Since 1979, Meridian has guided customers in transforming the technology tools and resources they already have into undeniable business value. We do more than help our customers simply buy technology; at Meridian, we partner with our customers to adopt technology to enable their business strategy and growth. Meridian helps maximize the value of technology investments with our technology adoption experts and their 3000+ certifications, flexible consumption and deployment models, contract and service management, global service and support, and custom finance options.
Position Summary
The Network Engineer is a technical resource responsible for developing and implementing end-to-end solutions to complex business networking and communications problems for new and existing clients. The Network Engineer will work on assisting our managed service customers, as well as respond to ad-hoc support requests. The Network Engineer is responsible for the entire lifecycle of an engagement (Onboarding to Decommission) to which they have been assigned. The ability to properly and professionally manage customer expectations and to calmly handle stressful and complex troubleshooting scenarios are requirements of this position.
Duties and Responsibilities
Post-Sales Implementation and Operational Work
Immediate Expectations
Provide assistance to managed service customers within the agreed upon SLAs in our managed service contracts with them;
Assist with Level 1-2 tasks – creating documentation during onboarding and maintaining it, performing software updates, scripted triaging of tickets.
Future Goals
Troubleshoot complex LAN/WAN infrastructure issues under stressful conditions;
Design and implement scalable and highly resilient LAN/WAN infrastructure solutions utilizing products from such manufacturers as Cisco, Palo Alto, Aruba, F5, Riverbed, HP, etc.;
Design and implement perimeter and data security solutions including firewalls, intrusion detection / prevention, VPN’s, remote access and monitoring tools;
Successfully manage the entire lifecycle of an implementation engagement from Plan to Close;
Successfully work with a project team to implement a portion of an implementation engagement.
Risk Management
Escalate issues to the Project Management Office and Sr. Director of Services before they jeopardize the success or financial viability of an engagement;
Participate in quarterly meetings with the Infrastructure team to discuss recent engagements, challenges and opportunities; incorporate improvements into the pre-sales process.
Communications
Manage cross-functional interdependencies;
Responsible for clear and timely communication to multiple stakeholder groups;
Responsible for communicating the details of an opportunity / engagement to both the business and technical teams.
Miscellaneous
Participate with the Project Management Office in project post mortems and collaborate on recommendations reports in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements;
Perform other job duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in a business or IT-related field;
CCNA or CCNP Cisco certifications;
PCNSE certification is a plus;
Proficiency in MS Office (Including Word, Excel, Outlook, Project, PowerPoint, & Visio);
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interface at varying and appropriate levels of management;
Excellent customer relationship management skills;
Ability to break down technical concepts into business terms;
Strong team player with emphasis on soft skills and relationship building;
Some experience with Palo Alto technology;
Proven ability to solve technical challenges under stressful conditions;
Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously;
Well organized, thrive in a sense-of-urgency environment, leverage best practices, and innovate through any problem with a can-do attitude;
Ability to handle multiple priorities and interruptions with minimal impact on productivity;
Demonstrate a high level of independent judgment and initiative; self starter;
Ability to maintain a flexible work schedule;
Ability to obtain and maintain both pre- and post-sales technical certifications from manufacturers (e.g. Cisco, Juniper, HP, etc.).
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