09 - Senior Specialist, IT Solutions

General Overview

Functional Area:  Information Technology (ITM)
Career Stream:  IT Solutions (SOLN)
Role:  Senior Specialist (SSP)
Job Title: Senior Specialist, IT Solutions        
Job Code:  SSP-ITM-SOLN
Job Level:  Band 9
Direct/Indirect Indicator:  Indirect

Summary

The Senior Specialist, IT Solutions provides business, process and technical expertise to teams that are responsible for assessing, designing, delivering and supporting IT solutions to clients and customers. The Senior IT Solution Specialist will also have the experience and responsibility to ensure that solution team members that are external to IT or even Celestica will also provide quality input and deliverables in a way that meets Celestica's overall goals and requirements, and will need to manage relationships and negotiate and resolve conflict when necessary.  The Senior IT Solution Specialist will have the knowledge and experience to establish goals and strategies in areas of speciality.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Support and communicate with stakeholders including IT/Business Partners as well as external/internal communities for opportunities and or alignment of solution strategy
• Support in providing solution architecture as well as guidance in the selected area of responsibility (e.g. Shopfloor, IT, SCM, Ops, etc.)
• Provide guidance in IT Process (e.g. Operating Model, Governance, System Development Life Cycle)
• Provide direction and/or guidance in relevant technologies and concepts (e.g. Azure, Cloud Tech, .NET, SAP/ABAP, etc.)
• Perform technical execution of solutions including requirements gathering, blueprinting, development and deployment

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Strong knowledge & experience in IT process (.e.g operating model, governance, IT delivery lifecycle)
• Strong knowledge & experience in select business processes (e.g. Shopfloor, IT, SCM, Ops, etc.) 
• Strong knowledge & experience in relevant technologies and concepts (e.g. SAP, xAAS, .NET, Azure, etc.)
• Ability to make or guide decisions, and drive team actions in accordance with strategy.
• Good problem solving & analytic skillset, with an ability to innovate.
• Strong relationship management and negotiations skills. 
• Strong knowledge & experience in Agile and Waterfall development/project methodologies 
• Advanced knowledge of Celestica IT architecture strategies 

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.

Typical Experience

• 4 to 6 years in a similar role or industry.

Typical Education

• Bachelor's Degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.