Lead Consultant Prof Services ATC

AT&T•Los Angeles, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Sales employees will concentrate on acquiring new business and conducting customer visits in the field. When not in the field, they are expected to collaborate with their team from their assigned office location, if available. A senior-level consultant is often engaged as the technical primary project lead and architect. This seasoned consultant should have a track record of strong leadership, professional business acumen, polished oral and written communication, documentation and presentation skills. Also, he/she should be well-rounded and adept at leading consultative engagements, assessing network environments, and architecting designs for data center and network solutions, and creating meaningful, cohesive deliverables. Key Roles and Responsibilities: An AT&T Lead Consultant is expected to become accustomed to and follow an established, repeatable methodology, leverage appropriate templates, actively participate in or facilitate status meetings, report status, and attend other required project meetings, including lessons learned meetings, complete all administration, reports and mandatory compliance training on time and as directed. The Sr. Consultant will also stay abreast of the latest marketing trends or chief concerns in their profession and participate in National Practice operations, process improvement and training calls, and take accountability for their own professional development and career growth, as well as sharing knowledge with others. Collaborate, confer and provides consulting services and manages project activities from client identification through final invoicing. Works on billable consulting service projects. Demonstrates broad product knowledge with the customer within a specific discipline. Works independently on highly complex projects , or may work in a team as assigned by the project leader. Technical responsibilities will include problem identification, system architecture definition, hardware/software specification and/or design, implementation, testing, client training, and deployment. Leads all technical aspects of delivery, customer satisfaction, and accurate timekeeping for billing purposes, on projects where the Consultant is the only technical resource or lead technical resource. Demonstrates expert knowledge of principles, theories and concepts in applicable discipline, plus high level of working knowledge in other related fields. May assist less experienced peers when needed. Work is performed under minimal direction. As a member of a team of advanced infrastructure consultants and lead consultants, you will use your in-depth knowledge of networking to design and implement solutions for our clients. Responsible for consulting project activities from client identification through final invoicing. Fulfills billable consulting service projects. Acts as the subject matter expert within a specific discipline. Typically leads an engagement team, consisting of other Consultants and/or Sr. Consultant, or may be the sole consulting resource on a project. Technical responsibilities include problem identification, system architecture definition, hardware/software specification and/or design, implementation, testing, client training, and deployment. Typically viewed as a mentor or coach. Creates recommendation and implements new methods, techniques and /or procedures.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in the planning, design and implementation of complex networks as part of a large enterprise network team, or within the professional services or network integration environments
Planning, design and integration of secure network technology
A positive, energetic attitude and a serious desire to have an impact on your company and the industry
Accomplished at developing Visio designs/diagrams and documenting professional, cohesive deliverables
Verifiable strong ethics, trustworthiness, accountability and reliability in being resourceful and self-directed while possessing both a positive leadership and collaborative teamwork style
Thorough understanding of internetworking technologies and how technologies are deployed in complex, global networks
IPv4 and IPv6 experience
WAN and preferably iWAN Expertise – Transport and Access Planning, Design and Deployment Experience
Experience in analysis and selection of transport and access technologies including; MPLS, Private Line, Hybrid WAN, Internet Complex, Ethernet, Internet VPN, DWDM, and wireless
MPLS Integration including MPLS equipment & transport selection, QoS, MPLS IP Routing and MPLS migration planning/transition
LAN Expertise – Planning, Design and Deployment Experience
Experience in equipment selection, sizing and detailed engineered design
Data center expertise including core, distribution and segmentation
Wireless equipment selection, sizing and detailed engineered design
Layer 2 vs Layer 3 segmentation
Virtualization using path segmentation (GRE, VRF-Lite, L3VPN’s, L2VPN’s)
IP Routing – Planning, Design & Deployment Experience
IP Routing Protocols – OSPF, BGP, M-BGP, EIGRP capabilities and corresponding configurations
IP Addressing – NAT, DNS/DHCP, Address Summarization as it impacts IP addressing and IP routing
Data Center Expertise – DC Core Network Planning, Design and Deployment Experience
Experience in analysis, design, engineering and deployment of DC core networks built on legacy architectures and fabric enabled architectures
Experience with Load Balancing, DNS/DHCP, NAT, WANx and Proxies
Experience with separation and segmentation technologies (VLAN, VRF)
Experience with network virtualization technologies
Experience with Cisco ACI SDN technologies
Network Equipment – Strong knowledge of features, functionality and configurations for Cisco Systems, Nortel, Juniper, Extreme Networks, etc.
Firewall design, configuration, network segmentation and implementation experience, such as Cisco ASA, CheckPoint, Fortinet, etc.
Bachelor’s degree
Industry Certifications CCIE, or proven equivalent experience with CCNA, CCNP or CISSP
Very strong leadership, documentation, project management skills
Ability to lead, coordinate complex networking engagements for very large environments in a nebulous or unfamiliar setting
Ability to travel for engagement requirements

Nice To Haves

Understanding of load-balancing, F5 experience is a plus
Knowledge and experience with SDN, Juniper, Velocloud, VMware/Virtualization, and/or IoT is also a significant plus

Responsibilities

Become accustomed to and follow an established, repeatable methodology
Leverage appropriate templates
Actively participate in or facilitate status meetings
Report status
Attend other required project meetings, including lessons learned meetings
Complete all administration, reports and mandatory compliance training on time and as directed
Stay abreast of the latest marketing trends or chief concerns in their profession
Participate in National Practice operations, process improvement and training calls
Take accountability for their own professional development and career growth
Share knowledge with others
Collaborate, confer and provides consulting services
Manage project activities from client identification through final invoicing
Work on billable consulting service projects
Demonstrate broad product knowledge with the customer within a specific discipline
Work independently on highly complex projects, or may work in a team as assigned by the project leader
Lead all technical aspects of delivery, customer satisfaction, and accurate timekeeping for billing purposes, on projects where the Consultant is the only technical resource or lead technical resource
Demonstrate expert knowledge of principles, theories and concepts in applicable discipline, plus high level of working knowledge in other related fields
Assist less experienced peers when needed
Design and implement solutions for clients using in-depth knowledge of networking
Act as the subject matter expert within a specific discipline
Lead an engagement team, consisting of other Consultants and/or Sr. Consultant, or may be the sole consulting resource on a project
Create recommendations and implement new methods, techniques and /or procedures

Benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
401(k) plan
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Caregiver Leave
Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
Adoption Reimbursement
Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
Life and Accidental Death Insurance
Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Extensive employee wellness programs
Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone