Network Design Specialist

The Staff Pad has partnered with the nation s leading enterprise network and in-room technology provider with over 45 years of experience in the hospitality, student housing, senior care, and MDU industries. With service over 7,000 properties from the US, MX, Canada, Puerto Rico, and USVI.

We are searching for a Network Design Specialist to design, digital networks and systems. They will work as a bridge between Sales and Operations to provide technical resources as needed. They will play a crucial role in infrastructure and network design, fault and performance resolution, and the development of processes, procedures, tools, and documentation in support of the day-to-day operations.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Evaluates blueprints and supporting documentation to design infrastructure and endpoints (wifi access points, cameras, etc) designs to meet the technology goals of the client

Designs network, surveillance and retrofit infrastructure solutions

Studying new technologies to potentially bring into the design

Testing prototypes

Working with network architects to make changes to the design, if necessary

Review outside vendor site surveys for preparing documentation

Prepare BOM for vendor qualifications on proposals

Develop quoting tools for creating BOM/Proposals

Register deals with equipment manufacturers for qualified pricing

Support Internal departments with design, documentation, support, and training on hardware and equipment

Professional Qualifications:

Bachelor s degree in technical/engineering discipline or equivalent experience preferred

5+ sales engineering, engineering or customer-facing experience in IT required

Minimum 3 years of experience designing enterprise-level WAN/LAN/SD-WAN solutions or digital infrastructure required

Preferred Skills:

Possess curiosity and a thirst for knowledge

Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Exhibit a customer-centric focus

Excellent knowledge of reading and understanding blueprints and as-builts

Experience with design software (Ekahau, CAD, etc)

Solution selling experience and/or training a plus

Good knowledge of IP networking

As well as formal qualifications, a Network Design Specialist job description should include the following qualities:

An analytical mind

An ability to learn new technologies quickly

Good Time Management Skills

An ability to follow processes

Strong documentation skills

Good communication skills

Commercial and business awareness