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The Company
MAKE Technologies is forging the way in the Legacy Modernization field, catching the attention of some of the largest computer technology firms in the world. Remember the Y2K “crisis”? That was nothing compared to what’s in store if Fortune 500 firms, governments and packaged software providers don’t start seriously embarking on modernizing their decades-old applications for the future. We’re developing cutting edge toolsets and methodologies to crack the mysteries of legacy systems and re-engineer them for the Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE), service-oriented architecture (SOA) platform. Consider MAKE for your next career choice, and see yourself challenging the status quo, doing the undoable, and having the time of your life.
Responsibilities
- Work in a multi-disciplinary team that modernizes mission critical legacy systems using a unique methodology
- Interact with a client side technical team to understand the operation of a legacy system
Required Skill Set:
- Knowledge of Java/JEE, Java Persistence API (JPA)/Hibernate, JavaServer Faces (JSF), RichFaces
- Knowledge of JavaScript, XHTML,CSS
- Experience creating complex User Interfaces
- Experience using GUI Builders (e.g. Eclipse, NetBeans)
- Strong understanding of Relational Modeling
- Experience with managing and analyzing large data sets
To Apply:
Please email resume and cover letter to: careers@maketechnologies.com. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
The Company
MAKE Technologies is forging the way in the Legacy Modernization field, catching the attention of some
of the largest computer technology firms in the world. Remember the Y2K “crisis”? That was nothing
compared to what’s in store if Fortune 500 firms, governments and packaged software providers don’t
start seriously embarking on modernizing their decades-old applications for the future. We’re developing
cutting edge toolsets and methodologies to crack the mysteries of legacy systems and re-engineer them
for the Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE), service-oriented architecture (SOA) platform. Consider MAKE for
your next career choice, and see yourself challenging the status quo, doing the undoable, and having the
time of your life.
The Opportunity
MAKE Technologies is looking for an experienced system analyst to join the best legacy modernization
team in the world. You will be an integral part of the system, code and data analysis discipline and will
work closely with our latest product releases.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Work in a multi-disciplinary team that modernizes mission critical legacy systems using a unique
- methodology
- Parse and analyze artifacts in legacy systems and document the results using cutting-edge tools
- Specify future case design
Requirements
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English (samples may be requested)
- Work well with clients, their stakeholders and end users
- Experience writing detailed software specifications
- Experience as a system analyst on an enterprise software project
- Strong experience with an enterprise programming language (Java/JEE or C#/.NET)
- Experience as a software developer implementing from design specifications
Assets
- Experience in a major software modernization effort
- Legacy languages (Fortran, COBOL, Natural,…)
- UML
- Design patterns
- Experience with scripting languages (Ruby, Perl, Bash, …)
To Apply:
Please email resume and cover letter to: careers@maketechnologies.com.
Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
The Opportunity
MAKE Technologies has created a powerful software product and methodology for the modernization of legacy applications to modern Java and .Net platforms. Prime targets are organizations with 20 or more developers that have existing custom software applications that are over 10 years old. Target rich markets include governments, insurance, financial services and any market segment with mission-critical legacy applications. The MAKE solution is a proven, low risk, cost-effective approach that is gaining widespread recognition in the marketplace. With a potential legacy modernization market estimated (by Gartner) to be in excess of $100 billion per year over the next decade, the opportunity is significant.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
As a Sales Executive with MAKE, you will be responsible for identifying, analyzing, presenting, following up and closing sales. Once closed, you will continue to be a key point of contact for the customer.
Key Responsibilities/Activities
- Sales and client management for all product and solutions within the territory assigned to you
- Lead generation, direct sales, quarterly forecasting and overall territory management.
- Working with major SI partners in large complex sales situations
- Effective territory and account management
- New account penetration
- Successfully lead prospective clients through all phases of the business sales cycle
- Consistent and timely usage of CRM (Sales Force)
- Meet/exceed an annual sales quota
Required Skills/Experience
Successful candidates will have:
- A superior sales track record in selling enterprise application solutions
- Extensive selling to senior IT management in the application development segment
- Experience selling to IT Development departments, Systems Integrators and Application Development companies
- Development and successful execution of territory, account and deal plans
- A solid track record of quota attainment
- The ability to establish contacts and sales in a new territory and exponentially grow the business
- Willing to travel
- The ability to independently work in an effective manner
- Superior presentation and communication skills are a given Assets
- 5+ years of referenced IT, software, and/or applications sales experience
- Strong personal management skills
- Exceptional verbal communication and presentation skills
- Strong written communication skills
- Strong foundations in business to business sales/account management methodologies
- Strong PC Skills (MS Office, etc.)
To Apply: Please email resume and cover letter to: careers@maketechnologies.com.
Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
The Opportunity
MAKE Technologies has created a powerful software product and methodology for the modernization of legacy applications to modern Java and .Net platforms. Prime targets are organizations with 20 or more developers that have existing custom software applications that are over 10 years old. Target rich markets include governments, insurance, financial services and any market segment with mission-critical legacy applications. The MAKE solution is a proven, low risk, cost-effective approach that is gaining widespread recognition in the marketplace. With a potential legacy modernization market estimated (by Gartner) to be in excess of $100 billion per year over the next decade, the opportunity is significant.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
As a Sales Executive with MAKE, you will be responsible for identifying, analyzing, presenting, following up and closing sales. Once closed, you will continue to be a key point of contact for the customer.
Key Responsibilities/Activities
- Sales and client management for all product and solutions within the territory assigned to you
- Lead generation, direct sales, quarterly forecasting and overall territory management.
- Working with major SI partners in large complex sales situations
- Effective territory and account management
- New account penetration
- Successfully lead prospective clients through all phases of the business sales cycle
- Consistent and timely usage of CRM (Sales Force)
- Meet/exceed an annual sales quota
Required Skills/Experience
Successful candidates will have:
- A superior sales track record in selling enterprise application solutions
- Extensive selling to senior IT management in the application development segment
- Experience selling to IT Development departments, Systems Integrators and Application Development companies
- Development and successful execution of territory, account and deal plans
- A solid track record of quota attainment
- The ability to establish contacts and sales in a new territory and exponentially grow the business
- Willing to travel
- The ability to independently work in an effective manner
- Superior presentation and communication skills are a given Assets
- 5+ years of referenced IT, software, and/or applications sales experience
- Strong personal management skills
- Exceptional verbal communication and presentation skills
- Strong written communication skills
- Strong foundations in business to business sales/account management methodologies
- Strong PC Skills (MS Office, etc.)
To Apply: Please email resume and cover letter to: careers@maketechnologies.com.
Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
The Opportunity
MAKE Technologies has created a powerful software product and methodology for the modernization of legacy applications to modern Java and .Net platforms. Prime targets are organizations with 20 or more developers that have existing custom software applications that are over 10 years old. Target rich markets include governments, insurance, financial services and any market segment with mission-critical legacy applications. The MAKE solution is a proven, low risk, cost-effective approach that is gaining widespread recognition in the marketplace. With a potential legacy modernization market estimated (by Gartner) to be in excess of $100 billion per year over the next decade, the opportunity is significant.
Responsibilites
- Manage the education program while working with the different education stakeholders
- Manage the distribution of the education to the different audiences over the different channels
- Recommend and initiate improvements to the education offering
- Ensure education content stays up-to-date
- Plan, organize, and direct all training activities
- Create education proposals for clients
- Capacity build and train partners, drawing up the program plans needed.
- Assure quality and consistency of delivered training
- Plan and manage all education development resources
Qualifications
- Strong leadership and coaching skills
- Training background and good understanding of adult learning
- Experience with education in a high-tech environment
- Proven people management experience
- Experience with several education delivery methods: classroom, e-learning, workshops, mentoring
- Experience managing an education program in a product oriented organization
To Apply: Please email resume and cover letter to: careers@maketechnologies.com
The Company:
MAKE Technologies’ exclusive business focus is legacy modernization using their patented Modernization Platform: Transformational Legacy Modernization (TLM). TLM consists of a structured methodology enabled by an integrated suite of automated tools that facilitate the modernization of legacy applications (i.e. re-architect) into SOA-enabled Java EE and .NET applications. Our solutions and products have a solid track record of success in enterprise application modernization. We are able to deliver project success both direct to our government and Fortune 100 customers as well as through its highly developed partner network.
In addition to being a cutting edge solutions company we offer a challenging and fulfilling work environment where we strive to maintain a balanced work and personal life. Consider MAKE for your next career choice, and see yourself challenging the status quo, doing the undoable, and having the time of your life.
The Opportunity:
You are skilled in the art of communication, both verbal and written, able to convey ideas with clarity and enthusiasm. You have a high level of business acumen, strong technical knowledge and boundless energy. In particular, you have a background with legacy system projects and have the ability to quickly understand the challenges facing legacy project teams and map these challenges to solutions offered my MAKE. You will pitch the benefits of our advanced modernization solutions and products to senior people in Fortune 1000, Government and software development firms, helping them to understand that there is a better way out of the legacy applications trap. Your personal style and wisdom will help convince them to investigate more deeply how our technology can provide the answers they are looking for.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years of presales or solution engineering
- Experience in requirements management and or project management on legacy systems projects.
- Experience with JEE and .NET development projects.
- Relationship management responsibilities with both partners and customers
- Experience with event coordination and assisting in marketing campaigns and trade shows
- Experience with customer service/satisfaction roles supporting Account Executives in both the pre- and post-sale cycle
- Superior written, presentation and verbal communications skills
- Thrive on building and managing relationships
- Can demonstrate a track record of success in meeting targets and quotas
- Someone who has a passion for technology and the willingness to express it
- Degree or Diploma in Business or Software is preferred
- PMP certification as asset
To Apply:
Please email resume and cover letter to: careers@maketechnologies.com.
Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
Website: www.maketechnologies.com
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver complex Java enterprise software products on schedule
- Communicate and work effectively with project managers, business analysts, developers, QA, and clients
- Work with client technical teams to determine the structure and function of the legacy system
Required Qualifications/Skills
- Five plus (5+) years of experience, successfully developing and supporting Java enterprise applications
- Experience with full lifecycle development projects
- Experience with Java EE, Java Server Faces, and Ajax
- Ability to design application components based on Java EE architecture and design patterns
- Familiarity with emerging architectural solutions and technologies
- Familiarity with relational database principles and with Object Relational Mapping (Hibernate or Toplink implementations)
- Superior problem solving skills
- Good organizational, interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, team and deliverables-oriented work environment
- Sensitivity to deadlines and to the impact work has on an overall project schedule
- Comfortable seeking peer and supervisory guidance on complex application challenges
- A Computer Science Degree from a recognized university
- Strong communications skills both written and verbal
- Experience with a wide range of technologies including: JBoss, OC4J, MySQL, Oracle, GOF and J2EE design patterns, SOA, EJB, JSP, JSTL, JMS, Hibernate, Toplink, XML, XSLT and UML.
Assets
- Experience with legacy systems (e.g. COBOL, RPG, Natural)
- Experience working with clients in a consulting environment
To apply:
Please email resume and cover letter to careers@maketechnologies.com. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
The Company
MAKE Technologies is forging the way in the Legacy Modernization field, catching the attention of some of the largest computer technology firms in the world. Remember the Y2K “crisis”? That was nothing compared to what’s in store if Fortune 500 firms, governments and packaged software providers don’t start seriously embarking on modernizing their decades-old applications for the future. We’re developing cutting edge toolsets and methodologies to crack the mysteries of legacy systems and re-engineer them for the Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE), service-oriented architecture (SOA) platform. Consider MAKE for your next career choice, and see yourself challenging the status quo, doing the undoable, and having the time of your life.
There is an exciting opportunity for an Instructional Designer within our MAKE Education department. This role requires an adult learning specialist to assist with the design and development of engaging, leading-edge online training solutions.
Please note that this is a 3-month contract with the possibility of extension.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the rest of the education team to create high quality e-learning courses
- Analyze and organize course content outlines
- Collaborate with subject matter experts on the course content
- Create basic graphical assets to support the course content
- Analyze training programs for effectiveness and make recommendations
Qualifications
- Adult Education Certificate or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 3-5 years of experience in Instructional Design or Education Technology
- Experience in developing online training content
- E-Learning design and development experience, particularly with elearning authoring software such the Articulate suite.
- Experience with Photoshop, Fireworks or any other graphics tool
- Self-directed ideas person with minimal supervision required
- Strong interpersonal, leadership, oral and written communication, analytical and problem solving skills are keys to the success of the position
To Apply: Please email resume and cover letter to: careers@maketechnologies.com. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
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MAKE Technologies is looking for a Technical Writer to refresh the user documentation of our flagship, web-based, product. You will work closely with our product development team and interact with the other stakeholders of the documentation directly.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the product development team to refresh the user documentation of our flagship product
- Collect, analyze, and organize content source material
- Plan and author the user documentation inside our help system to support administrators or end users
- Solicit and integrate feedback from user groups and beta testers
- Edit other written material as required
Qualifications
- Experience developing user documentation in a product setting
- Experience with modern Web 2.0 applications
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to accurately create and proofread user documentation
- Self-directed with minimal supervision required
- Possess high quality interpersonal skills
To Apply: Please email resume and cover letter to: careers@maketechnologies.com
The Company:
MAKE Technologies’ exclusive business focus is legacy modernization using their patented Modernization Platform: Transformational Legacy Modernization (TLM). TLM consists of a structured methodology enabled by an integrated suite of automated tools that facilitate the modernization of legacy applications (i.e. re-architect) into SOA-enabled Java EE and .NET applications. Our solutions and products have a solid track record of success in enterprise application modernization. We are able to deliver project success both direct to our government and Fortune 100 customers as well as through its highly developed partner network.
In addition to being a cutting edge solutions company we offer a challenging and fulfilling work environment where we strive to maintain a balanced work and personal life. Consider MAKE for your next career choice, and see yourself challenging the status quo, doing the undoable, and having the time of your life.
The Opportunity:
As a Business Analyst at MAKE we are seeking someone who is ready to join a team where the BA function is a critical part of the entire modernization process. Candidates should have a deep down conviction that business analysis, when done right, is key to making complex systems work well.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Create/facilitate processes to identify/confirm business requirements & priorities
- Have experience documenting/modeling both current and future business requirements;
- Translate business requirements into technical requirements;
- Feel empathy for clients who suffer with complex systems that do not meet their needs;
- Want to simplify & streamline overly-complex and inefficient processes;
- Understand the difference between needs & wants, and know how to differentiate between the two;
- Believe that most software fails because the KISS principle is ignored;
- Know that communication and people skills, as well as the ability to develop trust and confidence with the client, is the key to a successful project;
- Understand that organizational acceptance & behavior determines project success and failure; and
- Willing to travel to client sites, as needed.
Requirements:
- 7-10 years of experience in a senior role
- Work well with clients, their stakeholders and end users
- Proven ability to be a “translator” between technology and business processes using plain English (samples may be requested)
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Experience within a Software Project Team (architects, developers, testers,)
- Experience using a methodology like RUP/UML, Agile or XP
- Experience with Software Project Estimation
- Experience in writing requirements, use cases and design specifications
- Ability to work in an inter-disciplinary approach with Architects, Data Architects, Developers and Testers.
Assets:
- Experience in project management
- Business Analysis experience in a multi-million dollar project.
- Domain and Data Modeling
- Experience in developing web applications
- Programming experience with JAVA, J2EE or other platforms
To Apply: Please email resume and cover letter to: careers@maketechnologies.com
