Technical Consultant, £NEG, 9 Months, Norway

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT, £NEG, 9 MONTHS, NORWAY

JOB PURPOSE

Lead Technical Design Workshops and Requirements Definition and Creation of specification through to sign off. Create Technical Requirements in line with allocated budget and encourage simple implementation and support. Provide expert product and technical advice and support throughout delivery cycle, resolves issues/provides insight and direction in deliveries. Provide Close Support for clients and Project Management throughout delivery life cycle. Help in the Sales Process providing Demonstrations/Presentations. To be recognized as the 'technical solution expert'

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

- Add value to clients business through demonstration of solution technical benefits and design recommendations to form solution requirements in line with Product/Business Consultant.
- Provide insight into technical design impacts to deliver, make recommendations for ease of deliver and support.
- Lead technical Design Workshops Definition and Creation through to sign off:
- Gather data and information in a structured and consistent manner to meet project objectives.
- Apply product capabilities/limitations to the solution architecture & design.
- Understanding the total cost of all the factors involved (ie design, interfacing, hosting options, platforms, standard/bespoke components) and ensure that proposals are structured to cover costs and include a margin.
- Understand and apply delivery parameters, constraints in the design process including commercial and time constraints.
- Lead review process through to sign off.
- Engage global functions/business/product consultant appropriately. Provide technical customisation using standard components (ODBC, XSL).Identifies complex technical risks and works to resolve.
- Providing guidance and best practice approaches to software development using Object Oriented development process, for high performance, robust, complex, multi language, multi-platform application and library development.
- Accountable for quality and re-usability of software hooks and bureau links (generic hooks)

SALES SUPPORT

- By request, support Sales Consultants/BDMs, providing technical presentations and Solution Expertise in developing prospects.
- Delivers sized, costed proposals taking into consideration client, market, risk factors and client requirements.
- Present and demonstrate to the client how solutions can solver their business issues.
- Understand high level solution design requirements and produces/reviews associated sizing, costing estimates.

TECHNICAL DELIVERY SUPPORT

- Actively engage Technical staff appropriately for staff development purposes in design and specification process.
- Assist with interpretation of technical design and ensure that configured solution reflects signed off design.
- Has design authority over the entire solution and works to ensure that the configured solution reflects the signed off design.
- Recognizes deviation from scope and identifies these as revenue generation opportunities.
- Supervise implementation preparation, system performance and benchmarking, packaging, having B&QA executing it.
- Support for SIT, UAT supervising B XML and XSLT skills (SOAP interfaces and style sheet development.)
- Advanced knowledge and significant experience of the SDLC and Agile delivery life cycle

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