Manager of Information Services (Downtown Toronto)

Our client is currently in need of a Manager of Information Services with Online Payment Application Systems experience to join their team of IT Professionals in their downtown Toronto office. This is a permanent role with a base salary in the range of 85-100K plus bonuses.

If you are interested please forward your resume to Aaron Harris at Keen Consulting at aharris@keenconsulting.ca

Overview:

Our client is currently looking for a strong Manager of Information Services to join their Electronic Search & Registration (ES&R) or Value Added Solutions (VAS) team as a result of internal talent movement and due to demand for engaged Information Services leaders for upcoming national projects to support the business. The Manager of Information Services is accountable for a specific IS functional area or company Software Application Group in providing leadership to a technical team comprised of Architects, Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, Application Support Developers, contractors and vendors. The Manager, IS plays a critical connector role to the business in talent acquisition (recruiting), performance management and development, project resourcing, managing the full product life cycle, hands-on project management, and line of business program and account management. The Manager, IS has budget accountability and is involved in the annual IS budget planning process. This role involves a leader that will implement best practices, raise the level of talent within their teams and bring innovative thought leadership in driving customer centric technical solutions for the LOB and our customers. Strong relationship management skills are required to effectively gather business requirements along with strong people leadership in prioritizing, delegating tasks while proactively engaging internal business partners and stakeholders in ensuring alignment around technical deliverables. This role may also involve customer interaction and require technical advisory and facilitation skills in validating business requirements and acting as a credible resource to translate this to internal teams for consistency and deployment. This is a hands-on role engaging all aspects of the business and requires an effective communicator with strong relationship management and collaboration skills with a good combination of strategy and tactical project/program fulfillment skills with a visionary perspective. This role will involve presentations to the Line of Business level and up to the executive and Board of Directors level. Travel across Canada will be required for this role.

Responsibilities:

• Directly manage a team comprised of an average of 10 people on daily tasks and long term project assignments. (20%)
• Has decision-making authority and autonomy to deliver on goals of department/function, as applicable; influences others cross-functionally to ensure department/functional goals are met, and resolves conflicts in an effective manner. (20%)
• Manage application support for responsible systems (15%)
• Perform project management for application development of responsible systems and execution of other IS led initiatives (20%)
• Prepare and manage budget for responsible area. (15%)
• Contribute and participate in IS steering committees (10%)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 5+ years in a technical people leadership capacity overseeing a diverse technical team
• Project Management Professional designation required
• Experience with online payment systems – ideally Moneris eSelect Plus valuable for the VAS opportunity
• Experience with data centre collocation and clustered application environments valuable for VAS opportunity
• Business / Systems Design / Analysis / Development or Systems Operations experience
• Strong Java development background
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology desired
• Strong business acumen and ability to present at all levels of the organization – up to the LOB, Executive and Board of Director Level
• Strong knowledge of emerging software development best practices
• Previous experience with performance reporting and balanced scorecard an asset
• Experience managing complex technical projects in the Government sector for ESR opportunity

Systems Environment:

Multi-tier client/server and e-commerce solutions, wide variety of hardware and operating systems (Linux, HP, SUN, Windows, etc), Oracle, Sybase and MS SQL, RUP (development methodology), Rational suite of products to manage development life cycle, ERWin, DBArtisan, Replication Server Technology, Remedy, Spectrum, Patrol, Cisco, TCP/IP, Firewalls and VPN, PKI, Intrusion Detection, X.500 Directory

Development Environment and Tools:

Java, C++, Application Servers, Databases, Eclipse, ClearCase, ClearQuest, Rational Rose or Rational Software Modeler, Rational Software Architect

Operations:

ITIL, COBIT, BMC Software

Location: Downtown Toronto
Compensation: Base salary in the range of 85-100K plus bonuses.

Email: aharris@keenconsulting.ca

DOTNET DEVELOPER (Toronto – Airport Area junction of the 401 / 427)

Our client is a innovative company in the travel industry and is a 100% Canadian owned and operated company. They are growing and are seeking for a strong DotNet Developer to join their development team. In this position you would work on the design of multiple new web-based projects and support existing applications. 

Responsibilities:

• Analysis, design, development, maintenance and support of Internet and Intranet applications.
• Support and enhance existing applications in accordance with business requirements.
• Provide hands-on front line support to internal users to ensure maximum productivity and efficiency in their functions.
• Prepare design and technical documentation for applications with team members when required.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 4 years of .NET programming experience with strong expertise working with at least Framework 3.0
• Knowledge of Entity framework, MVC, Erwin would be an asset.
• Strong knowledge of .Net web services and expert level of C# and ASP.NET
• Strong skills working with SQL Database, experience in creating store procedures and Triggers.
• Experience working with Linq to Sql.
• HTML, XML, JavaScript, Web Services, MS SQL Server.
• Advanced knowledge of entire development process, including specification, coding and quality assurance.
• Mature, creative, self motivated, able to manage flexible workload.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Good communication skills, able to communicate systems specifications with non-technical users and excellent customer service skills.

Interested? Email or submit your resume on our website

About Fetch! Recruiting

Each member of our Team has successfully placed hundreds of Technology professionals in some of Canada’s most innovative companies. Looking to be a cog on the wheel or to work in a large, sterile cube-farm – look elsewhere! Our client partners are innovators - they are passionate about surrounding themselves with the smartest, most energetic and talented people.
We built Fetch! with one simple objective for job seekers – change the recruiting agency experience – gone are the days of being treated like a commodity, no more speaking to recruiters who don’t get technology or have intimate knowledge of their clients!

Put simply - we’ve stripped Fetch! down to the bare essentials: exceptional Recruiters who have strong relationships with great companies - there are no sales guys and definitely no over-paid CEO!

Location: Toronto – Airport Area junction of the 401 / 427
Compensation: TBD
Type: Full-time
Email: fetch@fetchrecruiting.ca

2 - 3 Data Architects with banking/financial industry exp - Perm (Downtown Toronto)

Location: Downtown Toronto

Email: julie.cox@careerdriven.com

Our client is looking for 2 - 3 DATA ARCHITECTS with banking/financial industry, information needs analysis, data quality audit, data warehousing arch, ETL, EAI, EII, kimball & Inmom - PERM.

Our client, a consulting company that develops software for the financial industry, is looking for 2 ¨C 3 Senior Data Architects who will provide technical leadership to their project teams to successfully deliver mid to large size initiatives in the Greater Toronto Area. One of the Data Architects needs to be able to travel within Canada for the next few months.

Must have a permanent employment background. $100k+

Responsibilities: 

• Provide the overall information and data strategy and solution for client engagements based on an approach that is holistic, scalable, pragmatic, and effective structuring of data and information.
• Understand business needs for data and information especially in the Banking and Financial Industries.
• Develop data architecture (data definitions, data flows, identification of data sources and data consumers, business rules and transformations, and data models) for client engagements.
• Design data models (conceptual or logical) that are adaptable, extensible, and sustainable.
• Define data management and data improvement processes as part of the overall enterprise data strategy.
• Perform data profiling and data quality audit.
• Produce estimates for data requirement analysis, data model design, and ETL design. ​
• Review and guide the technical team's deliverables to ensure overall data quality and information structure compliance with the overall data architecture.
• Ensure compliance with business, data, and technical requirements.
• Ensure that enterprise architecture standards, policies, and procedures are enforced.​
• Provide assessments of architectural risk and mitigation strategies.​
• Mentor and coach the technical team.
• Assist with proposals and pre-sales.

Requirements:

• Minimum 15 years experience in Information Technology, participating in complex projects.
• Minimum Bachelors degree in Computer Science.
• Strong Communication skills.
• Strong business and IT knowledge and experience in the Banking and Financial Industries.
• Proven Leadership skills.
• Strong skill in Information Needs Analysis and Data Quality Audit.
• Strong Data Warehousing Architecture knowledge (e.g. enterprise data warehouse, master data management, data integration, and data quality).
• Strong knowledge in Data Warehousing Life Cycle and Data Integration Methodologies (ETL, EAI, EII).
• Strong knowledge and experiences in both Relational and Dimensional Data Modeling C with both Kimball and Inmon approaches.
• Integration experiences with industry or vendor data models.
• Working knowledge of ERwin and other data modeling tools.
• Working SQL knowledge in Oracle, Microsoft SQL, or IBM DB2 databases.
• Knowledge in data management principles.
• Ability to work concurrently on multiple initiatives and excel in a team environment.