Senior Microsoft Consultant

The new AT&T is the largest telecommunications company in the United States, ranking as the #1 provider of local and long distance, DSL and wireless services. They are one of the world?s leading providers of IP-based communications services for businesses, with an extensive portfolio of VPN, VoIP and other offerings, backed by innovative security and support capabilities, to enable companies to seamlessly migrate from legacy and next-generation systems.

Callisma is a division of AT&T which specializes in delivering managed communications offerings and professional network consulting services to enterprise business customers. Callisma focuses on assisting larger businesses with some of their most complex communications challenges, including operations management, Voice over IP (VoIP), Internetworking, security, and storage solutions. Callisma consultants enable corporations to design and deploy infrastructure which will enhance their service and business performance.

 

General Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have experience in Design, Architecture, Integration, Migration and Implementation of Server and Storage Solutions. Experience must include:
? Several years assessment, design and migrations of Microsoft Solutions including Active Directory and Exchange
? Several years of server and storage design and implementation including Blade Server Hardware, Provision of servers, Disaster Recovery, backup, restore procedures, SAN, NAS, DAS storage solutions and datacenter replication technologies
? At least two years of Design and Deploying Virtualization Solutions with VMware ESX Server
? At least two years Identity Management assessment, design and integration services for account provisioning, password management, directory services, authentication, authorization, and identity federation.
? Operations experience of managing servers is large datacenter environments.

Consultants will provide planning, design, and project lead services in the following areas:
? Windows Server and Active Directory planning and design
? Windows Security Assessment Service
? Windows NT and Novell migrations to Active Directory
? Microsoft Exchange 2003 Planning and Design
? Microsoft Exchange 5.x, 200x to Exchange 2003
? Pilot and Project / Program Management for Implementation
? NetWare Migration / Co-existence
? Microsoft Operations Manager
? Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
? Microsoft Identity Integration Server
? Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server
? Microsoft Live Communications Server
? Microsoft VPN Services
? VMware ESX Server
? VMware Virtual Center

Vendor supporting products and implementing experience should include:
? Quest Software?s (Aelita) Migration Suite
? SUN integration experience with LDAP, Iplanet, SunOne, Sun Java Identity Management Suite
? Aelita Migration tools
? NetIQ Migration Suite
? VMware?s Capacity Planner
? PlateSpin?s PowerRecon and PowerConvert
? Storage Solutions from EMC, Hitachi, HP, IBM, and SUN

Role Overview
? Provide technical sales support on Callisma Business Development opportunities, such as client facing presentations and leading technical Whiteboard Sessions
? Determines EOS requirements by examining business objectives and requirements.
? Technical Team lead to manage multiple team members and customers thought highly successful projects.
? Plans and implements Microsoft Solutions in complex wide area network (WAN), local area network (LAN), voice communications, computer telephony integration (CTI) technology environments; completing system integrations; completing cost/benefit analyses.

Education and Certifications
? Bachelors Degree or Equivalent
? VMware Certified Professional
? Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
? MCSE: Messaging on Windows Server 2003
? MCSE: Messaging on Windows 2000
? MCSE: Security on Windows Server 2003
? MCSE: Security on Windows 2000
? Cisco CCNA

Experience
? 6+ years Design and Deploying Microsoft solutions with at least 3 years experience in migration tools from NetIQ, Quest Software, Aelita.
? SME expertise in Active Directory and Exchange
? 1+ years experience in MOM, SMS, SharePoint, Live Communications Server, IIS and SQL.
? Ability to provide the team lead and technical oversight to managed multiple teams of people include customers in deployment and migration.
? Knowledge of,and experience with a variety of industry verticals such as: financial, healthcare, manufacturing and retail
? Ability to deliver and lead large server consolidation and virtualization projects.
? Multi-vendor, multi-product expertise including current and recent offerings by EMC, SUN, IBM, Quest Software, NetIQ, and cisco.
? Familiar with Identity Management standards: SOAP, WS-Security, SAML1.1, Liberty Alliance 1.1, SPML, LDAP, X.400.


Consulting, Sales, Business and Interpersonal Skills
? Excellent written and presentation skills
? Ability to travel up to 100%
? Outstanding interpersonal skills and responsiveness supporting sales and field management
? Business acumen and expertise aligning an organization's contact center and telecommunications posture with business goals and drivers, and providing guidance on effective risk management
? Ability to effectively cross-sell with other services in the areas of operations management, security, datacenter, and internetworking to create "pull through" in other areas including CPE, software, transport, hosting, and other managed solutions

 

Travel between 50-90% is expected for the above position.

 

If you are interested in applying for this job, please forward your resume to JR5857@att.com . You will be called if your background matches the basic requirements.