Senior Broadband Consultant
Job Location:
Huntsville, AL - USA
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Job Summary
This is a remote position with preferences for candidates in the Huntsville AL area.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Broadband Consultant to lead strategic technical and financial advisory engagements supporting broadband network development and deployment. This role serves as a client-facing leader responsible for delivering high-impact consulting services across feasibility studies funding strategies network planning and program execution.
The ideal candidate combines deep telecommunications expertise strong consulting acumen and proven leadership skills to guide clients through complex broadband initiatives while contributing to business growth and practice development.
Key Responsibilities:
In this role youll serve as a trusted partner to our clientsutilities municipalities cooperatives and private providersacting as their primary point of contact throughout engagements. Youll help shape broadband strategies by leading the development of master plans market assessments and business cases while offering thoughtful executive-level guidance to senior stakeholders.
Youll also take the lead on delivering consulting engagements from start to finish ensuring everything runs smoothly from kickoff through final deliverables. This includes managing cross-functional teams across engineering GIS financial modeling grants and construction and keeping work on track to meet quality schedule and budget expectations.
A big part of the role involves guiding network strategy and technical direction. Youll oversee the evaluation and planning of fiber fixed wireless and hybrid broadband solutions assess existing infrastructure and help define smart scalable deployment approaches. Your expertise will help drive key decisions around network architecture capacity and performance.
On the financial side youll oversee the development of robust modelscovering ROI business cases and operating scenarioswhile helping clients navigate funding opportunities. This includes shaping strategies for federal and state programs like BEAD and NTIA and providing direction on grant applications compliance and overall funding alignment.
Youll also play a visible role in stakeholder and community engagement leading workshops executive briefings and public meetings. Along the way youll collaborate with local governments regulatory agencies and funding entities while managing relationships with vendors and partners across the broadband ecosystem.
From a program leadership perspective youll provide oversight on executionkeeping an eye on schedules budgets and riskswhile establishing governance frameworks reporting structures and performance metrics. Youll help guide clients as they transition from planning into engineering construction and implementation.
Finally youll contribute to the growth of the business by supporting proposals defining scopes and shaping pricing strategies. Youll also help uncover new opportunities within existing and prospective accounts and lend your voice to thought leadership efforts through presentations whitepapers and industry forums.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Telecommunications Business or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 815 years of experience in broadband telecommunications or infrastructure consulting
- Demonstrated experience leading complex broadband or telecommunications projects
- Strong background in fiber wireless and/or hybrid network architectures
- Proven ability to manage client relationships and lead project teams
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting public-sector broadband initiatives (states municipalities co-ops)
- Direct experience with broadband funding programs (e.g. BEAD NTIA USDA ReConnect)
- Experience with GIS tools network design platforms or engineering coordination
- PMP or similar project management certification
In return for top talent ENTRUST Solutions Group offers:
- Generous paid time off and benefits
- 401(k) retirement program with a company match
- Career development programs
- Tuition reimbursement
- Flexible work schedule
To learn more about ENTRUST Benefits and Culture please visit our company LinkedIn page and follow us at:
- This position pays between $120000 and $150000 annually and is an exempt position.
- Benefits offered include company sponsored medical dental vision and 401(k) plan with company match. Also offered are tuition reimbursement voluntary life disability critical illness accident and hospitalization plans. HSA or FSA medical accounts and FSA dependent care and transportation/parking accounts are also available. These benefits are subject to employee contribution amounts generally set annually.
- Full time employees are eligible to earn PTO hours.
- May be eligible for discretionary bonus as determined by the company.
Remote:
This role is designated as remote giving you the flexibility to primarily work from home while staying actively connected to your team and projects. We value collaboration and responsiveness so we ask our remote team members to be available when in-office presence is neededsuch as for client meetings team events or training sessions. Our approach blends freedom with shared accountability making ENTRUST an exciting and supportive environment for professionals who thrive in remote work settings with clear respectful expectations
ENTRUST Solutions Group is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.
Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. ENTRUST Solutions Group does not accept unsolicited headhunter or agency resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with ENTRUST Solutions Group.
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