HM Note: This contract role is remote, and candidates can work remotely. Candidates must reside in Ontario, Canada. Candidate resumes must include first and last name, email and telephone contact information.

Description

Responsibilities:

• Provide senior technical expertise, project leadership and coordination of activities in the development, implementation and maintenance of a diverse range of cost effective I&IT solutions. Provide technical advice to clients and leverage OPS I&IT solutions and applications to meet program/service goals and objectives ensuring efficiency.

General Skills:

• Provides specialized technical expertise in the overall analysis of the design and architecture of systems solutions.

• Ability to evaluate recommendations and ensures all recommended solutions for improvement are congruent with the project goals and objectives

• Identifies short and long-term project goals/objectives, and as a senior technical expert, defines and identifies program and service delivery requirements in support of the development and/or acquisition of client applications

• Leads the analysis, development and documentation of design and architecture of systems solutions.

• Leads the development of testing, integration and implementation of systems solutions into the clients' applications

• Guides the feasibility studies and cost effective analyses of proposed client I&IT initiatives, ensures all studies and analyses are documented

• Leads the technical aspects of projects related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). This includes planning, scheduling and estimating resources, providing technical expertise, co-ordination, monitoring progress and providing management with project status updates

• Demonstrated experience gathering requirements, translating business documents into technical specifications

• Experience leading development/support teams supporting multi-dimensional and relational databases and their applications for effective planning, budgeting, strategizing and forecasting procedures

• Demonstrated experience designing and developing complex applications utilizing relational and multi-dimensional databases

• Ability to provide implementation and post implementation support as required

• Oversees the research and evaluation of the technical components in the acquisition of software, hardware, technology, systems and products

• Recommends and directs the measurement and improvement of tools, techniques, standards and performance criteria to control the quality of application development initiatives Provides coaching and direction to junior analysts throughout the project, related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle.

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge and experience in rapid application development (RAD) methodologies
• Knowledge and experience with middleware and gateways
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
• Experience with development/maintenance of documentation as per Methodology
• Good working knowledge of Dimensions and Facts
• Knowledge of multidimensional structures (cubes)
• Ability to gather, review and provide feedback to business requirements

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Responsibilities:

• Provide senior technical analysis, expertise in the coordination and execution of activities in the assessment, research, deployment and testing of remediations for identified Cyber Vulnerabilities (CVE – Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) to both application and server OS technologies.
• Deploy patches, upgrades, bug fixes, uninstalls for applications and a wide range of operating systems, middleware and database systems
• Identify and deploy innovative solutions to CVE – Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures identified via Cyber reports and technical platform teams
• Works in partnership with clients, advising them on information technology in order to meet their business objectives or overcome problems, work to improve structure and efficiency of an organization's I&IT systems.
• Advises on the identification, analysis, and resolution of specific security factors, risks, vulnerabilities; protection of personal privacy issues; and appropriate industry and international security standards.
• Provide technical advice to clients and leverage OPS I&IT solutions and applications to meet program/service goals and objectives ensuring efficiency

General Skills: 70%

• Provides specialized technical expertise in the overall analysis of the design of systems solutions as it relates to Cyber Security and Vulnerability remediation (CVE – Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), i.e., patching, uninstalling applications / components, bug fixes, code changes.
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with Internal OPS staff and external vendors
• Identify, remediate and mitigate known security threats or inherent weaknesses through identified CVE – Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
• Proficiency with a wide range of operating systems, middleware and database systems
• Ability to evaluate recommendations and ensures all recommended solutions for improvement are congruent with the project goals and objectives
• Identifies short and long-term project goals/objectives as it related to Vulnerability remediation, and as a senior technical expert, defines and identifies program and service delivery requirements in support of the development and/or acquisition of client applications
• Leads the development of testing, integration and implementation of systems solutions into the clients' applications
• Leads the technical aspects of projects related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). This includes planning, scheduling and estimating resources, providing technical expertise, co-ordination, monitoring progress and providing management with project status updates
• Demonstrated experience gathering requirements, translating business documents into technical specifications
• Experience leading development/support teams supporting multi-dimensional and relational databases, Java / Citrix and GIS technologies and their applications for effective planning, budgeting, strategizing and forecasting procedures
• Demonstrated experience designing and developing complex applications utilizing relational and multi-dimensional databases
• Ability to provide implementation and post implementation support as required
• Oversees the research and evaluation of the technical components in the acquisition of software, hardware, technology, systems and products as it relates to Cyber Security and Vulnerability remediation
• Recommends and directs the measurement and improvement of tools, techniques, standards and performance criteria to control the quality of application development initiatives
• Provides coaching and direction to junior analysts throughout the project, related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle

Desirable Skills: 30%

• Experience in reviewing, assessing, analyzing, recommending and implementing remediations to cyber vulnerabilities particularly CVE – Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
• Knowledge and experience in rapid application development (RAD) methodologies
• Knowledge and experience with middleware and gateways
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
• Experience with development/maintenance of documentation as per Methodology

Must have:

• Provides specialized technical expertise in the overall analysis of the design of systems solutions as it relates to Cyber Security and Vulnerability remediation (CVE – Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), i.e., patching, uninstalling applications / components, bug fixes, code changes.
• 5+ years of experience
• Identify, remediate and mitigate known security threats or inherent weaknesses through identified CVE – Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with Internal OPS staff and external vendors