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Solutions Designer - Senior

Senior Solutions Designer assignment supporting the Government Services Integration Cluster, designing hosting and enterprise integration technology solutions. This is a 100% allocation, five-days-onsite engagement in Toronto.

Organization
Government Services Integration Cluster
Location
Toronto, Ontario
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment type
Contract
Compensation
$900/day
Reference
RQ11503

Overview

Undertakes the design of hosting technology solutions based on the client?s service specifications, standards, policies, best practices and cost models, in order to meet client application business requirement and project/initiative deliverables.

Responsibilities

- Undertake the design of hosting technology solutions based on client service specifications, standards, policies, best practices and cost models.
- Meet client application business requirements and project/initiative deliverables.
- Gather client business requirements, corporate I&IT information mandates, client information technology strategic plans, environment and standards.
- Participate in the development of solutions and provide advice on short/long term solution service development activities.
- Prepare technical specifications for installation, testing and performance of integrated, multi-services systems.
- Assess performance and capacity of existing systems, make recommendations for improving performance, and develop technical documentation.
- Plan, migrate, implement and sustain large complex system development projects.
- Evaluate technology developments, trends and new products for application to client short and long term technology requirements.
- Assess and evaluate client needs and conduct cost/benefit analyses for new technology requirements in planning and designing solutions.
- Design and develop large, complex, highly available, mission critical server applications.
- Evaluate systems to assess conditions, technical performance and capacity of existing systems and determine the need and feasibility of expansion, renovation or replacement.

Mandatory Qualifications

- 10+ years of experience on backend design and development using REST Web Services, JPA, hibernates, database, SQL, PL/SQL.
- Strong expertise in enterprise integration design, including experience with integration patterns, technologies, design principle and best practices.
- In-depth knowledge of Spring Framework, especially Spring Integration, and experience designing and building integration solutions using it.
- Strong knowledge of message-oriented middleware and enterprise service buses as IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACEs) or MuleSoft and experience designing and building solutions using them.
- Experience with integration technologies, such as JMS, AMQP, or REST, and an understanding of how to use them in Azure context.
- Experience with cloud-based integration solutions.
- Experience leading other developers as Team Lead.

Preferred Qualifications

- Prior OPS/Public sector exp.

Skills and Experience

Technical Skills (30%)
- 10+ years of experience on backend design and development using REST Web Services, JPA, hibernates, database, SQL, PL/SQL.
- Strong expertise in enterprise integration design, including experience with integration patterns, technologies, design principle and best practices.
- In-depth knowledge of Spring Framework, especially Spring Integration, and experience designing and building integration solutions using it.
- Strong knowledge of message-oriented middleware and enterprise service buses as IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACEs) or MuleSoft and experience designing and building solutions using them.
- Experience with integration technologies, such as JMS, AMQP, or REST, and an understanding of how to use them in Azure context.
- Hands-on experience with integration technologies, such as JMS, AMQP, or REST, and an understanding of how to use them in Azure Integration context.
- Experience with data model, database such as Oracle, SQL server.
- Experience with cloud-based integration solutions.

Development Skills (25%)
- 10+ years of experience on backend design and development using REST Web Services, JPA, hibernates, database, SQL, PL/SQL.
- Hands-on experience with integration technologies, such as APIs, Message Queues and Middleware, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).
- Experience in designing solutions from business requirements, especially using UML, JEE, Service Bus, and ETL.

System Analysis (20%)
- Experience in System Analysis, requirements gathering and designing use cases.
- Experience with prototyping solution for presentation to the client or Sr. management.

Communication Skills (15%)
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Experience with facilitating and leading discussions with technical teams as well as business.
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.

Public sector exp (10%)
- Experience in working with Enterprise Architecture within OPS, following standards and documentation artifacts and template.

General Skills
- Knowledge of integrated networking technologies, mainframe, midrange server, enterprise storage and SAN, and personal computer system technologies.
- Knowledge of related best practices, OPS directory/messaging standards, standard facilities infrastructure/architecture management, facility service delivery processes, infrastructures policies, procedures and direction, cost models and procurement processes.
- Knowledge of leading edge technologies design criteria, security and recovery procedures.
- Basic knowledge of project management methodology (e.g. PMBOK), analytical tools and processes.

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