Senior Consultant- Solution Developer, Higher Education Consulting

Job Type:Permanent
Reference code:112605
Primary Location:Multiple Locations, Canada
All Available Locations:Edmonton, AB; Toronto, ON; Vancouver, BC

Our Purpose

At Deloitte, we are driven to inspire and help our people, organization, communities, and country to thrive. Our Purpose is to build a better future by accelerating and expanding access to knowledge. Purpose defines who we are and gives us reason to exist as an organization.
By living our Purpose, we will make an impact that matters.

• Partner with clients to solve their most complex problems
• Be empowered to lead and have impact with clients, our communities and in the office.
• Be expected to share your ideas and to make them a reality.
  

Are you interested in joining our higher education team as a solution developer? Do you want to be part of our fast-growing industry-focused Canadian consulting team within Deloitte, a top professional services firm?

What will your typical day look like?

Working within our higher education team, you will be responsible for technical work on our AwardCloud software solution - including integrations for clients and enabling capabilities of this cloud-based software that facilitates the awarding of postsecondary student financial assistance. Your work will also include work on our product team to enable the product roadmap, support for responses to RFPs, and other technical scoping or discovery as required.

About the team

Our Higher Education practice is the undisputed leader in Canada, containing the best and brightest consultants and serving the industry for over 20 years. Our clients see the rapid changes happening in their institutions and look to us for guidance:from modernized student experiences, to back office technology optimization, to driving informed decision via AI and big-data, all while navigating the future of work and future of education. We fundamentally believe that modernized, efficient, effective and impactful education has a pivotal role to play in leading change in the world and our consultants are helping shape that. We have experienced team members coast-to-coast and weare truly a national team. Our nature is collegial and our impact is insightful.

Enough about us, let's talk about you

You are someone who has:

• College or university degree in IT or another relevant degree
• At least 2 years' experience in technology delivery in a consulting or project driven environment
• Experience with development including the following: workshop facilitation, programming and database concepts, data conversion, system testing and issue resolution
• Knowledge of higher education and/or higher education software technologies an asset
• An understanding of Software Development Lifecycle and supporting tools that are typically used
• A positive attitude, strong communication and analytical skills
• Pays attention to details, is process focused and has in interest in continuous improvement
• An understanding for API concepts
• Experiencing integrating systems is an asset

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The next step is yours

At Deloitte, we are all about doing business inclusively - that starts with having diverse colleagues of all abilities. Deloitte encourages applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of communities across Canada. This includes, but is not limited to, people with disabilities, candidates from Indigenous communities, and candidates from the Black community in support of living our values, creating a culture of Diversity Equity and Inclusion and our commitment to our AccessAbility Action Plan , Reconciliation Action Plan and the BlackNorth Initiative .
We encourage you to connect with us at accessiblecareers@deloitte.ca if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). We'd love to hear from you!
By applying to this job you will be assessed against the Deloitte Global Talent Standards. We've designed these standards to provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte experience globally.
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