Associate Consultant

Red Clay Consulting • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

An Associate Consultant at Red Clay Consulting builds hands-on experience on Oracle Utilities implementations and contributes across the delivery lifecycle, from analysis and design through build, testing, and deployment. Working alongside senior teammates, the consultant learns the product, the delivery methodology, and how the company works with utility clients. The role involves taking on problems of increasing complexity, recommending solutions, and completing tasks independently with less direction as project experience grows.

The position is in the Solution Implementation department and is based in Atlanta, Georgia, or Toronto, Ontario. It is a full-time, exempt role reporting to a Project Manager. It requires up to 75% travel, including travel to client sites. When required to be onsite, consultants must arrive by 11:00 AM local time Monday and remain until at least 3:00 PM local time Thursday; depending on where they live and client requirements, travel may involve Sunday evenings, Friday mornings, or Monday-through-Friday or Tuesday-through-Friday schedules.

The role operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment. It has no supervisory responsibilities. No additional eligibility qualifications or work authorization/security clearance requirements are specified.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Business.
• Up to 2 years of experience, including internships, working in a software implementation consulting position.
• Exposure to the software development lifecycle, with working familiarity across its phases.
• Strong logic, analytical, and technical skills.
• Comfort using AI tools to research, analyze, and improve work.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively as a team player and contribute to shared results.
• Ability to travel up to 75% of the time, including to onsite projects by plane or automobile.
• Ability to walk between work areas, type, sit for extended periods, lift up to 20 pounds, communicate verbally, hear spoken information, perform repetitive wrist, hand, or finger movements, and use close visual acuity for data analysis, computer work, and reading.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Oracle Utilities or any Meter to Cash application within the energy industry.
• Experience with coding and integration technologies used on Oracle Utilities projects, such as SQL and PL/SQL, Java, Groovy, XML and XSLT, JavaScript, and REST and SOAP web services.
• Familiarity with using AI tools to write, review, and troubleshoot code.

Responsibilities

• Document project requirements and use cases, and support requirements-gathering workshops.
• Draft design documentation that maps client requirements to the technical solution.
• Communicate recommended technical and functional solutions in writing and in discussion.
• Learn and configure Oracle Utilities software.
• Develop test cases, thoroughly test code, and document test results.
• Contribute to QA documents such as test plans, procedures, and test reports.
• Follow coding guidelines and adhere to corporate policies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level