Technical Implementation Consultant
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us.
We are seeking a Technical Implementation Consultant to lead the technical work required to successfully deploy our SaaS platform for enterprise utility customers. This role is critical to ensuring secure scalable and repeatable implementations for customers operating critical infrastructure.
The Technical Implementation Consultant serves as the technical owner of implementation workstreams partnering closely with Customer Success Product and Engineering to deliver highquality customer deployments. This role focuses on configuration and technical enablement required to bring customers live including integrations SSO data migration environment configuration and technical validation.
This role is not the overall project or program owner. Instead it is a handson technical leadership role accountable for ensuring customer environments are implemented correctly and aligned with platform best practices.
This is a highimpact opportunity within a growing enterprise SaaS organization supporting the Utilities & Energy sector where technical readiness security and reliability are essential.
Location: United States (Remote) with up to 25% travel
Duties and Responsibilities:
Technical Implementation Ownership
Lead the technical implementation workstream for enterprise customer deployments from kickoff through golive demonstrating accountability for delivery quality and outcomes
Conduct technical discovery related to customer environments identity systems integrations data sources and deployment requirements
Translate business and implementation requirements into scalable customercentric technical configuration and deployment plans
Define document and manage technical design decisions aligned with platform standards and longterm maintainability
Partner collaboratively with Customer Success and Implementation teams to ensure technical execution aligns with the overall rollout strategy
Track and document technical implementation activities to support transparency knowledge sharing and repeatability
Identity Access and Security Configuration
Lead configuration and troubleshooting of single signon (SSO) and user provisioning using SAML OIDC and related technologies
Configure tenant setup authentication flows role mappings and access controls to meet enterprise security requirements
Collaborate authentically with customer IT and security teams to validate connectivity certificates claims mapping and identity architecture
Support enterprise security readiness reviews and document final configurations for longterm operational success
Integrations and Technical Connectivity
Scope design and configure integrations with upstream and downstream customer systems
Lead validation of APIs filebased integrations middleware workflows and data exchange patterns
Troubleshoot and resolve integration issues during implementation and testing with a calm solutionsoriented approach
Partner with Support and Engineering on complex requirements defects or product gaps
Establish innovative repeatable integration patterns and best practices across implementations
Data Migration and Environment Configuration
Lead planning and execution of data migrations imports and configuration deployments
Validate source data quality mappings transformations and readiness for import
Configure customer environments including templates workflows forms users permissions and solution settings
Perform technical validation prior to customer UAT and golive to ensure reliability and scalability
Ensure customerspecific configurations align with platform standards while supporting flexibility where needed
Testing Validation and GoLive Readiness
Support technical test planning for SSO integrations data loads and environment configuration
Execute or coordinate technical validation during customer UAT
Identify and communicate technical risks dependencies and blockers impacting launch readiness
Support technical cutover planning and ensure clean handoff to Support and Customer Success teams
Scalable Implementation Tooling and Standards
Identify recurring implementation challenges and convert them into reusable tools templates and standard approaches
Define and evolve standard patterns for integrations data loads SSO configuration and environment setup
Collaborate with Product and Engineering to shape implementation tooling and platform enhancements
Create documentation and technical accelerators that reduce manual effort and improve implementation velocity
Recommend product improvements that enhance scalability reliability and customer experience
Required Skills & Experience
2 years of experience in solutions consulting implementation consulting solutions architecture or technical deployment roles within enterprise SaaS
Proven experience leading technical workstreams for enterprise software implementations
Handson experience with SSO technologies such as SAML OIDC and SCIM
Experience with APIs integration patterns and data migration or import processes
Ability to translate customer requirements into scalable supportable technical configurations
Strong troubleshooting skills across authentication integrations and environment setup
Ability to collaborate effectively with customer IT teams internal Engineering partners and crossfunctional stakeholders
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build confidence and trust
Preferred Skills & Experience
Experience implementing software for utility energy industrial or regulated enterprise customers
Familiarity with mobile and web applications used in field or operational environments
Experience with enterprise identity providers such as Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) Okta or similar platforms
Experience with configurationheavy SaaS applications workflow tools or operational platforms
Background in technical architecture enterprise deployments or customerfacing solutions engineering
Experience with reporting or dashboards using Power BI or similar tools
Benefits Info:
This position also includes a competitive benefit package including; financial social health and wellbeing programs paid vacation 401k matching employee stock purchase program hybrid work schedule and more!
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Itron is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and providing an authentic workplace experience for all employees. If you are excited about this role but your past experiences dont perfectly align with every requirement we encourage you to apply the end you may be just who we are looking for!
The successful candidates starting wage will be determined based on permissible non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience.
Itron is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you require an accommodation to apply please contact a recruiting representative at 1- or email .
Itron is transforming how the world manages energy water and city services. Our trusted intelligent infrastructure solutions help utilities and cities improve efficiency build resilience and deliver safe reliable and affordable service. With edge intelligence we connect people data insights and devices so communities can better manage the essential resources they rely on to live. Join us as we create a more resourceful world:
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