Consulting Engineer

Job Description

Company Overview:
Our client is a well-respected IT Services and IT Consulting company is looking to hire a highly qualified, motivated, industrious Contract Consulting Engineer. It has multiple open positions for a Consulting Engineer.

Its Sales and Consulting staff collaborate with clients to design the best solution to fit the business need. The Engineering technical staff works to configure, install, secure and support IT/OT environments of clients of all sizes. As a member of the team, you will be expected to be able to assess and design, as well as implement and secure technology within guidance provided by a Senior Consultant.

A Consulting Engineer is a client-focused position with a highly technical skill set that includes Microsoft, VMware, Storage, Networking, cloud architecture, and deployment knowledge.

A Consulting Engineer should be able to understand client business processes and be able to align those with technological, strategic goals and objectives.

Technology Expertise:
The successful candidate should have extensive expertise in Enterprise technologies, and overall understanding of Enterprise on-premises, hybrid, and cloud infrastructure components that make up customer environments.

Planning, migration, implementation, and management of Windows Server environments including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, File Services\DFS, IIS, and Group Policy Objects\Hardening
Planning, implementation, and management of Microsoft Hyper-V and/or VMware vSphere environments
Planning, implementation, and management of Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a Services (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Virtual Networking solutions
Planning, and implement of Microsoft Office 365 E-mail, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, and Teams
Planning and implement of end-user virtual solutions including Remote Desktop Services (RDS), AVD, and VMware Horizon View
Implementation and management of backup technologies that are image and file based. Disaster Recovery and replication technologies such as Veeam Enterprise, VMware Site Recovery Manager, or Azure Site Recovery.
Implementation and administration of Microsoft Enterprise Management Tools such as Intune
Implementation and administration of Enterprise Storage include DELL/EMC, HP, Microsoft, and VMware Software Defined Storage
Implementation and administration of Switch, Routing, Wireless and Firewall networking including Cisco, HP, Meraki, Sonicwall, Ruckus and Barracuda

The ideal candidate must have experience with:
Performing strategic technology assessments including data gathering, analysis, and recommendations in an Energy setting
Aligning organization technology goals with business requirements
Troubleshooting network and system issues
Security best practices system hardening
Experience in Incident Response
Collaborating with clients in different vertical markets
Interfacing with other 3rd party vendors, i.e., hardware, software, and service providers
Working individually and as part of a team
Interfacing with clients remotely, over the phone, and on-site
Developing product and solution recommendations for deliverables and presales opportunities
Budgeting and time estimation

The ideal candidate preferred experience:
Experience 3 years + servicing manufacturing, power generation or a similar industry
Knowledge and experience providing OT (Operational Technology) security and support solutions for automation and control technologies and systems – examples include Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), SCADA systems.
Ability to create confidence in environments where system discovery and gap analysis is required and may not be fully understood by clients. Provide solutions to these systems utilizing staged improvements to create insights, resilient and stable Operational Technology systems.
Strong problem-solving and communication skills with first time engagements – Projects, Industrial Control Systems, or problems tend to be unique, so critical thinking skills and the ability to communicate across multiple disciplines are essential.
Ability to communicate complex IT/OT network systems and data flows to stakeholders and provide analysis of risks, requirements, and responsibilities for deployment of new solutions or upgrades
In depth knowledge of OSI Model and the ability to configure production systems at one or more layers. Application, Network, Session level maintaining least privilege and limiting end-user and production impacts – this includes LAN, WAN, WLAN, VPN, and more.
Understanding of unique protocols to Industrial Controls, Modbus, DNP3, others.

Education and Certification Requirements:
Experience 5 years+ and Associates Degree or better
Certifications: Microsoft, VMware, storage, and networking
A verbal and written technical assessment is given to potential candidates that must be passed

Requirements for Consulting Engineers
Clean valid U.S. Issued Driver’s License
Willingness to travel up to 50% of time, coordinated with personal availability
Proven collaborator
Mentoring, education, and technical oversight related to projects and new technologies to internal staff and customers
Divergent thinker that can provide creative and resourceful input to problems
Takes ownership of project, tasks, and client deliverable
Motivated, thorough, innovative, accurate, and articulate
Ability to prioritize effectively and handle shifting priorities professionally
Exemplary written and verbal communication skills
Produce project documentation in a concise and clear manner
Proven presentation preparation and delivery skills to a diverse audience from C-suite to end users
Maintain expertise in relevant solutions, products, and services
Broad base of knowledge of the IT services industry and trends
Analysis and identify best practice gaps
Broad base of knowledge of the IT services industry and trends
Collaborate with Sales Management to:
Identify sales opportunities
Up-sell and cross-sell client
Proposal development
Close deals
Collaborate with it’s Security team to harden and make recommendations to customers
Provide daily time accounting and monthly expense report submittal
Maintaining of professional certifications and obtaining new certifications