IT Consultant Job

Job Summary:
Seeking an IT Consultant to advise enterprise clients on leveraging IT processes, systems, and techniques to solve complex business problems and achieve strategic objectives. The role bridges client business needs and technical solutions, delivering objective evaluation of technology trends, cost-benefit trade-offs, and implementation risks.

Key Responsibilities:
• Define comprehensive technical requirements and recommend tailored IT solutions
• Identify and qualify methods for incorporating modern technology with industry best practices
• Serve as expert advisor on industry alternatives, presenting data-driven advantage/disadvantage analysis
• Study technical trends and advise on modernization opportunities for client systems
• Advise on solution options, implementation risks, cost-benefit analysis, and cross-system impacts
• Consult with program/project management teams to architect solutions aligned with strategic goals
• Evaluate legacy and modern system architectures, cloud/on-prem integration points, and enterprise workflows
• Translate complex business processes into actionable technical solutions, gap analyses, and feasibility studies
• Apply structured evaluation framework: requirement analysis, industry trend analysis, and trade-off/risk mapping

Required Skills & Certifications:
• Minimum 2 years of professional experience in an IT Department or IT consulting firm
• Demonstrated broad exposure across enterprise technology areas (infrastructure, software, security, data)
• Proven consulting skills — engaging stakeholders, defining requirements, delivering technical option appraisals
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, able to articulate technical risks and costs to non-technical leaders
• Preferred 4-year college degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field
• Must abide by prohibition on taking/using government equipment outside the United States
• Must agree to fingerprint background checks

Preferred Skills & Certifications:
• Direct experience in external management or IT consulting engagements across multi-disciplinary client environments
• Hands-on experience supporting IT security audits, governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) frameworks
• Exposure to large-scale public sector, regulated enterprise systems, or digital transformation projects

Scheduling:
• Location: Columbus, Ohio 43215 (onsite, in-person interviews)