Sr. Systems Consultant

The Senior Systems Consultant will work as a member of the Platform Engineering team (PE) within the Office of Innovation and Technology (OIT). The Consultant’s purview will include consultations, trainings, and guiding modernization for the City’s M365 platform. This includes SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Exchange, Power Apps and related applications. It does not include Office Desktop apps (Word, PowerPoint, etc.).

This role is expected to regularly meet and consult with clients to determine viable solutions to their issues. The ideal candidate will be able to understand the business case and confidently walk clients through potential solutions and their impact. We would like the Consultant to use their knowledge and experience to offer clients Microsoft-based solutions for issues they identify in their workflows and business processes. The candidate is expected to conduct these meetings independently once familiarized with the Team’s approach and workflows. This role will also serve as a subject matter expert (SME) on project teams when needed.

The Consultant must be comfortable offering and leading training from small group project calls through large group workshops for the City’s IT community and other interested City parties. With time, the Consultant will guide and facilitate the creation of a community of practice or exchange for these applications and the platform, for which they are a trusted technical expert.

PE is a team of talented engineers with diverse experiences and backgrounds. The Consultant will be expected to become an active, supportive member of this team. That includes attending all team meetings and activities, supporting the team’s efforts to adopt DevOps principles, curating a document library for solutions supported by the team, leading knowledge transfers and team-internal trainings, discussing and recommending team metrics, mentoring more junior members of the team, and working with all members of the team as needed. There is also an opportunity to work with colleagues in the larger IT community, and the Consultant will be encouraged to build relationships with other City IT professionals to work collaboratively with them as opportunities present themselves.

The Consultant will sometimes assist with very specific tickets tied to requests from VIPs or crises. However, on-call responsibilities are not a part of this role, and nearly all ticket work will tie to consultations or project work. In extraordinary circumstances, the IT Manager for PE may assign tasks as needed outside the above.

Work activities:

• Consult on use of M365 applications and products as needed
• Offer regular scheduled training in the use of M365 applications and products
• Serve as the resident technical expert for M365, with particular focus on SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Power Apps, Exchange, and Purview
• Act as the arbiter of coming changes, feature updates, and new features for M365 products and applications
• Develop power apps and SharePoint governance
• Champion and lead changes in the IT environment regarding M365 products and assist with the adoption of an evergreen mentality for changes to applications and products
• Join our PE team as an active, supportive, guiding member, with particular emphasis toward

  mentoring more junior members and offering opportunities for growth and knowledge transfer

• Develop and maintain relationships with other members of the City’s IT community
• Report at least weekly to supervisor on successes, blockers, and issues, and be able to raise potential issues before they arise
• Attend meetings, training, presentations, and consultations on-site and at City buildings other than the assigned office space as needed
• Coordinate with the Learning Management System team to provide technical training and support

Skills/experience of the assigned staff:

Required

• At least 7 years’ experience with M365 applications and products, especially with
  • SharePoint
  • OneDrive
  • Teams, including Voice and Rooms
  • Exchange
• At least 5 years’ experience scripting in Powershell, with particular experience in conducting code reviews and using code repositories
• At least 3 years’ experience offering and leading consultations to diverse groups of clients, including technical staff and business/programmatic staff
• At least 3 years’ experience preparing, delivering, and leading trainings
  • Doing so with M365 products is strongly preferred
• Be able to track and complete tasks independently
• Able to complete an FBI background check for CJIS clearance
• Able to complete training for HIPAA compliance within the City of Philadelphia’s HIPAA training requirements

Highly Desired/Preferred