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We are looking for a System Analyst! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contract
Title: System Analyst
Term: 7-month - 37.5 hours
Location: Remote
Job ID number: C1249
Brief description of duties:
- They’re looking for a Sr. level person—someone who can do technical defect investigation, trace it through the system, investigate things, work on larger projects, work directly with business stakeholders to collect requirements, and present to senior leadership (great comms required).
- Liaises with business stakeholders to understand business objectives and to design the solution that will meet their business requirements
- Defines and communicates systems requirements at the appropriate level of detail to ensure application change is understood by various stakeholders (Business and IS) within a high-volume production environment
- Analyzes and conceptualizes the design alternatives of the solution, working with the Architects, Vendors, Developers and Quality Assurance/Testing, to achieve the client stakeholder objectives
- Owns and delivers functional change items through the transitional waterfall methodology, while adapting to changing priorities, operational needs and strategic initiatives
- Applies both in-depth business and technical (data driven) knowledge, to successfully represent the business and technology community in arriving at technical solutions
- Creates/Updates technical documentation such as requirements and specifications
- Demonstrated ability to provide technology recommendations to the business stakeholders
- Experience with Delivery - working with Developers, Architects and Quality Assurance to design and analyze alternatives, assist in dev/test as SME, and complete a smooth implementation with business partners
- Proficient SQL skills and experience connecting data analysis to logical/business concepts
- Proficient analytical, troubleshooting, and problem solving/decision request experience
- Advanced knowledge, experience, and understanding of architecture, application systems design, and data integration patterns
- Demonstrated proficiency in a team environment with projects involving the integration of disparate types of technologies/platforms and agile development
- Capability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and relationships
- Strong communication skills (oral, written, facilitation, presentation)
- Excellent ability to summarize complex and sensitive topics to effectively communicate to senior stakeholders
- Demonstrated initiative and leadership abilities - comfortable managing issues in cross functional teams
- Positive attitude, keeping a constant watch on how to do things better
- Adaptability and a willingness to take on new challenges
- Conflict and issue resolution and escalation
- Ability to self-direct, own tasks and provide appropriate status to leadership
- Post-secondary education in a related discipline
- Knowledge of the Wealth Management and Financial Services industry
- Experience with Varicent Incentive Compensation Management (ICM)
- Experience with SAP ECC, and HANA
- Experience using JIRA and Confluence
- BOBJ (aka SAP Business Objects BI or SAP BO)
Job Features
| Job Category | System Analyst |
| SQL | 5+ |
| Architecture, application systems design, and data integration | 5+ |
We are looking for a Business Performance Consultant! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Business Performance Consultant
Term: 6-month open to convert into Full-time
Location: Toronto - Hybrid
Job ID number: C1248
Brief description of duties:
- Develop, maintain, and execute on project plans, timelines, milestones, and deliverables for all aspects of the performance management lifecycle for senior leaders, including technology,, communications, learning, and stakeholder support.
- measures and track performance KPIs and provide metrics
- Collaborate with teams and functions to build reports to track performance across all operational metrics of the business unit
- Develop automated solutions (i.e., business intelligence, dashboards reports, and data extracts) that provide complete, accurate, and timely insights to enable the business unit to meet their goals
- Serve as an advisor to our senior leaders, problem solving on business and technology to improved business performance
- Perform standard and advanced coordination and administrative duties such as setting up meetings, leading and participating in calls, taking notes, and summarizing action items. Create business presentations for senior executives with overall meeting support
- Inform and influence business strategies and preparation.
- Continually evaluate operational structures and processes and identify potential areas for efficiency building
- Oversee overall portfolio financials
- Banking
- Technology consulting background
- Strong leadership skills
- Excellent communication
Job Features
| Job Category | Business Performance Consultant |
| Business Performance Consultant | 5+ |
We are looking for an Infrastructure Engineer! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Infrastructure Engineer
Term: 6-month Contract
Location: Remote - Very rare chance they would travel to Boston or Pittsburg for a conference but should have VISA and ability to travel just in case.
Job ID number: C1247
Brief description of duties:
- Generalist role to help alleviate his two fulltime guys. Very cross-functional consultant needed.
- Guy started a year and half ago and inherited a mess. They’ve made progress but 10 years of neglect there are a lot of issues to be resolved. Trying to get his head around them all. Off the top and not limited to:
- Authentication of Wifi WPA k2 devices (enter software), demark emails. Build connectors in MS, ACL, and network issues. Citrix rollouts
- Working with their MSP in Montreal (company called Syntax) which hosts their environment. 90’ VM’s. Mostly windows and different app support pieces
- JDEdwards AS400 ERP implementation. Support
- Magento ecommerce platform up in AWS. Upgrade ongoing. Support, cleanup whitelist and load balances.
- PHP upgrade. Relevant support.
- Upgrade of middleware system which handles API called for Salesforce
- Support open tickets for the client
- Roll-out prism solution, remediate findings, VPN issues with Azure
- Roll-out new SIM and NDR to manage security monitor
- Firewalls - preferably experience with Palo Alto and Panorama
- Strong Networking skills, preferably experience with Cisco IOS and Meraki solution
- Strong experience in O365 Domain Administration, email, Mimecast, DLP
- Experience in cloud platforms – AWS and Azure
- Strong skills with security platforms such as SIEM, MDR, TLS certificates
- Strong troubleshooting skills in all areas of IT including Applications
- Good communications skills
- Experience working for pharma or consumer packaged goods companies
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| Job Category | Infrastructure Engineer |
| Palo Alto and Panorama | 4+ |
| Cisco IOS and Meraki solution | 4+ |
| AWS and Azure | 4+ |
We are looking for a Java Software Engineer! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Java Software Engineer
Term: Full-Time
Location: Remote
Job ID number: C1246
Brief description of duties:
We are currently seeking a Software Engineer to develop, support and analyze technical solutions. The successful candidate will join the Digital Solutions Individual Insurance team and will be a team player with strong technical and problem-solving skills, who shows initiative, and is accountable for results.
What will you do?
- Collaborate with skilled Agile team members to develop and deliver high quality web applications
- Develop efficient, high-quality, documented code
- Complete coding, testing, debugging and implementation activities as required
- Write both unit and integration tests, and develop automation tools
- Contribute to the estimation, planning and management of development tasks and provide regular updates on progress against those tasks
- Participate in agile ceremonies
- 3-5 years of Web application development experience
- Working experience with Java, Spring, middleware technologies, as well as web and web hosting technologies
- Strong overall understanding of WebSphere/WebSphere liberty, web applications and server technologies
- Experience with SQL
- Good understanding of DevOps tools (BitBucket, CDD, Jenkins)
- AEM (Adobe Experience Manager) knowledge/experience is an asset
- Customer obsession – customers are at the centre of all we do
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- A continuous improvement mindset
- A penchant for creating re-usable components and identifying opportunities for re-use
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team
- Challenging work, a fun environment, and the opportunity to grow your career.
- A friendly, collaborative, and inclusive culture
- Flexible workstyle (Office, Virtual or Hybrid) depending on your role
- Competitive salary and bonus structure
- Flexible benefits and vacation
Job Features
| Job Category | Software Engineer |
| Web application development | 3-5 |
| Java, Spring, middleware technologies | 3-5 |
| Web and web hosting technologies | 3-5 |
We are looking for a .Net Software Engineer! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contract
Title: .Net Software Engineer
Term: Full-Time
Location: Remote while the client is adopting their return to work plan
Job ID number: C1245
Brief description of duties:
- Collaborate with architects, designers, business system analysts, application analysts and testing specialists to deliver high quality solutions
- Participate in business requirements, test planning, design reviews, etc. to gain a solid understanding of the application and provide input into various SDLC deliverables
- Coordinate with both onshore and offshore teams to ensure coding, testing, debugging and implementation activities are completed as required
- Produce and maintain documentation and records in compliance with the SDLC requirements
- Analyze, define and document requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, interface design, internal and external checks, controls, and outputs
- Ensure information security standards and requirements are incorporated into all solutions
- Contribute to the ongoing support, stability and performance of application systems in production including problem analysis, resolution, escalation and reporting as necessary
- Stay current with trends in emerging technologies and how they could apply to the client's shop
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders and adapt approach when dealing with technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a strong, collaborative multi-site team
- Excellent organizing, planning and time management skills with the ability to multi-task
- Self-directed and proactive; thinks beyond the immediate problem with ability to analyze situations/problems systematically and deliver effective right-sized solutions in a timely manner
- Possess an inherent passion for continuous improvement and innovation
- Customer and results focused
- Flexible and adaptable with the ability to align to changing priorities
- University Degree or College Diploma in a related discipline
- Minimum 2 years of progressive information technology experience with full application development life cycle and systems integration experience
- Strong understanding of distributed application architectures
- Working knowledge of SQL, SQL Server and relational database technologies
- Working knowledge of C#, .NET Core, API, ASP.NET, SOAP based web services
- Experience in designing systems that use XML, XSLT and schemas
- Experience in DevOps experience
- Knowledge of the financial and insurance industries
- Working knowledge of Continuous Integration/ DevOps processes and tools such as:
- TFS for SDLC automation and management
- Git/Artifactory/NuGet for source code and artifact management
- Docker and Kubernetes for application deployment
- NUnit for unit test automation
- Experience with VB6.0, Classic ASP, .NET web development, REACT, Angular
- Experience with RESTful services
- Exposure to Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) integration architectures and technologies
- Past experience with Group Benefits and Group Retirement products and business domains is an asset
Job Features
| Job Category | .Net Developer |
| Full application development life cycle | 2 |
| Systems integration | 2 |
We are looking for an Application Developer! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Application Developer
Term: Full-Time
Location: Remote while the client is adopting their return to work plan
Job ID number: C1244
Brief description of duties:
The contractor will be Marinating and enhancing business applications in a distributed environment including SQL server and .NET (MS).
MUST haves:
- 6+ years MS based development
- SQL and .NET development experience
- Database development, Windows development as well as batch processing, web apps and web services (full stack)
- AGILE shop experience
- Good communications skills and thick skin
Job Features
| Job Category | Application Developer |
| MS based development | 6+ |
| SQL and .NET development | 6+ |
| Agile | 4 |
We are looking for a Software Developer! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Software Developer
Term: 6-month - 37.25
Location: Remote for now - Toronto, hybrid once they go back to office.
Job ID number: C1243
Brief description of duties:
Client’s ITS Product Delivery requires the services of a Senior Software Developer to support development activities in on-going projects.
The contractor shall provide the following services:
- Participate, as part of a development team, in solution development related activities to include solution design, construction, testing and implementation.
- Perform code updates to conform with code development standards and in conformance to the client's Blueprint Architecture.
- Develop, modify, and execute test plans, test scenarios and test cases and ensure sufficient unit/module/system test coverage.
- Promote and implement applications adhering to Information Technology Service Management procedures and processes.
- Adhere to system development standards, methodologies, quality assurance principles and processes.
- Deliver, as part of a development team, the defined technical solution.
- Deliver the solution according to scope defined by the Technical Lead in accordance to technical, architectural and quality standards.
- Create technical documentation to include, but not limited to, a Technical Design Document, test plans and test cases.
- Execute and conduct comprehensive unit, module and system integration testing.
- Provide oral briefings on an ongoing basis to appraise Technical Lead as to the project status, challenges, risks and performance.
Job Features
| Job Category | Software Developer |
| Software Development | 4+ |
We are looking for an Associate IMAC Technical Specialist! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Associate IMAC Technical Specialist
Term: Full-time
Location: Winnipeg - Onsite
Job ID number: C1242
Brief description of duties:
- Delivery of Install/Move/Add/Change (IMAC) services, within established service targets, including the provision, configuration and installation of equipment across companies as a result of individual business requests.
- Executes IMAC services with significant technical and procedural guidance for desktops, laptops, personal mobile devices (i.e. BlackBerry), printers and peripherals for head and remote office locations.
- Validates hardware and software business requests for appropriate technical configuration, approvals, completeness, and for compliance with corporate guidelines.
- Coordinates and executes the shipping, receiving and transferring of computer equipment between sites and locations.
- Identifies, validates and provides updates to Asset Management through the execution of IMAC services, break/fix events and disposition of equipment contributing to overall accuracy and integrity of data records.
- Resolves standard technical incidents through root cause analysis, research and assistance from internal 3rd level support teams using standard techniques, tools and documentation.
- Serves as a point of contact for external vendors and provides technical hardware, software and operational process direction, with significant technical and procedural guidance, for vendor inquiries and escalations.
- Technical Skills
- Personal Computer Hardware, Operating Systems, and Peripherals
- Network Communication Protocols and Software
- IS Support Services, Processes and Practices
- Client Server Process, Practices and Tools Performance Competencies
- Client Services Orientation
- Communication – verbal & written
- Analysis and Problem Solving
- Attention to Detail
- Teamwork
- Planning and Organizing
Job Features
| IMAC Technical Specialist | 4+ |
We are looking for a Tech Lead! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Tech Lead
Term: 6-month - 37.5 hours
Location: Toronto
Job ID number: C1241
Brief description of duties:
Our client is looking for a mix of Salesforce Developer and Tech Lead.
MUST haves:
- 5+ years’ Experience in Salesforce platform using Apex, Visualforce and optionally using Lightning components
- Develop solutions to business requirements using Salesforce and Force.com platform capabilities, good understanding on Salesforce platform and out of box features
- Use of Salesforce best practices and keeping updated with latest releases
- Creative problem solver, Ability to understand, develop, enhance, and support highly customized
- Maintaining high security standards, Monitoring and debugging
- Familiarity with tools like Bitbucket/Git, Eclipse, RAD, JIRA, and Confluence.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential
- Superior multi-tasking skills and the ability to work in a fast paced, deadline-oriented and complex environment/systems
- Build personas, storyboards, flowcharts, wireframes and prototypes
- Work closely with other designers, architectures, and engineers to ship extraordinary products and experiences
- Design flows and experiences that are incredibly simple and elegant
- The chosen candidate will work in a high paced team on a high visibility project. He/she will be expected to work in an agile environment and be able to consistently deliver quality work
- Effectively communicate research findings, conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale both verbally and visually
- Develop software that is both reliable and scalable as the eventual user base will be the entire bank
- In depth understanding of full application stacks and the ability to work in any layer (client/server/business/database)
- Effective time and task management skills, including the ability to manage concurrent deliverables
- Ability to code, debug, research, analyze and problem-solve development issues
- Knowledge of business/ organization, Bank standards, infrastructure, architecture and technology in related areas from a design/ support/ solutions perspective
- Strong customer orientation and a professional approach with the ability to interact with all levels within the organization
- Demonstrated ability to grasp and translate technical concepts, think independently, and take the initiative required to resolve issues in a team structure
- Self-motivated team player with high energy and ability to work independently as well as within a team
- A positive can-do attitude with openness to promoting knowledge sharing
- Certification in Salesforce Platform Developer Lv1
Job Features
| Job Category | Technical Lead |
| Salesforce platform using Apex, Visualforce and optionally using Lightning components | 5+ |
We are looking for a Salesforce Developer! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Salesforce Developer
Term: Full-time - 37.5 hours
Location: Remote
Job ID number: C1240
MUST haves:
- 5+ years of Salesforce experience preferred but open to candidates with less
- Custom salesforce development experience
- Java knowledge
- Marketing Cloud knowledge
- Salesforce Service Cloud
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Ability to lead small projects
- Leadership skills
- Agile – Jira and Confluence
- Strong Written and Verbal Communications Skills
- Candidates with Leadership skills are preferred but hands on developers can be considered
- Salesforce Financial Services Cloud
- Salesforce Voice experience
- Financial Industry experience highly preferred
Job Features
| Job Category | Salesforce Developer |
| Salesforce | 5+ |
| Custom salesforce development | 5+ |
We are looking for a Windows System Admin! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Windows System Admin
Term: 6-month (Possibility for extension or FTE) - 40 hours
Location: Remote - Candidates should be located in GTA or Winnipeg
Job ID number: C1239
MUST haves:
- Windows security knowledge and experience
- Windows OS knowledge and experience
- Networking
- Excellent personality (need to be eager to learn, participate, willing to go above and beyond)
- Team player (involved)
- Excellent communications
- Google cloud knowledge and experience
Job Features
| Windows Administration | 2-3 |
We are looking for a Business Analyst! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Business Analyst
Term: Full-time - 37.5 hours
Location: Remote
Job ID number: C1238
Brief description of duties:
The Business Analyst is responsible for investigating company business systems, identifying options for improvement and bridging the needs of the business with the use of Information Technology systems.
- Effectively understand and translate business requirements and needs to necessary BRD, FRD documentation
- Identify potential issues; 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 of 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; provide support
- Lead multiple initiatives while maintaining priorities and timelines set out for projects KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS LEVEL OF EDUCATION
- College diploma or bachelor’s degree in computer science field
- Minimum 5 years’ business analysis experience
- Experience dealing with stakeholders on a variety of levels
- History of client relationship management
- History of quality assurance or quality control experience specific to project deliverables, including issue logs, project reports and communications
- Proven ability to proactively identify potential risk events and issues prior to occurrence in order to develop proper mitigating strategies; articulation and escalation of issues and risks to Project Manager with mitigation strategies recommended
- Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving and conceptual skills to analyze client and business needs
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with IT project management techniques and methodologies to assist with planning, coordination, scheduling, monitoring, reporting and controlling of multiple IT services • Knowledge of and experience with IT, ensuring ability to integrate and identify IT-enabled opportunities to solve business pressures and needs
- Proven ability to act as business or technical advisor and coordinate all aspects of specific deliverables, including deployment schedules and implementation planning
- Experience coordinating, monitoring and following up on project issues logs as well as reporting on project issues to Project Manager, service owner and working committee members
- Strong experience with project management, lifecycles and Agile methodology
- Advanced experience in coordinating all project reporting activities including development, maintenance and analysis of project progress, metrics and deliverables
- Ability to act as experience resource, anticipating and resolving problems to ensure that deliverables are completed within expectations and by deadline
- Experience identifying and assisting with resolution of conflicts, engaging management as required to assist with resolution or escalation
- Proven ability to identify and analyze business requirements
- Business savvy
- Proficient business analysis skills
- Team player with proven track record of meeting strict deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Job Features
| Job Category | Business Analyst |
| Business analysis | 5+ |
We are looking for a Business Analyst! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Business Analyst
Term: 12-month - 37.5 hours
Location: Remote
Job ID number: C1237
Brief description of duties:
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| Job Category | Business Analyst |
| Business Analysis | 5+ |
We are looking for a Software Developer! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Software Developer
Term: 6-month - 37.5 hours
Location: Remote
Job ID number: C1236
Brief description of duties:
We are looking for a Software Developer who can be described as a self-starter and quick learner who is versatile and can easily adapt to multiple technologies. The successful candidate will thrive on a high-performance team and be an excellent communicator.
- Provide ongoing support for processes in production by identifying the appropriate fix or temporary work around to successfully restore business service in an expedient manner.
- Deliver high-quality services to our Group Customer business partners.
- Innovatively contribute to application defect resolution through the analysis and evaluation of information to render effective decisions. This includes the ability to gather relevant information, utilize various problem-solving tools and methods, draw accurate implications, and demonstrate creativity when reaching decisions or solving problems.
- Participate in collaborative engagements with our Group Customer partners to make recommendations for the design, development, and implementation of critical maintenance enhancements of application solutions to address system defects.
- Keep current on development technologies and processes, to potentially contribute to the identification of continuous improvement opportunities.
- The strong desire and willingness to learn and apply new Software Developer technologies and development languages. This may include legacy systems as well as the support and integration of vendor supplied application solutions.
- The ability to contribute to the success of Group Customer Technology Operations through influence without reliance on authority or position. This includes modeling expected behaviors, demonstrating integrity, building and extending trust, being accountable, and accepting the responsibilities of being a team player.
- Degree or diploma in a related discipline (Computer Science), or a combination of training and experience
- Experience in developing and delivering application solutions from initial design to implementation and support.
- Experience in providing 24/7 on-call support.
- Strong communication skills with technology and business teams.
- The ability to work cooperatively and constructively with others to achieve valued outcomes.
- 5+ years practical experience working as a Software Developer.
- Proven expertise in the following technologies:
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- z/OS mainframe environment: DB2, IMS DB, IMS/TM or CICS, PLI, COBOL, JCL
- Experience in the following tools would be an asset:
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- Changeman, Compuware tools, CA tools, File-Aid tools
- ServiceNow, Office 365, IBM Data Studio
- Knowledge of IT industry trends and technologies
Job Features
| Job Category | Software Developer |
| Software Development | 5+ |
We are looking for a Lead UX Designer! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Lead UX Designer
Term: 6-month - 37.5 hours
Location: Toronto, London, and Winnipeg - 2 days per week in office
Job ID number: C1235
Brief description of duties:
- Creating and effectively presenting UX deliverables (flows, sketches, wireframes, journey maps, prototypes, etc.) to stakeholders and teams – you have a talent for making even the most complex concepts seem simple
- Assessing data from multiple sources (UX research, SEO, product requirements, tech constraints, analytics) and synthesizing it to develop efficient user scenarios, taxonomies, navigation systems, design patterns, etc.
- Empathizing with our users, and become an expert in their thoughts, needs, and behaviors through direct contact in the form of user interviews and usability tests
- Staying current on emerging trends in user-centered methodologies, accessibility, UI design patterns, usability principles and web technologies
- Working collaboratively with User Experience, Digital Customer Experience and Strategic Customer Marketing teams and act as an advocate for the user
- Being fully embedded in a product delivery team, embracing real-time collaboration
- This role will require the candidate to design UX standards for a new web-based application.
- This candidate will also review UI standards and recommend new standards/adjustments going forward and develop new UI and feel i.e. Standard navigation, fonts, buttons, wireframe, etc.
- A few years of professional experience in a UX or Interaction Design role and preferably some experience in a previous role where you have acted as the UX/UI project lead
- A demonstrable portfolio of work that exhibits your process for solving design problems
- Clear ability to simplify complex concepts and requirements in presentation, design and implementation
- Experience with industry tools such as Sketch, In Vision, Axure, Adobe CC
- Excellent communicator with the ability to effectively convey design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and stakeholders
Job Features
| Job Category | UX Designer |
| Design UX standards | 3+ |
| Sketch, InVision, Axure, Adobe CC | 3+ |