Practice Lead - Networking

What You'll Do

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• Own end-to-end delivery of all network and security implementations across the practice
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• Lead a team of L1 and L2 network engineers and grow the team as the practice scales
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• Remain hands-on in complex customer engagements, leading advanced implementations, troubleshooting, and technical escalations
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• Provide technical leadership to L1 and L2 engineers by mentoring, reviewing solutions, and supporting them on challenging issues
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• Design and review Low-Level Designs (LLDs) from solution-architect HLDs, typically within 5 working days of customer workshops
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• Take handover from the presales / solution-architect team during internal and external project kickoffs
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• Plan resources across multiple concurrent customer projects, sequencing work around customer readiness (cabling, terminations, site access)
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• Drive on-site customer workshops, planning sessions, and design conversations as the senior point of contact
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• Build automation — scripts, templated configurations, deployment playbooks — to scale repeatable deployments (e.g. 50-switch rollouts)
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• Conduct post-implementation customer reviews and obtain formal signoff on delivered scope
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Requirements

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• 8–10 years of hands-on networking and security implementation experience
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• Proven experience leading a team of network engineers in a multi-customer delivery environment (System Integrator, OEM, or Distributor background)
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• Strong hands-on with firewall platforms: Cisco, Fortigate, and Palo Alto
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• Expertise in switching and Wi-Fi: HP Aruba and Cisco (Meraki, Catalyst, SF/SG)
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• NAC implementation experience with HP Aruba ClearPass or Cisco ISE
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• Security solutions experience with Cisco Umbrella and multi-factor authentication
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• Strong LLD design discipline and ability to drive design conversations with customers
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• Resource planning across multiple concurrent customer projects
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Good-to-Have

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• Experience with Wi-Fi active heat-map surveys and remediation
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• Routing protocol depth — OSPF, BGP
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• Scripting / automation for repeatable network deployments
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• Background from comparable system integrators (Frontier, Team Computers, SOIH, etc.)
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Benefits

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• Health insurance coverage for self, spouse and kids.
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• Long-term benefit savings plan with employer matching contributions
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• Opportunities for professional development and advancement within the organization
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