Senior Consultant - Data Conversion

Melbourne

Unlock Learning For All

Here at Ellucian, we are motivated by a mission - power education so institutions can empower student success. We are the global market leader in EdTech for higher education, serving more than 2,900 customers and reaching over 22 million students in 50 countries. We are dedicated to helping higher education unlock learning for all by providing solutions that support the entire student lifecycle and deliver insights needed now and into the future.

We embrace the power to lead , the courage to innovate , and the determination to grow . At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation , we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.

About the Opportunity

Are you a skilled technologist with deep talent in the underpinnings of the Banner Student Information System or a talented higher education professional with experience in data conversion leveraging both proprietary and industry available conversion tools? Are you interested in a career enabling the use of innovative solutions that will transform Higher Education? If you answered yes, then we should talk!

Ellucian is seeking an experienced Senior Data Conversion Consultant to join the APAC Professional Services team to work collaboratively with business analysts and customers to adopt our integrated administrative solutions for our universities. The Senior Data Conversion Consultantwill execute all aspects related to the mapping of legacy data sets to Ellucian’s Student Management System (Banner), requiring solid knowledge and understanding of application and database constraints. You will bridge the gap in educating the customer on their crosswalk development. You will build all initial conversion runs and draft runbooks for junior teammates to follow, and you will support the go-live and deployment of our Student Management System.

The expectations for candidates to fill this role include significant experience in the areas below.

Higher education customers are transforming to modern campuses while leveraging technology and solutions to enable student success. In this mission critical role, you will partner with our customers to help enable their transformation to cloud/SAAS solutions and ensure successful adoption of these solutions.

Where you will make an impact

Facilitate all activities related to data mapping for client legacy data transformation (conversion), including collaboration with peers and customer work teams to ensure project expectations are exceeded.

Leverage strong analytical and problem-solving skills to bridge the gap between the functional and technical aspects of Ellucian’s Banner Student module.

Build test conversion runs and use cases to execute initial rounds of the data transformation (conversion).

Identify and remediate data quality issues that impede conversion success.

Prepare runbooks and job aids for each conversion routine.

Contribute to the creation of change request orders, as changes to the code and mappings are requested in the project.

Collaborates with Professional Services teammates and the Data Conversion team on process improvement, tool evolution, use and maintenance of services artifacts and the maturation and promotion of recommended practices.

Proactively prepare for and deliver high quality services with a willingness to learn and adapt to new strategies that evolve as technology and methodology mature.

Consult with customers to drive performance improvement, own problems, execute with precision, and professionalism.

Success will be measured by customer satisfaction, achievement of projects, and utilization targets.

What you will bring

Consulting experience on data conversion / data migration / database triggers etc. (5+ years).

Expert level SQL programming skills

Experience with SaaS technologies, Postgres, AWS Glue, java script, python, and JDBC

Willingness to grow talents intrinsic to Ellucian solutions.

Strong communication and presentation skills. Must present a professional demeanor.

Ability to communicate to C-level and project leaders both internally and externally.

Enabling delivery readiness, problem solving and root cause analysis through creativity, critical thinking and a strong work ethic.

Experience developing and mentoring other consultants.

Strong prioritization skills, able to manage activities based on business impact.

Able to multitask and meet deadlines.

Support and demonstration of Ellucian values.

Ability to travel both domestically and internationally to deliver services when required.

What makes #Ellucianlife

20 days annual leave plus public holidays

Competitive superannuation and life cover

Private Medical and Dental family cover

Thrive Flex Program that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests

5 charitable daysto support the community that supports us

Wellness

o Headspace (mental health)

o Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)

RethinkCare – caregiver support

Diversity and inclusion programs that promote employee resource groups such as:Women in Technology, Pride and Go Green to name a few.

Parental leave

Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team

We Foster a learning culture with: Education Assistance Program

Professional development opportunities

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