Senior Consulting Engineer - Microsoft Security Cdw
Chicago, IL

Job Description

CDW's vision is to be the best national provider of Advanced Technology Solutions. We'll achieve this reputation by continuing to delight our customers and being the employer of choice for Advanced Technology Solutions. Senior Consulting Engineers at CDW are smart, hard-working Engineers who enjoy teaming with other best and brightest Engineers on highly visible, technically challenging projects and offerings. We're looking for high-caliber, well-rounded professionals who are passionate about emerging technology, projects and consulting.

Key Areas of Responsibility

* Provide client consultation: perform analyses of customer identity/security needs and recommend, design, and implement secure identity, server and network environments
* Provide technology support: install, maintain, upgrade, and troubleshoot - Microsoft
* Identity Manager, servers, databases, workflow, and other associated identity/security products, providing solutions to complex hardware/software problems
* Provide development support: Proficient in coding (primarily in C#) and scripting in PowerShell
* Effectively communicate identity/security policy and technology issues and product capabilities through both high-quality written documents unstructured interviews to all levels of client
* Keep up to date with identity/security issues and products; develop and compete an education plan to grow your skills consistent with client needs
* Participate in various IT projects intended to continually improve/upgrade secure identity solutions
* Follow life-cycle oriented processes and procedures
* Troubleshoot, maintain, upgrade, and provide solutions to complex hardware/software problems
* Assist in the management of projects using CDW's project management methodology
* Regularly interface with technical and business staff of customers, including the project sponsor and stakeholders of projects in more complex engagements
* Serve as technical point of contact on customer engagements
* Create and execute test plans to meet project requirements for assigned components
* Identify and communicate potential opportunities for cross-selling to the sales team
* Manage time and expense to meet or exceed expectations defined in the Statement of Work
* Provide high quality content deliverables using the appropriate document templates
* Ensure solution is implemented as designed to the customer's satisfaction and approval
* Work with Professional Services Managers, ATAE's, Project Managers and customers to manage expectations and timelines to ensure expectations and commitments are being met
* Conducts/leads design workshops for complex designs to meet customer, business and technical objectives
* Proactively develops plans and activities to avoid problems
* Educates the customer on solution as appropriate throughout the life of the project or service life

Qualifications

* Bachelor degree in business, computer science, a related technical degree or equivalent


* Five years' experience delivering complex technical solutions including planning, development, implementation and support



Other Required Qualifications

* Minimum 2 years consulting experience


* Experience with large-scale Active Directory design, implementation, or migration projects.


* Experience in deployment and management of large environments with at least TWO of the following technologies:


* Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM)


* Forefront Identity Manager (FIM)


* Azure Active Directory Connect (AADC)


* Microsoft Active Directory (AD)


* Azure Active Directory (AAD)


* Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)


* Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)


* Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)


* Visual Studio - C#


* PowerShell


* Threat Management Gateway (TMG)


* Unified Access Gateway (UAG)


* Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT)


* Quest Migration Manager (QMM)


* Quest NDS Migrator


* SQL Server Database


* SQL Server Reporting Services


* Current and pending Microsoft Windows operating systems and other operating system knowledge (Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016 and Windows 7, 8 or 10).


* A professional, business-focused attitude and courteous manner towards clients, partners and peers


* Experience delivering complex technical solutions including planning, design, implementation and support experience


* Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills including demonstrated experience presenting technology recommendations from a business perspective


* Ability to travel an average of 60% Minimum of one year experience in programming or analytical work


* Minimum of one year experience in programming or analytical work


* Knowledge of security specialty areas such as policy, disaster avoidance and recovery planning, technical investigations, or risk analysis


* Ability to work weekends and/or off hours as necessary to meet clients' needs


* Ability to effectively communicate with clients


* Physically able to lift up to 50 pounds of equipment.


* Attention to detail on inventory and logistics is important



Preferred Qualifications

* Experience implementing complex MIM solutions a plus


* Experience with Azure Active Directory a plus


* Consulting experience preferred


* MCITP: Enterprise Administrator certification, or demonstrated equivalent knowledge