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Victoria, Bc, Ca

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Work closely with business stakeholders and members of IT to ensure the successful delivery of new applications and maintain critical services used for the successful operations of BC Transit. Collaborating extensively with the Security, Privacy, Information Management, and Infrastructure teams to help guide the organization to the best solutions possible for both on premise and cloud solutions; focused on architecting, building, and integrating systems.

Victoria, British Columbia

Oversees the Application Development team. Responsible for providing technical leadership and direction to ensure the effective operation of the Corporate website, for the ongoing maintenance of the CRD’s application development framework and for developing solutions to enhance current and new business applications.-- Act as the IT technical and project lead for all website development work and responsible for all technical development, design and support activities related to the… Show more Oversees the Application Development team. Responsible for providing technical leadership and direction to ensure the effective operation of the Corporate website, for the ongoing maintenance of the CRD’s application development framework and for developing solutions to enhance current and new business applications.-- Act as the IT technical and project lead for all website development work and responsible for all technical development, design and support activities related to the corporate website. -- Ensure corporate security standards for web applications.-- Design, plan, evaluate, and develop n-tier solutions that target web and mobile client user experiences.-- Perform and/or oversee the collection and documentation of user requirements and provide effort estimates adhering to department project management processes and procedures.-- Provide oversight on development activities to ensure on-time and on-budget project delivery. -- Participate in all phases of the systems development life cycle (design, development and testing) including the technical analysis, design and development of new modules to meet business requirements. Show less

Responsible for the analysis and development of custom software solutions for both web, mobile and desktop systems using C#/.Net/VB and related tools. Act as primary technical lead in several large-scale projects spanning all aspects of the SDLC. Engineer software products, handling complex analysis and intricate programming to meet project requirements. -- Act as a technical expert in programming, system design, and development related activities. -- Design, develop and implement… Show more Responsible for the analysis and development of custom software solutions for both web, mobile and desktop systems using C#/.Net/VB and related tools. Act as primary technical lead in several large-scale projects spanning all aspects of the SDLC. Engineer software products, handling complex analysis and intricate programming to meet project requirements. -- Act as a technical expert in programming, system design, and development related activities. -- Design, develop and implement applications/modules spanning the presentation, middle, and data layers. -- Work with project managers, analysts, and other staff to collect requirements, design, develop, and document new/existing business applications. -- Prepare development plans for application construction, implementation, and ongoing system support. -- Assist in the development, implementation, and adherence to systems development methodologies. -- Work with several third-party vendors to ensure their hosted solutions are meeting the business needs of the organization. Show less

Saanich, Bc

Maintained the day to day operation of enterprise level software for the organization. Lead an active role in improving software systems and assessing future technology needs and collaborated in the planning, design, development, and deployment of new applications and enhancements to existing systems. -- Primary technical support for key systems within the organization where I recommended, scheduled, and performed systems upgrades and patches (Highline Payroll, CLASS Recreation… Show more Maintained the day to day operation of enterprise level software for the organization. Lead an active role in improving software systems and assessing future technology needs and collaborated in the planning, design, development, and deployment of new applications and enhancements to existing systems. -- Primary technical support for key systems within the organization where I recommended, scheduled, and performed systems upgrades and patches (Highline Payroll, CLASS Recreation software). -- Produced technical specifications, operational procedures, software configuration, reports, and training materials for IT and non-IT staff. -- Researched emerging technologies to support continued development of systems and to improve service delivery to clients. -- Troubleshooted incidents and problems as reported by end users. -- Collaborated with third-party vendors and other partnerships to ensure that the best solutions were provided and that the best interests of Saanich were being met from a product/business standpoint. Show less

Victoria, Bc

In addition to the tasks and duties of my previous role (Systems Analyst), I participated as both the Project Leader of the Data and Applications (DAA) Department on large IT-related projects. Continuously worked with the University community to ensure projects and initiatives were appropriately defined and successfully implemented. -- Conducted quality assurance of changes to the infrastructure at all levels of development, testing, training, and production implementation. --… Show more In addition to the tasks and duties of my previous role (Systems Analyst), I participated as both the Project Leader of the Data and Applications (DAA) Department on large IT-related projects. Continuously worked with the University community to ensure projects and initiatives were appropriately defined and successfully implemented. -- Conducted quality assurance of changes to the infrastructure at all levels of development, testing, training, and production implementation. -- Analyzed and developed business processes in collaboration with stakeholders and other IT-Services staff members into functional and operational requirements specifications using prototyping, modeling, or other appropriate tools. -- Mentored, coached, and lead junior team members with their software development tasks. -- Active member of hiring committee for prospective staff for the DAA department. -- Acting manager of DAA department during absence of regular departmental manager on multiple occasions. Show less

Victoria, Bc

Provided operational support/development of numerous internal/external applications designed to leverage the internet to grow revenues, reduce costs, and improve customer experiences. Analysis, design, development, and support of the University's corporate applications and Intranet/Portal systems -- Assisted Senior DBA to plan, design, develop, and support database systems for the corporate and academic users of the University. -- Creation and development of appropriate design… Show more Provided operational support/development of numerous internal/external applications designed to leverage the internet to grow revenues, reduce costs, and improve customer experiences. Analysis, design, development, and support of the University's corporate applications and Intranet/Portal systems -- Assisted Senior DBA to plan, design, develop, and support database systems for the corporate and academic users of the University. -- Creation and development of appropriate design and development standards, including systems and user documentation. -- Acted as project manager for small, individually assigned projects. Developed project schedules, resource requirements, and plan including communications, risk, quality, and scope management plans as needed by project. -- Analyzed business processes and issues in collaboration with stakeholders, to identify and develop business requirements and rules into functional and operational requirements specifications using prototyping, modeling, or other appropriate tools. -- Provided client/administrative training/coaching to users of the University's corporate applications and Intranet/Portal systems -- Backup DBA role: -- Enforced exemplary usage of 'best practices' in terms of security, performance, and maintenance considerations -- Examined/optimized other developers' code -- Monitored and controlled activities within MS SQL databases Show less