Live on the bleeding edge of technology? Eager to design and deliver custom technology solutions? Looking for a company that invests in its people, its clients, and its community?
Redefine your reality at Managed Solution!
Managed Solution is actively seeking a network guru! We’ve got an all-star team with a kick-butt company culture, and we’re excited about what’s ahead. For over a decade, we’ve worked with companies large and small, supporting any and all of their IT needs. We invest in our clients and our staff to bring out the best in both. We’ve been named to the Business Journal’s 100 fastest growing companies for the past five years and stand in the top 1% of Microsoft Cloud partners worldwide. We value high standards, honesty and integrity, proactivity, adaptability and passion. Managed Solution is poised for unparalleled growth and expansion – this is an opportunity you won’t wanna miss!
Perks & Benefits!
•Enjoy work-life integration with flexible work arrangements!
•Earn up to 17 paid days off in your first year!
•Work with passionate tech experts in a dynamic environment
•Grow your skills with our professional development program:
◦Take certification tests on company time!
◦Managed Solution prepays your exam fees!
•Enroll in health, dental, and vision insurance offerings
•Prepare for retirement with 401K (employer match after 6 months!)
•Make a difference for your clients!
Responsibilities:
As a senior member of our Professional Services team, you’ll design, implement, and support network infrastructure solutions for Managed Solution clients. You will work directly with clients to uncover their unique needs and design custom network strategies, that’s right – we’re looking for you to architect client solutions. You’ll be responsible for network design and administration (routing, switching, firewalls, WAPs, VPNs, load balancers, troubleshooting) in medium to large LAN/WAN environments, including Cloud environments in Azure and Amazon AWS. In this role, you’ll interface with clients, project managers, and other engineers to ensure the success of your projects and high network availability. Possibly most important since we are a Microsoft Partner, we need someone who is either pro-Microsoft technologies or at least agnostic about OSs. Basically, we are looking for a network engineering rock star who can do it all and is looking for an opportunity to correct failing networks and replace them with architectural standards that you yourself get to develop.
Qualifications:
•CCNP or higher strongly preferred
•Superior knowledge of networking topology and static/dynamic routing protocols, including TCP/IP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and EGP/BGP
•Superior troubleshooting skills, including latency identification
•Proficiency in networking administration, including the configuration and maintenance of managed routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, wireless access points, CSU/DSUs, and controllers
•Proven success in designing and maintaining highly stable LAN/WAN environments, especially as an external consultant
•Proficiency in virtualized networking (VPN, VLAN) and broad exposure to virtualization in general (Azure, AWS, VMware)
•Knowledge of network security architectures and measures, penetration testing, and vulnerability scanning
•Proficiency in emergency mitigation and remediation: viruses, denial of service
•Service-oriented attitude as you deliver an outstanding client experience: developing a strong rapport, mapping their particular needs to solutions and communicating strategy plans
•Ability to work in a Cisco+Linux environment one day and a Dell+Fortinet+Windows 10 environment the next
•High levels of project ownership and individual accountability in a results-oriented environment
•Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and innovation
•Demonstrated commitment to strong documentation and repeatable standards
•Ability to work a flexible schedule for occasional overnight maintenances, upgrades, etc.
•Valid CA Drivers’ License and willingness to travel to client sites within the San Diego region
Bonus Knowledge/Skills:
•Wireless Access Point monitoring and tuning experience
•Significant Systems Administration experience, esp. in a Windows environment:
◦Windows Server 2008/2012/2012R2
◦Microsoft Exchange/Active Directory administration
◦Managing backups and disaster recovery
•Voice, video, and data services experience, including configuration and administration of VOIP and Skype for Business
Physical Demands:
The essential functions of this job require: the ability to frequently sit and stand for long periods of time; to climb and balance; to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, or bend; to manipulate objects with fine and gross motor skills; to frequently lift and maneuver 10 pound objects and occasionally lift and maneuver 50 pound objects; to communicate in written and spoken English; to hear; to utilize close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Managed Solution is an equal opportunity employer and will consider qualified applicants who can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.
E-Verify Participation:
Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. Managed Solution participates in the federal E-Verify program to validate the authenticity of work eligibility documents. As part of this program, Managed Solution will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. For more information, see www.uscis.gov/e-verify
Anyone, at any level, who aims to make an impact, buck the status quo, and define his or her industry can take a page from Fast Company cofounder Bill Taylor’s book. He addressed top-level IT professionals in his recent Microsoft Virtual North America CIO Summit keynote speech, but his advice is relevant to professionals across sectors. Like a true sage, Taylor asked attendees to consider a variety of questions and seek the answers within themselves to reach greatness. These three questions offer a roadmap for those looking to raise their game to the next level.
Instead of focusing on being the best player, how can you redefine the game you’re playing?
Changing the nature of the competition is a great way to get ahead. By “embracing one-of-a-kind ideas in a world filled with me-too copycat thinking,” innovators come out on top. “The job today is not to be the best at what lots of other people already do. It’s to be the only one who does what you do,” asserted Taylor. One example is Umpqua Bank, a regional institution that was smaller than small—just six branches—until Ray Davis took the helm in 1994. Now boasting nearly 400 locations, Umpqua is Oregon’s largest bank, and this change was driven in large part by a focus on culture: the tellers also act as baristas, each transaction concludes with a piece of chocolate, and the branches become community centers after business hours. Umpqua is winning because it dares to redefine a bank as a regional resource.
Changing the nature of the competition is a great way to get ahead. By "embracing one-of-a-kind ideas in a world filled with me-too copycat thinking."
What single sentence will describe you?
Taylor stressed the importance of simplification for both individuals and corporate entities. Inspired by the story of Clare Boothe Luce—who told President Kennedy that “a great man is one sentence” before she asked him what sentence would describe his presidency—Taylor stressed the importance of this kind of simplification for both individuals and corporate entities. This reductionist method forces leaders, companies, or job seekers to zero in on their goals, minus buzzwords and jargon. Once you know how you want to be described, you can make changes to bring that fantasy into reality.
It doesn’t matter what keeps you up at night. What gets you up in the morning?
Taylor was emphatic that success is rooted in caring more than anyone else, whether it’s about your customers, your colleagues, or the way your organization conducts itself in the marketplace. It’s up to companies to provide their employees and their leaders with this motivation.
One exemplar is USAA, the financial services company for active and retired military. Taylor said new employees are immersed in the world of their customers on day one, engaging in a deployment simulation (to develop empathy while learning about the financial issues service people face), eating MREs at training instead of a catered lunch, even volunteering to go through the brutal first day of basic training. USAA takes work that might seem passionless (such as selling renter’s insurance) and gives staff a reason to believe this work is valuable and necessary and important. This directly translates to better customer service and, of course, more revenue.
Taylor summarized his thesis with contributions from two unusual thought leaders: cognitive-psychology pioneer Jerome Bruner and acerbic comedian George Carlin. Bruner once wrote that learning (or as Taylor extrapolated, innovation) “is, most often, figuring out how to use what you already know in order to go beyond what you currently think.” Carlin famously cracked wise about “vuja de”—“the strange feeling that somehow none of this has ever happened before.” Taylor believes fostering this feeling is a way to inspire Bruner-style breakthroughs.
The questions Taylor poses are a few ways to intentionally make the familiar feel unfamiliar, to look at your profession or your career or your industry as you’ve never seen it before. The answers may be surprising.