IT specialist (Mainframe applications testing) (Montreal)

IT specialist (Mainframe applications testing)

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If this interests you please send a MS-Word version copy of your updated resume (ASAP) along with your salary expectations first available date and a telephone contact number E-mail to Denise(at)teamrecruiter.com Please mention the job title above in the subject line The recruiter in charge of this role is Denise AFTER you have submitted your resume via e-mail (when you have a moment) please apply online to match your resume to the job with following link s www.stafftrak.net ApplyOnline teamrecruiter.web tt JD& jobId 010525 If you do not think you are a match for this opportunity but know someone who is feel free to forward this email to them and you will be eligible for a referral bonus upon a successful hire. My client is a well-established bank located in their Mississauga ON. They have an Immediate need for IT specialist (Mainframe applications testing) Duration 7 months contract with the high possibility of extension. The role is a combination of an IT Specialist along with the Mainframe development background. Industry Banking Perform and coordinate team activities including provisioning supporting troubleshooting and applying production upgrades to test environments Provide technical support to team members and clients Review and contribute to project documentation such as Test Plans and Test Strategies Represent the team at project status meetings Provide management updates and reporting as required Manage and contribute to internal projects and departmental activities Create and maintain team documentation and websites Must haves In-depth knowledge of the mainframe including IMS DB2 Cobol JCL MQ etc Good understanding of a variety of internal Bank Applications mainframe experience Solid organizational and time management skills along with the ability to multi-task effectively and meet deadlines Solid communication skills both verbal and written are necessary to effectively interact with co-workers and clients across multiple campuses. Team-oriented works well with other team members (or individually) and keeps clients and teammates including Management updated in a timely manner. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced team environment with minimal Responsible for detailed technical design development and maintenance of applications on mainframe platforms Design and code program create test transactions and run tests. Conduct analysis of needs and goals for the development and implementation of applications systems. Review analyze and modify programming systems including encoding testing debugging and installation. Establish disaster recovery plan. Maintains online and batch applications. A vacancy exists for a junior developer to join the team in the delivery and development of this project and to eventually contribute to future enhancement support and maintenance post-delivery. As part of this team prime responsibility will be to Write test and debug code according to specifications provided by senior staff. Participates in code reviews. Contractor will escalate unresolved issues to senior staff. Ensure consistency in coding standards. Ensure required documentation is housed in the project repository and that knowledge transfer has occurred to full time staff upon completion of contract term. Participate in after-hours on-call support rotation. SKILLS Must have strong skills and working experience in mainframe MVS COBOL JCL Utilities CICS and databases such as DB 2 or IMS Qualification Rating Must Have Short-listing Questions ability to handle production issues and interact with business stakeholders Yes no Excellent communication skills transparent concise timely consistent and understood Yes no Skills able to handle multiple applications and are able to troubleshoot and fix deployment issues Yrs. COBOL Yrs. hands-on mainframe batch process testing experience Yrs. Has mainframe background experience Yes no IMS Yrs. IT Provisioning experience Yrs. JCL Yrs. Knowledge of MQ Yes no Mainframe Experience Yes no Solid documentation experience Yrs. Please note that this is the most up to date version of job description available at this time During Client Interview you will receive additional information variance may apply When you have some time please register in our database (5 minute process) to be considered for future openings the link is available on our website at www.teamrecruiter.com in the Candidate section. We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those who meet the qualifications will be contacted through telephone email. You are encouraged to register with us in our database to be considered for future positions available. Have a great day. ......At Teamrecruiter.com we offer some of the most highly qualified professionals in the workforce. We dedicate an industry trained recruitment specialist to the following areas IT Finance Admin Sales Executive Search and Contractors. 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