Senior Solutions Consultant

Access Sciences is seeking a full-time Senior Solutions Consultant to join our team in Houston, TX.

About the company

Access is a nationwide information management firm that partners with our clients, designing information management solutions to organize unstructured information and providing managed services support. We take a collaborative approach to our work - with our clients and each other. At Access Sciences, we are committed to delivering exceptional service. The diverse nature of our engagements creates challenging and rewarding opportunities for growth!

About the Role

As a Senior Solutions Consultant, you will perform all aspects of Microsoft 365 technical design and implementation projects from opportunity shaping, through delivery and support, including:

Create SOWs and contribute to proposals by defining scope and estimating time, cost, and resource needs

Deliver client presentations for orals and technical demonstrations

Act as the primary technical lead for SharePoint and M365 projects, ensuring architecture aligns with enterprise standards and client needs

Gather user requirements through facilitated interviews and content analysis

Assess technology environments and identify opportunities for system and process improvements, enhancements, and integrations

Lead the design, build, and test of SharePoint Online, Teams, Power Automate, PowerApps, and Power BI solutions

Translate business needs into technical language for development teams and translate technical details into business value for client stakeholders

Create technical deliverables: requirements, use cases, conceptual and technical design specifications, test plans/test cases, handover and governance documents

Collaborate with client IT and functional teams to resolve technical issues during implementation and operations

Travel locally or out of state, as needed for client-facing project activities, up to 25% Consult on multiple projects at the same time, juggling unique requirements and timelines

Skills and Knowledge Required

5+ years of full lifecycle experience (i.e., design, implement, upgrade, migrate, deploy, and support) of Microsoft 365, SharePoint on-prem, and Hybrid solutions

Experience working with web-based applications using .NET 4.0 or higher, C#, SQL Server, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML/CSS, Azure a plus

Previous implementation experience with information architecture, lifecycle management, and governance policies in M365, SharePoint on-prem, and Hybrid environments, and other content management systems

Previous implementation experience with M365 Compliance Center, Records Management, Information Governance, Data Loss Prevention, eDiscovery, tenant services administration, including M365 security models and implementation, Azure Active Directory configuration

Previous implementation experience designing and executing migrations from file shares and non-Microsoft platforms to M365 (on premise, hybrid, SharePoint Online), with custom scripts and/or third-party migration tools (e.g. ShareGate, AvePoint, or similar)

Previous customer-facing or consulting experience leading group discussions with senior stakeholders: presenting recommendations, strategies, proposals, and facilitating agreement or decisions

Able to engage and establish positive relationships with all levels of the organization

Preferred Skills

Team Lead or people management experience, Project Management experience or certifications

M365 or other relevant technology certifications