208451 / VB.Net Developer

Procom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada. With revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest “Canadian-Owned” IT staffing/consulting company. Procom’s areas of staffing expertise include: • Application Development • Project Management • Quality Assurance • Business/Systems Analysis • Datawarehouse & Business Intelligence • Infrastructure & Network Services • Risk Management & Compliance • Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery • Security & Privacy Specialties• Contract Staffing (Staff Augmentation) • Permanent Placement (Staff Augmentation) • ICAP (Contractor Payroll) • Flextrack (Vendor Management System) Responsible for the analysis, design, development, implementation and maintenance of in-house applications. Responsibilities include: - Maintain, develop, test, debug and install our in-house developed applications.  - Prepare technical specifications according to business functional specifications. - Assist with the development of project plans. - Research and analyze reported maintenance requirements. - Lead team of programmers, business analysts and users throughout the project life cycle. - Assist end users and business analysts in the resolution of technical problems related to system functions, programming and procedures including providing off-hour support. Maintain issues list and facilitate resolution of issues. - VB.Net Developer 6-10 years experience - Experience in full SDLC required - Experience with desktop client dev/test required - Strong communication skills, a user-service orientation, familiarity with the team decision-making process and excellent problem-solving abilities. - Financial industry experience is plus - Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field - Experience programming in VB.Net Framework, VBA and SQL - Proven experience writing system documentation (design, test plans, test execution, implementation plans and implementation execution) - Experience working from system requirements and design specifications through implementation - Strong analytical and problem solving skills - Ability to troubleshoot applications and identify root cause of defect - Domain knowledge of Financial/Banking Institution methodologies is a plus - Ideal candidate should have experience with VB.NET on batch processing and / or thick client project