<p>Essential Functions & Responsibilities</p><p><br></p><p>Design, architect, and implement advanced networking and network security solutions for mid‑market and enterprise customers, including complex multi‑site, high‑availability, and policy‑driven environments.</p><p>Provide technical pre‑sales consulting and solution scoping, working closely with sales teams to develop accurate, competitive, and technically validated proposals for mid‑market and enterprise engagements.</p><p>Maintain current certifications and deep technical proficiency across Aruba and Juniper platforms (required), with additional competency in Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, and Fortinet technologies to support heterogeneous enterprise network ecosystems.</p><p>Continuously track vendor updates, software release cycles, security advisories, and certification requirements to ensure ongoing technical relevance and alignment with industry best practices.</p><p>Collaborate with engineering, sales, and vendor partners to produce detailed Bills of Materials (BOMs), ensuring accuracy in hardware, licensing, and security components for client-facing proposals.</p><p>Deliver structured reports, technical documentation, and status updates within required timelines to support project governance and client communication.</p><p>Travel up to 50% to support on‑site client workshops, technical discovery sessions, high‑level and low‑level design reviews, and hands‑on deployment activities.</p><p>Soft Skills: Professional written and verbal communication, presentation capability, responsiveness, organizational and time‑management skills, and timely maintenance of CRM entries.</p><p>Technical Skills: Layer 2/Layer 3 switching and routing, enterprise WLAN design and optimization, Network Access Control (NAC) - ClearPass, firewall engineering, segmentation strategies, and secure network architecture principles.</p><p>Professional Competencies:</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

<p>Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills</p><p>Ability to communicate effectively with executives, IT staff, and business leaders</p><p>Team player with strong presentation and influencing skills</p><p>Ability to share best practices and improve processes while providing consistent reporting</p><p>Ability to work independently under deadlines and in high-pressure environments</p><p>Strong customer relationship management and consultative skills</p><p>Required Education, Training, and/or Experience</p>

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