Position: Specialized IT Consultant –
Power BI
Location:
Toronto, ON
Job ID#: RQ10391
Duration: 12Months
Role Overview
A Specialized IT Consultant is required to design, develop,
and support Business Intelligence (BI) solutions using Microsoft Power BI and Cognos. The role involves translating business requirements into
scalable, secure, and high-quality BI solutions, following applicable
government I&IT standards and industry best practices.
The consultant will work closely with business stakeholders
and technical teams throughout analysis, design, development, testing, and
deployment phases.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner
with business clients to advise on I&IT solutions that meet business
objectives and improve system efficiency
- Act
as a technical subject matter expert and advisor for BI deliverables
- Translate
business requirements into technical designs and solution architectures
- Design,
develop, test, deploy, and monitor BI systems and reports
- Define
software, hardware, and network requirements
- Analyze
I&IT requirements and provide independent technical recommendations
- Develop
implementation processes, procedures, work plans, and effort estimates
- Anticipate
and resolve technical issues to ensure high-quality, on-time delivery
- Support
release, deployment, and operational activities across environments
- Serve
as the primary liaison between technical teams (Dev, QA) and business
stakeholders
- Ensure
solutions meet security, compliance, accessibility, and data privacy
standards
- Participate
in change management and continuous improvement activities
Must‑Have Technical Experience
- 5+
years of experience as an I&IT Consultant
- Power
BI Service (Cloud): report design, development, deployment
- Power
BI Server (On‑Prem): report design and development
- Microsoft
SQL Server
- ETL
development (SSIS), daily job scheduling and monitoring
- Release
pipeline automation and deployment coordination
- Data
analysis and data management
General Technical Skills
- Systems
integration across new and existing platforms
- Technology
evaluation and recommendation aligned to business goals
- Scalable,
reliable, and secure solution design
- Collaboration
with business, development, and infrastructure teams
- Technical
support across development, testing, and release cycles
- Experience
with BI and data tools including Power BI, Cognos, Oracle, MS SQL, SSIS,
Visual Studio, Git, and SQL-based reporting tools
Desirable Skills
- Information
Management principles, policies, and practices
- Business
and data requirements analysis and documentation
- Business
process modeling and analysis techniques
- Experience
with Agile and Waterfall SDLC methodologies
- Knowledge
of accessibility standards (AODA)
- Awareness
of emerging BI, analytics, and data technologies
- Experience
using CASE tools for requirements and scope documentation
Knowledge Transfer Requirements
- Knowledge
transfer to designated internal staff prior to contract end
- Completion
of all knowledge transfer activities at least two weeks before departure
- Storage
of all deliverables and documentation in approved version control
repositories
- Regular
written communication on documentation status and locations
- Walk‑through
sessions and one‑on‑one knowledge transfer meetings
Experience & Skill Weighting
- Technical
Experience – 50%
- Core
Skills – 25%
- Project
Experience & Techniques – 10%
- Communication
Skills – 10%
- Public
Sector Experience – 5%
Public Sector Experience
- Experience
working in a public sector organization of comparable size or complexity
- Experience
designing solutions compliant with government I&IT standards is an
asset
About
Symbiotic Digital.
Symbiotic Digital provides the IT
Experts you need that solve problems and get things done. See what the
top 2% in their field can do for you. (Symbiotic Digital is a
division of Symbiotic Group Inc.)
We
serve customers in two ways, we provide:
1. Digital Experts: IT Consulting
expertise. Bright Minds That Produce Proven Results
2. Recruitment: Find The Right People You
Need
Serving
IT & Business leaders, Symbiotic Digital provides a business system that
enable us to provide the Expert Technical staff needed to solve challenging
business and IT problems. IT leaders in the most reputable organizations in
Canada have relied on Symbiotic Digital to help them staff difficult
assignments with proven Experts uniquely evaluated by our proven QMS- Quality
Management System Staff Development Model. We are a 100% Indigenous owned
company.
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