FileNet Developer

Position Description

At CGI, we offer the opportunity to work with Canada’s largest Information Technology Outsourcing and Management Consulting Company with a true global presence in a fast-paced and energetic atmosphere where your personal and professional growth is accelerated by your desire and sense of commitment. All CGI employees are called members because they feel a powerful sense of ownership and accountability. Members at CGI are building their own company – in 100+ offices worldwide. CGI has the global resources, expertise, stability and dedicated professionals needed to achieve results for clients – and for members; that’s why an astounding 90 percent of them are CGI shareholders.

We are looking for someone to provide expert advice and lead in system and applications planning, performance, availability, integration, operations, and/or release and deployment management.

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Apply industry best practices to put a standard support model and processes into practice.
• Work with business and technology teams on ongoing projects to understand their requirements, design and solution and implement it.
• Promote fresh ways of thinking, provide insight and recommendations based on industry practices and emerging technology trends.
• Define, deploy and lead systems and applications activities.
• Identify, recommend, source, negotiate, implement improvements and solutions (buy/build/reuse) to improve customer experience, availability and cost reduction.
• Influence product direction, foresee issues, identify solutions, work with leading-edge products untested and unproven in the market.
• Manage complex deployment in load-balanced, service-oriented environment.
• Potentially test, debug, and performance analyze and document environment components.
• Troubleshoot initial failures, work to resolve them, communicate!
• Huddle with business leaders, technology professionals, vendors and outsourced partners to assess project viability, priority and communications effectiveness.
• Integrate technical solutions with the business environment, be aware of systems interdependencies and reusability, focus on seamless delivery.
• Ensure appropriate security levels are established and maintained for processes, information exchange and system implementations.
• Review, define, enforce and influence standards and quality metrics.
• Ensure systems and operational availability meet or (even better) exceed negotiated service levels, report results.
• Comply with both disaster and business recovery plans (and help define, review and test them).
• Respect technology delivery practices, standards, project management disciplines.
• Help develop and maintain issue prevention processes, participate in promptly determining and resolving incidents.
• Identify opportunities and put forward ideas to support cost effectiveness.
• May develop and contribute to third-party contract negotiations.
  
  

Nice to Have:

• Familiarity with UML (unified modeling language)
• Familiarity with software management methodologies (e.g., RUP, Agile Development-Scrum, Kanban)
• Familiarity with software engineering design patterns and best practices
• Familiarity with community frameworks (e.g., Spring, Struts, Hibernate)
• Familiarity with software configuration management tools
  
  

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

• Minimum of 4 years experience in Java development
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in J2EE (e.g. EJB, JSP, hibernate/JPA, Servlets, Portlets)
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in FileNet (preferably 4.X or higher)
• Experience with database access technologies (e.g., SQL) including DB2 and Oracle
• Familiarity with client side UI technologies (e.g., HTML,CSS, Ajax/Dojo, JavaScript)
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Experience with the SDLC (Plan, Define, Design, etc.) in order to work outside of Agile where necessary. This will help at times when capturing/translating business needs (into technical capabilities and requirements, etc.)
  
  

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

At CGI, we recognize the richness that diversity brings. We strive to create a work culture where all belong and collaborate with clients in building more inclusive communities. As an equal-opportunity employer, we want to empower all our members to succeed and grow. If you require an accommodation at any point during the recruitment process, please let us know. We will be happy to assist.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.