Senior Deskside / Desktop Analyst - Our client requires a resource to support various clients with their desktop issues.  Successful candidates must have working knowledge of domain integration, excellent communication skills, proven ability to function on an individual basis and in a team/group environment, and broad knowledge and experience with a large-scale infrastructure implementation.

Duties include:

·          Leading desktop deployment teams

·          Provide phone and/or onsite support

·          Planning for software and hardware upgrades

·          Providing client assistance and coaching

·          Status reporting

Mandatory Requirements Include:

·          Leading experience Formal education in Information Technology

·          Ability to travel to customer sites within Alberta

·          Technical experience with Windows 2000/XP

·          Technical experience with Microsoft Office 2000/2003 including MS Outlook.

·          Technical experience working with Intel-based PCs and notebooks

·          Technical experience working with networked printers

·          Ability and willingness to technical support stand-by (evenings and weekends)

·          Experience working on domain integration

Start Date:   Jul / Aug 2010
Duration:      3 - 4 months with excellent poss of extension
Location:       Edmonton, Alberta
Posting #:     EC10716RDSKSIDE

Systems/Technical Analyst (Field Resources) – senior consultant with General experience with operating systems, application service provider and hardware platforms; Strong analytical and technical skills; Strong interpersonal and communication skills; Proficiency with Microsoft Office 2007 suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).

Primary Responsibilities:

·          Interacting with Physicians to gather needs/issues relating to their current system/network setup.

·          Assembling and concisely documenting system/technical/network requirements for healthcare providers intended.

·          Performing systems testing within a healthcare provider environment.

·          Providing feedback on cost analyses, design considerations, and implementation time-lines.

·          Conducting feasibility studies on healthcare providers, preparing documentation and making recommendations to healthcare providers.

·          Bridging the needs of healthcare providers with the utilization of IT.

Mandatory Requirements:

·          Post-secondary education in computer science.

·          Minimum 5-10 years in relevant experience. Priority will be given to candidates with healthcare experience.

Desirable Requirements

·       MSCE

Start Date:       Various starting Jul, 2009
Duration:         Various
Location:          Edmonton, Alberta      

Posting #:        EC0331SYSTECH

Oracle Application Server Architect - Our client, rated among Alberta’s Top 40 Employer is seeking individuals with experience with Oracle Application Server and/or WebLogic Application Server administration experience to participate in a team in the management of an OAS based web middle-tier environment running on Linux.

Mandatory Requirement:

·          Experience with Oracle Application Server and Fusion Middleware technology.

·          Experience with WebLogic Application Server administration and UNIX/Linux administration will be a definite asset.

·          Demonstrated organizational, analytical and technical problem-solving skills.

·          Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

·          A proven commitment to personal achievement, high sense of urgency, team success, and ultimately customer support.

Desirable Skills:

·          Minimum two-year technical diploma (or equivalent) from a recognized post-secondary institution.

·          Experience with Oracle Application Server, Apache Web Server is highly desirable.

·          Experience with Unix/Linux server administration in a production environment.

Junior to senior positions are available.  Candidates with OAS architect experience may be considered for senior analyst/architect role.  Our client offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including pension plan with over 800 employees across the province. Our client has been recognized for providing a work environment which encourages staff to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Start Date:   Negotiable
Duration:     Permanent
Location:      Edmonton, Alberta
Posting #:    EP10115AOAS

Oracle Application Server Administrator – Senior OAS administrator with experience in Fusion Middleware technology and WebLogic Application Server administration required to provide expertise and assist our client in providing an efficient and effective web mid-tier environment based on the Oracle Application Server, for development and operation of enterprise web based applications running on a Linux platform. 

Mandatory Requirement:

·          3 to 5 years experience with Oracle Fusion Middleware administration

·          Demonstrated organization, analytical and technical problem-solving skills.

·          Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

·          A proven commitment to personal achievement, high sense of urgency, team success, and ultimately customer support.

·          Experience with Oracle Application Server, Apache Web Server.

Desirable Experience:

·          Experience with Unix/Linux server administration

·          WebLogic Application Server administration in a production environment

·          Mentoring of client staff

Start Date:   ASAP
Duration:     6+ mo’s with possible extensions
Location:      Edmonton, Alberta
Posting #:    EC10115AOASADM

Senior Business Analyst - Our client requires the business analyst to responsible for gathering business and technical projects requirements, assist with evaluating RFPs, building test strategies and test cases and scheduling tests and planned outages with customers. The consultant will also be gathering functional requirements, conducting design reviews, proposal writing, process mapping, process improvement, and generating detailed production-level design specifications.

Mandatory Requirements Include:

·          7 years  experience as a Business Analyst

·          Excellent written and verbal communication skills

·          Experience with business process analysis

·          Experience with data and process modeling techniques and tools (functional process decompositions)

·          General knowledge of enterprise backups; Information Lifecycle Management

·          Knowledge of data storage standards and industry best practices - Storage Architecture

·          Strong documentation experience creating detailed business requirements

Desirable Requirements Include:

·          RFP evaluation knowledge

Start Date:   June, 2010
Duration:      December, 2010
Location:      Edmonton, Alberta
Posting #:    EC10610RBSA

Workflow/Process Analyst – consultant with strong interpersonal and communication skills, proven organizational planning and communication skills, experience in facilitating user working group sessions, analytical and problem solving skills in planning and designing creative solutions to meet customer needs, demonstrated strong leadership and facilitation skills, proven ability to manage quality assurance of deliverables, proficiency with Microsoft Office 2007 suite (Word, PowerPoint. Excel).

Primary Responsibilities:

·          Assessing current workflow processes within a healthcare environment

·          Identifying issues relating to work process and efficiency, developing and documenting improved

·          workflow processes around technology

·          Preparing plans describing approaches to implementing improved workflow processes

Mandatory Requirements:

·          Post-secondary education in related discipline and/or equivalent experience

·          Minimum 5 – 10 years in relevant experience. Priority will be given to candidates with healthcare

·          experience.

·          COACH or other relevant association membership

Start Date:       Various starting Jul, 2009
Duration:         Various
Location:          Edmonton, Alberta      

Posting #:        EC0331WPA

Data Analyst/Health Standards Specialist – consultant with ability to communicate the underlying dependencies and implications to a non-technical audience, ability to explain the interfaces between healthcare providers and the available information management/information technology products and services, strong interpersonal and communication skills, proven ability to manage quality assurance of deliverable, proficiency with Microsoft Office 2007 suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Primary Responsibilities:

·          Demonstrating technical knowledge and/or experience in a healthcare IT environment in at least four of:

-          Data structures and standards

-          Health data exchange (HL7, XML)

-          Data integration and archiving

-          Data mapping, conversion and migration, especially as this relates to health data in a primary care setting

-          Healthcare providers data and technical architecture

-          System interoperability, especially in complex, multi-stakeholder environments

·          Communicating the underlying dependencies and implications to a non-technical audience

·          Providing technical direction to users; formulating, assisting and supporting users with application

      training and technical support.

Mandatory Requirements:

·          Post-secondary education in health care, business, computer science, information technology or

·          related discipline or equivalent experience.

·          Minimum 5-10 years in relevant experience. Priority will be given to candidates with healthcare

·          experience

·          ISACA (CISA) certification

Start Date:       Various starting Jul, 2009
Duration:         Various
Location:          Edmonton, Alberta      

Posting #:        EC0331DATA

Business Analyst (Field Resources) – senior consultant with Strong interpersonal and communication skills; Proven organizational, planning and communication skills; Experience in facilitating user working group sessions; Analytical and problem solving skills in planning and designing creative solutions to meet customer needs; Demonstrated strong leadership and facilitation skills; Proven ability to manage quality assurance of deliverables; and Proficiency with Microsoft Office 2007 suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).

Primary Responsibilities:

·          Developing and concisely documenting clinical and business requirements for healthcare providers

·          Facilitation of process design sessions to produce detailed process flows/workflows and associated documentation.

·          Documenting existing and future-state business processes, defining and documenting functional requirements, conducting information flow analysis and process modeling within and across health disciplines and administrative components.

·          Preparation and presentation of related material to project teams, steering committees and/or stakeholder organizations.

Mandatory Requirements:

·          Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Data Management, Information Science/Management or related discipline and/or equivalent experience.

·          Minimum 5-10 years in relevant experience. Priority will be given to candidates with healthcare experience.

·          Broad industry experience in Business Process Re-engineering including business area analysis, process mapping and business process reengineering.

Desirable Requirements

·       CBAP

·       Maintenance of BABOK desirable

Start Date:       Various starting Jul, 2009
Duration:         Various
Location:          Edmonton, Alberta      

Office Administrative Assistant

Intellex is a premium Western Canada based IT recruitment and placement firm. Excellent opportunity exists for enthusiastic and personable individual to join our team of professionals in our beautiful office located downtown.  We are seeking an individual with excellent organizational, interpersonal, typing (min. 45+ wpm), e-mail, Microsoft Office, and computer skills. Primary duties will be to provide recruitment assistance, general office administration, and receptionist duties. Secondary responsibility includes providing assistance and backup support to our bookkeeper. Experience with bookkeeping and computerized accounting software will be a definite asset. You must be ethical and committed to superior customer service, ability and desire to learn, be able to work within a team as well as independently, be able to handle shifting priorities and new tasks, and have excellent attention to details. Excellent multi-tasking skill is a must.  If you like to be in a fast paced, exciting environment where you will be recognized for your contribution to an established and growing organization, this job is for you. 

Successful candidate must have minimum of 3 years relevant experience in a computerized professional office environment. Must have excellent keyboarding skills, excellent experience with MS Word, Outlook, and related MS Office tools, and ability to multi-task.  Candidates must be ethical, committed to superior customer service, and be able to pass a police clearance check.  If you like to be in a fast paced, exciting, small office environment where you will be recognized for your contribution to an established and growing organization, this job is for you.  Experience in IT, HR, or recruitment industry will be an asset.  Interested candidates should send resume, salary expectation, typing speed, references, and cover letter explaining why you are the ideal candidate for this position.  Only Edmonton based candidates will be considered.

Start Date:   ASAP

Duration:      Temporary w/possibility of Permanent Employment

Location:      Edmonton

Posting #:    EP10806AOFCADM

Closing Date: As soon as suitable candidate is found.

Salary:               $25k - $40k / year

Security Specialist – consultant with demonstrated knowledge of privacy legislation and fair information management practices, working knowledge of the HIA or other similar Canadian privacy and access legislation, security and system management practices, tools and techniques, in particular those that would be effective in a healthcare environment, knowledge of the security guidelines, strong interpersonal and communication skills, proven ability to manage quality assurance of deliverables, proficiency with Microsoft Office 2007 suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Primary Responsibilities:

·          Conduct site security management assessments and present findings and recommendations to

·          managers

·          Supporting data security and integrity, access and authentication; data structures used by healthcare providers, regional and provincial applications; and data networks used by, and planned for Alberta

·          Assessing the status of wireless network infrastructure an systems management practices ensuring they are in compliance with published standards

Mandatory Requirements:

·          Post-secondary education in Information Science, Computer Science, Security Management related discipline and/or equivalent experience

·          Minimum 5 – 10 years in relevant experience. Priority will be given to candidates with healthcare experience.

·          Demonstrated ability to implement Information Technology security measures and best practices

·          ISC2 certification

·          CISSP designation

Start Date:       Various starting Jul, 2009
Duration:          Various
Location:          Edmonton, Alberta      

Posting #:        EC0331SEC

Information Security Specialist – is required to provide a broad range of professional security skills such as:

·          Supporting analysis to help resolve information technology risks, threats, and vulnerabilities and to implement adequate risk mitigation measures;

·          Consultation for responses to audit and/or security assessment findings;

·          Security investigative services;

·          Review projects and initiatives for adequate information security risk mitigation provisions:

·          Review and/or manage projects/initiatives related to enterprise security technology selection, licensing and centralized management;

·          Review client projects for appropriate risk mitigation measures, as part of the project management process and for appropriate security based on legal and regulatory requirements for data classification and handling;

·          Establishing strategic priorities and implementation requirements for the client electronic identity, authentication and authorizations needs.

Mandatory Requirements

·          An Information Security Specialist resource must meet the following requirements:

·          5+ years demonstrated experience in information security management, including any of the above referenced areas of professional security services; and

·          CISSP or CISM.

Physical and Environmental Security Specialist - The Physical and Environmental Security Specialist will assess the effectiveness and efficiency of physical and environmental security controls. Sites where the Specialist may conduct their services include shared data facilities, data centres, wiring closets, third party sites or any other site where client information or information technology systems reside.

Mandatory Requirements

·          A Physical and Environmental Security Specialist resource must meet the following requirements:

·          5+ years demonstrated experience in completing physical and environmental security assessments;

·          Certified Protection Professional (CPP) or Physical Security Professional (PSP) designation from the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS).

Information Security Training Specialist - The client’s security team is responsible for managing an Enterprise Information Security Awareness and Education Program that ensures that all client personnel receive the training and knowledge required as part of this program. The Information Security Training Specialist may:

·          Develop or deliver communications products to make staff and contractors aware of security responsibilities;

·          Develop or deliver training courses that provide in depth exposure of security skills needed by individuals in specific roles such as business analysts, program managers, application developers, architects, IT operations staff, quality assurance testers or others;

·          Develop or deliver eLearning courses providing information security training or awareness.

Mandatory Requirements

·          An Information Security Training Specialist resource must meet the following requirements:

·          5+ years demonstrated experience in developing or delivering formal training on information security subjects;

·          Formal training from a recognized and reputable source (e.g. SANS, CERT, ISF) in one or more specialist areas of information security;

·          CISSP or CISM.

Information Security Business Consultant – will assist program managers in identifying security requirements for information and information technology systems as part of the business requirements analysis aspect of a program or project.

These services help assist in the up front assessment of security requirements when information technology systems or processes are established or changed. These services can develop or assist in reviewing all system or application management from a security perspective (e.g. user provisioning, access control).

These business analysis services can review results of a Security Threat and Risk Assessment (STRA) and provide advice on selecting, implementing and assessing effectiveness of administrative controls to manage information security risks, to develop system security plans or information security policy instrument development.

These services may also be used to complete assessments of compliance with security Policy Instruments, to assess effectiveness or efficiency of Policy Instruments, to prepare executive level reporting of security issues or to provide consultation services to develop common policies or processes.

Mandatory Requirements

·          5+ years demonstrated experience in developing system security plans or documenting information security requirements for information technology systems;

·          Formal training from a recognized and reputable source (e.g. SANS, CERT, ISF) on information security policy, strategy or process development;

·          CISSP or CISM.

Technical Security Specialist - will help the client in assessing, selecting, implementing and verifying the effectiveness of security controls. The Technical Security Specialist may be engaged at different stages of the lifecycle of information technology systems.

Responsibilities may include:

·          Developing or reviewing the application or technology architecture for information technology systems from a security perspective.

·          Application development services to review software code to ensure that it is not susceptible to common security weaknesses.

·          Provide expertise to remediate code with security vulnerabilities. 

·          Conduct vulnerability and penetration testing activities and provide a hands-on assessment of applications and systems to identify potential weaknesses.

·          Some activities related to vulnerability and penetration testing include:

-          Discovery services to identify hosts and ports open on a network;

-          Network enumeration services to identify specific services, versions and patch levels;

-          Network vulnerability scanning to identify potential vulnerabilities in network services;

-          Application vulnerability scanning to identify potential vulnerabilities in web and application services;

-          Network penetration testing to simulate real attacks on network services;

-          Web application penetration services to simulate real attacks on web and application services;

-          Internal network enumeration services to gather information about the configuration of the internal network (domain controllers, trusted hosts, authentication policies, etc.);

-          Security services configuration assessment will review effectiveness of organizational security controls;

-          Security response capability testing to assess an organizations response to a real attack.

Mandatory Requirements

·          A Technical Security Specialist resource must meet the following requirements:

·          5+ years demonstrated experience in directly assessing the effectiveness of technical security controls through ethical hacking or penetration testing;

·          5+ years demonstrated experience in secure software lifecycle development processes;

·          Formal training from a recognized and reputable source (e.g. SANS, CERT, ISF) on ethical hacking and secure software lifecycle development processes; 

·          CISSP or CISM.

Incident Management & Forensic Specialist - The client’s security team has been mandated to ensure consistent, professional IT forensic investigations on an enterprise basis. The team deals with a variety of security incidents such as:

·          Security breaches from both external and internal sources;

·          Notifications when data may have been compromised;

·          Forensic investigation of fraudulent activities and sabotage by personnel.

Incident Management and Forensic Specialists will focus on finding the security breach(es), recommending a course of action, working with business units to secure the breached system and dealing with the incident. The Specialist also assists the client with:

·          Incident response planning and preparation;

·          Structured testing of incident response procedures;

·          Data recovery services;

·          Investigation of potential security breaches or fraudulent activities, including forensic investigation;

·          Consulting on proper handling of evidence;

·          Prompt response to request for forensic investigation;

·          Efficient and accurate aggregation of information from a variety of sources;

·          Clear and concise reports provided in a timely manner;

·          Accurate de-briefing sessions included after every report.

Performance Objectives:

·          Prompt, accurate response to incident reports;

·          Rapid identification of security incidents;

·          Appropriate, structured notification of security incidents;

·          Successful mitigation of confirmed security exposures;

·          Clear leadership and coordination during significant threat situations.

Mandatory Requirements

·          5+ years of demonstrated experience in Incident Management and Forensics;

·          Formal training in incident management or forensics from a recognized and reputable source (e.g. SANS, CERT, ISF);

·          2+ years of demonstrated experience working with  privacy and legislative requirements for disclosure of information for public bodies in Canada;

Security Threat and Risk Assessment Specialist – will assess several different components of a target information system.  An STRA may be applied to several kinds of targets such as an IT application or system, a business function or a technology under consideration. An STRA may be applied at different stages of a project and may consist of several different elements or provide different levels of insight depending on the stage.

Security Threat Risk Assessments include three main phases:

·          Assess business impact of security failures (Business Impact Assessment);

·          Identify threats and vulnerabilities to the target and probabilities of occurrence or impact (Threat and Vulnerability Assessment);

·          Prioritize and document control selection to manage risks associated with threats and vulnerabilities (Control Selection).

A Security Threat & Risk Assessment is intended to assist managers in assessing:

·          Security threats to their information and information technology systems;

·          Vulnerabilities that may be exploited by these threats;

·          Safeguards in place to protect these vulnerabilities;

·          The risk of the vulnerabilities being exploited based on existing safeguards;

·          Assessing compliance to security requirements in regulations, legislation, contracts or Policy Instruments.

Mandatory Requirements

·          1+ year of  demonstrated experience in either the IRAM STRA methodology or the RCMP Harmonized STRA methodology;

·          5+ years of demonstrated experience in completing STRAs;

·          Formal training from a recognized and reputable source (e.g. SANS, CERT, ISF) on STRAs; and

·          CISSP or CISM.

Start Date:    Various starting Dec 2009 to March 2014  
Duration:      Up to 6 months (possible extensions)
Location:      Edmonton, AB
Posting #:    EC9B27ASTRA

Information Security Executive Advisor – a senior security resource is required to provide sound advice on information security strategies and major policy issues to Executive Management and the security team.

Mandatory Requirements

·          10+ years demonstrated experience in information security management with direct experience in developing security business strategies and making organizational policy decisions;

·          CISSP or CISM;

·          Formal training from a recognized and reputable source (e.g. SANS, CERT, ISF, ISC2) in one or more information security specializations.

Start Date:    Various starting Dec 2009 to March 2014  
Duration:      Up to 6 months (possible extensions)
Location:      Edmonton, AB
Posting #:    9B27AEXECSEC

Privacy Specialist (Field Resources) – senior consultant with Strong interpersonal and communication skills; Knowledge of privacy legislation and fair information management practices; Working knowledge of the Health Information Act (HIA) or other similar Canadian privacy and access legislation; Proven organizational, planning and communication skills; Proven ability to manage quality assurance of deliverables; Proficiency with Microsoft Office 2007 suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)Primary Responsibilities:

·          Assisting clinics with the identification of privacy threats and risks.

·          Providing recommendations to mitigate issues.

·          Providing training support to healthcare providers during the completion of Privacy Impact Assessments with supporting policies and procedures.

Mandatory Requirements:

·          Post-secondary education in Social Science, Law, Information Science, Access/Privacy or related discipline and/or equivalent experience.

·          Minimum 5-10 years in relevant experience. Priority will be given to candidates with healthcare experience

·          Preference will be given to candidates that are enrolled in or have completed the IAPP certification at the University of Alberta

·          Experience in the development of policies and procedures related to privacy, security and access.

Desirable Requirements

·       IAPP – International Association of Privacy Professionals

·       CIPP/CIPPC Designation

·       Access and Privacy course work

Start Date:       Various starting Jul, 2009
Duration:         Various
Location:          Edmonton, Alberta