Technology Architect

We have a requirement for a Technology Architect at Health Canada.

Mandatory Requirements:

• (2) project references that demonstrate the ability to perform a project role similar in scope to the Technology Architect requirements in the last five (5) years. For one (1) project, the client must have been either a municipal, provincial or federal government organization.
• (5) years of experience within the past twelve (12) years, delivering the design of enterprise-level systems in each the following four (4) areas:
  • N-Tier Service oriented application architecture
  • Object oriented language, such as Java
  • SQL database
  • Web-based application
• (3) years of experience within the past ten (10) years, delivering the design of enterprise-level systems in each the following areas:
  • Enterprise data warehouse architecture
  • Business Intelligence toolset
• Experience preparing high level technology roadmaps. Example areas may include: platforms, frameworks, system integration design, implementation, security, infrastructure, CLF/accessibility, Data migration, Data model, multi-lingual solutions, or other related technical matters.
• Accomplishments in the area of working with senior IT staff to articulate an enterprise vision, or to effectively communicate an enterprise vision to internal and external stakeholders. Examples might include formal vision documents, participation in external industry groups, whitepapers, and event presentations

Rated Requirements:

• Project experience in implementing Enterprise-level governance structure and processes within an organization of similar complexity to HECSB.
• Experience in authoring and presenting recommendations on the application of enterprise architectural vision as communicated through documents as follows:
  • white papers
  • standards / principles / governance
  • architectural directional documents (including the assessment and recommendation of bricks and/or patterns)
  • SDLC Standard documents (ex: Technical Architect Document, System Requirement Document, High-level Design Document, Function Requirements Document)
  
  Examples of documentation to be provided for evaluation.
  
• Participated in Architectural Control and Change Control Board representing architectural needs of an organization.
• Knowledge of and proven designed/developed/hands-on experience implementing SCRUM or Feature Driven Development (FDD) Agile methods within an organization.
• Project experience participating in Agile driven/run projects.
• Project experience with Unified Modeling Language (UML) for constructing, and documenting the artifacts of software system, as follows:
  • Package diagrams
  • Class or Structural diagrams
  • Composite diagrams
  • Deployment diagrams
  • User Case diagrams
  • Activity diagrams
  • State Machine diagrams
  • Communications diagrams
  • Sequence diagrams
  • Timing diagrams
  • Interaction Diagrams
• Experience with at least one of IBM System Architect, IBM Rational Rose, Sparx Enterprise Architect or other industry standard equivalence to facilitate enterprise architectural implementations.
  
  Must prove equivalence to named software products.
• Participates or has participated in external standards organizations, industry groups or panels to provide vital information on technology trends and best practices.
• Project experience in the creation and delivery of detailed presentations to non-technical stakeholders.
• Professional certifications or memberships relevant to the role required in this project.
• Project experience preparing high level technology roadmaps in each of the following areas:
  • platforms
  • frameworks
  • system integration design
  • security
  • infrastructure
  • CLF/accessibility
  • Data migration
  • Data model
  

Starting Date: November 2011
Duration: until March 31, 2012 (2 option periods)
Type: Contract
Location: Ottawa
Salary: TBD
Experience: 5 years

Application/Software Architect

We have a requirement for a Application/Software Architect at Health Canada.

Mandatory Requirements:

• (5) years experience within the past seven (7) years with development or technical analysis of enterprise-level systems in each of the following areas:
  • N-Tier Service oriented application architecture
  • Java or object oriented language
  • Business Intelligence toolset
  • Oracle 9i (or higher) environment
  • Web-based or E-submission application
• One (1) project experience in developing or designing an IT enterprise level solution using N-tier service oriented architecture, within the past three (3) years.
  
  The experience must address the following criteria:
  a) The scope, environment and complexity of the referenced project closely relates to those of this project.
  b) The similarity in the role played in the referenced project to the role required in this project.
  c) The technical environment is similar in the referenced project.
  

Rated Requirements:

• Experience in providing advice on the application of enterprise architectural vision to common components (shared services, data model/entities)
• Experience in developing technical architectures, frameworks and strategies for a major application area, to meet the business and application requirements of a business line
• Experience in analyzing functional requirements and alternative technology solutions to meet business problems, and preparing technical gap analysis, feasibility, and costs of the options identified
• Experience in the development of implementation and support strategies for recommended IT solutions; procurement of COTS; migration of information to new applications; and input and review of business cases for implementation of IT Solutions
• Hands-on experience in Oracle 10g (or higher) back-end database environment
• Hands-on experience with architecting large* complex systems using SOA
• Hands-on experience with Java or another object oriented language
• Hands-on experience with a Business Intelligence toolset, such as IBM Cognos, SAP Crystal Reports, Oracle Discoverer etc.
• Knowledge of and proven hands-on experience implementing SCRUM or Feature Driven Development (FDD) Agile methods within an organization.
  

Starting Date: November 2011
Duration: until March 31, 2012 (2 option periods)
Type: Contract
Location: Ottawa
Salary: TBD
Experience: 5 years

Tester

We have a requirement for a Tester at Health Canada.

Mandatory Requirements:

• (3) years experience within the past five (5) years in the systematic testing and proving of information systems.
• (3) years experience with defect tracking and reporting mechanisms.
• (3) years experience working in a quality assurance role.
• (3) years experience documenting, managing and reporting defects.
• (2) years experience in preparation of test plans and test cases.
  

Rated Requirements:

• Experience as a quality assurance specialist in the last four years using 1 project, and supported by references.
  
  Project 1
  a) Name, phone number and email address of the client.
  b) Start and End dates of the project.
  c) Name of project and a brief description of the work involved.
  d) Technological profile of the work completed.
  e) Role and length of involvement of the candidate on the project.
  

Starting Date: November 2011
Duration: until March 31, 2012
Type: Contract
Location: Ottawa
Salary: TBD
Experience: 5 years

Software Developer

We have a requirement for a Software Developer at Health Canada.

Mandatory Requirements:

• (5) years experience, within the past eight (8) years, in general programming/analysis experience with enterprise-level systems.
• (5) years experience, within the past ten (10) years, with the development of enterprise-level systems in J2EE.
• Experience with the complete J2EE web application life cycle including design, development, modeling and systems maintenance on at least one (1) project with similar magnitude and for which the proposed resources worked on for a minimum of six (6) months.
  Similar Magnitude is defined as:
  • Costing over $2 million or
  • With more than 10 people on the team (Business and IT) or
  • Development phase lasted over 3 years.
• (5) years experience, within the past ten (10) years, with each of:
  a) IBM WSAD (version 5 or higher) / RAD, or Eclipse
  b) Oracle, and
  c) Hibernate and
  d) Spring MVC and
  e) Web services (WSDL, SOAP, JAX-RPC)
• (5) years experience, within the past ten (10) years, in producing user & system design documentation using UML in combination with an industry recognized SDLC methodology.
  

Rated Requirements:

• Experience (within the last (3) three years) in a role similar to that described in the Statement of Work.
  
  Project 1
  a) Name, phone number and email address of the client.
  b) Start and End dates of the project.
  c) Name of project and a brief description of the work involved.
  d) Technological profile of the work completed.
  e) Role and length of involvement of the candidate on the project.
  
  Project 2
  a) Name, phone number and email address of the client.
  b) Start and End dates of the project.
  c) Name of project and a brief description of the work involved.
  d) Technological profile of the work completed.
  e) Role and length of involvement of the candidate on the project.

Starting Date: November 2011
Duration: until March 31, 2012 (2 option periods)
Type: Contract
Location: Ottawa
Salary: TBD
Experience: 5 years

Project Leader

We have a requirement for a Project Leader at Health Canada.

Mandatory Requirements:

• A recognized university degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or Business Administration and a current certified designation in project management from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
  
  Please include copy of degree and name as recorded in PMIs on line registry, along with the expiry date of current certification.
  

Rated Requirements:

• More than 5 years of experience, over the past 10 (ten) years, in providing advice and expertise in the form of briefings, presentations, written reports, options and recommendations to senior management regarding the status of the project to resolve issues.
• More than 5 years experience, over the past 10 (ten) years, managing and delivering large-scale* IM/IT projects.
• 5-10 years, over the past 10 (ten) years, of experience working with cross functional experts in an IT organization to deliver projects with multiple releases on time within scope and budget.
• 5-10 years, over the past 10 (ten) years, of experience preparing detailed work plans for the project deliverables and taking corrective actions to ensure deadlines are met.
• Experience in the assessment and / or review of large scale* projects, including assessment and management of risk, within the last 5-10 years.
  
  * A large scale project is defined as greater than ten (10) person years of effort per year

Starting Date: November 2011
Duration: until March 31, 2012 (2 option periods)
Type: Contract
Location: Ottawa
Salary: TBD
Experience: 5 years

Programmer Analyst

We have a requirement for a Programmer Analyst at Health Canada.

Mandatory Requirements:

• (5) years experience in general analysis, design, and programming experience with enterprise-level systems.
• (3) years experience with the development of enterprise-level systems in J2EE.
• Experience with the complete J2EE web application life cycle including design, development, modeling and systems maintenance for at least one (1) project with similar magnitude and for which the proposed resource worked on for a minimum of six months.
  Similar Magnitude is defined as:
  • Costing over $1 million or
  • With more than 6 (IT) people on the team or
  • Development phase effort > 6 person years.
  
• (3) years experience, over the past ten (10) years, with each of:
  a) IBM WSAD (version 5 or higher) / RAD, or Eclipse
  b) Oracle, and
  c) Hibernate and
  d) Spring MVC and
  e) Web services (WSDL, SOAP, JAX-RPC)
  
• (3) years experience, over the past 5 (five) years, in producing user & system design documentation using UML in combination with an industry recognized SDLC methodology.

Rated Requirements:

• Experience (within the last (3) three years) in a role similar to that described in the Statement of Work.
  
  Project 1
  a) Name, phone number and email address of the client.
  b) Start and End dates of the project.
  c) Name of project and a brief description of the work involved.
  d) Technological profile of the work completed.
  e) Role and length of involvement of the candidate on the project.
  
  Project 2
  a) Name, phone number and email address of the client.
  b) Start and End dates of the project.
  c) Name of project and a brief description of the work involved.
  d) Technological profile of the work completed.
  e) Role and length of involvement of the candidate on the project.

Start Date: November 2011
Duration: unitl March 31, 2012 (2 option periods)
Type: Contract
Location: Ottawa
Salary: TBD
Experience: 3-5 years

IM/IT Project Manager

We have a requirement for a IM/IT Project Manager for Health Canada.

Requirements:

• Government of Canada (SECRET) or higher
  
• 5 years of project management experience, within the IM/IT sector with multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams of employees and consultants
  
• 3 years of experience within the last 5 years as IM/IT Project Manager working with and presenting to senior management
  
• 5 years of experience working for Government of Canada departments and/or agencies as a IM/IT Project Manager
  
• Recent experience within the past 5 years with the implementation of High Availability environments. (Minimum 2 projects)
  
• Provide two (2) management references where the candidate was a lead IM/IT Project Manager within the last 5 years
• PMP certification

Start Date: November, 2011
Duration: 5-6 months (1 option of 1 year)
Type: Contract
Location: Ottawa
Salary: TBD
Experience: 5 years

.Net Developer

We have a immediate requirement for a .Net Developer for one of our private sector clients.

Qualifications:

• Experience developing within an Agile Development
  
• Minimum 5 years’ experience using C#, ASP.NET (MVC2), TSQL, PL/SQL
  
• Experience in Web Services, WSDL, SOA
  
• A thorough understanding of XML and .NET framework
  
• Object Oriented development skills
• Relevant Post-Secondary Education and/or equivalent work experience.
  

Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 2 months
Type: Contract
Location: Ottawa
Salary: TBD
Experience: 5 years

Senior Tester

We have a requirement for a Senior Tester for Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT).

Mandatory Requirements:

• Government of Canada (SECRET) or higher
  
• Graduated from a two year (as a minimum) post-secondary education program in computer science or an Information Technology (IT) related discipline or one (1) year post secondary education in computer science/IT related discipline and four (4) years experience in an IT environment.
  
• 10 years experience in the Information Technology industry within the past 15 years.
  
• Five (5) years of demonstrated experience in the last ten (10) years in an engineering and/or operational role related to Microsoft Exchange running in a nationally or globally distributed enterprise network.
  Role(s) must involve two (2) or more of the following tasks …
  • Architecting,
  • Designing,
  • Integrating ,
  • Installing
  • Configuring
• At least one (1) year of demonstrated experience in the last ten (10) years in…
  • developing test plans/test cases and
  • executing test scenarios and
  • documenting results
  
• Two (2) years of demonstrated experience in the last five (5) years in an engineering and/or operational role related to RIM’ BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server).
  Role(s) must involve two (2) or more of the following tasks …
  • Architecting,
  • Designing,
  • Integrating ,
  • Installing,
  • Configuring.
  
• Must provide at least two (2) references from recent (within the past 5 years) and related projects that can validate the knowledge and experience of the proposed resource. Information must include Organization, contact name, contact number, contact fax number, e-mail address, a description of the projects and the date and duration of the contract.

Rated Requirements:

• Government of Canada (SECRET) or higher
  
• Experience in developing test plans/test cases and executing test scenarios and documenting results
  
• Participated in the engineering and/or operational role of a provincially, nationally or globally distributed Microsoft Exchange Electronic Messaging system of at least 2,000 seats.
  
• Participated in the engineering and/or operational role of a Blackberry Enterprise Server system.
  
• Experience in change management and configuration management.
  
• Experience in a Quality Assurance role in the Information Technology industry.
  Experience is defined as: the number of years during which the proposed resourced performed at least one of the following tasks within the above role.
  • Establish and/or responsible for processes and procedures for integration testing, including the verification and validation of software installation & functional compliance.
  • Provide advice, guidance and coordination efforts for test strategies, test suites and test plans.
  
• Experience with the Opentext/Hummingbird eDOCS DM 5.x product
  
• Experience in developing use Cases and UML diagrams or utilizing both to develop test cases.
  
• Experience in using Microsoft Source Safe to manage software releases and/or configurable items.

Start Date: October, 2011
Duration: 1 year (1 option of 1 year)
Type: Contract
Location: Ottawa
Salary: TBD
Experience: 10 years