Information systems analysts and consultants
Analyze information systems for businesses and craft innovative, tailored solutions for the issues they face. Put your vast knowledge of computer science to its greatest use on a daily basis.
Description
Information systems analysts and consultants analyze systems requirements, develop and implement information systems development plans, policies and procedures, and provide advice on a wide range of information systems issues. They are employed in information technology consulting firms and in information technology units throughout the private and public sectors, or they may be self-employed.
Profile(s)
- Conventional
- Investigative
- Realistic
Each profession is associated with a combination of three initial letters corresponding to one of the six RIASEC profiles. Profile combinations are determined based on skills, fields of interest and certain personality traits.
Main tasks
- Information systems business analysts and consultants confer with clients to identify and document requirements, conduct business and technical studies, design, develop, integrate and implement information systems business solutions, and provide advice on information systems strategy, policy, management, security and service delivery.
- Systems security analysts confer with clients to identify and document requirements, assess physical and technical security risks to data, software and hardware, and develop policies, procedures and contingency plans to minimize the effects of security breaches.
- Information systems quality assurance analysts develop and implement policies and procedures throughout the software development life cycle to maximize the efficiency, effectiveness and overall quality of software products and information systems.
- Systems auditors conduct independent third-party reviews to assess quality assurance practices, software products and information systems.
Training
UNIVERSITY PROGRAM
Computer science
To register for Computer science:
- Bishop's University
- Concordia University
- École de technologie supérieure
- École Polytechnique de Montréal (French only)
- Télé-université
- Université de Montréal
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (French only)
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (French only)
- Université du Québec en Outaouais
- Université Laval
- Université McGill
Génie informatique et de la construction des ordinateurs
To register for Génie informatique et de la construction des ordinateurs:
- École de technologie supérieure
- École Polytechnique de Montréal (French only)
- Université Concordia
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (French only)
- Université Laval
- Université McGill
DIPLOMA OF COLLEGE STUDIES (DCS)
Computer science technology
Description of the Computer science technology program
To register for Computer science technology:
- Cégep André-Laurendeau (French only)
- Cégep Beauce-Appalaches (French only)
- Cégep de Chicoutimi (French only)
- Cégep de Drummondville (French only)
- Cégep de Granby (French only)
- Cégep de Jonquière (French only)
- Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue (French only)
- Cégep de l'Outaouais (French only)
- Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles - Campus de Gaspé (French only)
- Cégep de La Pocatière (French only)
- Cégep de Lévis (French only)
- Cégep de Matane (French only)
- Cégep de Rimouski (French only)
- Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup (French only)
- Cégep de Saint-Jérôme (French only)
- Cégep de Sainte-Foy (French only)
- Cégep de Sept-Îles (French only)
- Cégep de Shawinigan (French only)
- Cégep de Sherbrooke (French only)
- Cégep de Sorel-Tracy (French only)
- Cégep de St-Félicien (French only)
- Cégep de St-Hyacinthe (French only)
- Cégep de Thetford (French only)
- Cégep de Trois-Rivières (French only)
- Cégep de Valleyfield (French only)
- Cégep de Victoriaville (French only)
- Cégep du Vieux Montréal (French only)
- Cégep Édouard-Montpetit (French only)
- Cégep Garneau (French only)
- Cégep Gérald-Godin (French only)
- Cégep Limoilou (French only)
- Cégep Marie-Victorin (French only)
- Cégep régional de Lanaudière à Joliette (French only)
- Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (French only)
- Champlain Regional College (campus Lennoxville) (www.crc-lennox.qc.ca)
- Champlain Regional College (campus Saint-Lambert-Longueuil) (www.champlainonline.com/champlainweb)
- Collège Ahuntsic (French only)
- Collège Bart (French only)
- Collège d'Alma (French only)
- Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne (French only)
- Collège de Maisonneuve (French only)
- Collège de Rosemont (French only)
- Collège LaSalle
- Collège Lionel Groulx (French only)
- Collège Montmorency (French only)
- Collège O'Sullivan de Québec (French only)
- Dawson College (www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca)
- Heritage College (www.cegep-heritage.qc.ca)
- Institut Grasset (French only)
- Institut Teccart (French only)
- John Abbott College (www.johnabbott.qc.ca)
- Vanier College (www.vaniercollege.qc.ca)
More information
More information on this job on IMT online
This trade is in highest demand in these regions:
- Bas-Saint-Laurent
- Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
- Capitale-Nationale
- Mauricie
- Estrie
- Île-de-Montréal
- Outaouais
- Chaudière-Appalaches
- Laval
- Lanaudière
- Laurentides
- Montérégie
- Centre-du-Québec
- Grande région de Montréal