Monday, 6 February 2012

Senior Systems Analyst

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 Systems Administrator for a 6 month contract opportunity.  The position is located in Scarborough.


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.


Role:
Our trusted financial services customer, located in Scarborough is looking for a Senior Systems Analyst to start as soon as possible for a 6 month contract.   

Day to day responsibilities include:
  • Creating base and custom monitors in SCOM as the main tool and likely ITM6, Introscope, BAC and Sitescope.
  • Delivering the above while following documented requirements
  • Drafting delivery letters and documentation detailing the base and custom monitors for Operations staff
  • Providing assistance, guidance and expert opinions on best practices to monitoring requestors


Requirement or Qualifications:
  • Windows Admin 2003/2008
  • SCOM Management Pack development experience (key to the role)
  • Scripting in VBScript & Powershell
  • Documentation skills
  • nice to have:
    BMC Patrol / BPPM
    Tivoli ITM6
    HP Sitescope/BAC


Keywords:   Systems Administrator, VBScript, Powershell, SCOM, Windows      


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.


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Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd.

Friday, 3 February 2012

Bilingual - Senior Programmer / Analyst - Support

Zylog offre les meilleurs emplois aux meilleurs candidats. Nous recherchons actuellement des professionnels de talent en TI, en ingénierie et en soins de santé qui sont qualifiés et intéressés à explorer de nouvelles possibilités. Zylog représente des centaines d'entreprises clientes qui cherchent activement des professionnels de talent possédant de l'expérience dans les domaines des TI, de l'ingénierie, de la vente au détail, des institutions bancaires et financières, de l'assurance, de l'exploitation pétrolière et gazière, des télécommunications, des services gouvernementaux et des soins de santé pour combler des postes permanents et contractuels. De nouveaux postes sont disponibles quotidiennement, et nos gestionnaires en ressources professionnelles expérimentés ne demandent qu'à vous aider à sélectionner les emplois correspondant le mieux à vos compétences de sorte que vous saisissiez les meilleures occasions. Vous n'avez pas le temps de parcourir chaque jour les longues listes d'emplois des tableaux d'affichage pour trouver le poste qui vous convient le mieux. Laissez nos gestionnaires en ressources expérimentés et compétents faire le travail pour vous. Nous évaluons les meilleurs emplois au sein de Fortune 500, du gouvernement et des soins de santé à mesure qu'ils sont disponibles. Laissez-nous vous trouver de nouvelles occasions et être les premiers à vous en informer.


 SOMMAIRE DU POSTE
En guise de premier mandat chez notre client situé à Montréal, le candidat occupera le poste de programmeur/analyste au sein du Centre d'excellence en gestion des applications (Application Management Center of Excellence), afin de soutenir la mise en ligne en juin 2012 d'un nouveau portail SOA présentant des rapports aux participants et aux promoteurs du régime de retraite.
Le programmeur/analyste en chef fera éventuellement partie de la structure rotative de soutien d'applications. 
Le poste doit être doté immédiatement par un consultant qui aspire à occuper un poste permanent éventuel chez notre client. La durée du mandat initial est de 6 mois avec la possibilité que le poste devienne permanent à tout moment au cours de cette période.


RESPONSABILITÉS CLÉS
  • Aider à définir la portée et les objectifs du programme par la recherche et des sondages.
  • Participer à la mise en place d'environnements de test, de bibliothèques, d'outils, et autres éléments requis pour exécuter ses tâches.
  • Préparer des spécifications détaillées de complexité moyenne à partir desquelles les programmes seront créés ou modifiés en fonction de la complexité de l'application.
  • Mettre en œuvre un ensemble de spécifications en codant, compilant et testant les applications.
  • Développer et modifier la documentation propre au programme qui est destinée aux utilisateurs et aux Opérations.
  • Analyser et passer en revue les problèmes logiques du programme et du système existants, le cas échéant.
  • Faire partie intégrante des communautés d'utilisateurs au cours des tests des nouvelles applications ou des applications modifiées.
  • Collaborer activement avec les autres spécialistes en TI aux activités de développement, de test et de débogage.
  • À l'occasion, participer activement aux tests des applications selon les conditions.
  • Responsable de fournir des résultats de qualité.
  • Identifier les risques et les faiblesses et en faire rapport, et appliquer les contrôles opérationnels permettant de minimiser lesdits risques.
  • Assurer la conformité aux exigences réglementaires et aux politiques internes, et plus particulièrement la protection des renseignements personnels des clients, des intermédiaires et des employés.


EXIGENCES : (formation et certification)
  • Diplôme universitaire (ou expérience de travail équivalente)
  • Minimum de 2 années d’expérience en applications Web


COMPÉTENCES GÉNÉRALES ET COMPÉTENCES SPÉCIFIQUES SUIVANTES :
Compétences techniques
  • Excellentes aptitudes à communiquer à l’oral et par écrit dans les deux langues officielles
  • DGP : Java, Active MQ, PL/SQL et Oracle
  • Portail employé et promoteur, IBM Portal 7 et boîte à outils DOJO
  • DMI : Oracle, IBM Portal 7 et boîte à outils DOJO
  • Services de données : Java, PL/SQL et Oracle
  • Services Web (WAS7)
  • BO/WEBI : suite Business Object et Crystal Reports  


Autres compétences
  • Compétences en planification
  • Capacité à prendre des décisions de qualité
  • Capacité à établir les priorités
  • Habileté en communications interpersonnelles
  • Compétences en présentation
  • Bilinguisme


 Comment poser votre candidature 
En ligne:
Pour poser votre candidature pour ce poste ainsi que d’autres opportunités d’emploi excitantes qui vous sont adéquates disponibles chez Systèmes Zylog (Canada) Ltée, nous vous prions de vous enregistrer et de nous envoyer votre candidature en ligne sur notre site web à www.ZylogCanada.com.
Par email:
Si vous préférez nous envoyer une copie électronique de votre curriculum vitae pour notre révision, s’il-vous-plait indiquez dans la ligne ‘objet’ de votre email le numéro de référence ou la description du poste indiqués plus haut afin de s’assurer d’une prompte identification de votre demande. Nous vous prions d’envoyer votre email avec votre CV joint à Resumes@zylog.ca.




ROLE SUMMARY
As a first mandate with Client in Montreal, the candidate will act as a Programmer/ Analyst, within the Application Management Center of Excellence, to support June 2012 release of a new SOA portal for Pension Plan sponsor and member reporting. The Senior Programmer/ Analyst would eventually be part of the rotating application support structure.  Position is to be filled immediately by a consultant who is seeking an eventual permanent position with Client.  Initial mandate will be for a period of 6 months with possibility becoming a permanent position anytime during that period.


KEY ACTIVITIES
  • Participates in formulating program scope and objectives through research and fact-finding.
  • Helps to set up testing environments, libraries, tools and other elements required to perform his/her duties.
  • Prepares detailed specifications of medium complexity from which programs will be created or modified depending on complexity of application.
  • Implements a set of specifications by coding, compiling and testing the applications.
  • Develops and modifies program documentation for both users and Operations.
  • Analyzes and reviews existing system and program logic problems as required.
  • Takes an active part with user communities during testing of new or modified applications.
  • Takes an active part with other IT specialists during development, test and debug activities.
  • Is sometimes called upon to concentrate efforts on testing of applications depending on conditions.
  • Is accountable to deliver quality results.
  • Identifies and reports risks and weaknesses, applies operational controls to mitigate these risks.
  • Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies, in particular the need to protect personal information of customers, intermediaries and employees.


REQUIREMENTS: (Education, Designation)
  • University degree (or equivalent real-life experience)
  • Minimum of 2 years in working on web applications


CORE COMPETENCIES AND THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES:
Technical Competencies
  • Good oral and written communications skills, in both official languages
  • DGP: Java, Active MQ, PL/SQL, Oracle
  • Employee & Sponsor Portal, IBM portal vs 7 & toolbox DOJO
  • DMI: Oracle, IBM portal vs 7 & toolbox DOJO
  • Data Services : Java, PL/SQL, Oracle
  • Web services (WAS7)
  • BO/WEBI : Business Object suite & Crystal Reports


Other Competencies
  • Planning
  • Decision of quality
  • Priority setting
  • Interpersonal savvy
  • Presentation skills
  •  Bilingual language skills, local to Montreal



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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Data Modeler/Systems Analyst

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 Systems Analyst for a 16 months Contract opportunity.  The positions are located in Toronto, Ontario 


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. 


Job Description:

  • Perform business analysis/modeling, prepare business requirement and technical documentation, i.e. Business Requirement Document, Functional Specification, Test plan/test cases etc., based on UML/RUP methodologies
  • Participate in various stages of projects, including project planning, resource estimation, project execution and control, and reporting progress to project managers and stakeholders
  • Prepare formal project documents such as Project Charters, Statements of Work and Service Level Agreements and be able to identify and prepare business cases and recommend changes to current business practices to improve information delivery of legacy data
  • Provide historical data conversion and retrieval, data modeling and database design
  • Work with technical teams, such as the Application Development Platform, System Products, Desktop and the Help Desk support groups
  • Communicate effectively and prepare and deliver presentations to multidisciplinary clients
  • Identify and prepare business cases and recommend changes to current business practices to improve information delivery of legacy data
  • Prepare data models, entity relationship diagrams and data dictionaries 


Qualified Candidates will have:
  •  University degree in computer science or related discipline, and considerable experience
  • working on large scale information technology projects or the approved equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
  • Extensive experience in organizing, facilitating and coordinating requirements gathering sessions and / or JAD sessions with stakeholder client groups.
  • Extensive experience in documenting, verifying and translating requirements into detailed design specifications to produce software components and interfaces to meet end-user requirements.   
  • Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
  • Project management experience in all stages of complex information management projects with emphasis on financial management, estimating resources and critical path identification in a large, diverse computing environment.
  • Experience in current and emerging information management concepts/technologies including information management, component based design, object oriented techniques, business/data modeling methodologies, meta data repository management, relational database management technology, business intelligence and decision support for a multi-tiered, multi-platform, network centric computing environment.
  • Experience using some of the following or equivalent tools and methodologies is required. Examples include The Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Rational Rose, MS Visio, MS Project,  UML, Erwin, HP Quality Centre, HP Performance Centre, Oracle Warehouse Builder, IBM WebSphere, Java, J2EE, EJB, HTML, XML, PowerBuilder, Crystal Reports, Visual Basic
  • Considerable experience in historical data conversion and retrieval, data modeling and database design.
  • Knowledge of emerging architectures, technologies or products such as mobile (smart phone) app development, data warehousing, e-service, quality assurance tools, data retention and document management


Technical Skills: 
  • Experience in creating and maintaining a project-business glossary.
  • Experience in creating and maintaining Requirements Traceability Matrix.
  • Experience in documenting and defining Actor Summary 
  • 5+ years experience in documenting and modeling with Unified Modeling Language (UML) including but not limited to 1) Use Case Models, 2) Activity / Flow Charts, 3) Sequence Diagrams, 4) Class and Collaboration Diagrams.
  • 5+ years experience in documenting Use Case Specifications System
  • 5 + years experience in documenting (Screen) Mock-Ups and Storyboards used to to present / confirm key concepts to business areas.
  • 5+ years experience designing system screens and specifications defining specific field attributes, constraints and system events.
  • 5+ years experience designing Report specifications
  • Experience in conducting Candidate Noun/Entity Challenge Analysis
  • 5+ years experience in developing data models of various levels including (Conceptual, Logical, and Physical)
  • 5+ years experience using various CASE and Data Modeling tools (eg, Erwin, Microsoft Visio Professional or other)
  • Work with business area and QA to develop load test scenarios/scripts. (Defining both expected concurrent users, and potential data volume – eg. expected number of records in database and fetched in result).
  • Experience in defining and documenting a User Acceptance checklist, and working with end users to sign-off on project deliverables. 
  • 5+ years experience in conducting system demonstrations of storyboards, screen mock ups, prototypes, iterative system releases and/or proof of concepts.
  • Previous experience as a software developer on large and complex projects is an asset.


Keywords:   Systems Analyst, Data Modeling, QA, Use Cases, Erwin, Java, WebSphere  


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.


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Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd.

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

AIX Administrator

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 an AIX Administrator for a 3 month contract opportunity.  The position is located in North York.


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.


Requirement or Qualifications:
  • Support multiple LPAR's and build LPARs
  • Attend project meetings with the business users
  • Troubleshoot applications (systems tools) and hardware
  • Very good communication skills are required. 
  • Linux Red Hat experience is a nice to have.


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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Business Analyst / Level 2

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 Business Analyst/Level 2 for a 6 month contract opportunity.  The positions are located in downtown Toronto.


Deliverables
  • Proficient in using different methods of requirements gathering: interviewing, data modeling, business process modeling, business object modeling and user interface design
  • Support implementation of financial/statistical software solution/applications
  • Provide the project with priorities from LTCH clients
  • Work with LTCH clients to develop the implementation sequence and timing for the project.
  • Write requirements specifications identifying steps and processes.
  • Advise the project on approaches to communication and training of LTCH organizations.
  • Provide input to the project on LTCH business direction and requirements.
  • Provide liaison between the project and LTCH management, LTCH MIS working group and Solutions Group.
  • Plan, schedule, guide and/or execute systems analysis and functional design activities.
  • Analyze and design enhancements to existing systems.
  • Ensure that project deliverables conform to the clients' development standards and provide guidance/instruction to other project team members as necessary to achieve quality assurance objectives.
  • Maintain an appropriate knowledge of technology (MS Dynamics)
  • Create user documentation             


Qualifications - Knowledge, skills and abilities 
  • Minimum of 5 years experience as a Business Analyst
  • Experience working with a financial software and Integration, preferably MS Dynamics GP
  • Experience in structured methodologies for the design, development, implementation and maintenance of applications
  • Knowledge of quality assurance principles
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, interpersonal and presentation skills
  • Ability to write clear and detailed functional specifications and documentation
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Detailed operational knowledge in office productivity tools ( Word, Excel, Visio, etc)
  • Critical thinking and problem solving


Nice to Have
  • Identify and implement topics for process improvements
  • Identify and define new business processes


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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Project Leader / Level 2

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