Senior Technical Consultant Utilities

Overview

A Senior Technical Consultant Utilities works as part of a small to medium-sized team throughout the entire software development life cycle. This will include facilitating discussions with business subject matter experts, documenting requirements, designing a solution based on the designated software applications, configuring software, testing software modifications, rolling out production environments, training clients, and providing production support.

Job Duties

• • Own the design and delivery of the billing and rates functional solution.
  • Lead requirements gathering workshops to intimately understand existing client billing and rates processes, determine future state goals and identify gaps.
  • Lead the end-to-end configuration of the Oracle Utilities software solution.
  • Document future-state business process definitions required configuration and functional designs for necessary extension development.
  • Implement of Complex Billing using plan extensions and conditional billing.
  • Ensure smart meter integration using real time pricing and AMI smart meter billing with interval usage data configuration and setup.
  • Manage the data and tariff changes for price configuration in regulated and deregulated markets.
  • Define mains and sub transactions and assign them in the rates for account using integration points for Device Management.
  • Implement end unit and string test necessary configuration.
  • Support functional and system and integration testing and training activities related to respective functional area of expertise.
  • Execute and enforce environment management discipline ensuring efficient management of billing and rates configuration.
  • Support go-live and deployment activities associated with billing and rates functionality and processes.

Qualifications

• • Travel: This position may require up to 20% travel.
  • Education: Undergraduate bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Required Experience

• • 10-year experience working in a technical consulting position with proven knowledge on EDM and Billing integration, smart meter integration and strong knowledge of Utilities Solution Software and Meter Data Management application within the energy industry.
  • Experience utilizing the complete Software Development Lifecycle
  • Experience with AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) Billing for smart meters
  • Strong knowledge on Energy Data Management and the technical components of billing integration
  • Experience with smart meter integration using real time pricing and time of use
  • Experience defining mains and sub transactions and assign them in the rates for account using integration points for Device Management and FICA.
  • Experience presenting and winning white papers
  • Experience with Green field implementation of regulated and Deregulated Electricity
  • Implementation of Complex Billing using plan extensions and Conditional Billing.
  • Solid logic, analytical skills and technical skills (e.g. Windows, SQL Server or Oracle, Crystal Reports)
  • Experience with HTML, XML, XSL and XSLT
  • Development experience with SOA and Web Services
  • Development experience with ASP.NET, C#.NET, VB.NET, and PL/SQL

About the position:

• Department: Solutions Delivery
• Physical Work Location: Remote
• Language of work: English
• Company Location: Oakville, Ontario L6H 0C3
• Compensation range 110,000 CND -140,000 CND
• Discretionary incremental raises based on performance.
• Discretionary quarterly bonuses of up to 10% of annual salary based on performance.
• Type of employment – Full-time Permanent position

Benefits included:

• • • Supplemental Dental Insurance
    • Supplemental Vision Insurance
    • Prescription Insurance
    • Supplemental Life and Accident Insurance
    • Paid Vacation Time
    • Paid Company Holidays
    • Home Office Stipend
    • Stipend for cellphone/Wi-Fi use
    • Company Provided Equipment