Manager of Software Development
MAXIMUS is an industry leader in the provisioning of products and services to support the delivery of government services in North America and internationally.
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia’s most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. Our client is constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our retained client’s expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, Maximus is positioned for significant growth.
Join Maximus in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast – from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. Maximus has it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our client’s location offers easy access to every amenity.
Our client offers top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Maximus BC Health, Inc. has an immediate need for an Integration Developer (Java Web Services or Oracle SOA Developer). You will participate in all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) including: data architecture, development, maintenance and support activities. You will need to design and develop solutions using Oracle PL/SQL and to deliver applications that address business requirements.
The Integration Developer (Java Web Services or Oracle SOA Developer) is responsible for application maintenance, production systems support, designing and developing solutions, and delivering applications that address business requirements.
The Integration Developer (Java Web Services or Oracle SOA Developer) participates in all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and may work independently on small application releases or as part of a project team on larger application releases.
You will be required to critically analyze application and architecture requirements, and to devise sound solutions that address business challenges using Maximus BC Health, Inc. client’s methodologies, data quality principles, and industry standards. You will be responsible for developing project plans, logical and physical design specifications, architecture diagrams, executable code, and unit/integration test plans.
To be the successful candidate you must be self motivated and willing to learn, and be able to perform comfortably in a fast paced, team and deliverables oriented work environment and possess good organizational, interpersonal and communication skills and be sensitive to deadlines and to the impact of your work has on an overall project schedule deadlines.
Experience:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, with major coursework in information systems, computer science or a related field, with at least 2 years of experience successfully developing and supporting enterprise applications.
& Abilities:
The successful candidate will be a problem solver who is able to step up and take initiative and to methodically analyze and resolve programming challenges. You are comfortable seeking peer and supervisory guidance on complex application challenges and have a desire to learn, and adapt to new technologies and languages, and to improve your technical skills through ongoing research and development activities.
Required Skills:
- Java Programming Skills
- Basic Oracle database and JDBC knowledge
- Experience in developing Web Services and Web Service Clients using Java or Microsoft.NET
- Knowledge on working with XML, XML Schema, XSLT, XQuery and WSDL
- Basic knowledge on HTTP, HTTP Basic Authentication, SSL, REST, SOAP and WS-Security
- Working knowledge on at least two of the following Oracle Fusion Middleware products: Oracle Service Bus, Oracle BPEL Process Manager, Oracle B2B, Oracle Data Integrator) or another middleware stack such as TIBCO
Nice to Have Skills:
- Prior experience with HL7 messaging, health insurance or pharmacy industry
- The application landscape that supports the British Columbia Ministry of Health is highly desirable; however, not required.
Manager, Infrastructure Strategy and Business Operations
Located on the beautiful West Coast, of British Columbia, Canada our client is an industry leader in the provisioning of products and services to support the delivery of government services in North America and internationally.
The Infrastructure Architect/Solution Architect is responsible for understanding industry standards and best practices, keeping current with industry trends and emerging technologies, providing guidance and direction to various software development projects, user interface, and business groups on standards that drive quality and performance.
Ensures that server, storage, network, security needs are architected for total scalability and performance. The architect is responsible for working across all infrastructure foundations (server, storage, network, data, and applications) to design appropriate architecture for various projects.
You must be a problem solver with the ability to step up and take initiative, methodically analyze and resolve challenges and, adopt new technologies, conduct research and development activities to improve technical skills, and keep abreast of new technologies.
The ideal candidate with have experience with large-scale IT development and integration programs and a very broad and deep technical background enabling them to be conversant across business, data, platform and application, and technology architectures . The candidate will demonstrate Technical Infrastructure Architectural knowledge, playing a vital role in the design of production, staging, QA and development infrastructures running in 24x7 environments including:
- Contribute to the development of architectural strategy, including technology standardization and modernization
- Deliver designs that meet business requirements, are on time, and within budget.
- Align architectural design with enterprise architecture and business objectives
- Analyze business and technical requirements to determine system design, potential issues, and related cost for each project request.
- Contribute significantly to feature prioritization and systems architecture.
- Produce logical and physical architecture driven from the conceptual architecture.
- Develop implementation strategies that preserve the availability, performance, integrity, stability, and scalability of systems, consistent with cost constraints.
- Produce design documents to effectively hand over infrastructure architecture to other Operations departments for successful systems engineering and implementation.
- Contribute to design standards and guidelines, and work other architects on best practices.
- Ability to strategically analyze the risks, benefits, and opportunities associated with a solution.
- Demonstrate expertise and leadership in problem solving. Work with Business users, Project/Program Management, Network Engineers, Systems Administrators, Application Developers, Architects, Data Base Administrators, Operations persons, and Software Vendors to prevent or solve difficult performance problems.
- Interact with internal and external technical leaders to develop innovative solutions that meet market needs with respect to availability, functionality, performance, reliability, repeatability, and scalability.
- Multi-task multiple projects at one time as well as work in a high-pressured, unstructured, and yet customer-oriented environment.
- Familiarity with Oracle middleware, Sun/Oracle hardware, UNIX OS, Cisco, NetApp, Windows and Microsoft products.
Experience:
Preference for a Bachelors or Masters (Computer Science) or related education and 10 years related experience.
Manager, IT Infrastructure and Business Operations
MAXIMUS is an industry leader in the provisioning of products and services to support the delivery of government services in North America and internationally.
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia’s most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast – from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Maximus BC Health, Inc. has an immediate need for a Technical Support Specialist (Windows 2008, Exchange, Cisco, Firewall) and who has good overall data centre network operations, Windows System Administration and Infrastructure Planning experience.
The successful incumbent will help identify areas for improvement for Windows Back Office systems, networks, data centres and will participate in and/or lead business case development, major system changes, capacity management and problem management. The Technical Support Specialist will provide 2nd and 3rd level support for Networks and Windows systems and applications.
The Technical Support Specialist works closely with a team of systems professionals including network specialists, system administrators, database administrators and desktop administrators and will be providing tier 2 level of support at the network operational level and will enact as a liaison between the network architect, Tier 1 Support and external service providers – e.g. Telus. Previous experience includes: planning, coordination, business case, process improvement, documentation, and tier 2/3 level of support at the operational level.
The successful candidate will be a problem solver who can methodically plan, analyze, and resolve business challenges within budget, and is comfortable with peer and supervisory feedback. You must possess a desire to learn and adopt new processes for continual improvement and to keep abreast of new technologies.Experience:
Preference for a Technical Diploma or Technical Certification from an accredited technical college or university.
& Abilities:
Desired Skills:
- Cisco Networking - Planning and Administration Cisco Firewalls and Switches
- Microsoft Windows OS – 2003, 2008R2, XP, 7 – Planning and Administration
- Microsoft Back Office – Exchange 2003, 2010 – Planning and administration
- VMWare Server and Desktop Virtualization - Planning and Administration
- Security Monitoring and Operations
- System design, planning and documentation skills
Nice to Have Skills:
- Kofax document management tools
- NetApps
- ITIL processes and tools
- Data Centre Planning and Operations
- Oracle Database Exposure (Oracle 10g)
- Oracle Fusion Middleware Exposure
Chief Financial Officer
MAXIMUS is an industry leader in the provisioning of products and services to support the delivery of government services in North America and internationally.
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare.
The company is constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given the level of expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, the company is well positioned for significant growth.
Join Maximus in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. Maximus has it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, the location offers easy access to every amenity.
Maximus offers competitive salaries & performance-based incentive plans, 100% employer-paid benefits, generous vacation allowance and a defined benefit pension plan under the BC Public Service Employers Pension Plan.
POSITION PURPOSE
MAXIMUS Canada has an immediate need for a Finance Manager. Reporting to the CFO, the Finance Manager’s main responsibilities will include financial reporting, supporting income tax filings and application of accounting policies. Supervision and mentoring of accounting team members will be part of this growing role. The successful applicant will be a qualified accountant (CGA, CMA or CA) with recent public accounting experience, demonstrated management skills, and strong organizational, communication, and MS Office skills.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Prepare monthly financial statements and corporate reporting packages for three operating companies, and will require a detailed understanding of the underlying operations and transactions.
- Prepare other financial reports as required to support management’s information needs.
- Coordinate the preparation of year-end tax information.
- Ensure compliance with all other statutory requirements (e.g. HST).
- Monitor, evaluate and manage our compliance with internal controls and corporate policies.
- Manage, develop and implement accounting policies, systems, and procedures as required to meet defined needs.
- Participate in or lead special projects as required.
- Supervise, mentor, train and lead the sub-ledger and general accounting team.
- Work closely with CFO on all financial matters and maintain strong relationship with corporate head office.
Experience:
Desired Skills & Experience
- CGA, CMA, or CA designation required.
- Minimum of five years Canadian accounting experience, with recent public practice experience preferred.
- Tax experience is an asset.
& Abilities:
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Superior verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent planning, time management and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage and prioritize a very heavy workload.
- Self-motivated, strong initiative, ability to meet multiple concurrent deadlines.
- Strong computer skills; proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Excellent interpersonal relations and demonstrated ability to work effectively with others in teams.
- Ability to mentor and coach staff by providing formal reviews and ongoing feedback while providing consistent recognition and support to team members.
Project Management Office (PMO)
MAXIMUS is an industry leader in the provisioning of products and services to support the delivery of government services in North America and internationally.
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare.
We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Job Summary:
Maximus BC Health, Inc. has immediate openings for a Operational Change
Management Lead
Primary Accountabilities:
The Operational Change Management Lead reports to the Project Manager
and acts as a key facilitator to support change across the operational
business areas. Working as a liaison between the Technical Team and the
operational business areas, the Operational Change Management Lead ensures
operational business areas adhere to project standards and contribute
to project activities through each of the project and SDLC phases and
change impacts are managed/mitigated as necessary.
This includes:
- Identifying business value proposition/ROI and methods to track and monitor following change implementation
- Contribution to project plans related to Operational activities including:
- Defining and documenting operational risks, assumptions, dependencies and constraints to achieving business value
- Validating Operations roles and responsibilities related to deliverables and work products
- Contributing and rationalizing effort estimates
- Integrating Change Management Activities
- Coordinating, securing and assigning all operations resources
- Managing/monitoring the operations team ensuring participation and engagement as required
- Managing operational risks and issues through to resolution
- Communicating operational impacts in terms of policies, procedures, staffing, training, etc. and defining requirements to address those
- Coordinating all operations deliverables
- Ensuring security and privacy of confidential and personal data policies and standards are adhered to by operations team
- Contributing to project status report(s) and participating in status meetings
- Ensuring operations team endorses approvals at each Project Life Cycle decision gate
- Monitoring and measuring business value/ROI post change implementation
Experience:
The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited
college or university, with major coursework in information systems, computer
science, or related fields.
AND
Demonstrated experience successfully managing both IT organizational and
IT development change at the enterprise level.
& Abilities:
PMI certification and prior IT and organizational change management experience
with an application landscape that supports a Health Services environment
will be an asset.
Project Management Office (PMO)
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Maximus BC Health, Inc. has immediate openings for a Project Management
Support Assistant.
The Project Management Assistant will support and assist the Senior
Project Manager lead matrix project teams that may include Operations
Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Application Developers, and
Systems Engineers.
The Project Management Support Assistant is responsible for the following as it relates to the health and execution of projects:
- MS Project planning and tracking
- Project Status reporting
- Project financial reporting
- ITG / DISCO (Oracle) nice to have
- Understanding of SDLC methodology or similar
- General MS Office skills
- Minute taking
Experience:
The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, with major coursework in information systems, computer science, or related field.
AND
Demonstrated experience successfully assisting and supporting the Senior Project Manager on development and implementation of large scale enterprise applications.
& Abilities:
The ideal candidate will have a PMI certification, and prior project
management assistant support experience with an application landscape
that supports a Health Services environment will be an asset.
President, Maximus BC Health Insurance Inc.
MAXIMUS is an industry leader in the provisioning of products and services to support the delivery of government services in North America and internationally.
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare.
We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer competitive salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and a defined benefit pension plan under the Public Service Employee Pension Plan.
Maximus BC Health, Inc. has an immediate need for a Director of Human Resources. This senior generalist role will be responsible for leading the company through all aspects of strategic human resource decision making, labour relations, recruitment and total compensation and will be capable of aligning HR programs with overall corporate vision and business objectives. As a senior HR professional you have the demonstrated ability to contribute as a business partner and support your internal clients through a customer service approach.
In addition, the successful candidate effectively keeps abreast of the latest trends in human resources and has an eye for improving operations and has a drive for continual improvement and helps foster a sustainable team based learning environment.
This role strategically aligns with all parts of the organization including: corporate development, business development, finance, accounting, operations, and information systems technology. Also, the successful candidate will be looked upon by their peers as being both a thought leader and a strong pragmatist.
Experience:
- Bachelors or Masters Degree from an accredited college or university, with major coursework in Human Resources, Business, Operations or a Related Field, and 10+ years of hands on Human Resources Generalist experience
- 5 Years at a Senior Decision Making Level
- Canadian Human Resources Professional Designation (CHRP) Preferred
& Abilities:
- Labour Relations Expertise
- Health Insurance or Pharmacy Industry Experience
- Experience with the British Columbia Ministry of Health
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Leading and mentoring the management team and the senior technologists in the organization through a collaborative process to create a holistic architectural vision.
- Leading and managing the architecture governance process including
running the Architectural Review Board chartered with:
- Reviewing architecture alternatives and approving architectural direction.
- Setting development guidelines and standards.
- Performing business and technical evaluations.
- Researching and consulting on initial implementations of new processes, technologies and capabilities.
- Tracking industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies.
- Managing the development of architectural artifacts including concept architecture, transition architecture, solution architecture, and architecture change requests.
- Working with outside vendors including: SUN, Oracle, NetApp, Cisco, Microsoft, IBM, CA, etc. to understand technology and product and service direction.
The Enterprise Architect/Development Manager is expected to be a leader/mentor, capable of exercising influence through lateral management techniques, to have the ability to communicate technical concepts at different levels of abstraction, and to be knowledgeable in multiple areas of technology.
You must be a problem solver with the ability to step up and take initiative, methodically analyze and resolve programming challenges and possess a desire to learn, adopt new technologies, conduct research and development activities to improve technical skills, and keep abreast of new technologies as well as help others to learn and grow in their own career development.
The ideal candidate with have experience with large-scale IT development and integration programs and a very broad and deep technical background enabling them to be conversant across business, data, platform and application, and technology architectures as well as managing and mentoring software developers in their career development.
The ideal candidate will be:
- Proficient in architecting/designing/developing multi-tiered secured business applications for high availability, scalability and high performance.
- Experienced with various enterprise server OS such as Linux, Solaris and Windows.
- An expert in infrastructure and network architecture, design and physical implementation.
- An expert in data center design including Mainframe, RISC, and x86 hardware, Storage (NetApp), security (Citrix and Cisco), virtualization (VMWare), and networking.
- Experienced with mainframe technologies (DataDirect, COBOL, PL/1, and CICS).
- Proficient in web services, service-oriented-architecture and workflow concepts and implementations (BEA AquaLogic, BPEL, JBoss, Apache, rules engine technology, etc.).
- Versed in application development using Java/J2EE and Oracle PL/SQL.
- Well conversant of enterprise database, data warehouse, and business intelligence architectures (Oracle).
- Comfortable overseeing multiple development projects, work closely with and mentor senior staff and have experience in a broad range of technologies including: Java, .Net, PL/SQL, Oracle SOA Architecture, Oracle Databases, hosted solutions, data warehousing and business intelligence.
- Knowledgeable of business application integration, data warehousing, project management, life cycle development methodologies as well as have solid oral and written communication skills.
The successful candidate will be a problem solver who can methodically analyze and resolve business challenges within budget, and is comfortable with peer and supervisory feedback and possesses a desire to learn and adopt new processes for continual improvement and to keep abreast of new technologies.
- Leads and manages a team of senior technical staff providing guidance as needed on technical alternatives and solutions including: researching and evaluating designs, tools, and technologies.
- Works with teams on development strategies, review estimates, manage development schedules, and deliver results.
- Supports the needs for staffing, resourcing and project planning, deliverable management, training and career development to develop skill sets for technical staff and to support emerging technologies such as: SOA and data warehousing.
- Develops short-term and long-term plans to ensure application performance and availability including: application and technology upgrades.
- Ability to work with 3rd party vendors/consultants and make certain that knowledge sharing and transfer occurs with internal resources.
- Provides guidance and oversight to the business functions on initiatives for new tools, technologies and/or other hosted services.
- Supports existing landscape of applications including: ongoing enhancement requests, incident management, BCP/DRP testing, etc.
Experience:
Preference for a Bachelors or Masters (Computer Science) or related education and 12 years related experience including: 5 years of technical staff management.
Manager, IT Infrastructure and Business Operations
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Maximus BC Health, Inc. has an immediate need for a Network Analyst/Administrator (Cisco Routing) who will be well versed in Cisco Routing, Physical Network Design (Layers 1, 2, 3), who can direct and evaluate service providers, has a good Microsoft Network Administration background coupled with system administration and virtual storage. The successful incumbent will help identify areas for improvement for network/operational excellence.
The Network Analyst/Administrator (Cisco Routing) works closely with
all data centre professionals and will be providing mostly tier 2 level
of support at the network operational level and will enact as a liaison
between the network architect, Tier 1 Support and external service providers
- e.g. Telus.
The successful candidate will be a methodical problem solver and will
analyze and resolve business challenges within budget, and is comfortable
with peer and supervisory feedback. You must possess a desire to learn
and adopt new processes for continual improvement and to keep abreast
of new technologies.
Experience:
Preference for a Technical Diploma or Technical Certification from an accredited technical college or university, with major coursework in data communications, routing, and network administration.
& Abilities:
Desired Skills:
- Cisco Routing
- Microsoft Server Administration
- Exchange Administration
Nice to Have Skills:
- Net Apps
- VM Ware
- Virtual System/Storage Administration
- Oracle Database Exposure (Oracle 10g)
- Oracle Fusion Middleware Exposure
- IBM IMS/DB2 Exposure
Manager, IT Infrastructure and Business Operations
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Maximus BC Health, Inc. has an immediate need for an IBM Mainframe Database Administrator (IMS/DB2 Required).
The successful incumbent will help identify areas for improvement for
IBM Mainframe and IMS/DB2 Administration, is well versed in Cobol, CICS,
PL1, JCL, and is a member of the data centre network operations team.
The successful candidate will be a problem solver who can methodically
analyze and resolve business challenges within budget, and is comfortable
with peer and supervisory feedback. You must possess a desire to learn
and adopt new processes for continual improvement and to keep abreast
of new technologies.
Experience:
Preference for a Technical Diploma or Technical Certification from an accredited technical college or university.
& Abilities:
Desired Skills:
- IBM Mainframe Skills (Required)
- IMS (Required)
- DB2 (Required)
- Cobol
- CICS
- PL/1
- JCL
Nice to Have Skills:
- Oracle DBA Exposure (10g)
- Oracle Fusion Exposure
- Net Apps
- VM Ware
- Linux, Solaris and/or Windows experience required
- Cisco Routing
- Microsoft Server Administration
- Exchange Administration
- Virtual System/Storage Administration
Oracle Database Skills
Manager, IT Infrastructure and Business Operations
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Maximus BC Health, Inc. has an immediate need for an Oracle Database Administrator (Oracle 10g & Fusion Required). The successful incumbent will help identify areas for improvement for Oracle and Database administration and is well versed in stored procedures, data table conversions and triggers and reports.
The Oracle Database Administrator works closely with all data centre professionals and the successful incumbent will be a member of the data centre network operations team.
The successful candidate will be a problem solver who can methodically analyze and resolve business challenges within budget, and is comfortable with peer and supervisory feedback. You must possess a desire to learn and adopt new processes for continual improvement and to keep abreast of new technologies.
Experience:
Preference for a Technical Diploma or Technical Certification from an accredited technical college or university.
& Abilities:
Desired Skills:
- Oracle DBA Experience (10g Required)
- Oracle Fusion Middleware
Nice to Have Skills:
- Net Apps
- VM Ware
- Linux, Solaris and/or Windows experience required
- Cisco Routing
- Microsoft Server Administration
- Exchange Administration
- Virtual System/Storage Administration
- IBM Mainframe, IMS/DB2 Exposure
Manager, IT Infrastructure and Business Operations
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Maximus BC Health, Inc. has an immediate need for a System/Storage Administration (Net Apps & VM Ware) and who has good overall data centre operations experience. The successful incumbent will help identify areas for improvement for systems/storage administration and is well versed in network and data security.
The System/Storage Administration (Net App & VM Ware) works closely with all data centre professionals and will have previous tier 2 level of support at the network operational level as well as hands on operating systems experience with Unix, Linux, Solaris, and/or Windows and is a member of the data centre network operations team.
The successful candidate will be a problem solver who can methodically analyze and resolve business challenges within budget, and is comfortable with peer and supervisory feedback. You must possess a desire to learn and adopt new processes for continual improvement and to keep abreast of new technologies.
Experience:
Preference for a Technical Diploma or Technical Certification from an accredited technical college or university.
& Abilities:
Desired Skills:
- Net Apps
- VM Ware
- Linux, Solaris and/or Windows experience required
Nice to Have Skills:
- Cisco Routing
- Microsoft Server Administration
- Exchange Administration
- Virtual System/Storage Administration
- Oracle Database Skills (Oracle 10g) Exposure
- Oracle Fusion Middleware Exposure
- IBM IMS/DB2 Exposure
Vice President of Business Development, and President
In Canada, MAXIMUS is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of Canada. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing, and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Located in beautiful Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Join us here
to experience the best in East Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment
that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can
be spent exploring the beautiful East Coast - from culinary experiences
to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined
benefit pension plans.
Maximus Canada has an immediate need for a Project Management Office (PMO) Director (Federal Government) with large enterprise federal government experience and who can lead multi-million dollar projects from the initial conception, proposal and delivery.
In addition, this person can persuasively and quickly mobilize internal resources to capture large federal government opportunities and has the overall health of the organization in mind in order to successfully bid on large government contracts and pursuits. This role (at times) may require up to 50% travel to the head office in Victoria, BC and Ontario as required.
The successful incumbent works closely with the senior executive team as well as the technical project delivery team to help scope, design, and integrate computer based maintenance or development solutions which will meet the business needs of the client and stakeholders, including: Operations and Information Technology staff.
Within the systems development life cycle domain, the PMO Director typically serves as a liaison between head office Senior Executives, the client, IT operations and external service providers.
The role of the PMO Director is to be the senior site executive and to interact and be the active conduit between business development and the project management delivery team, and will often have to deal with requests that are often high level or lacking in detail and will be required to communicate his/her direction in a clear and unambiguous manner to others. The PMO Director takes into account technical constraints when defining business requirements in order to ensure the requirements can be achieved.
For example, The PMO Director will need to consider Request for Proposal (RFP) key selling points, up front constraints, technical requirements, the existing systems environment, the client's databases, and the client's application software.
To support this requirement, The PMO Director will focus on the internal and external application maintenance, development, and infrastructure teams. Typically, this person will be working on multiple simultaneous multi-million dollar Request for Proposals and will scope the requirements accordingly.
The successful candidate will have exceptional French and English written and verbal communication skills and must be bilingual and be a self-motivated problem solver who can methodically analyze and resolve business challenges within budget, and is comfortable with peer and supervisory feedback in order to continually improve and to keep ahead of new enterprise and project management methodologies, and I.T. processes.
Experience:
Degree from an accredited college or university, with major coursework in systems analysis, information systems, computer science or a related field, and has experience successfully implementing and supporting enterprise applications.
& Abilities:
Must Have Skills:
- Business Development with the Federal Government
- Large Enterprise IT Project Management Experience
- Strong Executive/Leadership Presence
- Self-Starting Entrepreneur and able to overcome day to day adversity and set backs
- Very positive attitude!
- Bilingual (Fluency in English and French Both Written and Verbal)
Nice to Have Skills:
- Health Insurance or Pharmacy Industry
Manager of Software Development
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Maximus BC Health, Inc. has an immediate need for a Business Systems Analysts who evaluates IT applications and systems, business functions, processes, and procedures to identify areas for improvement.
The BSA works closely with programmers and developers to design and integrate computer based maintenance or development solutions which will meet the business needs of the client and stakeholders, including Operations and Information Technology staff.
Within the systems development life cycle domain, the BSA typically serves as a liaison between the client, IT operations and external service providers.
The role of the BSA is to apply analytical skills to business requests (which are often high level or lacking in detail) and communicate these business wants/needs in a clear and unambiguous manner. The BSA takes into account technical constraints when defining business requirements in order to ensure the requirements can be achieved.
For example, the BSA will need to consider security constraints, potential data conversion requirements, and existing database and application software. To support this requirement, the BSA works with both the internal and external application maintenance, development, and infrastructure teams. Typically, BSA's work on multiple simultaneous application releases.
BSA's work with the Project Management Office (PMO) Manager as required to prepare the necessary documentation for presentation to the senior management team. Once approved, the BSA will perform project management duties along with BSA duties. For larger projects, the BSA may assist the assigned Project Manager (PM).
The successful candidate will be a problem solver and who can methodically analyze and resolve business challenges within budget, and who is comfortable with peer and supervisory feedback. You must possess a desire to learn and adopt new processes for continual improvement and to keep abreast of new methodologies and processes.
Experience:
Degree from an accredited college or university, with major coursework in systems analysis, information systems, computer science or a related field, and have experience successfully implementing and supporting enterprise applications.
& Abilities:
Desired Skills:
- Borland Test Manager
Nice to Have Skills:
- HL7 messaging
- Health Insurance or Pharmacy Industry
- Release planning, business systems analysis and documentation, business
process reengineering, and business case development and status reporting
- Borland Caliber RM, and/or StarTeam
- Experience with the application landscape that supports the British
Columbia Ministry of Health
- Computer Associates AION or other rules engines
Manager of Software Development
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Maximus BC Health, Inc. client has an immediate need for an Oracle PL/SQL developer.
You will participate in all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) including maintenance and support activities. You will need to design and develop solutions using Oracle PL/SQL and to deliver applications that address business requirements.
The Oracle PL/SQL Application Developer is responsible for application
maintenance, production systems support, designing and developing solutions,
and delivering applications that address business requirements. The Application
Developer participates in all phases of the software development life
cycle (SDLC) and may work independently on small application releases
or as part of a project team on larger application releases.
You will be required to critically analyze application and architecture
requirements, and to devise sound solutions that address business challenges
using Maximus BC Health, Inc. client's methodologies, data quality principles,
and industry standards. You will be responsible for developing project
plans, logical and physical design specifications, architecture diagrams,
executable code, and unit / integration test plans.
To be the successful candidate you must be self motivated and willing to learn, and be able to perform comfortably in a fast paced, team and deliverables oriented work environment and possess good organizational, interpersonal and communication skills and be sensitive to deadlines and to the impact your work has on an overall project schedule. Experience defining architectural standards, selecting development tools, and driving organization improvements is a big plus.
Experience:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, with major
coursework in information systems, computer science or a related field,
with at least three to five years of experience successfully developing
and supporting enterprise applications.
OR an equivalent combination of education and experience. Preference may
be given to applicants with over 8 years of experience.
& Abilities:
The successful candidate will be a problem solver who is able to step up and take initiative and to methodically analyze and resolve programming challenges. You are comfortable seeking peer and supervisory guidance on complex application challenges and have a desire to learn, and adapt to new technologies and languages, and to improve your technical skills through ongoing research and development activities.
Nice to Have Skills:
- Experience with J2EE, Java, XML, HTML, AION, or other rules engines
- Prior experience with HL7 messaging, health insurance or pharmacy
industry
- The application landscape that supports the British Columbia Ministry
of Health is highly desirable but not required.
Project Management Office (PMO)
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Maximus BC Health, Inc. has immediate openings for senior project managers.
Senior Project Managers will lead matrix project teams that may include
Operations Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Application Developers,
and Systems Engineers.
PM's are responsible for the health and execution of projects, communication of project status both within Maximus BC Health, Inc. client and to external stakeholders (clients and partners), and the integration of project activities through the exploration, planning, development, and deployment phases of the Project Life cycle (PLC). These projects are cross functional and cross organizational.
They vary in scope, visibility, impact and PM's must effectively facilitate inclusive and consultative decision making, influence at all levels of the organization, and effectively negotiate and leverage resources.
Experience:
The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, with major coursework in information systems, computer science, or related field.
AND
Demonstrated experience successfully managing the development and implementation of large scale enterprise applications.
& Abilities:
PMI certification and prior experience with an application landscape
that supports a Health Services environment will be an asset.
Software Development Manager
MAXIMUS is an industry leader in the provisioning of products and services to support the delivery of government services in North America and internationally.
In Canada, our client, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Experience:
- Relevant degree from a recognized university or certificate from a
recognized college required.
- Structured training in relevant programming languages and methodologies required.
- Five years of experience working in a mainframe environment, specifically:
COBOL, PL/1, DB2, IMS, ISPF and JCL.
- Experience working in the BC government environment and in the Health
industry preferred.
- Experience with the application landscape that supports the British
Columbia Ministry of Health is desirable, but not required.
- Detail-oriented, fast-learner and self motivated.
& Abilities:
- Participate in all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
to deliver applications that address business requirements.
- Application maintenance, production systems support, designing and
developing solutions using MVS application development tools.
- Work independently on small application releases or as part of a project
team on larger application releases.
- Critically analyze application requirements and devise sound solutions
to business challenges based on MAXIMUS BC methodologies, Data Quality
principles and industry standards.
- Develop project plans, logical and physical design specifications,
architecture diagrams, executable code, and unit/ integration test plans
as well as maintenance and production support activities.
- Possess good organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, team based system
support and deliverables-oriented work environment.
- Track record of meeting deadlines and budgets.
- Experience supporting mission critical applications.
- Problem solver with the ability to methodically analyze and resolve
programming challenges.
- Must be comfortable seeking peer and supervisory guidance on complex
application challenges must have a desire to learn applications being
supported.
Manager of Software Development
MAXIMUS is an industry leader in the provisioning of products and services to support the delivery of government services in North America and internationally.
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Maximus BC Health, Inc. client has an immediate need for a Kofax Developer and/or Business Systems Analyst.
You will participate in all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) including maintenance and support activities. You will need to design and develop solutions using Kofax applications that address business document management and scanning requirements.
The Kofax Developer and/or Business Systems Analyst is responsible for application maintenance, production systems support, designing and developing solutions, and delivering applications that address business requirements. The Application Developer participates in all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and may work independently on small application releases or as part of a project team on larger application releases.
You will be required to critically analyze application and architecture requirements, and to devise sound solutions that address business challenges using Maximus BC Health, Inc. client's methodologies, data quality principles, and industry standards. You will be responsible for developing project plans, logical and physical design specifications, architecture diagrams, executable code, and unit / integration test plans.
To be the successful candidate you must be self motivated and willing to learn, and be able to perform comfortably in a fast paced, team and deliverables oriented work environment and possess good organizational, interpersonal and communication skills and be sensitive to deadlines and to the impact your work has on an overall project schedule. Experience defining architectural standards, selecting development tools, and driving organization improvements is a big plus.
Experience:
& Abilities:
The successful candidate will be a problem solver who is able to step
up and take initiative and to methodically analyze and resolve programming
challenges. You are comfortable seeking peer and supervisory guidance
on complex application challenges and have a desire to learn, and adapt
to new technologies and languages, and to improve your technical skills
through ongoing research and development activities.
Required Skills:
- Experience with Kofax is required.
Nice to Have Skills:
- Experience with J2EE, Java, XML, HTML, AION, or other rules engines
- Prior experience with HL7 messaging, health insurance or pharmacy
industry
- The application landscape that supports the British Columbia Ministry
of Health is highly desirable but not required.
Software Development Manager
MAXIMUS is an industry leader in the provisioning of products and services to support the delivery of government services in North America and internationally.
In Canada, our client, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined
benefit pension plans.
Experience:
- Relevant degree from a recognized university or certificate from a recognized college required.
- Structured training in relevant programming languages and methodologies required.
- Fifteen years of management experience working in a mainframe environment, specifically: COBOL, PL/1, DB2, IMS, ISPF and JCL.
- Experience working in the BC government environment and in the Health
industry preferred.
- Experience with the application landscape that supports the British Columbia Ministry of Health is desirable, but not required.
- Detail-oriented, fast-learner and self motivated.
& Abilities:
- Manages all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
to deliver applications that address business requirements.
- Manages application maintenance, production systems support, designing
and developing solutions using MVS application development tools.
- Manages work teams that work independently on small application releases
or as part of a project team on larger application releases.
- Critically evaluates application requirements and devise sound solutions
to business challenges based on MAXIMUS BC methodologies, Data Quality
principles and industry standards.
- Develops project plans, logical and physical design specifications,
architecture diagrams, executable code, and unit/ integration test plans
as well as maintenance and production support activities.
- Possess good management, organizational, interpersonal and communication
skills.
- Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, team based system
support and deliverables-oriented work environment.
- Track record of meeting deadlines and budgets.
- Experienced MVS/Mainframe manager supporting mission critical applications.
- Problem solver with the ability to methodically analyze and resolve
programming challenges.
- Must be comfortable seeking peer and supervisory guidance on complex
application challenges must have a desire to learn applications being
supported.
Application Development Manager
MAXIMUS is an industry leader in the provisioning of products and services to support the delivery of government services in North America and internationally.
In Canada, our client, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Experience:
- Relevant degree from a recognized university or certificate from
a recognized college required.
- Structured training in relevant programming languages and methodologies
required.
- Fifteen years of management experience working in an application development
environment, specific experience with: Oracle PL/SQL structured and
Java object oriented development.
- Experience working in the BC government environment and in the Health
industry preferred.
- Experience with the application landscape that supports the British
Columbia Ministry of Health is desirable, but not required.
- Detail-oriented, fast-learner and self motivated.
& Abilities:
- Manages all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) to
deliver applications that address business requirements.
- Manages application maintenance and production systems, designing
and developing object Java oriented solutions and structured PL/SLQ
Oracle database solutions
- Manages work teams that work independently on small application releases
or as part of a project team on larger application releases.
- Critically evaluates application requirements and devise sound solutions
to business challenges based on MAXIMUS BC methodologies, Data Quality
principles and industry standards.
- Develops project plans, logical and physical design specifications,
architecture diagrams, executable code, and unit/ integration test plans
as well as maintenance and production support activities.
- Possess good management, organizational, interpersonal and communication
skills.
- Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, team based system
support and deliverables-oriented work environment.
- Track record of meeting deadlines and budgets.
- Experienced development manager supporting mission critical applications.
- Problem solver with the ability to methodically analyze and resolve
programming challenges.
- Must be comfortable seeking peer and supervisory guidance on complex
application challenges must have a desire to learn applications being
supported.
Manager, IT Infrastructure and Business Operations
MAXIMUS is an industry leader in the provisioning of products and services to support the delivery of government services in North America and internationally.
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Maximus BC Health, Inc. has an immediate need for an Oracle Database Administrator (Oracle 10g & Fusion Required). The successful incumbent will help identify areas for improvement for Oracle and Database administration and is well versed in stored procedures, data table conversions and triggers and reports.
The Oracle Database Administrator works closely with all data centre professionals and the successful incumbent will be a member of the data centre network operations team.
The successful candidate will be a problem solver who can methodically analyze and resolve business challenges within budget, and is comfortable with peer and supervisory feedback. You must possess a desire to learn and adopt new processes for continual improvement and to keep abreast of new technologies.
Experience:
& Abilities:
- Oracle DBA Experience (10g Required)
- Oracle Fusion Middleware
- WebLogic
Nice to Have Skills:
- Net Apps
- VM Ware
- Linux, Solaris and/or Windows experience required
- Cisco Routing
- Microsoft Server Administration
- Exchange Administration
- Virtual System/Storage Administration
- IBM Mainframe, IMS/DB2 Exposure
Project Management Office (PMO)
MAXIMUS is an industry leader in the provisioning of products and services to support the delivery of government services in North America and internationally.
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Maximus BC Health, Inc. has immediate openings for an infrastructure
project manager with strong process change management skills as well as
exposure to software development projects and health care.
The Infrastructure Project Manager will lead matrix project teams that
may include Data Centre Specialists, Business Analysts, Application Developers,
and Systems Administrators. This role will be responsible for planning
and managing the design and implementation of the infrastructure technologies
and services to support mission critical business applications. This role
will also be responsible for ongoing change management of existing infrastructure
and applications as technologies are introduced, upgraded and maintained.
Project Manager are responsible for the health and execution of projects, communication of project status both within Maximus BC Health, Inc. client and to external stakeholders (clients and partners), and the integration of project activities through the exploration, planning, development, and deployment phases of the Project Life cycle (PLC). These projects are cross functional and cross organizational.
They vary in scope, visibility, impact and PM's must effectively facilitate inclusive and consultative decision making, influence at all levels of the organization, and effectively negotiate and leverage resources.
Experience:
AND
Demonstrated experience successfully managing the development and implementation of large scale enterprise infrastructure technologies and applications.
& Abilities:
Project Manager
MAXIMUS is an industry leader in the provisioning of products and services to support the delivery of government services in North America and internationally.
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Insurance Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia's most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
Join us here in Victoria, BC to experience the best in West Coast lifestyle. You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements. Your down time can be spent exploring the beautiful West Coast - from culinary experiences to cultural events, and to outdoor challenges. We have it all! Located in beautiful Victoria, BC, in the heart of downtown, our location offers easy access to every amenity.
Experience:
& Abilities:
Requirements Include:
At least 2 years of testing experience (preferably automation testing
experience) and nice to have any of the of the following:
- Win Runner, Load Runner
- Regression Testing Methods
- Black Box, White Box, Grey Box Testing
- Some Business Systems Analysis Experience (considered an asset)
Nice to Have Skills:
- HL7 messaging
- Health Insurance or Pharmacy Industry
- Release planning, business systems analysis and documentation, business
process reengineering, and business case development and status reporting
- Borland Caliber RM, and/or Star Team
- Experience with the application landscape that supports the British
Columbia Ministry of Health
- Computer Associates AION or other rules engines
Manager of Software Development/Technical Support
MAXIMUS is an industry leader in the provisioning of products and services to support the delivery of government services in North America and internationally.
In Canada, MAXIMUS BC Health Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia’s most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. We are constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, we are positioned for significant growth.
We are looking for a key resource to work mainly in the Markham, Ontario area, with flexibility to travel and work in our Victoria BC office from time to time.
You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements.
We offer top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.
Maximus BC Health, Inc. client has an immediate need for a Technical Support Analyst supporting our call center and document management facility.
You will participate in technical support, maintenance and support activities, involving the installation, troubleshooting of our desktop, corporate applications document processing / scanning and service level reporting. You will need to liaise with other MAXIMUS technical, corporate resources to support all of our applications.
& Abilities:
-
The successful candidate will be a problem solver who is able to step up and take initiative and to methodically analyze and resolve programming challenges. You are comfortable seeking peer and supervisory guidance on complex application challenges and have a desire to learn, and adapt to new technologies, and to improve your technical skills through ongoing research and development activities.
Required Skills:- Experience with Oracle PL/SLQ
- Experience supporting Microsoft Windows 2008 servers.
Nice to Have Skills:
- Experience developing SLA and performance reporting
- Experience with J2EE, Java, XML, HTML, AION, or other rules engines.
- Experience developing and maintaining Kofax release scripts into various tools and databases (Oracle, SQL Server).
- Experience supporting Windows desktops, installing software, drivers, and configuring settings.
Experience:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, with major coursework in information systems, computer science or a related field, with at least 2 years of experience successfully developing and supporting enterprise applications.
Chief Financial Officer
Our retained client, MAXIMUS Canada, has an immediate need for a Financial Analyst to join the Finance & Facilities team. Reporting to the CFO, the Financial Analyst’s primary responsibilities will include: forecasting, analysis, review of financial results, Accounts Receivables, and special projects. Some supervision and mentoring of accounting team members will be expected. The successful applicant will be a senior student or recently qualified accountant (CMA, CGA, CA) with demonstrated organizational, communication, and Microsoft Office skills.
Experience:
Education, Experience and Skills:
- Senior level student or recently designated: CMA, CGA, CA.
- Must be an expert Excel user, able to design complex solutions for single or multi-user applications.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Be able to communicate effectively to support all internal & external clients. In particular, be able to present complex issues in a clear and understandable way depending upon the users needs.
- Must have at least 2 years hands on experience in an accounting role that includes one or more of the following: Account Receivable (A/R), Account Payable (A/P), financial statement preparation and forecasting.
- The ideal candidate should be comfortable with new software applications, and have an intuitive ability to extract and analyze information to efficiently meet business reporting needs.
- Excellent interpersonal, human relations and demonstrated ability to work equally as well alone or with support from team members.
& Abilities:
- Prepare all internal financial reports (other than financial statements). This will include variance reports of actual versus forecast, resource analysis, and general ad-hoc reporting that meets users’ needs.
- Accounts Receivable: duties will include preparation and/or review and ensuring completeness and accuracy of all invoices, and all procedures and processes are well adhered to, documented and all internal controls are followed.
- Assist in the quarterly forecast review process. Duties will include: ensuring that financial forecasts are complete, compiled accurately and represent a reliable basis for comparison to actual financials.
- Assist in the development of information technology solutions, (Excel), and to support the Finance & Facilities team as required.
- Work with the CFO and Finance team members on special projects as required.
- Identify opportunities to achieve efficiencies and to streamline processes as required to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness.
IT Infrastructure and Operations Manager
MAXIMUS is an industry leader in the provisioning of products and services to support the delivery of government services in North America and internationally.
In Canada, our retained client, MAXIMUS BC Health Inc. is responsible for the administration and delivery of two of the Province of British Columbia’s most important health care programs: The Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare. Our client is constantly looking at new technology, processes and methods of delivering services to the citizens of British Columbia. Because of this, and given our client’s expertise in program information management, claims processing, contact centre services, document processing and information technology, our client is well positioned for significant growth.
We are looking for a key resource to work mainly in the Markham, Ontario area, with flexibility to travel and work in our client’s Victoria BC office from time to time.
You will work in an environment that will challenge you and reward your achievements.
Our client offers top market salaries, 100% employer paid benefits, and defined benefit pension plans.Maximus BC Health, Inc. has an immediate need for an Oracle Database Administrator. The successful incumbent will work with the existing team to support Oracle middleware components and create new middleware infrastructure for specific projects.
The Oracle Database Administrator works closely with all data centre professionals and the successful incumbent will be a member of the data center DBA team.
The successful candidate will be a problem solver who can methodically analyze and resolve business challenges within budget, and is comfortable with peer and supervisory feedback. You must possess a desire to learn and adopt new processes for continual improvement and to keep abreast of new technologies. You must be a self-starter and be able to work with minimal supervision.
Experience:
- Preference for a Technical Diploma or Technical Certification from an accredited technical college or university.
- Oracle middleware certification will be a benefit.
- 2+ years of Oracle DBA experience.
& Abilities:
Desired Skills:
- Oracle DBA Experience (10g Required)
- Oracle Fusion Middleware
- WebLogic
Nice to Have Skills:
- Net Apps
- VM Ware
- Linux, Solaris and/or Windows experience
- Cisco Routing
- Microsoft Server Administration
- Exchange Administration
- Virtual System/Storage Administration
- IBM Mainframe, IMS/DB2 Exposure
Systems Integration Manager
Our retained client is a top tiered national mid-sized employer and has recently opened an office in Toronto, Ontario and offers top market salaries, benefits, training, and is rapidly expanding.
One of the key roles we are recruiting for is a Software Application Development Lead that is well versed in maintenance support, and has a background in public sector IT Health Care experience.
The Software Application Development Lead (Maintenance Support) – Health Care is responsible for application maintenance, production systems support, designing and developing enhancement solutions, and ensuring high availability of mission critical applications. The Software Application Development Lead - Maintenance Support participates in all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) to ensure enhancements, application upgrades, and other changes are implemented effectively.
You will be required to manage the logging of incidents, troubleshooting, executing emergency change implementations, testing, and problem analysis. Keeping the core application available and meeting key performance indicators (KPI’s) will be your focus.
To be the successful candidate, you must be self motivated and willing to learn, and be able to perform comfortably in a fast paced, team and deliverables oriented work environment.
In addition, the successful incumbent will need to possess good organizational, interpersonal and communication skills. The ideal candidate will be both sensitive to deadlines, team members, and how your work will have a direct impact on the overall project schedule. Experience defining production support standards and processes, managing an application support process and help desk, and driving maintenance improvements are a big plus.Experience:
- Relevant degree from a recognized university or certificate from a recognized college required.
- Structured training in relevant programming languages and methodologies required.
- Five years of experience working with: ESB, J2EE, Java, XML, .Net, and HTML or Mainframe Development Experience is required.
- Experience with the application landscape that supports the Ontario Ministry of Health is desirable, but not required.
- ITIL certified.
& Abilities:
- Application maintenance, production systems support, designing and developing solutions.
- Work independently on small application releases or as part of a project team on larger application releases.
- Develop project plans, logical and physical design specifications, architecture diagrams, executable code, and unit/ integration test plans as well as maintenance and production support activities.
- Possess good organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, team based system support and deliverables-oriented work environment.
- Track record of meeting deadlines and budgets.
- Experience supporting mission critical applications.
- Problem solver with the ability to methodically analyze and resolve programming challenges.
- Must be comfortable seeking peer and supervisory guidance on complex application challenges must have a desire to learn applications being supported.
Implementation and Deployment Manager
Our retained client is a top tiered national mid-sized employer and has recently opened an office in Toronto, Ontario and offers top market salaries, benefits, training, and is rapidly expanding.
One of the key roles we are recruiting for is a Team Leader - Business Systems Analyst (BSA) – Health Care.The Team Leader - Business Systems Analyst (BSA) takes into account technical constraints when defining business requirements in order to ensure the requirements can be achieved and will evaluate IT applications, systems, business functions, processes, and procedures to identify areas for improvement.
The Business Lead works closely with programmers and developers to design and integrate computer based maintenance or development solutions which will meet the business needs of the client, stakeholders, including Operations and Information Technology staff. Within the systems development life cycle domain, the Team Leader - Business Systems Analyst (BSA) typically serves as a liaison between the client, IT operations and external service providers.
Following a strong methodology and industry best practices, the Team Leader - Business Systems Analyst (BSA) will manage a team of Business System Analysts (BSA) to apply analytical skills to business requests (which are often high level or lacking in detail) and communicate these businesses needs/wants in a clear and unambiguous manner and is responsible for the accurate status reporting of work accomplished, issues resolved, risks assessed, and key performance indicators are met against budget and plan constraints.
For example, the Team Leader - Business Systems Analyst (BSA) will need to consider security constraints, potential data conversion requirements, and existing database and application software. To support this requirement, the Team Leader - Business Systems Analyst (BSA) works with the internal and external application maintenance, development, and infrastructure teams and works with the Project Manager to accurately define project scope, activities, and resource requirements in order to prepare the necessary documentation for presentation to the senior management team.
The successful candidate will be a problem solver and who can methodically analyze and resolve business challenges and who is comfortable with peer and supervisory feedback. The Team Leader - Business Systems Analyst (BSA) must possess a desire to learn and adopt new processes for continual improvement and to keep abreast of new methodologies and processes as well as has the ability to mentor others, is team focused, and is responsible to ensure quality deliverables meet the client’s needs on time and on budget.Experience:
Degree from an accredited college or university, with major coursework in systems analysis, information systems, computer science or a related field, and have the necessary experience successfully implementing and supporting enterprise applications.
& Abilities:
Desired Skills:
- Supervisory and requirements gathering experience, release planning, business system analysis and documentation, business process reengineering, business case development, and status reporting.
- Experience in large scale public sector Health Care IT Projects.
- Exposure to the Canada Health Infoway Blueprint.
- HL7 messaging experience.
- Familiarity with the application landscape that supports the Ontario Ministry of Health is highly desirable; however not required.
Implementation and Deployment Manager
Our retained client is a top tiered national mid-sized employer and has recently opened an office in Toronto, Ontario and offers top market salaries, benefits, training, and is rapidly expanding.
One of the key roles we are recruiting for is an Integration Development Team Leader (Java Web Services/Oracle SOA) – Health Care.You will participate in all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) including: data architecture, development, maintenance and support activities. You will lead the integration architecture and design of solutions, the development estimating and planning process, and manage the delivery of the integration solution.
The Integration Development Team Leader (Java Web Services/Oracle SOA) is responsible for mentoring and leading others as it relates to application maintenance, production systems support, designing and developing solutions, and delivering applications that address business requirements and participates in all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC). You will play a pivotal role leading the integration development team to ensure releases are implemented effectively.
You will be required to critically analyze both customizable off the shelf software applications and to also develop architecture requirements in order to devise sound solutions that address very unique business challenges using the client’s methodologies, quality data principles, and industry standards. In addition, you will be responsible for developing project plans, logical and physical design specifications, architecture diagrams, executable code reviews, and unit integration test plans.
Personal traits for this role require an eye for detail, and the ability to motivate others by leading the team. In addition, you will need to be an extremely motivated individual with a penchant to teach/mentor and grow others in a fast paced team and deliverables oriented work environment. Strong organizational, interpersonal, communication skills, and to effectively manage sensitive deadlines as it relates to the project schedule. Experience defining architectural standards, selecting development tools, and driving organization development and improvements are a big plus.Experience:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, with major coursework in information systems, computer science or a related field, with at least 2 years of experience successfully developing and supporting enterprise applications.
& Abilities:
The successful candidate will be a problem solver, takes initiative, and methodically resolves software solution challenges. You are comfortable seeking peer and supervisor guidance on complex application challenges, and have a desire to learn, adapt to new technologies/software languages in order to improve your technical skills through ongoing research and personal career development activities.
Required Skills:
- Experience leading the design of services oriented architecture and effectively levering service bus technologies such as: J2EE, Java Web Services, Oracle SOA, XML, and HTML is required.
Nice to Have Skills:
- Experience with ESB.
- Prior experience with HL7 messaging in a Public Sector Health Care landscape.
- Familiarity with the application landscape that supports the Ontario Ministry of Health is highly desirable; however not required.
Implementation and Deployment Lead
Our retained client is a top tiered national mid-sized employer and has recently opened an office in Toronto, Ontario and offers top market salaries, benefits, training, and is rapidly expanding.
One of the key roles we are recruiting for is a Quality Assurance, Testing Lead – Health CareThe Quality Assurance, Testing Lead will specifically be responsible for the test strategy, plan, and will oversee the creation and execution of the test cases, in order to get work accomplished by reducing risks, incidents, and ensuring performance against budget plan is closely tied with the development and infrastructure teams in order to devise effective defect remediation processes. Quality Assurance, Testing Lead will manage a team of Quality Assurance Testers and Business Systems Analysts (BSA’s) in order to create manual and automated test cases, and will document them in a clear and unambiguous manner.
The Testing Lead works closely with the Project Manager to define: project scope, activities, and resource requirements in order to prepare the necessary documentation to present to the senior management team. This key member is responsible to ensure quality deliverables meet the client’s needs and are completed on time and on budget. Personal traits for this role require an eye for detail, and the ability to motivate others by leading the team. In addition, you will need to be an extremely motivated individual with a penchant to teach/mentor and grow others in a fast paced team and deliverables oriented work environment. Strong organizational, interpersonal, communication skills, and to effectively manage sensitive team deadlines as it relates to the project schedule are a must.
For example, the Testing Lead will need to consider functionality tests, security, potential data conversion interfaces, reporting, and system performance when developing the test plan. The successful candidate will be a problem solver, who can methodically analyze and resolve business challenges and is comfortable with peer and supervisory feedback. The Testing Lead must possess a desire to learn and adopt new processes for continual improvement and will keep abreast of technology, new testing methodologies and processes.Experience:
Degree from an accredited college or university, with major coursework in systems analysis, information systems, computer science or a related field, and have experience successfully implementing and supporting enterprise applications.
& Abilities:
Desired Skills:
- Supervisory and leadership experience is required.
- Developing test strategy, test plans, use cases, test case development, test phases, non-functional testing, performance testing, release planning, test documentation, defect tracking, and status reporting skills are required for this role.
- Experience in large scale Public Sector IT Health Care Projects.
- Exposure to Canada Health Infoway funded project.
- HL7 messaging experience.
Vice President, Human Resources
Our client, HUB International Limited is a leading North American insurance brokerage that provides a broad array of property and casualty, life and health, employee benefits, reinsurance, investment and risk management products and services throughout offices located in the United States and Canada.
HUB International Barton continues to expand and as such, is looking to add a key Training Coordinator/Human Resources Generalist in their Chilliwack location.
The Training Coordinator/Human Resources Generalist will be responsible for coordinating the company’s training including: assessment, planning, implementation, facilitation, and by helping senior leaders/managers set corporate learning objectives for their teams, and to help promote a sustainable learning culture. In addition, this role will also help to monitor the effectiveness of training and to support the business operations as required.Experience:
Candidate Requirements/Personal Attributes:
- 4+ years of Training Coordination & HR Generalist Experience.
- Previous Training experience (considered an asset).
- CHRP Designation (considered an asset).
- Thrives in a team environment.
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
- Positive, can-do attitude.
& Abilities:
Skills/Experience
- Ability to handle multiple projects and priorities in a professional and timely manner.
- Consistency with processes and daily tasks.
- Self-starter and proactive approach in resolving problems and issues.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to interact with all levels of people in the organization and to treat everyone with dignity, respect, and to be open and receptive to their needs.
- Ability to effectively present information in a clear unambiguous manner, and to respond to employee training questions in a timely manner.
- Computer and internet skills (essential).
- Understanding of adult learning styles (strongly preferred).
Knowledge & Abilities:
- Promote and advance a learning culture within the organization.
- Responsible for new employee orientation and to help them with their training plan.
- Familiarize new hires with established training policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
- Promote company-wide training consistency by educating those in supervisory and managerial positions, and to facilitate train the trainer sessions and to promote peer-to-peer learning.
- Work with external training resources; liaise with external training suppliers; and to deliver train the trainer sessions as required.
- Maintain the corporate training calendar.
- Human Resources Generalist duties as required.
Opportunity for Growth:
- To further expand one’s skill set in both a training coordinator/human generalist capacity and to have the opportunity to move into a supervisory/leadership role over time.
- Works closely with senior executives and to further hone both interpersonal and communication skills in order to coordinate training, and liaise with over 900 company wide employees.
- Incentives for both further education (CHRP designation) and team/individual performance bonuses based on accomplishment/merit.
Our client is a leading North American insurance brokerage that provides a broad array of property and casualty, life and health, employee benefits, reinsurance, investment and risk management products and services throughout offices located in the United States and Canada.
Our client continues to expand and as such, is looking to add key Insurance Brokers.
Experience:
Candidate Requirements/Personal Attributes:
Required Skills:
- Positive attitude and take on all responsibilities with enthusiasm
- Work well with little or no supervision
- Seek challenges and seize opportunities
- Believe in constant learning
- Motivated, self-starter
- Quick learner
- Hard working, reliable
- Thrives in a fast-paced, very busy environment
- Accurate, highly detail oriented
- Deadline driven
- Proactive
- Takes ownership of job responsibilities
- 2+ years of previous Insurance Broker or Insurance Agent Experience
- Thrives in a team environment
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
- Positive, can-do attitude
- Advising people making a claim
- Inputting data to a computer system, sending letters and keeping detailed records
- Preparing reports for insurance underwriters
Our client is a leading North American insurance brokerage that provides a broad array of property and casualty, life and health, employee benefits, reinsurance, investment and risk management products and services throughout offices located in the United States and Canada.
Our client continues to expand and as such, is looking to add a key Branch Manager.
Primary Responsibility:
Manage the day to day operations of the branch office, by working with staff to maximize customer service and achieve "organic growth". In order to achieve these goals, a manager must be able to promote and foster full engagement, set out clear expectations, develop core skills and ensure that the employees are in the right job. It is the manager's responsibility to motivate employees and have them perform together as a team.
Candidate Requirements/Personal Attributes:
Required:
- A strong work ethic, good organizational skills, and the ability to work within a team environment.
- Strong decision making skills and ability to increase sales.
Job Qualifications & Personal Attributes:
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and with deadlines.
- Ability to make quick decisive confident decisions.
- Active role in furthering education with courses and seminars.
- Strong organizational, mathematical, writing/language and people skills.
- Computer skills.
Required Experience & Education:
- Preference given to those with CAIB, AIIC or FIIC designation.
- Minimum level 2 license (level 3 preferred) with completed fundamental, CAIB II and III.
- Experience in Auto, Personal Lines and Commercial Lines is required.
- Strong commitment to develop others, teamwork, and customer satisfaction
- Take an active role in furthering education with courses and seminars.
- Strong organizational, writing/language, and people skills.
- Previous sales management related experience preferred.
- Excellent communication skills, good listening and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and deadlines.
& Abilities:
Job Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities will include:
1. Sales
- Maintain a personal portfolio of business as necessary.
- Develop and implement a sales budget.
- Establish a business plan to meet the sales budget. The plan will include daily, weekly and monthly goals to achieve budgeted results.
- Implement and maintain plans and processes so results can be monitored.
- Encourage and coach staff to look for sales opportunities to achieve organic growth such as Lead Incentive Program, ICBC up selling and cross dating.
- Ensure that staff is maintaining an acceptable level of retention.
- Publish and share results with staff and hold regular sales meetings.
- Ensure that staff provides outstanding customer service.
2. Operations
- Monitor and maintain expenses to within established budget.
- Ensure that staffing levels are at acceptable levels and provide proper scheduling and allocation of staff.
- Monitor and manage vacation policy, staff time off, lateness and illness.
- Become familiar with and follow corporate policies and procedure and familiarize staff with same.
- Maintain and promote organized and tidy office environment.
- Maintain proper supervision and control of ICBC stock and documentation so office can achieve "satisfactory" or better audit results.
- Be willing to assist or help other branches.
- Monitor and manage accounts receivable to established policy.
- Ensure that employees have proper supplies and tools to do their jobs efficiently and professionally.
3. Employee Relations
- Hold regular staff meetings.
- Identify training needs and ensure that staffs are appropriately trained.
- Promote and assist employees with career advancement.
- Complete Employee Performance Reviews in a timely manner.
- Be positive, consistent, and professional at all times.
- Recognize and reward the right behaviors.
- Deal quickly and fairly with inappropriate behavior.
- Encourage and invite employees to participate in decisions that affect the office or team.
- Encourage and assist staff in self improvement such as educational courses, cross training and in participation in Leaders way training.
- Support and take active role in Leaders way training.
- Promote and support company sponsored social events.
- Lead by example. This is done by conducting yourself in a professional and honest manner, and with integrity at all times.
4. Community Involvement
- Participate in and encourage staff involvement in company promotional events.
- Be actively involved in community/charitable organizations and encourage staff involvement.
- Search out and look for ways for staff to become involved or participate in community events.
- Promote company by being good corporate citizen.
Our client is a leading North American insurance brokerage that provides a broad array of property and casualty, life and health, employee benefits, reinsurance, investment and risk management products and services throughout offices located in the United States and Canada.
Our client continues to expand and as such, is looking to add key Commercial Insurance, Sales Producers.
The Commercial Insurance, Sales Producer will be responsible for generating sales, service, and solicitation of all forms of Insurance business from new and existing clients; maximizing growth and client retention through superior customer service, account development, and cross selling of other available products and services.
Minimum Job Qualifications:
- Preference given to those with CAIB, AIIC or FIIC designation.
- Minimum level 2 license with completed fundamental, CAIB II and III.
- Take an active role in furthering education with courses and seminars.
- Strong organizational, writing/language, and people skills.
- Previous sales related experience preferred.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and deadlines.Good listening skills in order to determine clients’ needs and proper coverage.
& Abilities:
Job Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities will include:
- Develop new client business from prospecting, referral opportunities, and maintain prospect lists.
- Records or files for follow-up sales and provide status reports to management.
- Achieve specified sales quotas, objectives, and goals in line with both company policies and personal goals.
- Actively solicit and follow-up expiry dates of existing clients for account development and cross selling.
- Ensure renewal policies are reviewed to confirm accuracy, are promptly processed and all potential problems are actively followed up.
- Provide accurate, professional proposals to marketing departments, representative companies and insured (for comparison of coverage and pricing) for both new and renewal business.
- Maintain complete detailed file notes for of all client business.
- Know bounds of binding authority, and acceptable classes of business brokerage.
- Know insurance products and benefits provided by insurers, and upgrade product/sales knowledge and skills in line with market and policy changes of the firm.
- Re-market renewals as per firm's policies and client needs.
- Promote and recommend optimal coverage and additional products available from insurers that best protect the client.
- Arrange method of payment in accordance with company policy and monitor accounts receivables.
- Report and process all claims and follow-up with clients to confirm their satisfaction.
- Maintain proper business and professional relationships, memberships etc. with insurers, community, fellow employees and industry associations.
- Attend and participate in required sales production & departmental meetings.
- Enrolment in insurance related courses.
- Other duties as required.
Our client is a leading North American insurance brokerage that provides a broad array of property and casualty, life and health, employee benefits, reinsurance, investment and risk management products and services throughout offices located in the United States and Canada.
Our client continues to expand and as such, is looking to add key Commercial Underwriters.
The primary accountability of the commercial underwriter is to maintain direct contact with representative insuring companies and Barton offices and to obtain the underwriting and marketing information necessary to provide the most comprehensive and competitive terms for both commercial lines (new and renewal business) as well as to maintain and control the integrity and profitability of the underwriting authorities and respective insurers.
- Minimum 2-3 years underwriting experience and knowledgeable insurance professional.
- Preference given to those with CAIB, AIIC or FIIC designation or working toward designation or have taken relevant underwriting courses.
- Develops and maintains productive working relationships with peers, clients, and industry personnel.
- Strong experience using MS Office suite.
- Bachelors Degree or Business Administration Diploma.
& Abilities:
Job Responsibilities:
Your typical tasks will include:
- Underwriting, new business, renewals and endorsements according to underwriting
guidelines, authority limits and company standards. - Thorough knowledge of policy wordings and limitations.
- Responding to broker requests and inquiries on a timely basis.
- Managing relationships with brokers, including acting as the dedicated resource.
- Broker visits as required.
- Search for solutions to complex problems.
- Act as a guide to others and assist with resolving problems and making decisions with respect to policies and procedures.
- Process all assigned work promptly and accurately.
- Maintain knowledge of company and industry underwriting policies, procedures and standards.
- Other miscellaneous duties as required.
Software Development Manager
Zealots Consulting Inc. Executive Search is currently recruiting a QA - Software Tester (Automation) to join our client’s Information Systems Team. As the QA - Software Tester (Automation) you will be responsible for testing quality assurance software development projects.
Under the direction of the Manager, Information Systems this role will have general knowledge of the details associated with the software development lifecycle, various operating systems and software application platforms, together with an understanding of the different business functions and perspectives.
The successful candidate will be customer service driven, outgoing and proactive, logical, while enjoying balance of life in a positive, dynamic, and changing environment and has good communication and interpersonal skills.
Position Functions and Tasks:
- Follow procedures and QA methodologies and follow quality standards / practices to be implemented.
- Coordinates and execute QA testing, follow test plans, scripts, bug tracking, etc.
- Diagnose and help to resolve quality issues.
- Work with other internal teams and follow requirements for testing tools and resources necessary for project testing.
- Follow the development and maintenance of project quality processes and practices.
- Log defects.
Position Functions and Tasks:
- Follows QA methodologies.
- Follows quality standards / practices to be implemented.
- Follows and execute QA testing, follow test plans, scripts, bug tracking, etc.
- Diagnoses and helps to resolve quality issues.
- Works with other internal teams to establish requirements for testing tools and resources necessary for project testing.
- Follows the development and maintenance of project quality processes and practices.
- Logs defects.
Education,
Experience &
Qualifications:
- Degree in Computer Science or related field
- A minimum of 2 years of cumulative experience developing and testing robust web applications and database applications
- A strong technical background along with in-depth experience testing and developing web and data solutions using the Microsoft suite of software. E.g. Windows Server, IIS, .NET Framework, TFS
- Formal background in QA test automation methodologies
- Formal software development life-cycle experience
& Abilities:
Required Skills:
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Excellent team and interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
- A positive thinker with a strong desire to succeed
- Demonstrate the ability to be self-motivated, conscientious, persistent, and able to work independently or with teams, under deadline pressure on multiple projects at a very high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- High standards of ethics and confidentiality to handle sensitive information
- Highly motivated, high energy and enjoys working in a fun environment
- Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and Outlook is a must
Software Development Manager
Zealots Consulting Inc. Executive Search is currently recruiting a .Net Developer (Junior/Intermediate) to join our client’s Information Systems Team. As .Net Developer you will be responsible for the development of leading edge web based application development.
Under the direction of the Manager, Information Systems this role will have general knowledge of the details associated with the software development lifecycle, various operating systems and software application platforms, together with an understanding of the different business functions and perspectives.
The successful candidate will be customer service driven, outgoing and proactive, logical, while enjoying balance of life in a positive, dynamic, and changing environment and has good communication and interpersonal skills.
Required Skills:
- Well-versed with object-oriented programming, VB.NET and .NET Framework 4.0
- Possess solid web development skills and hands-on experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and AJAX
- Strong knowledge and experience in developing database applications using Microsoft SQL Server 2008
- Proficient with Visual Studio 2010 and source control software such as Team Foundation Server
Soft Skills:
- Understanding of end-to-end project cycle
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Superior organizational and multi-tasking skills
- Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines effectively
- Ability to take initiative and be proactive, work independently, and also be a good team player
- High level of analytical ability and accuracy.
& Abilities:
Personal Attributes:
- Strong analytical and documentation skills
- Excellent team and interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
- A positive thinker with a strong desire to succeed
- Demonstrate the ability to be self-motivated, conscientious, persistent, and able to work independently or with teams, under deadline pressure on multiple projects at a very high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- High standards of ethics and confidentiality to handle sensitive information
- Highly motivated, high energy and enjoys working in a fun environment
- Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and Outlook is a must
Vice President Engineering
Zealots Consulting Inc. Executive Search has an opening for a Distribution Design Engineer.
The successful candidate's responsibilities will include:
- Preparing project specifications for material and equipment purchase and installation.
- Designing electrical distribution facilities including line layout, foundations, structure configuration, and insulator and conductor specifications.
- Resolving site queries, attending site meetings and performing site inspections during the construction phase of projects.
- Preparing all needed documentation for a project including: budgets, schedules, work plans, technical specifications, tender documents, bid evaluation, technical reports, project calculation, etc.
- Allocating and guiding tasks to team engineers and drafters.
- Performing final review and approval of drawings for issuance to customer.
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationship with clients, contractors, suppliers, associates and team members.
Experience:
The ideal candidate will possess:
- APEGBC registration or eligibility for registration.
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
& Abilities:
- 10-15 years of experience in the electric utility or related engineering field.
- Ability to provide technical direction to technical support staff.
- A team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Solid organizational and time management skills.
- Experience with PC and CAD would be an asset.
Vice President Engineering
Zealots Consulting Inc. Executive Search has an opening for a Protection & Control Engineer:
The successful candidate's responsibilities will include:
- Designing protection & control for substations, ranging in voltage
from 25kV to 500kV, which includes both the theoretical and practical
application of protective devices to high voltage transmission and generation
equipment.
- Planning studies such as fault studies, coordination and relay settings
and for SEL, ABB and GE.
- Preparing all needed documentation for a project including: budgets,
schedules, work plans, technical specifications, tender documents, bid
evaluation, technical reports, project calculation, etc.
- Allocating, guiding tasks to team engineers and drafters.
- Reviewing and approving drawings for issuance to customer.
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationship with clients,
contractors, suppliers, associates and team members.
Experience:
The ideal candidate will possess:
- APEGBC registration or eligibility for registration.
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
& Abilities:
- 10-15 years of experience in the electric utility or related engineering
field.
- Knowledge of the construction and maintenance principles of P&C
equipment including the uses and operation of electrical high voltage
substation equipment, P&C drawings, and application of computer
technology to P&C equipment.
- Ability to analyze electrical problems, interpret and evaluate various
technical studies and data, and define and develop criteria, and cost
estimates for plant modifications and other major projects.
- Ability to provide technical direction to support staff.
- A team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Solid organizational and time management skills.
- Experience in power generation, distribution and control systems design,
and PLC programming would be an asset.
- Experience with Microstation, AutoCAD would be an asset.
Vice President Engineering
Zealots Consulting Inc. Executive Search has an opening for a SUBSTATION
DESIGN ENGINEER:
The successful candidate's responsibilities will include:
- Detailed designing of substation projects, ranging in voltage from
25kV to 500kV, which includes electrical equipment, bus and equipment
arrangements, support structures and insulators, ground grids and grounding
studies, station service design and cable systems.
- Preparing all needed documentation for a project including: budgets,
schedules, work plans, technical specifications, tender documents, bid
evaluation, technical reports, project calculation, etc.
- Allocating and guiding tasks to team engineers and drafters.
- Reviewing and approving drawings for issuance to customer.
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationship with clients, contractors, suppliers, associates and team members.
Experience:
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Registered or eligible for registration with APEGBC.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
& Abilities:
- 10-15 years of experience in the electric utility or related engineering
field.
- Ability to analyze electrical problems; ability to interpret &
evaluate various technical studies & data; ability to define &
develop criteria & cost estimates for plant modifications &/or
other major projects.
- Knowledge of electrical equipment; bus and equipment arrangements;
support structures and insulators; ground grids and grounding studies;
station service design; and cable systems.
- Ability to provide technical direction to technical support staff.
- A team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Solid organizational and time management skills
- Experience working on power flow analysis, short circuit, device coordination,
and arc flash analysis will be an asset.
- Experience with MicroStation and AutoCAD would be an asset.
National Director of Systems Engineering
Zealots Consulting Inc. Executive Search is recruiting for a Pre-Sales Systems Engineer that is responsible for supporting software revenue and maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction through providing pre-sales technical/functional support to current and prospective customers.
The Pre-Sales Systems Engineer is responsible for driving software revenue and maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction through providing pre-sales technical/functional support to current and prospective customers. This is an individual contributor role, yet requires technical leadership as well as mentoring of systems engineers.
- Works as part of pre-sales team to formulate account strategies
- Is a subject matter expert in Data Archiving, Replication, Databases,
Virtual Storage or Disaster Recovery
- Performs discovery while engaging with the customer to understand
key technical, financial, operational, and business issues that can
be mitigated or alleviated
- Distill the discovery into a concise message, outlining the salient
technical, business, operational, and financial inefficiencies/challenges
- Create and present the business case surrounded by merits of a solution
to C-level executives
- Architect creative and innovative solutions aimed at solving business,
operational, and financial issues
- Propose and demonstrate virtual storage products through the use of
demos, white board, presentations, etc.
- Own the technical relationship with accounts
- Assist, as needed, with industry speaking engagements or seminars
- Keep abreast of industry trends, best practices, and competing/complimentary
products. Leverage the knowledge obtained in sales cycles.
- Develop strong customer relationships, ensuring that technical account
management best practices are being followed by the systems engineering
team
- Conduct, manage, and lead customer software pilots or "proof-of-concepts"
- Develop specific areas of expertise in addition to maintaining broad
product skills
- Work with internal departments (sales, support, marketing, development),
to ensure success during sales campaigns and/or to ensure the customer
experience is extremely positive
- Travel 30%+ of the time to Victoria, BC
Experience:
Qualifications:
- BS or MS in Computer Science/Engineering or related technical field
- 8+ years in the software or storage industry
- 5+ years experience serving in a pre-sales systems engineer role
- Prior experience leading a team, solving complex business or technical
issues
- Working knowledge of Symantec/VERITAS NBU, EMC/Legato Networker, IBM TSM, Symantec Enterprise Vault, etc.
& Abilities:
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- RFP and Proposal Writing Skills
- Presentation Skills
- Prior experience pre-sales experience, installing, and architecting
data management solutions (backup and recovery, data migration, replication,
compliance)
- Specialized knowledge/skills and demonstrated proficiency with at
least one major open systems operating system (UNIX or NT)
- Prior system administration a plus
- Enterprise application knowledge of (Oracle, Exchange, Informix,
SharePoint, etc.)
- Experience with clustering technologies
- Expert knowledge of tape drives, libraries, storage arrays, storage
networking, networking protocols, and general connectivity in multi-platform
enterprise environments
- Success penetrating and managing major accounts (Fortune 1000)
- Exhibits superb project planning and time management skills
- Strong work ethic
Vice President, Human Resources
Client: Hub International Limited
Position: Payroll/Human Resources Specialist
Location: Chilliwack, British Columbia
Status: Full Time Regular
Our client, HUB International Limited is a leading North American insurance brokerage that provides a broad array of property and casualty, life and health, employee benefits, reinsurance, investment and risk management products and services throughout offices located in the United States and Canada.
HUB International Barton continues to expand and as such, is looking to add a Payroll/Human Resources Specialist to their Chilliwack Human Resources Department.
Experience:
Candidate Requirements/Personal Attributes:
- 2+ years of Payroll & HR Generalist Experience
- Ceridian experience (considered an asset)
- Thrives in a team environment
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
- Positive, can-do attitude
& Abilities:
Job Responsibilities include the following:
- Prepare New Hire packages for managers which include employment contracts
& hire letters
- Process New hires into payroll and benefit systems
- Miscellaneous employee changes such as:
1. Salary & Hourly
2. Branch
3. Address
4. Bank
5. Benefit
6. Month end Journal Entries
7. Benefit Reconciliations
8. WorkSafe BC filling
9. Maintain Staff & Branch database
10. Maintain Benefits - online
11. Review Payroll Registers
12. Employee inquires
Opportunity for Growth:
- To further expand one's skill set in both payroll/generalist knowledge
and depth as well an opportunity to move into a supervisory/leadership
role over time
- Works closely with senior executives and must have excellent interpersonal
and communication skills in order to liaise with over 800 company wide
employees
- Incentives for both further education (CHRP designation) and team/individual
performance bonuses based on accomplishment/merit
Manager of IT
Zealots Consulting Inc. Executive Search has an opening for an IT Help Desk Technician. Responsibilities include troubleshooting software/hardware issues, providing customer support and assisting with network administration and end user support. The successful candidate is a team player with strong communication skills as well as expertise in OS/Applications, MS Office, Windows XP networking. Knowledge of CITRIX, routers, hubs, switches and cables also required.
Experience:
Bachelor or Diploma in Computer Science or Business preferred.
& Abilities:
- Excellent communication and customer service skills/experience in lieu of technical skills will be highly considered
- All Training Provided by Client
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
This role will require someone who can work with executive leaders and stakeholders in our client's organization and to effectively develop strategies that bridge the gap between business and IT and facilitate technology solutions that increase efficiency and effectiveness, maximize business value and enable business growth.
The successful candidate will effectively:
- Provide strategic advice to IT and business leaders
- Facilitate the IT Strategy Development and Planning process
- Evaluate the current business and IT environments to identify requirements,
vulnerabilities and opportunities
- Demonstrate knowledge of market and industry trends and challenges
- Provide insight and options for value creation, cost reduction, innovation
and breakthrough solutions to complex problems
- Translate Strategy into a robust execution roadmap that encompasses
funding options, capability planning, IT organization structure and
governance
- Develop and manage strong relationships with clients at all levels
- Support the development of methodologies and tools to support delivery
- Develop the IT Strategy Offerings
- Provide business development leadership and identifying opportunities
and direct preparing proposals and Statements of Work (SOW) for client
engagements
- Lead the strategy development and implementation planning for the
company
- Provide technology infrastructure / architecture assessment and solution
development
- Provide IT transformation expertise in areas such as application rationalization,
infrastructure alignment, service management, outsourcing, and post-merger
integration
- Expertise with the issues associated with managing IT in large, complex
organizations
- Ability to support business development through proposals and client
presentations
- Rapidly assess IT implications and business strategy
- Industry and business research, assessment and insight development
- Excellent leadership, communication, documentation and reporting skills
- Strong facilitation and presentation skills
- Ability to work program manage multiple projects at a time and manage
multiple clients
- Proven track record of delivering on time, on budget, and meeting
client commitments
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to integrate well into internal and client teams
Experience:
Enterprise Architect
The IT Infrastructure Solutions Architect is responsibility for operational implementation of the architecture design process in order to maximize the value of business strategies. In practice, this means:
- Operationally implementing technologies in the organization through
a collaborative process to create a tactical architectural deployment
and:
- Implementing architecture alternatives and approving architectural
direction.
- Setting development guidelines and standards.
- Performing business and technical evaluations.
- Researching and consulting on initial implementations of new processes, technologies and capabilities.
- Tracking industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies.
- Working with outside vendors to understand technology and product and service direction.
- Implementing architecture alternatives and approving architectural
direction.
The IT Infrastructure Solutions Architect is expected to be able to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience and be knowledgeable in multiple areas of technology.
You must be a problem solver with the ability to step up and take initiative,
possess a desire to learn, adopt new technologies, conduct research and
development activities to improve technical skills, and keep abreast of
new technologies.
The ideal candidate with have experience in IT Infrastructure Solutions development and a very broad and deep technical background enabling them to be conversant across business, data, platform and application, and technology architectures.
The ideal candidate will be:
- Proficient in architecting/designing/developing multi-tiered secured
business applications for high availability, scalability and high performance.
- Experienced with various enterprise server Operating Systems.
- An expert in infrastructure and network architecture, design and physical
implementation.
- An expert in data center design: Mainframe, Storage, security, virtualization,
and networking.
- Proficient in web services, service-oriented-architecture and workflow
concepts and implementations
- Versed in application development using Java/J2EE and Oracle PL/SQL.
- Well conversant of enterprise database, data warehouse, and business
intelligence architectures (Oracle).
- Comfortable overseeing multiple development projects, work closely
with and mentor senior staff and have experience in a broad range of
technologies including: Java, .Net, PL/SQL, Oracle SOA Architecture,
Oracle Databases, hosted solutions, data warehousing and business intelligence.
- Knowledgeable of business application integration, data warehousing, project management, life cycle development methodologies as well as have solid oral and written communication skills.
The successful candidate will be a problem solver who can methodically analyze and resolve business challenges within budget, and is comfortable with peer and supervisory feedback and possesses a desire to learn and adopt new processes for continual improvement and to keep abreast of new technologies.
Experience:
Infrastructure - Information Technology Manager
Our client supplies equipment parts and service to the construction, forestry and mining industries and utility product users.
Under the general supervision of the IT Manager, Infrastructure, the Database Administrator ensures stability, integrity, and efficient operation of the in-house information that supports core organizational functions.
Monitoring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing systems such as Oracle are integral components of the role. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Oracle administration, maintenance and support as required.
- Manage performance, recommend and implement enhancements to the database.
- Manage and ensure the security of databases and data transferred both
internally and externally.
- Coordinate and perform in-depth tests, including end-user review, for new and modified systems.
Experience:
Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years DBA Experience
& Abilities:
qualifications include, but are not limited to:
- Oracle 10g - DBA familiarity.
- VMWare
- Microsoft Office professional suite.
- Experience with system design and development.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to communicate
using both technical and user-friendly language.
- Proven troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong customer service orientation.
Manager of Information Systems
As the Database Administrator, you will be responsible for the performance, integrity and security of our database. Additional role requirements include: planning, development and troubleshooting for our client.
Under the direction of the Vice President, Information Systems, your primary responsibility is to ensure the data remains consistent and is clearly defined and users access data concurrently in a form that suits their needs and there is provision for data security and recovery control (all data is retrievable in emergency situations) across the database.
The successful candidate will be customer service driven, outgoing and proactive, logical and strategic, while enjoying balance of life in a positive, dynamic and changing environment.
Position Functions and Tasks:
- Establishing the needs of users and monitoring user access and security
- Monitoring performance and managing parameters to provide fast query
responses to 'front end' users
- Mapping out the 'conceptual design' for a planned database in outline
- Considering both 'back end' organization of data and 'front end' accessibility
for end users
- Refining the 'logical design' so that it can be translated into a
specific data model
- Further refining the 'physical design' to meet system storage requirements
- Installing and testing new versions of the database management system
(DBMS)
- Maintaining data standards, including adherence to legislation
- Writing database documentation including: data standards, procedures
and definitions for the data dictionary ('metadata')
- Controlling access permissions and privileges
- Developing, managing and testing backup and recovery plans
- Ensuring that storage, archiving, backup and recovery procedures are
functioning correctly
- Capacity planning
- Working closely with IT project managers, database programmers and
web developers
- Communicating regularly with technical, applications and operational
staff to ensure database integrity and security.
Experience:
- Degree in Computer Science, with specialized Microsoft SQL server training
- A minimum of 3 years progressive system and database experience
& Abilities:
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Excellent team and interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
- A positive thinker with a strong desire to succeed
- Demonstrated the ability to be self-motivated, conscientious, persistent,
and able to work independently or with teams, under deadline pressure
on multiple projects at a very high level of accuracy and attention
to detail
- High standards of ethics and confidentiality to handle sensitive information
- Highly motivated, high energy and enjoys working in a fun environment
- Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
and Outlook is a must
Manager of Information Systems
Under the direction of the Manager, Information Systems this role will have general knowledge of the details associated with the software development lifecycle, various operating systems and software application platforms, together with an understanding of the different business functions and perspectives.
The successful candidate will be customer service driven, outgoing and proactive, logical and strategic, while enjoying balance of life in a positive, dynamic, and changing environment.
Position Functions and Tasks:
- Establish procedures and QA methodologies.
- Establish quality standards / practices to be implemented.
- Coordinate and execute QA testing, create test plans, scripts, bug
tracking, etc.
- Diagnose and help to resolve quality issues.
- Work with other internal teams to establish requirements for testing
tools and resources necessary for project testing.
- Lead the development and maintenance of project quality processes
and practices.
- Mentor junior members on logging defects.
Position Functions and Tasks:
- Establish procedures and QA methodologies.
- Establish quality standards / practices to be implemented.
- Coordinate and execute QA testing, create test plans, scripts, bug
tracking, etc.
- Diagnose and help to resolve quality issues.
- Work with other internal teams to establish requirements for testing
tools and resources necessary for project testing.
- Lead the development and maintenance of project quality processes
and practices.
- Mentor junior members on logging defects.
Experience & Qualifications:
- Degree in Computer Science or related field
- A minimum of 5 years cumulative experience developing and testing
robust web applications and database applications
- A strong technical background along with in-depth experience testing
and developing web and data solutions using the Microsoft suite of software.
E.g. TFS, Windows Server, IIS, .NET Framework
- Extensive background in QA methodologies and experience developing
and executing comprehensive test suites
- Formal software development life-cycle experience
& Abilities:
Required Skills:
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Excellent team and interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
- A positive thinker with a strong desire to succeed
- Demonstrated the ability to be self-motivated, conscientious, persistent,
and able to work independently or with teams, under deadline pressure
on multiple projects at a very high level of accuracy and attention
to detail
- High standards of ethics and confidentiality to handle sensitive information
- Highly motivated, high energy and enjoys working in a fun environment
- Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
and Outlook is a must
Director of Software Development
Our client has upcoming needs for a Siebel Developer/Analyst Version
7.0 for (12) months in length.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Participating in troubleshooting activities (space, data errors, SQL statements, interfaces to external systems, etc.)
- Configuration, application development, testing, and go-live activities as required
- Responsible for functional and technical documentation as required
- Troubleshooting and resolving functionality/data related queries
- Assisting in interface development/support
Experience:
- BSc. Computer Science
- Siebel Version 7.0
& Abilities:
The qualified candidate must have:
- Strong knowledge/experience with Siebel;
- Experience in multiple full-cycle Siebel implementations;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; and,
- Excellent project/organizational skills
Implementation Team Lead
Our client is a successful and profitable 120+ person provider of IT professional consulting services and customized software solutions to public entities in Canada and the US. Key clients include the Province of British Columbia, the Province of Alberta and numerous others.
Its corporate headquarters are in Victoria BC with additional offices in Vancouver and Edmonton. Our client's five-year plan calls for strategic growth, creating the opportunity for a qualified Senior Implementation Consultant to join the team of 100+ professionals in the Vancouver (preferred) or Victoria Office. Projects range in focus from: high level business analysis services, software consulting/development and technical project delivery.
The successful Senior Implementation Consultant will have experience
gathering requirements from a user base and overseeing the development
life cycle of the solution. You must be able to work dynamically with
development teams and project managers to achieve goals.
Direct experience with Municipal Building, Planning and Engineering Departments
is mandatory.
The position is located in Vancouver (preferred) or Victoria office and will require up to 50% travel to client sites throughout North America. The ability to cross the border into the United States is mandatory.
You have superior oral and written communication skills and are comfortable
working with clients, other team members and project managers.
Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business or Equivalent Computer Systems Diploma or Experience
& Abilities:
Highly Desired Qualifications:
You will have practical experience in the following:
- Understanding and Documenting Government Processes
- Database Design (Oracle, SQL Server)
- Java Script and or basic programming ability
Nice to Have Skills:
- Document Management Solutions
- Mobile Inspection Software
- Web Services
- Financial Systems
Director of Delivery
Our client is a successful and profitable 120+ person provider of IT professional consulting services and customized software solutions to public entities in Canada and the US. Key Clients include the Province of British Columbia, the Province of Alberta and numerous others.
Its corporate headquarters is in Victoria BC as well as offices in Vancouver
and Edmonton. Our client's five-year plan calls for strategic growth,
creating the opportunity for a qualified senior project manager to join
the team in the Victoria Office of 100+ professionals. Projects range
in focus from: high level business analysis services, software consulting/development
and technical project management delivery.
The successful candidate will have primary accountabilities managing multiple
projects that will include: enterprise content management, business intelligence,
case management, and will have 8+ years managing enterprise IT projects
over 3 multi-million dollars. Ideally this professional will have worked
and led a group of 7+ project managers and holds a professional project
management or consulting designation.
Experience:
- Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Computer Science, Business or
Equivalent.
- PMP or CMC Designation.
- Direct experience in the consulting and/or custom software development
industries managing large scale application development projects.
- Experience with the provisioning of technology services to the Government
of British Columbia.
- Both a high-level and technical familiarity with current key software
development principals and technical environments.
- Desire to work in a highly entrepreneurial environment, while guiding
the team of talented project managers through a significant stage of
project management growth, standardization, team development, and growth.
- Shows willingness and enthusiasm to operate/live in Victoria, BC with
travel to company facilities in Vancouver and Edmonton as required.
- Strong understanding of broader British Columbia business trends.
- Proven ability to build key relationships with all project stakeholders and external alliances as well as to develop new business.
& Abilities:
Highly Desired Qualifications:
- Proven success in leading a team of project management professionals.
- Significant experience in a management role with profit responsibility
and project accountability.
- Familiarity with the BC Government environment, including the procurement
landscape.
- Ability to balance multiple projects, priorities, and staff needs
with larger corporate goals.
- Ability to lead and manage proactively in harmony with the overall
strategic vision of our client, and to be the change leader in developing
formal project management standards and excellence.
- Proven ability to formulate and subsequently deliver on project plans
with the following key personal attributes:
1. Ability to make effective overall project decisions in the face of short term pressures and to deliver on key milestones.
2. Proven ability to attract and retain qualified project management, technical and administrative staff in a dynamic labour market.
3. Ability to create and maintain a positive work environment, resulting in top quality client services, high levels of staff satisfaction, high productivity, and a higher level of commitment, performance and loyalty from staff.
4. Comfort operating within common high technology ownership/management structures.
5. Ability to develop innovative new business solutions and new ways to generate opportunities for the Victoria office.
Nice to Have Skills:
- Business development track record that is complimentary to project
management experience.
- Expert business domain knowledge in one or more of the following
government sectors: Education, Justice, Health, and Environment.
Manager of Provisioning and Field Services
Our client provides a casual work atmosphere in a fast pace industry
giving you lots of opportunity to have your ideas heard and implemented
and prides itself on how well the internal teams work together.
Our preferred candidate will be an ambitious field technician working
for a large company with good installation practices (Bell Mobility, TELUS
Mobility, Roger's, Shaw, Ecomm, BC Hydro, etc.). If you are pouring your
heart and soul in to a large company that has very little opportunity
to move up, this is your chance to work for a smaller company that is
growing exponentially every year.
Other qualified candidates will be licensed electricians or riggers with
good project management skills and looking to expand their knowledge with
microwave and networking equipment (training can be provided for certain
technologies).
The ideal candidate will have the assets listed below. While each is very
important they are listed in order of priority:
- Positive attitude and strong work ethic
- Confident decision making skills
- Minimum 4 years experience in working with a range of RF technologies,
electrical systems, and/or project management.
- Very well organized and ability to multi-task many projects
- Excellent troubleshooting skills, not specific to any technology,
but someone with the logical skills required to troubleshoot very well.
- Have good relationships with local contracting outfits, (West Tower,
Radian, Mott, etc.).
- Medium-to-strong knowledge of construction and cable routing through
buildings.
- Comfortable training new contractors and staff.
- Maintenance and repair of all network infrastructure, and design/install
new customer locations.
- Co-ordinate resources to complete the tasks and to support staff from
the office.
- Your time should be 20%-40% in the field.
- Ensure the company's best practice policies, and procedures are implemented.
This is done by maintaining a good level of communication between teams
in other locations and following up on customer issues and contractor
installs/maintenance activities.
- Conduct accurate and timely lines of sight and scope of work options
for network expansions and new customer installations.
- Complete test and turn-up activities including completion of as-built
drawings and archiving of test results.
- Provide on-site/remote technical support, troubleshooting and technical
problem resolution when field problems occur.
- Accurate and timely expense reporting.
- Investigate, analyze and repair network failures as required, and
work with internal teams to develop and implement solutions to problems.
- Ensure site quality standards are met including regular preventative
maintenance programs and maintaining up-to-date and complete site records
and service log books.
- Achieve field service objectives such as due date performance, response
time, clearing time, customer satisfaction, cost, service, network performance
and safety.
- Perform performance evaluations on staff.
- Provide on-call and after-hours emergency technical assistance.
- Provide timely and accurate asset tracking information.
- Complete day-to-day work following health and safety policies.
Experience:
- Graduate of a university, technical college/institute, or trade certification in the fields of telecommunications, fiber optics, RF, Wireless networks, electrical, or civil engineering.
- Valid driver's license.
& Abilities:
Working knowledge of the following products will be an asset but not
required:
- Argus DC power systems
- Cisco
- Motorola Canopy Advantage
- Ceragon
- Redline
- Dragonwave
- Visio 2000+
Regional Sales Manager
- Achieve and exceed established monthly sales quota.
- Develop sources of sales leads and actively prospect for new sales
opportunities.
- Conduct various prospecting activities, including telemarketing, cold
calling, lead referrals, etc. in sufficient volume to ensure that sales
targets are met.
- Update and maintain accurate records in Upshot CRM, providing forecasts
and activity reports as required.
- Attend regular sales meetings, training and performance review sessions.
- Establish effective business relationships with key decision makers.
- Develop an understanding of the customer's business needs and future
requirements.
- Prepare sales proposals and conduct sales presentations for prospective
customers.
- Complete the necessary documents for the efficient processing of
customer orders.
- Support the Customer Care Team when necessary to ensure customer
satisfaction.
- Provide feedback on corporate marketing materials and products/services.
Experience:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a business-to-business sales environment.
- Familiar with selling products or services with a sale's cycle of
2 weeks to 3 months.
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing or related area is desired.
& Abilities:
- Energetic and self-motivated "hunter" with a passion for
new business sales.
- A strong sense of urgency and a burning desire to be the best.
- A closer with a proven track record of success in meeting or exceeding
quota consistently.
- Effective phone interaction and cold-calling skills.
- Understands solution selling and creating value for business customers.
- Solid sales skills and understanding of how to manage a sales funnel.
- Proven ability to prospect and cultivate strong relationships with
key decision makers and influencers.
- Ability to communicate and present confidently to any level of an
organization.
- Knowledge of Internet access technologies and/or LAN/WANs is helpful.
Software Development Manager
As a C++ or Java UI Team Lead/Sr. Developer, we will look to you to provide leadership, mentorship and coaching and you will also be instrumental in defining architectural standards and owning the user interface vision and design for our client's usability team. The focus will be to drive continual improvements in the UI development methodology.
In addition, you will be required to critically analyze the architecture requirements, UI application, and we will devise sound solutions that address business challenges using sound development methodologies, UI quality principles and industry standards. You will be responsible for developing project plans, UI design specifications, architecture diagrams, and executable test plans using sound software development lifecycle (SDLC) process and procedures.
Experience:
Ideally you have a Bachelor's degree, from an accredited college or university,
with major coursework in information systems, computer science, or a related
field, with at least five (5) years of experience successfully owning
and developing the user interface vision OR an equivalent combination
of education and experience. Preference may be given to applicants with
over 8 years of user interface development and design experience.
Must have the following:
- C++ or Java UI Interface experience
- Exposure to Development on a Windows or Mac Platform
- Experience guiding the day to day activities of the UI team members
to effectively champion and to effectively develop a continual improvement
process and methodology
Nice to Have Skills:
- Windows Presentation Foundation
- Cocoa
- Knowledge of Prepress workflow
& Abilities:
You must be self motivated and willing to learn. You possess good organizational,
interpersonal and communication skills and have the ability to perform
comfortably in a fast-paced, team and deliverables-oriented work environment.
You are sensitive to deadlines, can methodically analyze and resolve UI
Interface programming challenges and you are comfortable seeking peer
and supervisory guidance on complex application challenges - i.e. you
focus on improving your technical skills and keeping abreast of new technologies.
In addition, a strong desire to move/live in Vancouver, BC where work
life balance is an important value for you.
National Director of Sales
This is a Direct Sales position for drivers, who will be responsible for the full sales cycle, hunt to close.
You will be selling our client's products by prospecting new accounts and building existing relationships with current customers over the telephone and quarterly business trips.
Our client is currently searching for those 'hunters' who thrive on working
in a growing environment and are driven by their accountability. Flexibility,
intelligence, resourcefulness and focus on results are among your key
assets. You are likely to have had a varied sales career but hunting and
prospecting are in your DNA which always drives you to have a track record
of successful achievement.
Experience:
- Minimum of 3-5 years of business-to-business sales experience
- Full sales-cycle Business to Business sales experience
- Proven success in prospecting and developing a territory
- Successful experience initiating complex sales involving multiple influencers
- A natural driver with a passion for success
& Abilities:
We are looking for self motivators who have a great attitude and are
team players; if this is you, then we will provide you with the best opportunity
you have ever had!
Software Development
The position requires a flexible software developer that can work with a variety of technologies, with a strong emphasis on user interface design, graphic and icon design, and Web 2.0 interaction design. In addition, the position requires someone who is comfortable working with all phases of software product development and is able to switch between tasks and technologies with relative ease.
Experience:
& Abilities:
Required
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills. Able to provide simple solutions to complex problems.
- An affinity to work with user interface design, graphics, icons, and illustrations.
- A strong understanding of GUI and web design concepts and emerging technologies.
- A balance between good user interface design aesthetics and product functionality.
- Recognized ability to see the big picture (i.e. impact of changes to the system, product and user experience).
- Proficiency resolving complex issues involving tradeoffs between technical design, user experience and supportability.
- A track record focusing on product-centric rather than technology-centric development.
- Able to work on all aspects of the system (presentation, business, data, installer, etc).
- Excellent design, coding and review skills with a strong understanding of Object-Oriented design methodologies.
- At least 2 years experience with all phases of software product development
(concept, design, implementation, deployment).
Software Development Team Lead
A User Interface Software Developer deals with the following challenges:
- Involved with the full development cycle of the product including definition, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and support of new and existing features.
- Develops and maintain Mac (Carbon) and Windows (Win32/WTL) clients using XCode and Visual Studio development tools.
- Works in collaboration with the server team, and support team of testers, SME's and documentation writers
Experience:
& Abilities:
Required
- A minimum of 3 years of software development experience, which should include developing user interface software.
- Excellent software design and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience using the ISO C++ programming language and standard library.
Desired
- Coding against the Win32 API and/or the Mac Carbon API.
- Experience with formal usability processes.
- Experience with using common object oriented design patterns and coding idioms.
- Experience in the offset prepress and printing workflow domain.
Manager of Software Development
In this role, you will guide a team in delivering the customer face of the mission critical workflow that our customers expect. You will work with the Product Management and Development teams through the software development lifecycle to deliver new versions. You are a dynamic and motivated individual with excellent technical and problem solving capabilities, strong organizational skills and the ability to build a strong focused team.
Experience:
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, or a graduate of the British Columbia Institute of Technology, or equivalent experience
- Own the user interface vision and design
- Participate in new feature design
- Work closely with the usability team to ensure that usability is "built in" to every feature
- Plan, Schedule and Report on Development Activities
- Guide the day-to-day activities of UI team members
- Champion an effective development process
- Mentor junior staff members and co-ops
& Abilities:
- Highly motivated self-starter
- Extensive Software development knowledge and experience
- Proven leadership ability
- Excellent troubleshooting skills
- Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly
- Detail Oriented - "the buck stops here"
- Experience with Windows and Mac computer platforms
Regional Sales Manager
- Achieve and exceed established monthly sales quota.
- Develop sources of sales leads and actively prospect for new sales opportunities.
- Conduct various prospecting activities, including telemarketing, cold calling, lead referrals, etc. in sufficient volume to ensure that sales targets are met.
- Update and maintain accurate records in Upshot CRM, providing forecasts and activity reports as required.
- Attend regular sales meetings, training and performance review sessions.
- Establish effective business relationships with key decision makers.
- Develop an understanding of the customer's business needs and future requirements.
- Prepare sales proposals and conduct sales presentations for prospective customers.
- Complete the necessary documents for the efficient processing of customer orders.
- Support the Customer Care Team when necessary to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Provide feedback on corporate marketing materials and products/services.
Experience:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a business-to-business sales environment.
- Familiar with selling products or services with a sale's cycle of 2 weeks to 3 months.
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing or related area is desired.
Skills, Knowledge
& Abilities:
- Energetic and self-motivated "hunter" with a passion for new business sales.
- A strong sense of urgency and a burning desire to be the best.
- A closer with a proven track record of success in meeting or exceeding quota consistently.
- Effective phone interaction and cold-calling skills.
- Understands solution selling and creating value for business customers.
- Solid sales skills and understanding of how to manage a sales funnel.
- Proven ability to prospect and cultivate strong relationships with key decision makers and influencers.
- Ability to communicate and present confidently to any level of an organization.
- Knowledge of Internet access technologies and/or LAN/WANs is helpful.
Regional Sales Director
- Manage the Sales Plan and Sales Executives in order to achieve and exceed established monthly sales quotas.
- Help Sales Executives develop sources of sales leads and actively prospect for new sales opportunities.
- Work with Account Executives in order to conduct various prospecting activities, including: telemarketing, cold calling, lead referrals, etc. in sufficient volume to ensure that sales targets are met.
- Ensure sales executives maintain accurate records in Upshot CRM, and to provide forecasts and activity reports as required.
- Attend regular sales meetings, training and performance review sessions.
- Help sales executives establish effective business relationships with key decision makers.
- Ensure the sales executives develop an understanding of the customer's business needs and future requirements.
- Oversee sales proposals and conduct sales presentations for prospective customers.
- Ensure the sales executives complete the necessary documents for the efficient processing of customer orders.
- Ensure there is continuity between the Customer Care Team to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Provide feedback on marketing materials and products/services.
Experience:
- Minimum 8 years of experience in a business-to-business sales management experience.
- Familiar with managing the selling of products and services with a sale's cycle of 2 weeks to 3 months.
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing or related area is desired.
& Abilities:
- Energetic Manager with a passion for managing an energetic sales team.
- A strong sense of management accountability and seeing your team succeed.
- A strong motivator with a proven track record of success in meeting or exceeding your branch quota consistently.
- Effective team coaching skills.
- Understands solution selling and creating value for business customers.
- Solid sales management skills and understanding of how to get others
to manage a sales funnel.
Proven ability to help sales executives prospect and to cultivate strong relationships with key decision makers and influencers. - Ability to communicate and lead effectively.
- Knowledge of Internet access technologies and WAN Technologies is
desirable
President
As the Director of Contracts, you will provide expertise in:
- Cradle-to-grave contracts administration, including monitoring all contract requirements and deliverables for existing and new business
- Negotiation of Non Disclosure Agreements, Teaming Agreements, Licensing Agreements, Memorandum of Understanding, Licenses, etc.
- Strategy development, supporting new business opportunities and proposals
- Development, documentation and coaching on contracting standards, policies and procedures
Experience:
Ideal qualifications include a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or related discipline; 8-10 years combined experience in large commercial services and Canadian or Provincial Government contract management, proposal presentation and commercial subcontract management, contract and subcontract negotiation.
& Abilities:
EMAIL:
search@zealotsconsulting.com
| PHONE: 604-727-3141
| FAX: 604-988-3152
ADDRESS:
Lynn
Valley Town Centre, 1199 Lynn Valley Road, Box 16133, North Vancouver,
BC V7J 3S9