Lead Consultant Prof Services ATC

AT&T; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 120,200 - 201,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement program

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Employee discounts

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company seeks a Senior Lead Consultant in Alpharetta, GA. This role involves leading complex networking projects, engaging with clients, and managing technical deliverables. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in network design and project management, alongside a relevant bachelor's degree. The position promises a competitive salary with commissions and extensive benefits, aiming to foster professional growth and development. This is a full-time role with opportunities for leadership in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in planning, design, and implementation of complex networks.
• Experience in secure network technology integration.
• Strong ethics and accountability in resource management.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery for consulting projects.
• Manage project activities from identification to invoicing.
• Develop and present documentation for clients.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Communication Skills

Network Design

Problem Identification

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

MPLS

F5

Job description

Overview

This position requires client location/office presence a minimum of 1 day per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.

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

• Collaborate, confer and provide consulting services and 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.
• Technical responsibilities will include problem identification, system architecture definition, hardware/software specification and/or design, implementation, testing, client training, and deployment.
• 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. 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 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.

Qualifications

• 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. Sample deliverables will be requested as evidence of documentation skills.
• Verifiable strong ethics, trustworthiness, accountability and reliability in being resourceful and self-directed while possessing both a positive leadership and collaborative teamwork style.

Technical Skills

• 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.
• 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.

Required Skills

• 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.

Compensation and Benefits

Our Lead Consultant ATC earns between $120,200 - $201,800 + $30,000 in commissions yearly if all sales goals are met. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training. AT&T offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, and discounts on products and services.

Joining and Perks

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off and Holidays (at least 23 days of vacation per year and 9 company-designated holidays)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Caregiver Leave
• Additional sick leave beyond state/local law requirements
• 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) and wellness programs
• Employee discounts on AT&T mobility plans and services

A career with AT&T is a global leadership opportunity offering rewards and the chance to contribute to transformational initiatives. AT&T will consider qualified applicants in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. Ready to close the deal on a career with AT&T? Apply today!

Typical weekly hours: 40
Time Type: Regular

Location: Alpharetta, Georgia; Bloomington, Minnesota; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Kirkwood, Missouri; Los Angeles, California; New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Francisco, California

AT&T is an equal opportunity employer and will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.