Description
Our Toronto client is seeking a VB6 Developer for a 6 month contract to start.
Major Activities:
Translate user requirements to process and data requirements
Design application's technical infrastructure, such as specific databases, programming languages, utilities, and testing approaches
Design and/or integrate solutions for the processing of data and development of precise steps and processing logic across all platforms
Provide broad understanding of platforms and applications across all technologies
Ensure the designed specifications achieve business needs
Requirements:
Consulting--Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques and roles and responsibilities in providing technical or business guidance to clients within and outside own area
Interpersonal Relationships--Knowledge of approaches, tools and techniques for working with individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner
IT Environment--Knowledge of organization's total information technology (it) environment
Decision Making and Critical Thinking--Knowledge of tools and techniques for effective use of a broad range of factors, assumptions, frameworks and perspectives when solving problems
Application Design, Architecture--Knowledge of and experience with activities, tools and techniques for converting business requirements and logical models into a technical application design
Application Delivery Process--Knowledge of major tasks, deliverables, formal methodologies and disciplines for delivering new or enhanced applications
Planning: Tactical, Strategic--Ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1 - 2 years) and strategic (3 - 5 years) planning in support of the business plan
Accountabilities:
Analyzing project and/or technical risk, using available information, to support business recommendations.
Analyzing business and/or client processes and practices to identify and recommend opportunities for enhancement
Interpreting business requirements and design application solution
Assessing work and information flows to identify and recommend appropriate solutions
Providing overall solutions to complex application problems
Providing application solutions or making technology selection decisions that are often made in situations where business requirements are not completely defined or changing
Estimating project work effort where new technology is involved and no guidelines exist
Making decisions with respect to application solutions or technology selection which impact one or several applications resulting in significant financial impact to the project
Must Haves:
VB6 (including COM development)
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0/3.5 (preferably C#)
COGNOS
Sybase
Financial Back Office understanding: ticket compression, settlement process (for equities)
5 years working experience within Financial Industry
Nice To Have:
TIBCO Rendezvous
IBM MQ
FIX knowledge