The role requires the candidate to be based in the West Coast, USA
About Objective:
At Objective, we create software that makes a difference. With over 400 people and five development labs spread across Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom, Objective is a leading developer of SaaS solutions for the government.
Our role:
The Technical Consultant is responsible for providing analysis, design, delivery, oversight, and QA of the technical consulting for Objective solutions and for all technical aspects of Objective implementations, upgrades, and enhancements. They will cover sales support, high-level analysis, and QA for product installation, configuration, integration, customization, data migration, and troubleshooting.
This role reports to a Regional Services Director and does not have people management responsibilities.
A Day In Your Role:
- Leading and/or supporting Presales activities such as preparing product and solution demonstrations, presenting to prospects and customers, and creating proposals and estimates.
- Responsible for the technical components of all submitted proposals, including Technical Architecture, Data Migration Strategy, Solution Design, Customisation, and estimates.
- Lead the High-Level Analysis for the technical stream, facilitating workshops to confirm the technical solution and migration strategy and document the outcome in accordance with the methodology.
- Lead the technical stream of the project. Responsible for on-time, within-estimate delivery of all technical components of a project.
- Responsible for successful installation, testing and certification of the Objective software within the customer environment, according to the specified configuration, across all platforms and databases.
- Work closely with the project team to determine the required data migration, develop migration scripts, test the migration process, and execute the production migration, ensuring that all data is successfully migrated.
- Develop and unit test customisations, utilising the Objective SDK where appropriate, according to specification, to assist in ensuring the solution meets the customer's overall business requirements.
- Work with the project team to test the end-to-end solution and provide ongoing support during User Acceptance Testing and the go-live period.
Your Skills, Experience and Beyond:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- High degree of knowledge in Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, Advanced MS Word, Outlook)
- Experience in Database – Oracle and SQL Server.
- Understanding of operating systems - Windows and Unix (with a preference for Solaris)
- Hands-on experience in SQL, including one in PL/SQL or Transact/SQL.
- Good understanding of Programming Concepts - with a preference for Object Oriented.
- Demonstrated and strong capability in one or more of the following languages/technologies: C/C++, Java, VB 6, .Net (e.g. VB, C#)
- Prior experience in presales roles highly desirable.
We are an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristics or on any other basis prohibited by the applicable laws in the regions we operate in.
To provide a positive experience, please advise our Talent Team of any adjustments or accommodations required during the recruitment process so we can support you.
Top Skills
What We Do
We’re formed by a team of creators, passionate about code, agile methodology and focused on sharing knowledge to generate value for our customers through digital solutions.
Discovering innovative paths in complex and strategic projects, we guarantee the quality of delivery in scale through continuous tests automation, which creates the necessary confidence for creating long-standing relationships among employees, customers and partners.
For over 20 years, we have contributed to the success of the largest telecommunications companies in Brazil with digital solutions for billing and subscribers management. And through our experience and knowledge, we expanded our offerings with a portfolio of digital solutions, consultancies and software development teams for the most varied market segments, such as manufacturing, finance, education, retail, health and utilities.
The United States unit was founded in 2017, in Chicago, allowing us to deliver the same quality, expertise and specific IT solutions to American companies.
The company belongs to the Objective Group, which includes E-TRUST, specialized in information security and Identity Management, CodeIT, which develops systems for insurance and social security and ELEFLOW with BI solutions and Big Data Analytics.
If you like challenges, learn constantly and value personal connections, join us!
Other interesting information about us you should know:
- One of the best companies to work in Paraná, Brazil, according to GPTW
- We offer one of the best remuneration in Brazilian IT market, according to Glassdoor
- Offices in Brazil (São Paulo, Maringá, Curitiba) and Chicago
- We’re a benchmark of agile development, with a case published on ‘The Scrumban [R]Evolution: Getting the Most Out of Agile, Scrum, and Lean Kanban’ book, from Ajay Reddy
