Tata Consultancy Services

Onshore Assessment Lead

Tata Consultancy Services • $110K — $130K *
Toronto, ON M3C 0E3In-Person
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in consulting, telecom/network engineering, or automation advisory
  • Proven experience in leading assessments, gap analyses, and developing business cases
  • In-depth knowledge of telecom network testing and lab operations
  • Exceptional workshop facilitation and executive communication skills
  • Experience managing multi-location teams and understanding delivery risks

Responsibilities

  • Lead project mobilization including governance and assessment scope
  • Facilitate workshops with subject matter experts across various domains
  • Assess current automation maturity and identify improvement opportunities
  • Review technical inputs such as test cases and execution logs
  • Translate technical insights into business impacts and executive recommendations
  • Manage project governance and stakeholder alignment throughout assessments
  • Present findings to leadership and define future execution priorities

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and certifications
  • Collaborative team environment with multi-location exposure
  • Involvement in high-impact projects that drive industry transformation
  • Flexible working arrangements promoting work-life balance
  • Access to cutting-edge technologies and practices in telecom
Full Job Description
Required skill set

"Skills and Responsibilities

"Must-Have Skills:

  • Good years in consulting, telecom/network engineering, test strategy, transformation, assessment, or automation advisory.
  • Strong experience leading current-state assessments, gap analysis, business cases, and roadmap engagements.
  • Knowledge of telecom network testing, lab operations, regression testing, service validation, and test automation.
  • Strong workshop facilitation, stakeholder management, executive communication, and presentation skills.
  • Experience managing multi-location teams, delivery risks, dependencies, and scope.
  • Nice-to-Have Skills:
  • Exposure to Cisco IOS XR/XE, Juniper Junos, Nokia MDCLI, Ciena 6500, Nokia 1830, Spirent, or EXFO.
  • Familiarity with Cisco pyATS, Robot Framework, Python automation, CI/CD, and version control.
  • Experience with telecom operators, automation maturity models, Lean Business Cases, and value-versus-effort prioritization.
  • Relevant networking, automation, architecture, consulting, or project management certification.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead engagement mobilization, including charter, RACI, stakeholder mapping, governance, escalation paths, and assessment scope.
  • Facilitate discovery workshops and interviews with lab owners, test leads, and SMEs across IP, Optical, Voice, and network testing domains.
  • Assess current automation maturity, operational pain points, constraints, coverage gaps, technical debt, and improvement opportunities.
  • Review test cases, runbooks, execution logs, release calendars, tooling inventories, and rel ated technical inputs.
  • Translate technical findings into business impact, benefit hypotheses, and executive-ready recommendations.
  • Review maturity assessments, bottleneck analysis, automation candidate prioritization, Lean Business Case inputs, and transformation roadmaps.
  • Manage governance, risks, dependencies, decisions, stakeholder alignment, and scope throughout the assessment.
  • Present findings to leadership, identify quick wins, define phased priorities, and support transition to future execution programs."


Thank you for your interest in TCS. Candidates that meet the qualifications for this position will be contacted within a 2-week period. We invite you to continue to apply for other opportunities that match your profile.

About Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a subsidiary of Tata Group and operates in 149 locations across 46 countries. TCS is the largest Indian company by market capitalization and is ranked 11th on the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world's biggest public companies. TCS is also the second-largest IT services company in the world by revenue and the largest employer of women in India. The company provides services in areas including IT, consulting, and business solutions.
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