Senior SPSS Consultant (Remote)

Responsibilities

• Conduct a detailed assessment of the client's existing Company SPSS environment
• Review current Company SPSS Modeler (v18.3) and Company SPSS Collaboration & Deployment Services (C&DS) (v8.3) deployments
• Evaluate infrastructure, application architecture, database connectivity, integrations, and system dependencies
• Identify risks, constraints, and upgrade considerations that could impact implementation
• Develop upgrade and migration recommendations aligned to current Company SPSS best practices
• Create upgrade and migration roadmaps for moving to the latest supported SPSS releases
• Define target-state architecture and deployment strategies
• Develop implementation plans, effort estimates, timelines, and resource requirements
• Recommend approaches for minimizing business disruption during migration activities
• Lead SPSS upgrade and migration activities, including installation, configuration, and deployment
• Validate compatibility across infrastructure, databases, integrations, and dependent applications
• Execute migration testing and support user acceptance testing activities
• Troubleshoot technical issues and provide recommendations for resolution

REQUIREMENTS

• 7+ years of experience working with Company SPSS solutions
• Hands-on expertise with: Company SPSS Modeler; Company SPSS Collaboration & Deployment Services (C&DS)
• Proven experience performing SPSS upgrades and migrations in enterprise environments
• Strong understanding of: Infrastructure architecture; Database connectivity; System integrations; Application deployment architectures
• Experience conducting upgrade assessments, planning, implementation, and testing activities
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Company Analytics or related certifications are a plus
• Experience upgrading legacy SPSS environments to current supported releases
• Knowledge of enterprise application architecture and middleware integrations
• Experience developing technical recommendations, project estimates, and implementation roadmaps
• Familiarity with cloud and hybrid deployment environments