Location Address: WFH – Toronto Once Covid Restrictions Lifted
Contract Duration: 4 months
Story Behind the Need:
Project: Seeking a Data Analyst and Programmer to join the team to support development for project with an urgent deadline of December to complete the work.
Candidate Value Proposition
The successful candidate will not only have the opportunity to gain valuable experience at a top 5 Canadian bank, but also get work with some of the top digital banking softwares and applications globally.
Typical Day in Role
– Working with BA and project managers and essentially implementing the relationships data base objects
– Take technical descriptions and create procedures, functions, manuals, etc
– Work with senior management, technical and client teams in order to determine data requirements, business data implementation approaches, best practices for advanced data manipulation, storage and analysis strategies
– Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions
– Design, implement, automate and maintain large scale enterprise data ETL processes
– Modify existing databases and database management systems and/or direct programmers and analysts to make changes
– Test programs or databases, correct errors and make necessary modifications
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
1) 8+ years of experience of SQL development – preferably within a bank or similar FI
2) 3+ years of experience with UNIX shell scripting
3) 3+ years of experience with Oracle RDBMS and Oracle SQL*Plus
Nice-To-Have Skills:
4+ years of backend development (Python, C#, C++, Java, all acceptable) experience is highly preferred
Soft Skills
– Strong communication skills both written and verbal
– This is a very technical role, communication is not the most important aspect
– Candidate must be a team player, that does not need to be micromanaged – wants someone who can get up and hit the ground running everyone morning without necessarily being told what to do
– Ability to manage assigned tasks and expectations without direct instruction or oversight
– Fast, adaptable learner who can hit the ground running
– Ability to work well under pressure while demonstrating strong professionalism
– Must be able to collaborate closely with a team at times, while also being capable of holding themselves accountable to meet individual deadlines without hand holding
Degrees or certifications:
– Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required
– Certifications
– Any Oracle Database certifications are preferred