Sr Architect

ePlus Technology • Hartford, CT

26d

About The Position

As a Senior Architect, you will be responsible for planning, designing, implementing and operating enterprise infrastructure for clients. You will have the opportunity to work with our master architects, engineers, and consultants, to understand our clients' needs and craft sustainable IT roadmaps to get them there. A Senior Architect is responsible for providing senior-level Sales Engineering support, escalation of issues, customer and vendor presentations. A Consultant will be responsible for implementing network IT solutions including installation, upgrades and reconfigurations to our client's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), datacenters and cloud infrastructures.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related technology and 5+ years of experience OR Master's degree in related technology and +3 years of experience
• Multiple industry-recognized certifications. i.e.:CCNA, CCNP, PSE, ACE
• Excellent customer service skills on phone and in-person
• Professional demeanor
• Ability to think and come up with solutions quickly
• Ability to travel to customer locations, primarily in the New England region
• Must be fully knowledgeable and able to design and plan, implement and support IT solutions using two or more of the following technologies: Networking (routing and switching) Cisco Catalyst and Nexus Meraki, Aruba, Extreme, Arista Catalyst Center (formally DNAC) and ISE would be a plus WiFi Cisco, Meraki, Aruba Mist Firewall/ Security Cisco ISR and Firepower Meraki, Fortinet, Palo Alto
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in IT

Responsibilities

• Provide deployment and implementation services of multi-vendor solutions
• Stay current with vendor offerings and technology
• Ability to assess customer environment and make recommendations
• Ability to troubleshoot multi-vendor issues
• Provide written documentation including configurations, procedures and diagrams
• Serve the customer to ePlus' standards
• Be available to meet the customers IT needs
• Be an escalation point for peer engineers and escalate issues to other team members as needed
• Be available as a resource to pre-sales to guide and validate jobs
• Working towards achieving multiple advanced manufacturer specific advanced certifications. i.e.: CCNP, CCIE

Benefits

• full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and personal leave)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees