<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div class="" style="">Manulife just posted a position that may be of interest to members of this group. While it is an entry level job, there are good prospects for growth and the starting salary and benefits seem good (I'd think above $45 but that depends on your experience etc. + health, pension and stock benefits), Plus Manulife has a policy for a flexible work environment where people can work partially or completely from home. </div><div class="" style=""><br></div><div class="" style="">Junior Systems Integrator - Unix/Linux - 1405921</div><div class="" style="">Canada>*Ontario>*Kitchener / Waterloo>500 King Street North, Waterloo</div><div class="" style=""> </div><div class="" style="">The Canadian Division Central IS team is responsible
for divisional project initiatives, risk management & governance, contract & financial management, divisional architecture and represents Canadian Division IS on the Global Technology councils for application and infrastructure.</div><div class="" style=""> </div><div class="" style="">As part of the Canadian Division’s Central IS team, the Technical Shared Services group specializes in providing a wide range of service oriented IT solutions related to IBM’s middleware products, and associated technologies. The primary function of this group is to provide infrastructure support and administration services for mission critical, web-based, business applications. </div><div class="" style=""> </div><div class="" style="">The incumbent will work closely with a variety of business IS and project teams, as a middleware technology specialist, to help create, define, and implement component based solutions within the Manulife
infrastructure. Further more the incumbent will work to maintain and improve the reliability, serviceability, and performance of the application infrastructure.</div><div class="" style=""> </div><div class="" style="">The ideal candidate will have experience installing, configuring and supporting various enterprise components (preferably application server or web based) in a distributed environment. Further more they would demonstrate excellent problem-identification and problem–solving skills which extend beyond the application layer to include the network layer, operating system, database, and/or data source connections. They would also be detail oriented, possess strong written and verbal communication skills, and be able to integrate well into an existing team.</div><div class="" style=""> </div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">Responsibilities:</div><div class="" style=""> Installation,
configuration, and administration, of IBM WebSphere® (and related) middleware products.</div><div class="" style="">Support for business application life-cycle; including packaging, deployment and support for various test and production environments.</div><div class="" style="">7x24 production support (on a rotational basis).</div><div class="" style="">After-hours support for production implementations, and changes.</div><div class="" style="">Assist in infrastructure design, and solution planning. </div><div class="" style="">Provide technical support for business driven initiatives, and projects. </div><div class="" style="">Produce and maintain technical documentation.</div><div class="" style="">Adhere to established implementation procedures and all internal processes</div><div class="" style="">Communicate and work closely with business and IS partners</div><div class="" style="">Work closely with team members to support projects and
initiatives</div><div class="" style="">Technical Qualifications (strong candidates will possess 4 or more):</div><div class="" style="">2-4 years of experience in large and complex IS environments, in a role such as Systems Administrator, Integrator, Technical Analyst, Technical Specialist, etc.</div><div class="" style="">Experience providing 7x24 support for mission critical business applications.</div><div class="" style="">Demonstrate the successful integration, administration and/or maintenance of an enterprise level multi-technology solution.</div><div class="" style="">Experience installing, administrating and/or supporting WebSphere® (and related) products, or equivalent Java J2EE compliant middleware products; such as Red Hat JBoss, Oracle WebLogic, Apache Tomcat, etc.</div><div class="" style="">Experience with both client/server and internet based applications; specifically distributed multi-component web-based applications.</div><div
class="" style="">Proficient working within a multi-platform enterprise environment (UNIX, Linux) and can demonstrate proficiency at performing routine task from UNIX/Linux command line.</div><div class="" style=""> </div><div class="" style="">Additional Attributes:</div><div class="" style="">Ability to troubleshoot with a strong commitment to find solutions to system issues.</div><div class="" style="">Ability and eagerness/aptitude to learn new technologies and tools at a rapid pace.</div><div class="" style="">Ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team, in a fast paced, dynamic, environment.</div><div class="" style="">Strong communication and interpersonal skills.</div><div class="" style="">Ability to work well under pressure with set deadlines or in a production down situation.</div><div class="" style="">End-to-end problem solver, with the ability to challenge constructively.</div><div class="" style="">Customer
service focused with the ability to effectively manage expectations.</div><div class="" style="">Excellent organizational skills.</div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="">Ability to adhere to established processes</div><div class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""> </div><div class="" style="">Raul Suarez
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