experience with common web technologies and networking (e.g. XML, HTML, AJAX, CSS, HTTP, TCP/IP, etc.)

We’re looking for a Technical Lead! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Technical Lead Term: 6-Contract Location: Remote for now - Toronto Job ID number: C1357   Brief description of duties:   The client is embarking in a new project to receive additional data from a specific organization on a frequent basis and make this data available for CIHI internal analysis.   Services: This Senior Consultant/Developer will design, configure, develop, test and deploy all aspects required in the client to receive this data and make it available for internal consumption. The technologies involved and required for this position are mainly programming language (Java, Python, PL/SQL), data conversion (XML, JSON, etc), database modelling (Oracle, if required) and big data platform (AWS S3).   This position will require important skills in facilitating discussions with multiple teams internal and external to the client, understanding of InfoSecurity and Privacy concepts, communicating properly to all parts involved and planning and managing tasks to be performed by the different members of the teams involved, in addition to the technical skills describe above.   In summary, the main deliverables are:

• Identify and understand the requirements for the acquisition of this new data by the client as well as by the sending organization
• Design, configure and develop an environment to receive the specific data from this external organization, including any handshaking and internal processing required
• Identify InfoSecurity and Privacy requirements and incorporate them to the design and environment configuration
• Develop code as required like for example, data conversion, data masking, etc
• Develop test cases for unit and integration tests
• Test the solution thoroughly to ensure the results match requirements
• Support user tests of the solution
• Support deployment of the solution
• Create scripts/workflows to execute the process as required
• Create documentation for the technical design and developed assets as per guidance from technical leaders.

  MUST haves:  

• Java
• XML
• AWS tool

  Nice to haves:

• SAS
• Big Data workloads

We’re looking for a Data Analyst! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Data Analyst Term: 6-Contract Location: Remote for now - Toronto Job ID number: C1358   Brief description of duties:   The Data Analyst will play an active role on the team by collaboratively assessing, analyzing and documenting risk data elements requirements for retail credit reporting and risk data aggregation and regulatory reporting requirements. You will take part in strategic and comprehensive Enterprise Risk Data integration projects. You will implement solutions in accordance with regulatory and financial reporting expectations, retail risk data reporting requirements, and data governances’ practices. While evolving project deliverables using agile project management methodologies. As well as ensuring data integration controls and data quality standards are in place in your designs.   MUST haves:  

• Financial Risk data management experience (data management, business system integrations, data operations, and risk management), over 5+ years.
• You are comfortable data profiling and manipulating datasets with advance SQL/Hive SQL functions as well as tools and techniques, Big Data, HDFS/Hadoop, python, bash shell, universal database querying tools
• You are familiar with self-joins, window functions, recursion, user define functions, structs, writing efficient loops and scripts, and have a love to automate
• Reviewing over 4 thousand customer credit files and populating data elements Update files and fields

  Nice to haves:

• Global Risk management credit projects at the banks

We’re looking for a Software Developer! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Software Developer Term: 6-Contract Location: Remote for now - Toronto Job ID number: C1358   Brief description of duties:   the client’s Information Technology and Services requires the services of a Sr Developer to participate in the development of a pan-Canadian data and performance reporting system for organ donation and transplantation.  The system will capture standardized, timely and high-quality data and will provide analysis and reporting capabilities on system performance and outcomes, in order to facilitate improvements and support system planning.   This cloud-native solution is being implemented in AWS and the Sr Software Developer role requires demonstrable experience with AWS resources as itemized in Appendix A.  

• Participate, as part of the development team, in solution development related activities including solution design, development, and testing
• Work with Application Architect and Technical Lead to develop a cloud-native solution in conformance with the client code development standards and the client Blueprint Architecture
• Participate in the development of CI/CD pipeline
• Perform peer-code reviews
• Develop and execute scripted test plans, scenarios, and test cases for unit and integration testing
• Adhere to the client’s system development standards, methodologies, quality assurance principles and processes.

    Deliverables:

• Deliver, as part of a development team, the defined technical solution.
• Author and/or provide input to technical documentation including, but not limited to, a Logical/Physical Solution Architecture, Technical Design Document, Test Strategy, test plans and test cases, Operational Playbook and Runbooks.

  MUST haves:  

• Implementing restful web services APIs
• API authentication and authorization methods, SAML, OATH2
• Java
• SQL and no-SQL databases
• Python, Spark and Pyspark

We’re looking for a Mainframe Developer! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Mainframe Developer Term: 6-Contract Location: Remote for now - Toronto Job ID number: C1357   Brief description of duties:   Mainframe operator that will focus on scheduling, monitoring, and troubleshooting JCL batch jobs.   MUST haves:  

• Mainframe operations experience
• JCL
• Changeman
• Experience with job scheduling tools – ESP preferred – CA-7/Control-M can be considered
• Ability to schedule, start, stop, and troubleshoot batch jobs

  Nice to haves:  

• Db2
• Natural Adabse

   

We’re looking for a Java API Developer! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Java API Developer Term: Contract Location: Remote for now - Toronto Job ID number: C1356   Brief description of duties:   Sr. developer role to build and develop API’s on the new Kafka platform. As part of the API Center of Excellent Kafka is being rolled out as the enterprise messaging bus. This Sr. developer would play a key role in the adoption and use of this platform working to onboard multiple lines of business to the platform. Responsible for development of Rest API’s based on requirements. Deployment in a Dev Ops fashion working with Docker, Kubernetes. Working in an Agile Kanban environment.   MUST haves:  

• Java development experience in large complex environment
• Designing and developing API’s

  Nice to haves:  

• Kafka experience
• Docker and Kubernetes
• API Engineering experience

 

We’re looking for a Business Analyst! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Business Analyst Term: Full-time Location: Remote for now - Toronto Job ID number: C1355   Brief description of duties:  

• Effectively understand and translate business requirements and needs to necessary BRD and FRD documentation
• Identify potential issues and mitigate problems
• Work with IT developers to analyze issues and determine viable solutions
• Lead projects end-to-end, following systems development life cycle
• Take responsibility for all aspects of projects from requirements and quality assurance to post-implementation validation
• Identify test scenarios, write test cases, and conduct test preparation and planning
• Conduct implementation preparation and hand-off to operations
• Provide support for post-production implementation
• Troubleshoot operational issues and provide support
• Lead multiple initiatives while maintaining priorities and timelines set out for projects

  MUST-haves:  

• Strong experience with project management, life cycles, and methodology
• Advanced coordination of project reporting activities, including:

o development o maintenance and analysis of project progress o metrics and deliverables

• Ability to act as experience resource, anticipating and resolving problems to ensure completion of deliverables within expectations and by the deadline
• Experience identifying and assisting with the resolution of conflicts, engaging management as required to assist with resolution or escalation
• Proficient business analysis skills; proven ability to identify and analyze business requirements
• Business savvy
• Team player with a proven track record of meeting strict deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills