SharePoint Technical Specialist

Zylog delivers top jobs to top talent. We are currently seeking experienced professionals for exciting new opportunities and career advancement. Zylog represents hundreds of client companies for both contract and permanent positions. New jobs are being filled every day and our experienced professional resource managers are waiting to help you screen the top jobs that match your skills and experience. You don’t have time to search long lists of postings repeated on multiple web sites, so let our trained and experienced resource managers do the work for you. We review top jobs and will be the first to alert you when the right opportunity arises.   Job Description: Our client has a requirement for a SharePoint Technical Specialist for a fulltime permanent opportunity. The positions are located in Calgary, Alberta. What makes this Special: Our client has a prestigious reputation and excellent work environment. This position offers an opportunity for personal learning and to contribute to important initiatives that make a difference. Our client is actively screening resumes and scheduling interviews to fill this position, so let one our professional resource managers represent you to the client, promote your skills, and help you prepare. The ideal candidate will provide thought leadership on best practices for architectural design, understand the Microsoft SharePoint solution stack, and have a thorough understanding of enterprise application integration involving Business Process and Forms, Business Intelligence, Collaboration, CRM, Enterprise Content Management, and Portals. This person will participate in the architecture and design discussions for SharePoint projects that focus on planning, deploying, and targeting new or significant modifications of existing enterprise SharePoint implementations. Must provide individual or project support for moderate to complex projects or applications, adhere to project timelines and technical deliverables within different client environments; and analyze and provide quality technical solutions that exceed client expectations. The role may include infrastructure and software architecture, integration as well as technical project thought leadership for various teams. Responsibilities: Configure and maintain Enterprise SharePoint farms, site collections, site level document libraries, lists and deploy SharePoint at the enterprise level in a distributed global environment Perform typical administrative activities such as farm backup, restore, site collection creation, and user issue resolution Provide technical expertise in identifying, evaluating, and developing effective procedures and systems requirements that meet business requirements Participate in the gathering and documenting of requirements from non-technical business users Create functional design documents, translate the business requirements into system requirements Create a prototype of recommended solutions, demo to the users, and implement the solution Strong customer interaction skills and ability to understand and document customer needs from a business solutions perspective Understand and implement QA procedures (Code review, Estimating, Peer review, Impact Analysis, Root cause analysis, etc.) Critical thinking, problem solving, design, and most critically, attention to performance, scalability, reliability, availability at the system and component level Must be able to deliver as a development lead for business application development projects. Contribute to development team growth through strong team interactions, be comfortable accepting feedback, positive and negative, and be driven by both time constraints and a personal commitment to quality. Requirement or Qualifications: 4+ years experience with SharePoint farm administration in medium to large organizations. BA or BSc degree in Computer Science or a related field or related experience Experience architecting, implementing and supporting Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 and/or Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 solutions In depth experience with Collaboration, Portals, Enterprise Search, Enterprise Content Management, Business Process and Forms, and/or Business Intelligence. Exposure to programming with .NET Framework, Enterprise integration technologies (Microsoft BizTalk, MSMQ, Web Services, Remoting), Microsoft Enterprise Content Management and Collaboration technologies (SharePoint Portal Server / Windows SharePoint Services, Content Management Server, Unified Communications Server (Lync), Microsoft Groove Server 2010) Microsoft SQL Server Database, Analysis, Integration and Reporting Services ASP .NET and client web development (XML, XSL, ASP .NET,AJAX, HTML, Java Script) Proven knowledge and experience with: Agile methodologiesEnterpriseintegration and software development patterns Familiarly with ITIL Incident and Change Management Procedures in an enterprise environment. How to Apply: Online: To apply for this and other suitable exciting opportunities with Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd., you can register and apply online at www.ZylogCanada.com Email: If you would like to email a copy of your resume for review, please reference this posted Job Number or Job Description in the subject line of your email for prompt identification and send your email with attached resume to resumes@zylog.ca   Company Overview: Zylog is internationally ranked within the top 100 Global Recruitment Industry and one of the top three IT Professional Staffing Firms in Canada. Zylog provides consulting services, software development, application migration, and recruiting services for permanent and contract positions. Zylog is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, HP Alliance One Partner, Telus Business Solutions Partner, Oracle Partner, and proudly represents Fortune 500, Government, Banking, Healthcare and IT organizations globally. Zylog leverages ISO 9001:2000 certified processes, industry best practices, and ownership of one of the largest professional talent databases in Canada. We are dedicated to the progress of our clients, consultants, and our community. Apply now or contact one of our experienced professional resource managers to help you find the perfect career to make the most of your unique skills and experience. Top Jobs for Top Talent www.Zylog.ca