Senior Lead Network Engineer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at Dagostino Electronic Services, Inc.

Position summary:

The primary function of the Senior Lead Engineer is to provide technical assistance and expertise for the DES Networking Department and our customers.

Essential functions and responsibilities:

• Provide technical assistance for our systems engineers and technicians
• Develop implementation standards to include quality installations, inventories, and documentation for the ongoing maintenance and support of our customer’s networks.
• Audit existing and prospective customer’s networks for vulnerability, resilience, code updates and hardware refresh opportunities, upgrades, expansions, and re-architecting for long term improvements.
• Project Validation and Design
• Evaluate and validate new product offerings
• Drive technical conversations that develop consultative and trusting relationships with prospects and customers
• Assist with technical responses to RFPs, RFIs, and other proposals
• Design solutions to address customer’s needs that exceed their expectations
• Review and Create implementation plans

Success factors/job competencies:

• Strong work ethic
• Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills
• Comfortable working with C Level Managers
• Excellent Leadership Skills
• Personality to develop friendship and trust with our prospects and customers
• Ability to meet Deadlines and Project Budgets
• Independent Thinking & Decision Making
• Excellent Problem Solving Skills
• Expert Analysis and Troubleshooting Skills
• Safety orientation
• Customer Focus
• Attention to Detail
• Teamwork/Collaboration

Education/Certification(s)/License(s) required:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Information Technology or related field.
• May be required to participate in safety trainings and/or certifications provided by the Company or Customers.

Experience/Other required:

• Position requires two (2) to four (4) years of relevant experience as a networking engineer.
• Strong capabilities with configuring Switches, Wireless Controllers and Access Points, Firewalls, and network related Servers, such as Active Directory, Domain Name Server, Domain Controller, DHCP Server – IPAM, and management and analytic applications.
• Strong capabilities with Network Access Control, such as Clearpass and FortiNAC.
• Networking certifications helpful, CCIE, CISSP, CISM, LEED, and ISO. Alcatel Lucent AFCE. Aruba Networks ACSP, ACSX, ACCP, ACCX, ACMP, or ACMX. FortiNet NSE 5, 6, 7, or 8.
• Experience working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 will be useful.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• This is a full-time, in-person position, and candidates must be able to work from our office located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.