09 - Senior Specialist, IT Solutions

Req ID: 120520Region: AmericasCountry: United StatesState/Province: TexasCity: RichardsonGeneral OverviewFunctional Area: Information Technology (ITM)Career Stream: IT Solutions (SOLN)Role: Senior Specialist (SSP)Job Title: Senior Specialist, IT SolutionsJob Code: SSP-ITM-SOLNJob Level: Band 9Direct/Indirect Indicator: IndirectSummaryThe 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 DescriptionPerforms 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

NotesThis 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.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.Celestica’s policy on equal employment opportunity prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran or disability status, or other characteristics protected by law.This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.COMPANY OVERVIEW:Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.