Specialized IT Consultant - Senior-RQ06084

Toronto, ON

Responsibilities:

Works in partnership with clients, advising them on information technology in order to meet their business objectives or overcome problems, work to improve structure and efficiency of an organization’s I&IT systems.
The I&IT Consultant may be used to provide strategic guidance to organizations with regard to Information Management & IT technology, IT infrastructures and the enablement of major business processes through enhancements to IT.
Provides subject matter expertise in their field and highly expert technical assistance.

General Skills:

Acts as the technical advisor/expert on all aspects of a specific deliverable
Provide the quality assurance/quality control of specific deliverables
Anticipates and resolves problems to ensure that the deliverables are completed within budget, to the highest quality, meeting or exceeding expectations
Develops processes and procedures for implementing deliverables
Prepares reports and presentations including options, recommendations, implementation plans, etc.
Works with clients to define the scope of a project and to determine requirements
Defines software, hardware and network requirements
Analyzes I&IT requirements giving independent and objective advice on the use of I&IT
Designs, tests, installs and monitors new systems and develops solutions and implementation of new systems
Familiar with change-management principles and methodology
Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices

Skill set

Technical Experience and skills

10+ years experience in leading technical integration projects including:

Integration of Azure and AWS cloud solutions, on prem solutions and SaaS solutions
Designing and developing web-based applications, web services and microservices
Designing and developing real-time interfaces and data processing
Designing and developing complex applications utilizing relational and multi-dimensional databases, including experience working with Oracle and SAP technologies.
ETL scripting and system integration at the data level
Understanding of data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) concepts and processes in an SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) environment
Creating data models, information architecture/design
Documenting and organizing information related to data structures, relationships, definitions and processes

Communication and Advisory Skills

Experience in writing technical documentation – how to wiki, specification docs, run books etc.
Experience conducting research and assessment of options for technical design issues
Experience presenting to and briefing senior executives on options and making recommendations
Experience contributing to design/development of project plans, including work breakdown and resource plans
Strong verbal and written communications skills
Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
Strong consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders.

Leadership Skills

Experience leading a diverse team of IT professionals, assigning tasks, mentoring junior developers, coordinating components for successful delivery
Demonstrated experience leading development/support teams supporting multidimensional and relational database and their applications for effective planning, budgeting, strategizing, and forecasting procedures.
Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving and decision-making skills
A demonstrated team player with a proven track record for meeting deadlines