Showing posts with label WAS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WAS. Show all posts

Friday, 23 September 2011

Project Manager

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 Project Manager for a 12 month contract opportunity.  The positions are located in Mississauga.

What makes this Special:
Our client is one of the largest Banks in North America. With exponential growth and millions of customers and clients who are served through our various businesses: Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking, Wealth Management, U.S. Personal and Commercial Banking, and Wholesale Banking. Being part of this company is being part of a better Canadian service.
    
Key accountabilities are:
• Manage day to day project activities of a large, complex project, execute, control and close out project against defined scope and budget.
• Utilize accepted standards and procedures.
• Maintain team relationships and team coaching and development.
• Manage stakeholder expectations.
• Manage risk and ensure compliance.
• Works autonomously in the management of the unit and collaborates with other business heads to establish and execute on common goals.
• Ensures delivery of projects to the business partner, meeting the approved scope/cost/schedule/quality for the project.
• Perform a governing role for, ensuring that the proposal, execution, control, deployment, training and hand off, warranty support, and closure to meet schedules.
• Strong involvement in business IMO.
• Management of large projects ($2M+), including multiple internal applications and external vendors.
• Estimation and planning, risk assessment, contingency planning, tracking and management of progress, issues, budget, risk and resources.
• Accountability for project budget and time lines.

Skills:
Proven leadership skills and experience managing IT projects. Full life cycle development experience. Experience with proven project methodology tools. PMI or ITIL certification. Expertise in MS Project, Excel, Visio and Powerpoint.

To be qualified for this position, candidates must have the following: • Banking/Credit Card experience as a Project Manager (preference will be given to candidates with recent experience)
• Management of ($2M+) project
• Candidate must have extremely strong communication (written & verbal) skills.
• Adaptable – must be able to bring clarity to uncertainty
• Autonomous – able to work on their own to gather information and get the job done
• Previous experience with Off Shore will be an asset
• Understanding of distributed systems environment (WAS, Java) as well as Host is needed

Keywords:   Project Manager, Credit, Java, Was    

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 http://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.

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Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd.

Thursday, 21 July 2011

IT Project Manager (Credit Systems)

Job Description
IT PROJECT MANAGER (CREDIT SYSTEMS)


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.


About the Job

Our client has a requirement for IT Project Manager (Credit Systems) for a 6 months’ contract opportunity. The position is located in Mississauga, Ontario.


Job Description


Requirements or Qualifications

We are looking for a senior IT Project Manager with Credit Systems experience to work on a number of projects. The candidate needs to have an understanding of distributed systems environment (WAS, Java) as well as Host

•Manage day to day project activities of medium complexity or units/phases of a larger complex project Plan, execute, control and close out project against defined scope and budget. Utilize accepted standards and procedures. Maintain team relationships and team coaching and development. Manage stakeholder expectations. Manage risk and ensure compliance.
•The successful candidate will be responsible for the oversight and execution of several medium complexity projects.


Key accountabilities are:

•Works autonomously in the management of the unit and collaborates with other business heads to establish and execute on common goals.
•Manages activities of medium complexity projects. Ensures delivery of projects to the business partner, meeting the approved scope/cost/schedule/quality for the project.
•Perform a governing role for, ensuring that the proposal, execution, control, deployment, training and hand off, warranty support, and closure to meet schedules.
•Strong involvement in business IMO.
•Management of small to large projects (ranging in size from $400K to $3M), including multiple internal applications and external vendors.
•Estimation and planning, risk assessment, contingency planning, tracking and management of progress, issues, budget, risk and resources.
•Accountability for project budget and time lines.


SKILLS:

•Proven leadership skills and experience managing IT projects.
•Full life cycle development experience.
•Experience with proven project methodology tools.
•PMI or ITIL certification.
•Expertise in MS Project, Excel, Visio and Powerpoint.


Candidates must have the following skills:

•Banking/Credit adjudication or personal lending experience as a Project Manager (preference will be given to candidates with recent experience)
•Management of mid size (500K to 1m) projects
•Candidate must have extremely strong communication (written & verbal) skills.
•Adaptable – must be able to bring clarity to uncertainty
•Autonomous – able to work on their own to gather information and get the job done
•Previous Off Shore experience will be a definite asset
•Understanding of distributed systems environment (WAS, Java) as well as Host is needed


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 in the Global Recruitment Industry, and one of the top five IT Professional Staffing Firms in Canada. Zylog is a leading provider of human capital resource management applications, and technology solutions with global delivery capability and proudly represents Fortune 500, Government, and Healthcare organizations actively seeking top talent for contract and permanent positions. 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.


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www.Zylog.ca


Contact Information
Company Name Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd.

Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Project Manager X 2

Job Description

About the Job

Our client has a requirement for 2 Project Managers for a 4 month contract opportunity. The positions are located in Mississauga.


Role:

Management of all aspects of Mortgage, Line of Credit and iApps projects.

•Create SDLC / PMLC documentation. (ex. Detailed Project plan, IAD logs, etc…)
• Work with business partners, development team, and testing team to deliver solutions to and meet the approved scope, cost, schedule, and quality for the project.
• Create accurate and realistic resource plans
• Track the project to the associated financial forecasts and challenge any numbers off forecast. The project manager owns responsibility for keeping the project on budget
• Provide effective and timely communications to the business partner, key stakeholders and the project team.
• Status reporting, project change control, continual risk/issue assessment/ management, and escalation/resolution, are essential.
• In partnership with other team members, ensure a close relationship is maintained with RESL and other TS partner, in order to keep informed of their business needs and direction
• Devote attention to detail while maintaining the big picture of the application and the business.
• Maintain an understanding of business directions, technology developments and industry trends.
•Collaborate with the management team to ensure resourcing requirements are up to date and that staff members are being given the appropriate opportunities.
•Coach and mentor staff members to contribute to their continual growth.


Requirement or Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, candidates must have the following:

•Banking/Credit Card experience as a Project Manager (preference will be given to candidates with recent experience.
•Strong leadership.
•C# and .Net oriented
•Management of mid size (500K to 1m) projects
•Candidate must have extremely strong communication (written & verbal) skills.
•Adaptable – must be able to bring clarity to uncertainty
•Autonomous – able to work on their own to gather information and get the job done
•Previous experience with Off Shore will an asset and would put them ahead of the game
•Understanding of distributed systems environment (WAS, Java) as well as Host is needed
•Minimum 3 years IT Project Management experience.
•Minimum 3 years experience in solutions delivery with large application systems.
•Strong knowledge in the Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) and the System Development Life cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
•Awareness of or experience with distributed and/or mainframe platform technologies.
•PMP is an asset.
•Hands on development experience is considered an asset
•Excellent oral and written communication skills
•Experience negotiating with customers
•Strong interpersonal skills.
•College or University diploma or degree or equivalent related work experience.


Skills the Candidates will have:

•Host based technology experience
•Excel
•Knowledge of Credit Risk Management
•MS Project
•Project Methodology Tools
•Visio
•Powerpoint
•Security Credit Risk and Credit Management


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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


Contact Information
Company Name Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd.

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Project Manager

Job Description

Project Manager x 2


About the Job

Job Description:

Our client has a requirement for Project Manager for a 6 contract opportunity. The positions are located in Mississauga.


Requirement or Qualifications:


Our client is looking for 2 strong Project Managers – to be qualified for this position you will have.

• Banking/Credit card experience as an IT Project Manager (preference will be given to candidates with recent experience)
• Management of mid size (500K to 1m) projects
• Candidate must have extremely strong communication (written & verbal) skills.
• Strong multitasking skills to manage multiple projects
• Must have extensive experience with MS Project and Excel
• Autonomous – able to work on their own to gather information and get the job done
• Understanding of distributed systems environment (WAS, Java) and Host


Qualified Candidates will have:

• Managed the day to day development and support activities of 1 or more projects at a time
• Works independently
• Creation of detailed project plans as required including delivery of the applicable SDLC and PMLC documents.
• Work with the delivery and support teams to deliver solutions to the business partner and meet the approved scope/cost/schedule/quality for the project.
• Provide effective and timely communications to the business partner, key stakeholders and the project team.
• Status reporting, project change control, continual risk/issue assessment/ management, and escalation/resolution are essential.
• Collaborate with the management team to manage the overall project portfolio and challenges facing the team and participate in the development of strategy to address gaps.
• Manage a team that consists of IT specialists and 2 to 3 developers for each project.
• Management of small to large projects (ranging in size from $500K to $2M), including multiple internal applications and external vendors.
• Estimation and planning, risk assessment, contingency planning, tracking and management of progress, issues, budget, risk and resources.
• Accountability for project budget and time lines. SKILLS: Proven leadership skills and experience managing IT projects. Full life cycle development experience. Experience with proven project methodology tools. PMI or ITIL certification. Expertise in MS Project, Excel, Visio and Powerpoint.


Company Overview:

Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd is internationally ranked within the top 100 Global Recruitment Industry, and one of the top five IT Professional Staffing Firms in Canada.

Zylog Systems (Canada) is a leading provider of human capital resource management applications, and technology solutions with global delivery capability and proudly represents Fortune 500, Government, and Healthcare organizations actively seeking top talent for contract and permanent positions. 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


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


Contact Information
Company Name Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd.

Monday, 4 April 2011

Operational Tester/ IT Analyst

About the Job


Operational Tester / IT Analyst
About the Job

Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd delivers top jobs to top talent. We are currently sourcing talented IT, Engineering, and Healthcare professionals who are qualified for and interested in exciting new opportunities.
 
Zylog represents hundreds of client companies that are actively seeking top professional talent for both contract and permanent positions with experience in IT, Engineering, Retail, Bank and Finance, Insurance, Oil & Gas, Telecommunications, Government and Health Services. New positions are coming available every day and our experienced professional resource managers are waiting to help you screen the top jobs that match your skills for the best opportunities.
 
You don't have the time to search the long lists on Job Boards everyday to look through all of the postings to find the opportunity that is best for you. Let our trained and experienced resource managers do the work for you. We are reviewing top jobs from Fortune 500, Government, and Healthcare as each opening becomes available. Let us look for new opportunities for you and be the first to alert you when the right opportunity arises.
 
 
Job Description:
 
Our client has a requirement for Operational Tester / IT Analyst for a 6 month contract opportunity.  The positions are located in Missisauga, Ontario. 
 
Requirement or Qualifications:
 
We are looking for a strong Operational Tester/ IT Analyst.

Candidates must have a STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY TESTING along with the following requirements. 
  •        Experience in providing IT/ QA Analysis and testing for Distributed Enterprise Systems on Windows 2003/2008 - 3+ yrs 

  •        Experience with Production Acceptance Testing environment (PAT) 2 +yrs 

  •        Strong documentation (Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Reports, Change Requests) 2 +yrs 

  •        Strong UNIX/LINUX - 3 + yrs relevant experience, must be comfortable working within this environment 

  •        Experience with Managing/ logging incidents, able to route / direct calls to appropriate group-2+ yrs 

  •        Superior presentation skills, able to speak in front of stakeholders, present business cases 

  •        Able to negotiate with various groups within technology/ engineering 

  •        Have a strong understanding of deployment times/ strategies 

  •        Understand Smoke-tests 

  •        Deploying Applications ion Websphere - 1+ yrs 

  •        Ability to read Blue Prints 

  •        Experience with implementation of applications- 2 +yrs 

  •        Experience with server side Operability testing (implementation of mission critical application into production) 

  •        Strong knowledge of SDLC- from conception to maintenance phases 

  •        Solid understanding of QA Methodology 

  •        Understanding of Web and Applications Services IIS, WebSphere, WebSphere Portal, Apache, 


    Suitable candidates must include responses to the following Questions while submitting their resume: 
    1.     Elaborate on your experience with application testing/ deployment
    2.     Elaborate on your experience with other engineering teams (what were your core responsibilities ) 
    3.     What experience do you have working with applications that exist in multi-environment configurations? 


    Preference will be given to candidates with prior Financial Industry experience 

  •        Familiar with database servers (DB2, Oracle, MS SQL Server, Access) 


    *MUST HAVE BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF TESTING AND IBM-AIX -ANY FLAVOUR AND WEBSPHERE
     
    Short-listing Questions
    Qualification
    Required Rating
    Skills
     
    Websphere Application Server (WAS) *
    Yes
    DB2 *
    3+ Yrs.
    Distributed Windows *
    3+ Yrs.
    Experience with Distributed Systems *
    3+ Yrs.
    LINUX *
    3+ Yrs.
    SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) *
    3+ Yrs.
    UNIX *
    3+ Yrs.
    WebSphere *
    3+ Yrs.
     
     
    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 http://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 mailto:resumes@zylog.ca?subject=Operational%20Tester%2f%20IT%20Analyst%20(6256-1511941)
     
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