About the Job

ABOUT GIBSON CONSULTING GROUP

Gibson Consulting Group Inc. is a privately-held and nationally recognized education consulting and research firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1998, we have decades of experience working with school districts of all sizes, state education agencies, and other educational organizations in Texas and in 30 other states. Our mission is to better the lives of students by providing exemplary educational consulting and research services that make education systems more efficient and effective. We work to accomplish this mission through a wide range of services, including performance audits, technology reviews, program evaluation, process re-engineering, cost savings, educational research, and other data analysis services to our clients.

POSITION SUMMARY

Gibson is seeking an experienced Information Technology (IT) Consultant to support the firm's education consulting practice. The IT Senior Consultant will lead and perform consulting activities for school districts and educational agencies throughout the US. Primary responsibilities include performing IT and data compliance audits, and developing recommendations and implementation strategies for clients' technology functions. Additional duties involve data analysis, data visualization, client interviews, report writing, and delivering client presentations. The IT Consultant will contribute to Gibson's knowledge management strategy through internal meetings, presentations, and sharing relevant research/news. This position will report directly to the Executive Director of Consulting.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Conduct reviews and audits of client technology functions and departments to assess needs, identify gaps and risks, and provide recommendations and implementation strategies to address them.  Review and audit topics include IT organization, IT general controls, IT frameworks, cybersecurity, cloud operations, data governance and privacy, management information systems and applications, development life cycles, disaster recovery, device management, help desk operations, IT staffing and cost analysis, emerging technologies, and network operations.

• Develop insightful, visually compelling, and engaging data dashboards that support client decision-making.

• Transform and synthesize large data sets from multiple sources to identify the story behind the data and support consultants' and clients' reporting needs.

• Conduct client interviews and focus groups with client senior leadership, staff, and stakeholders.

• Develop project findings that are well-supported through analysis of data and/or identifying gaps in meeting expected standards.

• Analyze business functions to identify process inefficiencies; develops process flow charts using Microsoft Visio to illustrate inefficiencies and recommendations.

• Formulate thoughtful, impactful, and actionable recommendations.

• Write well-organized reports with data tables, graphics, and effective communication of results

• Assist with data integration and ETL processes.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related discipline.

• Graduate or post-graduate course work in data analysis.

• Two to five years' experience performing and supervising IT Audits, Technology Risk Assessments, or IT internal control risk evaluation and reporting.

• Experience with data visualization and analytics tools (Power BI, MicroStrategy), and advanced Excel skills.

• Demonstrated ability to independently lead consulting engagements.

• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Current certificate or commitment to obtain within two years: CISA, CISSP or similar

• Familiarity with information security frameworks (COBIT, CSI, NIST, ISO, etc.)

• T-SQL experience developing queries, joins, creating/maintaining stored procedures

• Experience with cloud platforms/technologies (AWS, Azure, etc.)

• Experience working with school districts or public‑sector financial operations.

• Demonstrated initiative and ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a project team environment.

• High proficiency with the suite of Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Visio).

EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS, EXPECTATIONS, AND ASSURANCES

This exempt full-time position will require 40 hours of work per week, usually Monday through Friday. Flexible hours and work schedules will be considered after an individual establishes a track record of strong performance. This position requires that the incumbent sit or stand for extended periods of time while working on a computer. The ability to travel occasionally (15 to 20 percent) is required.

Candidates may work remotely from anywhere in the United States. Gibson offers a competitive salary, opportunities for performance bonuses, generous vacation and personal leave, retirement benefits that include 401(k) matching, and employer contributions to health and life insurance. All employment with Gibson is at-will. The salary range for this position is $120,000 to $130,000 and is commensurate with the candidate’s experience.

Gibson Consulting Group, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.