Employment

In June 2010 and 2011, FlightNetwork® was named one of the top 100 fastest growing companies in Canada by PROFIT magazine.
FlightNetwork®, one of Canada's fastest growing online travel agencies, wants to hear from enthusiastic and ambitious individuals who strive to succeed in a fast paced environment.
We value teamwork, invest in employees for professional development, offer great flexible hours and advancement opportunities within our growing environment.
Positions Currently Available
We are currently looking for passionate professionals to fill the following positions:
Oakville, Ontario
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| Position: Air Specialist |
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| Location: Oakville, Ontario
Reporting to: Sales Manager
Required Skills:
- 2 – 5 Years wholesale experience (Air)
- Knowledge of Apollo a MUST
- Exceptional customer service skills and sales abilities
- Ability to multi-task and work in a fast paced call centre environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of Apollo, Sirev and other industry third party software is an asset
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office and Internet applications
- Ability to work well as part of a team
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| Position: Leisure Specialist |
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| Location: Oakville, Ontario
Reporting to: National Sales Manager
Required Skills:
- 2 – 5 Years retail leisure experience
- Exceptional customer service skills and sales abilities
- Ability to multi-task and work in a fast paced call centre environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of Apollo, Sirev and other industry third party software is an asset
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office and Internet applications
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| Position: Software Developer |
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| Location: Oakville, Ontario
Reporting to: Chief Technology Officer
Job Description
FlightNetwork® requires two full-time software developers to join our team and participate in the creation of exciting web based products that are redefining the travel map in Canada. The position will involve working on new meta-search projects and will encompass web technologies including Perl, CGI, PHP, XML, DHTML, CSS, AJAX and Javascript. Our development tool-chain comprises of Perl and PHP on Linux. Successful candidates must have programming skills in one or more of these languages.
Required Skills:
- Excellent skills in Perl/Python/PHP, MySQL/Postgresql and HTML
- Knowledge of C++ or other OOP languages such as Java or C# (an asset)
- Good written and spoken English are a must
- Proactive with excellent communication skills
- Team Player
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| Position: Linux Systems Administrator |
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| Location: Oakville, Ontario
Reporting to: Chief Technology Officer
Job Description
FlightNetwork® is looking for experienced Linux Systems Administrators. Candidates will have a minimum of three to five years of experience in Linux systems administration. Certifications are not required, though Cisco certification (CCNA/ CCNP) may be considered a plus with relevant experience on the Linux platform. The RHCE or equivalent Linux certifications will need to be accompanied by relevant experience. Candidates with experience on other Unix variants such as SunOS/ Solaris and FreeBSD will need to demonstrate knowledge of Linux specific network technologies including firewalls and policy routing.
Required Skills:
- 5+ year minimum experience as a Linux Systems Administrator/Network Engineer in a reputable organization.
- University or College Degree in Computer Science or related subject from a reputable Institution
- Expert knowledge of the Apache web server including SSL, mod_rewrite, etc.
- Expertise in iptables, Linux firewalls and routing including policy routing and QoS
- DNS with Bind
- Local monitoring tools such as sysstat, vmstat etc.
- Network monitoring with Nagios
- Shell scripting with bash
- Nginx web server (an asset)
- Mod_perl administration (an asset)
- Cisco experience (an asset)
- Perl scripting (an asset)
- ISP experience with Linux is extremely beneficial
- Good written and spoken English are a must
- Proactive with excellent communication, documentation and reporting skills
- Candidate must be willing to work off hours and on some holidays during emergency situations
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| Position: Administrative Assistant |
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| Location: Oakville, Ontario
Job Description
As the administrative support to a senior team, this position is accountable for coordinating the activities of the office. This position performs a wide variety of administrative support services, ranging from complex to routine, all of which contribute to the efficient and professional operation of the office. It is expected that the incumbent has a genuine appreciation for and understanding of protocol, discretion and professionalism, is able to accept and assume responsibility, and has the ability to interpret and make decisions in accordance with prescribed procedures and practices of the organization. In order to provide effective and efficient services it is expected that the incumbent be flexible, can prioritize, maintains confidentiality, diplomacy and tact at all times.
Specifically this role will be responsible for:
- Managing calendars - prioritizing appointments and proactively resolving conflicts, including contacting participants, booking and setting up rooms and preparing relevant material.
- Proactively creates and maintains effective workflow and communications to accomplish the work of the senior team, which includes handling of a variety of projects and tasks simultaneously.
- Responds to phone, email and in person enquiries - providing general information and referring enquiries to appropriate sources based on the organization's priorities, procedures, protocols and personnel.
- Maintains confidentiality, tact and respect at all times.
- Prepares, researches, scans, copies and relays confidential information and material on a regular basis.
- Creates/maintains an efficient filing system
- Coordinates purchasing, coding and payment of invoices.
- Completes special projects as assigned.
Required Skills:
- Minimum of two years relevant experience, i.e. assisting multiple executives
- Intermediate competence with MS Office - i.e. Word, Excel, Powerpoint
- Attention to detail
- Strong oral/written communication skills
- Works well independently and as a team member
- Proven track record managing several projects and tasks simultaneously and delivering on time
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| Position: Senior Analyst, Web Analytics |
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| Location: Oakville, Ontario
Reporting to: Director of Analytics
Job Description
As Senior Analyst, Web Analytics, your primary role is to be the lead in the implementation and analysis of web data using a multitude of online (Google Analytics / Omniture) and offline (Excel, BI, DW) tools, aimed at developing a concise product framework and roadmap, as well as to draw granular business insights aimed at improving primary online KPIs (Profit, CTRs, Conversion rate). You will own all implementation efforts and will be responsible for debugging existing flaws and discrepancies (i.e. SDRs, process flows, business logic documents). You will work incessantly correlating a multitude of metrics, customer behaviour data and your own ideas in a quest to provide actionable advice aimed at maximizing online conversion rate.
- Implementation and advanced analysis using Site Catalyst and Google Analytics
- Ad-hoc and regular reporting using Excel and forthcoming DB/BI/DW tools
- Design, develop and support dashboards and reports
- Debugging, correction and standardization of existing implementation deficiencies
- A/B and MVT testing of landing pages
- Gather and present technological intelligence on new market and industry trends
- Other duties as may be assigned
Required Skills:
- Undergraduate degree in Business, Mathematics, Statistics or Finance or equivalent work experience
- Ability to effectively simplify a complex strategic (and technical) topic into a well-structured analysis and actionable recommendations using a combination of effective and creative methods such as benchmarking, internal & external research and consulting methods
- Understanding of direct marketing concepts, statistical techniques and applications and data warehousing
- Experience in Omniture / Site Catalyst and Google Analytics
- Advanced skills in Excel (vlookups, function writing, pivot tables)
- Generic knowledge of Javascript
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to multi-task in an environment with constantly changing priorities
- Knowledge of R statistical language would be a strong asset
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| Position: Director Sales & Business Development |
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| Location: Oakville, Ontario
Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer
Job Description
Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the Director Sales & Business Development will be tasked with driving the growth of Flight Network's business model; execute sales strategies against corporate goals and objectives, and develop and scale up new business and customer bases.
Responsibilities:
- Structure detailed strategic plan for maintaining existing and building new business relationships
- Develop and negotiate new income for Flight Network
- Research and drive business expansion/collaboration opportunities for the market
- Development of sales presentations and actions plans for potential new clients
- Identify future industry trends and client contact opportunities
- Enhance existing programs and identify new pilot program opportunities
- Maintain thorough knowledge of important market trends and product
- Keep up with industry dynamics
- Participate in key industry organizations, events and tradeshows, maintain high level of visibility
- Oversee development of proposals and budgets
Required Skills:
- 8-10 years managing P&L within the travel industry
- Proven track record in sales; affinity partnership, and affiliate sales
- Demonstrated measurable revenue generation
- Existing relationships with tourism boards and suppliers
- Impeccable oral and verbal communications and presentation skills
- Entrepreneurial by nature
- Experience in online media sales
- Strong negotiation skills
- Excellent relationship builder
- Experience in defining industry sector trends
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| Position: Build, Test and Release Engineer, Technology Team |
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| Location: Ahmedabad, India
Reporting to: Chief Technology Officer
Job Description
FlightNetwork®.com is looking for a Build, Test and Release Engineer to manage the software configuration, integration, test and release function. The position involves:
- Work with the developer teams to create standard operating procedures for software build, test, integration and release
- Work closely with developer teams to ensure that developer test processes including unit testing are followed and documented
- Manage and maintain source code control systems including git and Subversion
- Merge in development branches and create release branches, tags etc. in the VCS
- Set up, monitor and manage the continuous integration process
- Work closely with QA to ensure quality and robustness of products
- Manage server configurations for code and services, in conjunction with the Systems Administration team
- Create automated test tools to ensure product quality and reliability
- Create and deploy weekly releases following best practices
- Provide regular reporting and metrics on test and release processes
Our primary development platforms are Perl and Java with the PostgreSQL database on Debian GNU/Linux.
Required Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
- At least one year of experience working in the build/integration/release role
- Be comfortable working with Linux at the command line level and be knowledgeable about Linux file system commands
- Have experience in Apache and niginx web server configuration
- At least two years of experience in software version control systems including git, Subversion and CVS including management, branching, merging, patch creation and troubleshooting
- Experience in working with test/QA teams
- Experience in scripting/coding for Selenium IDE and Selenium RC
- Experience in bash and Perl/Python scripting
- Experience in managing periodic product releases, preferable for ecommerce websites
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How to apply…
If you are interested in any of the above career opportunities please send your resume and cover letter telling us why you are the right candidate to: hr@flightnetwork.com.
All candidates will be afforded equal opportunities through the recruiting process. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.