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Sirius Computer Solutions Sr. Consultant – DataStage in Topeka, Kansas
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Job ID:
22001118
Focus Area:
Project Management
Date Posted
Feb 28, 2022
Location:
Remote, Remote
Employment Type:
Full-Time
Sirius Computer Solutions is a CDW company. We share common values as a performance-driven, customer-focused culture. CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers across the globe.
The primary purpose of this position is to provide advanced Digital and/or Data consulting solutions to clients. This position may perform activities such as design, systems integration, and testing. This position will also handle client engagements requiring knowledge of multiple technologies and provide technical presales support.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
Performs a variety of billable consulting activities in support of clients’ objectives, which may include, but are not limited to:
Software Development
Application Administration and Configuration
Application Integration
Marketing technology consulting
User Experience Design
Data Engineering
Database Administration
Solution Testing for Data Integrity, Performance, and Usability
DevOps engineering
Develops solutions using IBM InfoSphere Suite (DataStage, QualityStage, Information Analyzer, Governance Catalog, FastTrack) and/or other tools, as determined by client needs
Develops data related files, data conversion solutions and designs, and interfaces to other application systems
Provides technical team leadership and guidance to a project’s technical team by carrying out the following responsibilities:
Assigning analysis, design, and development tasks to team members
Coordinating all technical team responsibilities such as installation, configuration, development, deployment, and support of user testing
Conducting technical reviews of all materials and deliverables for content, consistency, and accuracy of the solution
Leads code or other technical reviews and presents constructive feedback to technical team
Participates in requirements gathering activities, examining the entire business application from the aspects of the workflow and the end user
Builds focused relationships with clients to identify business challenges
Makes recommendations to solve client problems
Directly interacts with clients, sales team, managers and other technical team members to identify, develop, and obtain complete information for solutions, and scope statement and level of effort for proposal/SOW development
Communicates status of engagement to the customer, Sirius’ Services management, and Sirius reps as appropriate during the engagement
Recognize issues, risks, delays, etc. of the project and communicate immediately to the appropriate customer or Sirius team member
Documents completed technical work for clients
Maintains technical specifications throughout a project
Contributes and develop best practices, strategies, methodologies and documentation/templates suitable for reuse by other Consultants and Analysts
Achieve high level of Client Satisfaction on all consulting engagements by executing to achieve client project expectations
Develop strong client relationships and trust to secure future business
Reviews and understands all assigned Statement of Work (SOW) obligations prior to services delivery
Maintains accountability to work estimates and project financials
Assists with Digital and/or Data practice presales activities
Provides technical perspective to ensure a realistic estimation of scope, cost and level of effort for proposal generation
Serves as a point of contact to the client for technical issues and status
Mentors less senior personnel and serves as escalation point for their technical related project issues
As needed, steps into team leadership roles and empowers others to increase contribution and level of responsibility
Complies with all time compliance and time entry guidelines
Meets billable utilization targets
Training/Certifications - Engages in professional development, including obtaining industry related certifications as directed by management, to maintain continued growth in professional skills and knowledge
Administrative Overhead – Respond to email, phone calls, complete time cards in a timely manner, expense reports and status reports as required
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field
At least five (5) years of related IT work experience, to include experience with all of the following:
DataStage ETL Development
InfoSphere Platform installation and configuration (v10 or higher)
Other Required Qualifications
Demonstrated ability to write advanced SQL queries
Demonstrated database knowledge in DB2, Oracle, MS SQL, or other enterprise-class RDBMS
Demonstrated knowledge of operating systems including Windows, i5/OS, z/OS, AIX, Linux, or others
Demonstrated knowledge of Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and ETL strategies
Demonstrated ability to understand a client’s requirements and present appropriate options
Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with a wide variety of client and Sirius team members, including management and technical staff
Demonstrated ability to investigate complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in- depth evaluation of variable factors from multiple solutions and/or disciplines
Demonstrated understanding of core business functions of a typical company, and ability to employ step by step logic to solve business problems
Experience as a member of a technical project team, from design through delivery
Experience troubleshooting and identifying potential problems and making appropriate changes as necessary
Experience creating technical documentation and communicating effectively in various written formats
Demonstrated ability to provide guidance and leadership to less experienced technical team members, including delegating technical tasks, and at times resolving issues of poor technical execution without escalation
Demonstrated presentation and communication skills, including effectively communicating one-on-one, and in small and large groups, using a variety of presentation methods to sustain the audiences’ engagement
Demonstrated time management and organizational skills; ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
Demonstrated ability to establish positive working relationships and conduct complex and important work critical to the organization in a team consulting environment
Preferred Qualifications
Consulting experience, especially in an agency or global systems integrator environment
Certifications in relevant areas of specialty
Experience delivering projects on cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google, etc.)
Matillion and/or Python development experience
Data Privacy and Security
All Sirius employees are responsible to safeguard the information and information systems that they use or handle in the execution of their duties. Employees are obligated to know and perform their duties in accordance with Sirius policies, standards, and procedures related to security and report security violations to the appropriate Sirius authority.
Participate at hire and annually in the Information Security Awareness training as well as other required training identified by the Human Resources department. Other data privacy and data security related regulatory training may be required based on your role or assignment.
Essential Functions
This position exists to provide technical consulting solutions to customers and as such requires the ability to travel to and from customer sites and interact with customers on an ongoing and regular basis.
The above primary duties, responsibilities, and position requirements are not all inclusive.
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