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Location

North York, ON | Canada

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Job description

This is a contract position for a Middleware Specialist for our public sector client.
Work location: Downtown Toronto
Duration: Twelve Months
7.25 hours/day
This is a Hybrid role that requires the candidate to be onsite 3 days of the week (This is a mandatory requirement of the role and is non-negotiable outside of exceptional circumstances.)

Advantages
Good compensation working on projects that will make a difference to the people of Ontario.

Responsibilities
- Support the Business Intelligence and Business Analytics technical infrastructure and ensure it is available during this critical period
- Design and implement solutions for automating the monitoring of the production servers as to allow quick intervention from the technical team
- Ensure that systems are upgraded as requested by the vendors and that all vulnerabilities are promptly addressed
- Support the quick deployment of new/upgraded solutions as required by the development team
- Work closely with architects and developers as to ensure that the applications deployed in production are secure and optimized for the available infrastructure

- Document the various procedures and best practices as to ensure that proper knowledge transfer is done to the permanent technical support
- Sustain existing operations through maintenance of the database infrastructure; support of development/test environments, pre-production, and production environments
- Support AWS Cloud, Redshift and OpenShift infrastructure, as well as Cloud Pak for Data
- Address any performance or availability issues for BIBA infrastructure and work with ITS to identify and solve the problems quickly
- Investigate and Resolve incidents and engage IT Support and the development team as needed
- Execute service requests related to routine and ad-hoc system upgrades (operating system and application)

Qualifications
- Administration and configuration of IBM Cognos and SAS servers including access control, application deployment/maintenance, auditing, data sources, encryption
- Knowledge of Oracle, Redshift and SQL database
- 10+ years of experience in software in various computing platforms, operating systems, database technology, communication protocols, middleware and gateways
- Experience with IBM (Cognos BI) and SAS Institute (SAS, SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Viya) solutions for business intelligence and analytics
- Deployment patterns for high availability on various platforms (on prem and AWS cloud in Windows and Linux environments with classic or containerized deployments)

Summary
If interested and qualified for this role, please apply today for immediate consideration!

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [email protected] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process. show more

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