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Sr Database Administrator

itjobs — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:12:53 +0000

This is an opportunity for a Senior Production DBA to join a data driven company. At Vivonet, differentiating through data is one of our core strategies for growth in the future. Your abilities to analyze and resolve issues, carefully manage risk and be accountable for a large 24/7 network will help you perform your role well. Your constant pursuit of excellence, discipline and sound judgment will differentiate you from your peers. We push the limits of the technology and want someone who strives for excellence, has proven leadership abilities, and aligns well with our corporate values.

The Market We Serve

Vivonet enables, acquires and organizes transactions for the North American restaurant and retail market.

The People We Want

Life at Vivonet is not for everyone. Many apply, but few are chosen. We are a culture of competitive A Players that love to win. We value courageous exploration, relentlessly pursuing excellence and being personally accountable for our performance and the success of our team. As such, we work interactively to encourage goal setting and excellence in both our personal and professional lives.

For A Players who share our values, Vivonet isn’t just a job; it is a community made up of skilled teammates that you respect and clients that you love, working together to deliver win – win results for the company and our customers… all while having fun and being rewarded for performance.

Responsibilities:

Develop, enhance, and follow tools and procedures used for checks and monitoring the status of the systems ensuring their integrity.
Suggest new procedures to prevent or identify problem areas.
Oversee and provide expertise in the setup and troubleshooting of development databases and development process/applications to ensure that development systems can be moved into production roles.
Provide feedback and suggestions to Development or 3rd party consultants to resolve production issues with databases or applications used in productions when faults occur
Maintain Database systems and servers minimizing potential problems with servers and production databases by monitoring operations, resources and log files, ensuring file systems have the necessary space for proper functioning.
Plan upgrades or modifications, resolving issues with servers and production databases to ensuring functionality of production software.
Scheduling regular maintenance to prevent problems and maintaining scheduled backups, ensuring they are performed accurately
Provides service and support 24/7/365 as required, during exceptional circumstances, to maintain systems and service availability. This includes monitoring and responding to after-hours alerts sent though mobile devices, as well as responding to phone calls for support as situations require.
Analyse bottlenecks of database systems, storage devices and networks to maximize database and application performance levels and storage capacity

Required Talents and Experience:

Five to ten years experience in SR DB support role (Certifications are optional).
Oracle RAC
Triggers
Experience with Queue and SQL Replication.
My SQL
My SQL Server
Disaster recovery experience.
Experience with large tables, LOBs, Star Joins.
Experience in creating and maintaining Oracle databases, Unix scripts, Oracle scripts, and procedures.
Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects
Proven analytical skills.
Experience in data modeling and scripting.
Good written and oral communication skills.

Vivonet has more than 2,000 restaurant and retail customers across Canada and the United States and is one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers! As such, successful candidates will need to be able to raise the performance bar on an already successful team.

Ready to prove that you are up to the standard? Email your resume and cover letter with salary expectations to careers1[@]vivonet.com and the subject line Sr Production Database Administrator.

We truly appreciate your interest in Vivonet; however, due to the high number of applications only short-listed candidates will be contacted. All offers of employment are subject to Canadian criminal record checks and credit checks due to credit card industry compliance standards.

Sr Mobile Developer (Yaletown)

itjobs — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:07:24 +0000

Who You Are:
Years of developing software in constrained environments have gifted you with clean, clear, efficient, well documented, easy to debug and support code. You’re the one your co-workers come to when they have questions about the underpinnings and quirks of Android and iOS. You’ve built and published several apps in both the Marketplace and the App Store; you care less about language and platform than you do about design, flow and friction.

The consummate team player, you are happy to build new things from scratch, improve existing tools, design, review code, have code reviewed, ask questions of the product owner, dig through API code on the server side,

Big, scalable, multi-interface service-oriented systems make you smile – and the thought of using one to serve millions of users, process billions of dollars worth of transactions and to reinvent point of sale from the perspective of both consumers and merchants sends a shiver down your spine.

Who are you? You’re the Senior Mobile Developer with Vivonet’s new Consumer Engagement Group. We’re going to change the way the world thinks about point of sale – want to play?

What You’ll Do

Contribute to on-time / in-spec delivery of project items, communicating clearly with leads, manager and stakeholders
Contribute to architecture / design conversations and code reviews (yours and other team members’)
Contribute to design, architecture, process and development standards
Effectively mentor more junior team members in an Agile environment, helping to maintain appropriate unit test coverage, code documentation, software structure and supportability
Distil and communicate technical concepts to more junior developers and stakeholders
Advise on courses of study for team members and / or self
Argue for the right outcomes with facts, conviction and diplomacy
Identify, evaluate and suggest mitigation strategies for risks during design phase
Develop our iPad, iPhone and Android UIs, frameworks and tools
Design and implement features for new and existing products

What We Love About You

Your written and spoken English are excellent
You’ve been developing software since you could tie your shoes or for more than 7 years, whichever is longer
You have experience with multi-threading and network communications in Java, Android and iOS and are capable to diving into the deepest parts of new (or old) technologies when called for
You have previously interacted with a REST / JSON API in iOS / Android
You understand / have used Java, Grails, HTML5 / CSS3, JavaScript…
You understand networking, network programming, network-oriented design patterns (especially MVC and SOA) and best practices
You have excellent organizational, prioritization and time management skills
You are familiar and comfortable with rapidly-evolving Agile development environments
You have an understanding of and experience with common bug / task tracking, requirements tracking, traceability and test automation tools
You have an ability to rapidly absorb and comprehend software and systems
You have a good understanding of Web Services, XML, JBoss (and / or other application servers), SQL, SVN, networking / sockets, SMP and clustering
You perform well under pressure and love a tight timeline
You are familiar with Android and iOS SDK, UI components, layouts, custom themes, styles and attributes

Fine Print

The successful applicant will have a minimum of 7 years combined experience in software development. Post-secondary education and / or industry certification are both assets.
Desirable experience (i.e. “Stuff that will impress us”):

iOS / Android software development
UNIX / Linux / Java
Software architecture
Database architecture
Grails / Groovy development
SOA / SaaS architecture and delivery models
Developing with / for social networks or media
Point of sale or payment processing system development
Restaurant / food service industry development or ownership

What next

Email your resume with cover letter to careers1[@]vivonet.com and the subject line SR MOBILE DEVELOPER. We truly appreciate your interest in Vivonet; however, due to the high number of applications only short-listed candidates will be contacted. All offers of employment are subject to Canadian criminal record checks and credit checks due to credit card industry compliance standards.

Digital/Social Media Strategist

itjobs — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:16:31 +0000

We are currently seeking a senior-level Digital/Social Media Strategist to be an integral force within our client’s digital team. This critical role enables many of the agency’s event, communications and demand programs. As a day to day lead on some exciting digital client work, your abundant experience and enthusiasm about all things digital allows you to inspire and educate clients and colleagues about digital strategies to support marketing and communications programs.

You can counsel clients effectively while identifying new opportunities and play a key role in proposal development and pitch. Marshaling resources to oversee the development of a full spectrum web sites, communication platforms, social media, mobile, and overall digital strategy to clients is second nature.

Requirements:

A degree or diploma in a relevant field and a minimum of 5 years experience and advancement in a digital agency environment
Engage senior clients, formulate and articulate great strategies that engage client stakeholders through digital and social media
Solid planning experience on multi-site communications platforms and a track record for providing strategic counsel and direction on overall content and delivery strategy including deliverable design, UE, architecture, data management and support
Expertise in delivering client digital marketing or communications solutions based in WordPress, and a knowledge of customizing themes, widgets, plugins, etc., would be a key asset
Familiarity and understanding of HTML, XHTML, CSS ASP, PHP and JavaScript of RSS/XML/MySQL
Strong command of web standards, CSS-based design, cross-browser compatibility, SEO, SEM
Strong understanding in interactive design principles

Qualifications:

Excellent communications skills and comfortable in a room of senior stakeholders
Creative thinking, effective problem-solving, attention to detail and an understanding of communications strategy and good design are critical
A passion for digital and social media excellence and design, immersed in the digital realm, balanced with proven experience client relationship management and counsel
Leadership quality communication (oral and written), administratively strong (time capture, understanding budgets, time management skills) and the ability to work under pressure are a must, as this is a deadline-driven business
Will thrive on creative business challenges, be able to think outside-the-box and boundaries, and have the ability to switch quickly between several projects driving them from start to completion to help guide production processes and setting agency best practice standards

Mobile Application Developer

itjobs — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:03:12 +0000

Imagine delivering the right message to the right consumer in the right place at the right time. Mercatus Technologies makes this possible. Mercatus enables retailers and advertisers to achieve competitive advantage, boost brand equity, and improve financial performance. By leveraging Mercatus’ smart shopping technology on a cross-channel marketing level, our clients achieve the ultimate one-to-one relationship with shoppers throughout their buying cycle—from intent to influence to purchase.

Our innovative applications and solid reputation are translating into continued growth that is creating exciting opportunities for entrepreneurial spirited talent to join our team. If you’re a passionate and self-motivated individual with a track record of success then you may have the basic ingredients it takes to join the Mercatus team. Read on to see if this position could be the right next step in your career.

The Role – Mobile Application Developer:

Reporting to the Lead Mobile Application Manager, the Mobile Application Developer will design, architect, and develop mobile applications and client-driven enhancements based on our core product.

Mercatus’ engineering group utilizes the Agile Development methodology. We are looking for someone with the conceptual and technical horsepower to get up to speed quickly and transform user stories into well-written, high quality applications in a highly interactive and fast-paced environment. As an Application Developer in our environment you’ll be expected to play a significant role in the QA of the applications you build and to take pride in the delivery of (mostly) error-free projects.

Responsibilities:

Architect and build scalable iOS applications for iPhone and iPad based on our core platform API from start to finish
Participate in discussions with Project Management, Product Owner, UX / Design Team and development leads to identify and plan requirements
Optimize applications and code base (through refactoring, caching, code reviews)
Develop and execute test cases

Required Skills and Experience:

Expert knowledge of Objective-C and Cocoa Framework
Solid understanding of CoreData
Practical experience developing in Apple iOS platform
Exposure to development using RESTful APIs
Use of bug tracking software, ideally JIRA
Demonstrated knowledge of HTTP protocol, including authorization, cache control, and proxy
Knowledge of web/data/network security
Exposure to or understanding of Agile methodology is an asset
Strong verbal and written communication skills, including system documentation
Flexible, adaptable and easy going, but able to remain focused on results
Experience developing on Android platform would be an asset

Network Engineer

itjobs — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:54:40 +0000

You’re a career IP Networking expert and have risen through the ranks from Technician to Administrator to Engineer. You’re ready to take your experience to the next level and apply it to a global enterprise environment. We are looking for a seasoned Network Engineer to plan, engineer and maintain our corporate voice, video and data network infrastructure including a 150+ site global WAN, Cisco-based LAN and Unified Communications environment.

What’s in it for you?

As McCain’s Network Engineer, you will work closely with our Network Administrators and Network Architect to design, implement and maintain global network infrastructure.. Your superior problem solving skills will constantly be used to drive tier-3 issue resolution. As a leader, you will play a significant role coaching and mentoring junior resources and regional technicians to safely perform basic network repair tasks.

What to expect

As a member of the Network Services team, you will work with a suite of NMS tools to manage and support our global network, including two enterprise computing rooms. You will create engineering designs for our infrastructure, ensuring capacity, performance and operability. You know that documentation is necessary and have experience designing, verifying and refining documentation. In addition to resolving critical issues, you’ll be busy with project work, including assessments and feedback on tactical planning and operational direction and technology refreshes.

What you’ll achieve

Your technology and leadership skills will grow as you lead and participate in projects utilizing leading edge technologies. By the end of 2013, our150+ sites will be enhanced to utilize the latest UTM technologies as well as WAN optimization (application acceleration) infrastructure. You will also play a technology leadership role in designing and implementing a state of the art Wireless LAN within our global offices and production facilities. You will be instrumental in assisting the implementation of self-service while maintaining administration change control.

About you

It is required that you have previous in-depth experience as a Network Engineer, preferably in a global enterprise environment. Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills, along with excellent verbal and written English communication skills are essential as you collaborate closely with the team, senior management and vendors across the globe. You must have a strong working knowledge of Cisco products (supported by advanced certification levels), including product categories such as:

· Cisco routers: 800, 1800, 2800, 3800 and 3900 series

· Cisco switches: 2960, 3750, Nexus core (7K, 5K, 2K)

· Security: VPN (IPSec, SSL), firewalls, UTM devices

· WAN acceleration

· Global and domestic MPLS (IPVPN) services

· Wireless LAN: 802.11b/g/n Access Points, Controllers

· Voice over IP fundamentals: QoS techniques

· Network Management tools: LMS, etc

Location

This job is located out of Toronto, Ontario or at our Global Technology Centre in Florenceville, New Brunswick and will require the successful candidate to relocate to the area if necessary. The GTC is home to over 200 technology professionals from around the world who work on applications, platforms and projects of a global nature for McCain Foods Ltd. Currently, we can only consider Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents for this role.

About us

McCain Foods Limited is the world’s largest manufacturer of frozen potato specialties and other food products, including pizzas, appetizers, oven meals, juice and desserts. Our products are found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers in more than 160 countries around the world. We employ 19,000 people globally, operate 50 production facilities on six continents and generate annual sales in excess of CDN$6 billion.

Graphic Designer/ Art Director

itjobs — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:06:52 +0000

Tanner Young Publishing Group, a well established Edmonton based publishing firm, is seeking a highly creative, knowledgeable, organized and self-motivated Designer / Art Director. Our ideal candidate will have an innate ability to create big ideas that move our family of travel/ tourism publication brands forward.

We are looking for a highly motivated person to oversee the creative direction of our family of publications in addition to our growing contract publishing division. This person should possess excellent time management skills, as well as the ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously and inspire and challenge a team of designers.

If you have a passion for magazines, your city, your province and your country then this career is for you.

Key Responsibilities

The Senior Designer / Art Director is responsible for the overall creative direction of all Tanner Young publications. They are an advocate, manager and custodian of the brand and a critical member of the publication team. In addition, they will oversee various client-based advertising campaigns.

Responsibilities include:

Conceiving and executing designs for special publications – Coordinate production of magazine with printer – Acquiring artwork – Assigning freelance projects – Ensuring adherence to budgets and deadlines.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

ñ Strong sense of design fundamentals and creative problem solving skills

ñ Post-secondary education in Graphic Design with strong understanding of design principles and typography

ñ Outgoing, enthusiastic, self-starting approach

ñ Self-starter with the ability to prioritize and manage project timelines with little or no supervision

ñ Excellent communication, organization and computer skills

ñ Ability to present creative concepts and articulate rationale for design direction

ñ Work closely with publisher and editor to execute and conceptualize our product through photography and design

ñ Expert user of Adobe CS5.5 design software (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Acrobat)

Qualifications

ñ Prior experience in the magazine industry is preferred but not necessary.

ñ 5+ years of corporate branding and graphic design experience

Remuneration commensurate with experience. Benefits Package.

Send Resumes Attention Rob Tanner, Publisher

http://www.tanneryoung.com/

Jr. Java Developer

itjobs — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:58:43 +0000

At Keane, we know that with the right people on board, anything is possible. The quality, integrity, and commitment of our employees have been key factors in our company’s growth since our inception in 1965. By hiring the best people and helping them grow both professionally and personally, we ensure a bright future for Keane – and for the people who work here.

Keane is currently seeking a Java developer to join our team in Halifax. The resource will assist a large financial organization in maintaining and enhancing retirement calculation systems.

As part of the Defined Benefit team, the resource will be responsible for analyzing issues with the current system, work with the business to derive a solution, and develop the solution using the Blaze (similar to java) or the BenXL (similar to C) platforms. Full lifecycle development experience is required.

2-3 years of experience in Java
Full development Lifecycle experience

This is a full-time salaried position with Keane. Please note, corp-2-corp contractors will NOT be considered. This position is only available to those interested in salaried staff employment opportunities. At Keane, we offer a full comprehensive benefits package that starts from your first day of employment.

About Keane
Keane is an IT services firm headquartered in the US with more than 12,000 professionals worldwide. For 45 years, Keane has been an Application Services specialist with distinguished project management credentials. Today, we offer a flagship suite of Application Services, as well as Infrastructure and Business Process Outsourcing solutions delivered through onsite, nearshore, and offshore resources.

Visit www.keane.com to learn how our projects, managed services, and outsourcing engagements deliver value for a range of businesses and government agencies.

3D Artists – Vancouver, BC

itjobs — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:31:20 +0000

Kerberos is expanding to a second team in the coming months! We are currently looking for 3D Artists

Candidate Profile

Next-Gen Techniques
Modelling and Texturing: Vehicles, Characters, Props, Landscapes
Experience in Animation, Flash, and Actionscript an Asset
Minimum 3 Years Experience
Minimum 1 Shipped Title

Information

Arrangements for the return of any submitted materials must be made prior to submitting.

Please do not submit any code, concepts, or design materials. They will not be reviewed, for the legal safety of both Kerberos and the submitter.

CV, cover letter, references, website (if applicable)

3D Programmer – Cloud Computing

itjobs — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:16:55 +0000

At Ubisoft Quebec, we are looking for innovative, creative and dynamic people, who are ready for challenges and willing to work with us to build the future of the video game industry. Ubisoft is a world-leader in its domain and is the most important game developer in the Quebec City area. We want to broaden our market and get off the beaten track!

Overview of the position:
The position holder will adapt and optimize a modern rendering system used for AAA gaming so as to make it compatible in Cloud architecture. Distributed programming, Virtualization and Cloud new technologies will be part of your daily activities.

With your creative mind and desire to meet new challenges in the entertainment industry, you’ll be part of a team responsible for designing, developing, validating and supporting innovative technological solutions aimed at developing mega games and optimizing the production of AAA multisite games.

Be part of Ubisoft’s Cloud Computing R & D Team in charge of technological developments for tomorrow’s Gaming.

Job requirements:
- Bachelor of Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in 3D graphic programming
- Knowledge of OpenGL and DirectX
- Knowledge of Open CL et/ou CUDA
- Experience developing video games
- Solid proficiency in C/C++ language
- Multithreading programming expertise
- knowledge of advance 3D rendering algorithm (asset)
- Basic knowledge of video streaming and compression (asset)
- Knowledge of Cloud Technologies (Amazon, OpenStack, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) (asset)

Skills required:
- High interest in technology
- Passionate, resourceful, creative
- Flexible and able to adapt to changes
- Independent
- Self-starter
- Detail-oriented
- Team player

You are passionate for technologies and have the will to develop yourself in a studio where professional development is central to our priorities. You want to work with the most competent people in the video game industry, we are looking forward to receiving your application at marie-eve.bolduc@ubisoft.com .

Web Developer

itjobs — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:55:50 +0000

Location: CA-AB, Edmonton Req #: 1098

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Web Developer/Support

The Web Developer is responsible for the support and deployment of website applications. In addition they are responsible for the development and implementation of website applications. The Web Developer creates functional and scalable applications based on the requirements defined by Manager, Developer and VP of Operations. The Web Developer also works with other teams including designers, developers and QA.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain website applications using ASP.NET, C#, MySQL
Develop and maintain applications using Javascript, jQuery and AJAX
1^st and 2^nd tier support
Web builds and deployments
Develop solutions that meet the business requirements and objectives
Define and document the architecture and processes for projects
Work closely with other teams including developers, designers and QA
Communicates with Managers, Team Leads and Product Owners to accomplish business goals

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and 2+ years of industry experience; Equivalencies will be considered
Exceptional understanding of web technologies and processes
Expert knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX
Strong knowledge of ASP.NET, C#, SQL and Visual Studio
Ability to prioritize, organize and get the work done
Ability to deliver high quality work on time and on budget
Understanding of web application builds and deployments an asset
Understanding of SEO principles an asset