Assignment: RQ07622 Specialized IT Consultant Senior
Job Title: Specialized IT Consultant Senior
Requisition (SS): RQ07622
Start Date:
End Date:
Client: Infrastructure Technology Services
Office Location: 222 Jarvis Street Toronto
Organization: Infrastructure Technology Services
Extension # of Days: 62.00
Ministry: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery (former MGCS)
# Business Days: 178.00
Note: Candidate needs to be in office 3 business days in a week
MUST HAVE
- 5 years of experience (10 years preferred) in IT consulting
Description
Deliverables:
1. Conduct Current State Assessments:
- (a) Performs comprehensive analysis including technical process skills and financial assessments of ITS products and services in consultation with relevant stakeholders;
- (b) Assess product/service maturity;
- (c) Identifies capability gaps relative to client requirements and industry best practices;
- (d) Documents all findings in a formal report.
2. Perform Strategic Options Analysis:
- (a) Leads workshops with stakeholders to define service vision and identify expected business benefits and outcomes;
- (b) Consults with industry and perform jurisdictional scans of peer organizations to inform options selection;
- (c) Develops final list of potential options guided by industry best practice and informed through stakeholder and industry consultations;
- (d) Performs cost/benefit analysis for each option considered;
- (e) Documents all findings in a formal report.
3. Define Strategic Target State:
- (a) Leads target state definition workshops in collaboration with service/product leads and relevant stakeholders;
- (b) Works with users and stakeholders to develop business requirements and metrics;
- (c) Documents highlevel target state architecture;
- (d) Refines cost analysis for the new target state;
- (e) Develops gap analysis report for technology processes and people
- (f) Develops highlevel roadmap/implementation plan to achieve target state;
- (g) Documents all findings in a formal report.
4. Lead Business Case Development:
- (a) Leads the development of ITS Business Cases for ITS strategies in collaboration with ITS corporate procurement relevant stakeholders and in compliance with OPS governance and policies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Accountable for the development of multiyear service/product strategies;
- Development and standardized application of bestpractice methodologies and frameworks;
- Leading strategic initiatives;
- Engaging/collaborating with users and stakeholders;
- Working at all levels across the organization from endusers to executive management;
- Presenting to a wide range of audiences including executive management;
- Development of presentations reports and relevant collateral as required.
Evaluation Breakdown:
Experience with complex IT hosting environments 15%
- Technical Proficiency: Deep understanding of modern technologies frameworks and tools.
- Problem Solving: Ability to identify analyze and creatively solve complex business issues relating to the delivery of hosting services.
- Leading strategic initiatives: Experience in overseeing projects/initiatives from conception to completion ensuring that all strategic requirements are met.
Knowledge of modern technologies and practices 20%
- Technical Knowledge: Extensive knowledge of both cloud platforms and onpremises hosting solutions.
- Modern Technologies: Skills in adapting/integrating modern technologies with evolving service/product strategies.
- Modern Practices: Knowledge of best practices including agile and lean development.
Strategy & Planning 15%
- Strategic Frameworks: Experience in the development and application of service/product strategy methodologies.
- Strategic Alignment: Proficiency in aligning IT strategies with overarching business objectives.
- Communication Skills: Ability to clearly communicate how strategic options support business goals.
- Adaptability: Skills in adapting modern industry practices to evolving business needs.
Analysis of complex systems and solutions 10%
- Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze and compare the benefits and limitations of strategic options/solutions.
- Costing: Exposure to pricing and costing models used to support the delivery of hosting services.
- Metrics/KPIs: Skills in defining and measuring performance indicators for current and new services.
- Report writing: Experience in developing and presenting executivelevel reports to management.
Consulting background 10%
- Organization: Describe the types of organizations you have worked for in the past i.e. government/private sector the size of the organization; the role you worked in and how long you worked there.
- Deliverables: Describe the types of strategic deliverables you have produced.