Technical Consultant Job in Waterloo N2l0a1, Ontario Canada
Under broad direction, advises on or manages the solution development of a highly specialized consulting engagement or a functional area of a large, complex engagement. Acts as a leading authority on at least one service offering, industry or function and displays a deep working knowledge of others. Understands customer requirements and advises project team on highly specialized, large portions of solution architecture and implementation. Applies expert business skills and consulting methodologies to collect and analyze data. Exhibits a broad knowledge of all service offerings within Open Text. Scopes the specialized portion of engagements and provides expertise during proposal preparations.
The incumbent works on complex problems that impact the design success of current projects or addresses broad design issues for future projects.
Makes executive presentations on results specifically related to the specialized portion of the engagements. Influences the strategic direction of the practice.
Primary Duties
A Technical Consultant will be expected to perform analysis, requirements definition, design, coding, prototype development, testing, and documentation and contribute to all the phases of the project life cycle as needed. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of programming experience with demonstrated skills in analytical problem solving environments. The candidate should have excellent communication skills and be willing to travel (up to 75%). Majority of the travel will be within North America.
Position Requirements: Skills and Knowledge
1. Good written and verbal communication skills
2. Solid organizational and planning skills
3. Proficiency with MS Office Suite
4. General knowledge of web servers, browsers and other internet applications
5. Experience using Windows 7/2003/2008 preferred with general knowledge with Unix/HP-UX/Sun Solarix, Linux
6. Experience using Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server including SQL
7. Experience with .Net and Java preferred with the ability to use, XML/XSLT, J2EE, HTML/CSS.