Position summary:
The primary function of the Senior Lead Engineer is to provide technical assistance and expertise for the DES Networking Department and our customers.
Essential functions and responsibilities:
- Provide technical assistance for our systems engineers and technicians
- Develop implementation standards to include quality installations, inventories, and documentation for the ongoing maintenance and support of our customer's networks.
- Audit existing and prospective customer's networks for vulnerability, resilience, code updates and hardware refresh opportunities, upgrades, expansions, and re-architecting for long term improvements.
- Project Validation and Design
- Evaluate and validate new product offerings
- Drive technical conversations that develop consultative and trusting relationships with prospects and customers
- Assist with technical responses to RFPs, RFIs, and other proposals
- Design solutions to address customer's needs that exceed their expectations
- Review and Create implementation plans
Success factors/job competencies:
- Strong work ethic
- Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills
- Comfortable working with C Level Managers
- Excellent Leadership Skills
- Personality to develop friendship and trust with our prospects and customers
- Ability to meet Deadlines and Project Budgets
- Independent Thinking & Decision Making
- Excellent Problem Solving Skills
- Expert Analysis and Troubleshooting Skills
- Safety orientation
- Customer Focus
- Attention to Detail
- Teamwork/Collaboration
Requirements
Education/Certification(s)/License(s) required:
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Information Technology or related field.
- May be required to participate in safety trainings and/or certifications provided by the Company or Customers.
Experience/Other required:
- Position requires two (2) to four (4) years of relevant experience as a networking engineer.
- Strong capabilities with configuring Switches, Wireless Controllers and Access Points, Firewalls, and network related Servers, such as Active Directory, Domain Name Server, Domain Controller, DHCP Server - IPAM, and management and analytic applications.
- Strong capabilities with Network Access Control, such as Clearpass and FortiNAC.
- Networking certifications helpful, CCIE, CISSP, CISM, LEED, and ISO. Alcatel Lucent AFCE. Aruba Networks ACSP, ACSX, ACCP, ACCX, ACMP, or ACMX. FortiNet NSE 5, 6, 7, or 8.
- Experience working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 will be useful.
