Test and Development Specialist - Canada - Air Canada

Description

Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America.

Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation.

Air Canada is seeking an experienced and dynamic lT specialist focused on providing overall system management services for Air Canada's Enterprise Digital Systems.

As a Specialist, you are expected to provide real world expertise in application service design, support, and delivery while we modernize and optimize our business solutions.

This role requires collaboration with a diverse internal workforce and extended third party service providers to create the future business application support model for our world class airline brand.

These are exciting times for IT at Air Canada, with many major projects underway that will transform the IT landscape in the company.

Air Canada is also investing in new technologies that will facilitate its digital transformation. Manager, Application Development and Maintenance" responsible for Air Canada's Enterprise Digital Systems.

Solution, deliver and maintain key initiatives in Air Canada's Transformation Journey, as per desired technology architecture and business requirements.

Provide vision for and direct oversight and work with other IT teams to support the Product Security business tower.
Ensure Security applications architecture is aligned with Air Canada's business goals and objectives.

Develop and communicate technical architecture guidance, design patterns, and standards, and collaborate with IT stakeholders in the development and evaluation of architecture-compliant solutions.

Direct analysis of technology, industry, and market trends, and determine their potential impact on Air Canada's technology environment.
Responsible for reviewing the technical architecture from IT Security, accessibility, data integrity, and availability points of view.

Responsible for running all standard and major application releases, review with the Business and assess impact, test and deliver.

Overseeing and monitoring progress on complex and/or multiple projects relative to scope, schedules, budgets and quality.
Preparing and distributing architectural vision, goals, standards, structure, behavior patterns, models, to all affected stakeholders.

Checking conformance to standards and architectural decision and resolving design and architectural conflicts by explaining and justifying design and architectural decisions.

As the Technical lead for the Security applications, you are responsible for providing mentorship to new team members and developing their technical skills and capabilities.

A relevant University degree/technical certification, and/or relevant experience commensurate to the role.
~Strong and detailed knowledge of Airline industry.
~ Strong understanding of the Security industry and standards.
~ Implementationknowledge of Genetec systems is an asset.
~ Excellent Scripting and implementation abilities.
~ Good understanding of network management.
~ Good hardware (servers) is an asset.
~ Direct experience working with Security equipment (cameras, card readers) is an asset.

Possess strong analytical, creative, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of interest, at the time any offer of employment is made and seeking any required work permits/visas or other authorizations which may be required is the sole responsibility of the candidates applying for this position.

Based on equal qualifications, preference will be given to bilingual candidates.
Diversity and Inclusion

Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees' unique contributions to our company's success.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve.