UNIX System Security Administrator (West Toronto)

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My client is a well-established organization in the IT Consulting Industry, situated in West Toronto, ON. They are looking for a UNIX System Security Administrator. This is a 6 month contract with the possibility of extension.

Job Overview:
This position requires a proficiency in demonstrating independent action and judgment, utilizing technical and business skills in carrying out assignments

Major Responsibilities:

• Follow documented operational procedures and processes with minimal guidance from the team
• Continually develop technical skills to facilitate advancement
• Ability to apply knowledge and skills to identify impacts to the customer service objective
• Ability to determine the appropriate actions in response to impacts with guidance from the team
• Identify gaps and make recommendations for improvements and enhancements

Performance Objectives:

• Work with other team members, vendors and support to ensure that Data Center Operations incidents are addressed and resolved quickly in order to minimize service disruption
• These activities interface with the organization’s problem and change management processes

Technical Skills:
Demonstrate enhanced knowledge of at least one of the three UNIX Operating Systems: HP UX, SUN Solaris, AIX or Windows servers OS.

Will also possess an in-depth knowledge of the following:

• System Security Admin
• HA Configurations, setup & maintenance
• Backup/Recovery/ Omniback (Data Protector)
• TCP/IP
• Veritas Volume Manager/File Manager (SUN)
• LVM/JFS (HP)
• Performance tools – eg) BMC Best 1
• Systems Management Tools – eg) HP ITO, SAM
• Scripting (Korn, Bourne, Perl)
• External storage sub-systems – EMC/HDS/IBM/HP
• SMTP (send-mail/virus scan)
• Kernel Re-building

Enhanced Knowledge of:

• Windows NT/2000/2003 Server
• High Availability Concepts
• Backup/Recovery-Data Protector
• TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP
• Performance tools – PerfMon/Mission Critical/Measureware
• Terminal Services, ILO
• Systems Management Tools – HP ITO, Vendor Specific, SMS
• External Disk Arrays, RAID
• Ticketing tools: OVSD, OVSC, Infoman

Non-Technical Skills:

• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Excellent Interpersonal skills
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Customer focused
• High level of initiative and extremely motivated
• Demonstrate keen interest in continuous learning and professional development
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize among a number of processes and problems independently
• Reacts and adjusts positively to change and to new ways of doing things
• Practice Client Core Value & Capabilities

Education:

• Must possess at least Post Secondary Diploma/Certificate and minimum 3-5 years of UNIX experience
• Associated certifications

Contacts:

• Requires exchange of information with peers, senior management, customers and technical vendors

Physical Demands/Working Conditions:

• Stress created by work volume, conflicting priorities and deadlines
• Physical conditions and demands include Hardware support and maintenance
• 24 X 7 shift rotation

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Location: West Toronto
Compensation: To be Negotiated (This is a contract job).

Email: richard@teamrecruiter.com

Technical Analyst (Downtown Toronto)

Our client partner is an innovative software company – their ERP software solution is one of the best in the industry. The company has 10 years of successful operations and is growing rapidly. In this role you will be involved in business process analysis and design, developing and writing functional and technical requirements specifications for clients solutions.
 

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science is required.
• Firm understanding of SAP Netweaver based solutions.
• Strong experience of Java development language.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in data architecture, data mapping, data migration and data modeling experience.
• A minimum of 2 years Experience with DBs such as Oracle & SQL Server and UNIX based Operating Systems.
• Experience in SAP technologies such as: Solution Manager, BW and SAP’s Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software solutions.
• Experience with Information Management (IM) and/or Master Data Management (MDM) software.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in a technical consultant role supporting enterprise software.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and proven customer management skills.
• Team player with the energy and drive to learn fast and quickly make a contribution in a fast paced and dynamic environment.

Responsibilities involve:

• Business process analysis and design, developing and writing functional and technical requirements specifications for client solutions.
• Writing of technical blueprints to support the application of our client’s technologies to business challenges, writing, testing, and mainly focusing on implementing custom software code and supporting unique client integration and reporting requirements.
• 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: Downtown Toronto
Compensation: TBD

Type: Full-time

Email: fetch@fetchrecruiting.ca

Sr. PM (Distributed Application System/Lending Application) (West Toronto)

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The recruiter in charge of this role is Lisa.

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My client is a well-established bank, situated in West Toronto. They are looking for a Sr. Project Manager (Distributed Application System/Lending Application). This is a 6 month contract with the possibility of extension.

Department Overview:
The Bank Technology Solutions Business Banking team provides project delivery and system support for the Deposit, Credit, and Cash Management product groups within the Business Banking. The team works closely with the business partners and other technology teams to provide solutions both in the mainframe and distributed technology domains.

Job Overview:

• We are looking for a strong PM11 with functional operation and support experience in large distributed application systems projects
• This PM will not be dedicated to one set project – they will manage day-to-day operations within the group
• Successful candidates must have excellent communication and people skills as well as portfolio management experience
• Previous Banking experience is a definite asset

Job Description:
We are looking for an IT Project Manager to join the Bank Solutions Delivery team on this 6 month contract to manage staff training and project planning for upcoming projects within the Commercial and SBB Credit sides of the Business Banking portfolio

Key Accountabilities:

• Comply with the system development life cycle (SDLC) including development of documentation (system requirements specifications, testing strategy and test plans, etc.)
• Work with clients to understand business objectives, evaluate and recommend alternatives and solutions
• Promote/develop IT awareness and technical understanding of business partners
• Manage projects, directly or through project teams, effectively deploying assigned resources
• Ensure deliverables are achieved within agreed time, budget and quality parameters
• Negotiate and document project deliverables, timelines, project charters/costing, roles and responsibilities and critical milestones
• Provide people management oversight to a multiple teams of developers and business analysts
• Coach, lead and mentor team members and contribute to growth of staff

Job Requirements:

• Solutions delivery or support experience in large distributed application systems
• Familiarity with Lending applications such as Laser, CAP or Finance Center
• Experience working with Business clients in a consulting or support capacity is preferred
• Experience working with Commercial or Small Business Banking is an asset
• Proven understanding of Bank SDLC methodology
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced team environment with minimal supervision
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with business and technology solutions partner
• Solid negotiation, influencing and coaching abilities
• Excellent communication and strong project management skills
• Experience with mixed AIX/Unix and Microsoft based application environments
• Ability to create and foster a cohesive team, and promote a positive work environment for all employees
• Ability to travel on occasion between Toronto and West Toronto

Specific Educational Requirements:

• College / University or equivalent work experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is an Asset

Qualifications:

• Excel – 5+ Years
• Experience with Distributed Systems – 5+ Years
• Full Life Cycle Development – 5+ Years
• ITIL Certification – 5+ Years
• Leadership – 5+ Years
• Microsoft Project – 5+ Years
• Netron/CAP – 5+ Years
• PMI Certification – 5+ Years
• PowerPoint – 5+ Years
• Project Methodology Tools – 5+ Years
• System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) – 5+ Years
• Visio – 5+ Years

When you have some time please register in our database (5 minute process) to be considered for future openings; the link is available on our website at http://www.teamrecruiter.com/ in the Candidate section.

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those who meet the qualifications will be contacted through telephone/email. You are encouraged to register with us in our database to be considered for future positions available.

Have a great day.

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Location: West Toronto
Compensation: To Be Negotiated (This is a contract job)

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Banking E-Trading Developer (Toronto)

TUNDRA Technical Solutions is Canada's Fastest Growing Recruitment Company (PROFIT100, 2004-2009).TUNDRA has recently signed a new partnership with a prominent world recognized banking institution. This partnership position with TUNDRA and banking institution provides TUNDRA as the only Exclusive Preferred Partner Vendor.

Position Title: Banking E-Trading Developer.

Description: Our client is currently seeking Banking E-Trading Developer who will support equity trading globally.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, design and develop global trading platform
• Seek out industry trends
• Maintain knowledge of up to date products within project

Required Skills:

• C++ a must
• Equities and banking experience
• Extensive project experience
• Java an algorithm experience an asset
• Unix and Linux experience and asset

If you are interested in applying, please submit your resume to me Oscar Dada at odada@tundratechnical.ca
Tundra Technical Solutions would like to thank you for the interest you have demonstrated in this opportunity. However, only candidates with the required skills will be contacted.

Tundra Technical Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in our workplace.

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Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Information Technology and Engineering staffing and consulting services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. Rather than continually trying to sell to new clients and companies and simply filling databases with candidates, we focus on developing stronger relationships and deeper knowledge of our existing clients’ challenges and opportunities.

OPEN EARS. OPEN MINDS. OPEN FUTURES

Location: Toronto
Compensation: Contract 80 hr - 90 hr

Email: odada@tundratechnical.ca

Senior PHP Developer Job (Toronto Ontario)

Location: Toronto Ontario
Email: craigslist@bilingualrecruiters.com 
Compensation: $65,000 - $85,000 Plus Benefits, and more
Job Code: #373
Title: Senior PHP Developer

Job Description:

Senior PHP Developer: Our client is a dynamic, leading edge software company. Developing advanced technologies to make what you see when browsing on your favorite website more relevant to you, our client is driven to innovate.

As a fast growing company, our client is currently seeking an experienced PHP Developer to join its team. If you have experience producing high quality code for a high volume web environment (100 Million hits/month or more), we are interested in hearing from you. You can become part of a dynamic team that possesses a very successful track record, working in a startup environment. To be considered for this role here’s what you must bring with you: a passion for technology, the willingness to put in extra efforts when necessary, and the confidence to work autonomously as you must be accountable for the quality of your work.

Using an agile development methodology, you will develop scalable applications using technologies including HTTP(S), XML-RPC, MVC design patterns and multiple caching layers. Core applications make extensive use of PHP 5 (including Zend Framework), JavaScript, AJAX, and C/C++. Application development places a special emphasis on developing highly robust architectures with stringent security, scalability and flexibility requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Help to foster a productive and rewarding team environment, have mutual respect for team members and be open to exploring ideas raised from any members.
• Assisting in the low level design of product features
• Following, and helping to define and evolve the development processes and guidelines to be used by the team
• Learning the technologies chosen by the team for the product, and becoming proficient in them
• Assisting in the QA process of the product
• Striving for excellence in the definition, implementation, documentation and testing of the software product

Qualifications:

The Candidate should have 5-10 years of demonstrable industry experience working with the following:

• Be very familiar with Unix/Linux environments
• Solid programming experience
• PHP5 (Zend Framework, Doctrine), OO programming
• C/C++ in Unix environments (a plus)
• Agile development (continuous integration, unit testing)
• Experience working in web 2.0 high volume sites
• Infrastructure
• Architecture
• Optimization/profiling techniques
• Caching
• Memcached
• APC
• Xdebug
• Kcachegrind
• Valgrind
• Strace
• Knowledge of TCP/IP networking (CCNA or equivalent knowledge/experience)
• Knowledge of relational databases and SQL (ex: MySQL, PostgreSQL)

A very strong candidate would also have:

• Experience working with distributed systems
• Clustering (MapReduce,HDFS)
• Data de-normalization
• Distibuted hash tables (Cassandra, Voldermort, HBase, etc...)
• Load balancing
• Enterprise messaging (ex: AMQP,Tibco/Ensemble, Spread toolkit, ZooKeeper)
• High availability
• From a culture perspective:
• Experience working in a fast paced tech startup

Soft skills:

• Self-starter
• Technology lover (hobbies include tech stuff)
• Detail oriented
• Driven
• Curious
• Logical thinker

Our client offers a unique opportunity: to work with cutting edge technology in an environment that will experience significant growth. Our client offers an excellent compensation package that includes a competitive salary, benefits and more the right candidate.

Production Application Support, JAVA and Weblogic

Position: Production Application Support Specialist
Position Type: Permanent
Location: Toronto, ON

Compensation: TBD
Job Order: 2894-0723

Email: alina@vtrac.com

"Solutions for Growth"

Please e-mail your resume as a MS-WORD document in confidence, Re: Production Application Support, JAVA and Weblogic; Job: 2894 -0723; Attention:alina@vtrac.com

Job Overview:

The Technical Specialist will work in the Internet Channel Technology Application Support area with outside vendors and internal organization groups to maintain stable working multi-tiered platforms. The successful applicant will be responsible for leading and ensuring that changes to the environment do not cause unscheduled business interruptions while maintaining a stable evolving platform. Troubleshooting problems and providing:

MAJOR ACTIVITIES:

The Technical Specialist will report to the Application Support Senior Manager and will assist with the following:

• Change Management
• Facilitate and help guide team through change process
• assist in planning production implementations
• Ensure documented processes are in place and followed so that changes are introduced in an expedited andincident free manner
• Work with vendors to maintain software, hardware and firmware currency
• Production Problem Management:
• Initiate corrective action to resolve system and infrastructure application errors (ms exchange, weblogic, mq).
• Log and document production problems; identify recurring problems and recommend preventative measures.
• Lead and interact with vendors and internal organization groups to determine root cause and problem resolutionincluding service recovery
• Initial point of contact and escalation point for "firefight" issues
• Disaster Recovery:
• Ensure disaster recovery plans are in place and tested annually
• Service Requests:
• Manage all service requests and track through the full life cycle
• Act as escalation point for team members and stakeholders for service request issues
• Evaluating routine or small complex service requests to ensure adherence to standards and processes,
• Identifying inconsistencies, analyzing potential impact and recommend appropriate action
• .Monitoring and analyzing supported services to identify opportunities for improvement and recommends
• Solutions to senior team members.
• Leading other members of the team by providing guidance and coaching on processes and best practices

Requirements:

Technical Troubleshooting--Knowledge of approaches, tools and techniques for anticipating, recognizing, and resolving technical (hardware, software, application or operational) problems.

IT Environment, Strong working knowledge of Java, Windows, Unix, Oracle and Weblogic

Extensive Work Experience:

• Customer Service Management--Knowledge of tools and techniques for maintaining an environment where all understand, and are committed to, providing excellent service to internal and external customers.
• Problem Solving--Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems.
• Managing Multiple Priorities--Ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups or activities. Effective judgment in prioritizing and time allocation.
• Core Application Systems--Knowledge of major production application systems used for delivery of services to internal and external clients.
• Written Communications--Ability to produce a variety of business documents that demonstrate command of language, clarity of thought and orderliness of presentation.
• Systems Software Infrastructure--Knowledge of the existing and planned software technology and the global, regional and local software architecture and infrastructure components.
• Decision Making and Critical Thinking--Knowledge of tools and techniques for effective use of a broad range of factors, assumptions, frameworks and perspectives when solving problems.
• Interpersonal Relationships--Knowledge of approaches, tools and techniques for working with individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.

Basic Understanding:

IT Standards, Procedures, Policies--Knowledge and ability to use and administer the organization's technology practices, standards and procedures.
Line of Business, Knowledge of financial internet applications such as Online Banking and Investment Services would be desirable
Incident and Change Management, Knowledge in the concepts of incident and Change Management would be desirable. ITIL training would be an asset
Knowledge of wireless devices (iPhone, Blackberry, Android, iPad, iPod Touch and other smartphone devices)

JOB COMPLEXITIES/CHALLENGES:

• Diagnosing and correlating all necessary information to determine the appropriate course of action, and escalating unresolved issues as appropriate.
• Receiving critical alerts, which could be generic and caused by several factors; this requires in-depth analysis to determine the root cause in order to resolve the problems.
• Assessing the impact of errors/problems based on timing and situation to determine the most appropriate decision and course of action.
• Evaluating technical information to determine risk levels and technical feasibility when making changes to applications.
• Modifying existing processes and practices by determining and recommending appropriate resolution (e.g., application failures).
• Providing suggestions to increase effectiveness and efficiency, including identifying and raising awareness of issues/problems to other team members, clients and management.
• Selecting the appropriate alternative from a limited set of alternatives when providing solution to a problem, this includes assessing/identifying potential risks associated with each alternative.
• We thank all candidates in advance. Only selected candidates for interviews will be contacted. For other exciting opportunities, please visit us at www.vtrac.com. VTRAC is an equal opportunity employer.

Server Side Java Developer (Downtown Toronto)

Location: Downtown Toronto
Compensation: TBD
Email: matthew.bickerton@quantum-qtr.com

Our client, a dynamic global leader in electronic trading systems with offices worldwide, is currently seeking a Server Side Java Developer.

In this role, you will work within a division specializing in repo and securities finance in downtown Toronto. You will be responsible for carrying out ongoing software development on repo and securities software for the financial industry. This will include full product life cycle management, from putting together technical specifications through to design, implementation, testing and debugging. These responsibilities will be for clients as well as for in-house development.

Required Skills:

• BSc in Computer Science or Electrical/Electronic Engineering
• 5+ years Java programming
• Experience with Server Side development required
• 5+ years software development in UNIX environment including shell scripts and other UNIX tools
• Strong communication skills

Desirable Skills:

• Perl programming experience
• C++/C programming
• Experience in or understanding of financial markets, trading systems, etc.
• Experience with formal QA and SW test procedures
• Relational database experience (Oracle, Sybase)
• MSc or PhD – highly regarded

Connecting you + Quantum: With our contacts and your skills, we're a winning combination. Put Quantum on your team and apply today!

Contact Information: Matthew Bickerton
Fax: (613) 230-7711
Email: matthew.bickerton@quantum-qtr.com

Visit us at www.quantum-qtr.com for more job opportunities!

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We appreciate all expressed interest in this position, however, only the candidates selected for interview will be contacted. You will certainly be contacted before we submit your resume to any of our clients.

Quantum is an equal opportunity employer.