Professional Services – Business Transformation Architect –

Renaud Consulting IM / IT Solutions; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic consulting firm in Ottawa is seeking an experienced IT professional to develop costing methodologies and collaborate on network designs. Candidates should have extensive experience in WAN environments and possess a relevant degree or diploma. A security clearance at the Secret level is required. This role demands strong collaboration skills in both English and French.

Qualifications

• A minimum of ten years of work experience in the IT field.
• Business architecture certificate from a recognized institution.
• Experience in planning and implementation of complex WAN environments.

Responsibilities

• Participate in meetings and collaborate with project teams.
• Review existing costing-based methodologies.
• Develop costing forecasts using data models.
• Provide expert resolution support for complex network problems.
• Prepare and deliver presentations to stakeholders.

Skills

Collaboration in bilingual environments

Costing methodologies

Network design

Complex problem resolution

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology

College diploma in IT

Job description

Description : Responsibilities

• Participate in meetings and work collaborativelywith the project teams, other costing groups,corporate stakeholders and technical teams in both official languageEnglish and French.
• Review existing costing-based methodology and align it against theforward set of requirements needed as part of the business transformationagenda.
• Work collaboratively with both fibre optic and MPLS based engineers forderiving the necessary Bill of Materials (BoMs) required forthe varioustechnical initiatives that occur within the fiscal year
• Develop and continue to cost the variousprovider-based networks(IXP, CXP, ISP, WAN etc.)
• Analyze and evaluate alternative technology solutions to meet businessproblems;
• Work collaboratively with the project teams and corporate stakeholders, onthe construction, writing, review and stickhandling of major Treasury BoardSubmissions within the Department.
• Ensure the integration of all aspects of technology solutions;
• Work collaboratively with other costing groups within thedirectorate
• Develop data modeldriven costing methodologies that take sourcedata from various systems across the enterprise for the purpose of developingcosting forecasts
• Be able to evaluate complex Bill of Materials for both fibre optic andMPLS based infrastructureand interpret them into costing estimates forthe directorate
• Ensure network solutions being developed are in sync with industrystandards and trends, and aligned with government and industry directions fortechnology;
• Provide input and recommendations to project teams;
• Develop and / or participate in change impact analysis and work within the respective change management and incident management processes;
• Provide expert resolution support and / or workaround solutions forcomplex network problems;
• Provide support and implementation activities, follow standarddocumentation practices for post implementation support;
• Collaborate with project resources to organize and review relevant information / documentsfrom various technical stakeholders including IT solution providers and |Tsupport service teams;
• Collaborate with project resources to reach consensus on issues relatedto network designs and Detailed Design Specifications;
• Work in partnership with all stakeholders to identify technicalend-to-end IT solution challenges
• Attend internal, client, industry and vendor workshops to define,document and develop consensus on the most appropriate recommendations;
• Collaborate and work with other teams to provide Enterprise Networkdesign support throughout the project;
• Work with project resources to identify gaps with target designs anddevelop recommendations;
• Identify network design / solution risks and issues as well as potential mitigationto project team;
• Prepare and deliver presentations as required toclients, management and other stakeholders as required;

Qualifications

A minimum of a three year collegediploma (computer science or otherIT related field; OR

a university degree at the Bachelor level in Information Technology(computer science or engineering) orotherIT related field; OR

A minimum of tenyears (in the last 15 years) work experience in the IT field at bidclosing

must clearly substantiate and demonstrate that the proposed resource(s)have at minimum at bid closing :

Level 3 : ten (10) years’ experience

performing taskssimilar to those specified in the attached SOW.

must clearlysubstantiate and demonstrate at bid closing, that the proposed resource hasbusinessarchitecturecertificate from a recognized institution.

must clearlysubstantiate and demonstrate at bid closing, that the proposed resource(s) haveexperience in planning andimplementation of complex Wide Area Network andDark Fiber MAN based networkenvironments

Must hold a SecurityClearanceat the Secret levelrequested by the TechnicalAuthority and issued by PWGSC-CISD(file number and expiry date must beprovided.) At bid closing