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Progressive companies going on the attack for CCIE and VCP professionals

As one who sits on top of the industry, I'm working with all of the players in the unified communications and visualization spaces. From what I see, the demand for talented Cisco CCIE's and CCVP's and VMware VCPs couldn't be higher. Companies are looking for individuals with strong technical skills and great client facing skills. We have many opportunities at great fast growing companies. Some companies are looking for mostly pre-sales engineers, others looking for post-sales engineers, and many are looking for folks that can split their time about 50/50.

We post most of the opportunities on our website jobs page; some of them arenot posted as we are working these positions discreetly on behalf of our clients. If you are a CCIE, CCVP, or VCP professional, now is not the time to be complacent. Even if you are perfectly happy where you are, if makes sense to keep an ear to the ground so that great opportunities don't pass you by. Contact me and let me know what type of opportunities you will be most interested to hear about, and we'll get you set up in our system confidentially so we can watch the market for you. Confidentiality is the cornerstone of our business, so you have nothing to loose. Click here to submit your resume confidentially.

I look forward to hearing from you and helping you advance your career.

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HIRING: System Engineer - VoIP / SIP Solutions (Chicago, IL)

Position

System Engineer - VoIP / SIP Solutions (Post Sales

Location:

Chicago, IL

Compensation:

Company will offer competitive compensation and benefits plan.

Job Description:

Systems Engineer - VoIP/SIP Solutions
Location: Chicago, IL
Type: Full-Time
Relocation: Relo assistance is available.
Travel: ~50%

Our client is one of the global leaders in the VoIP industry (300M+ company growing 30%+ per year). They are exploding with growth and are looking for a Sales Engineer to round out their team in the Central region. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in VoIP, SIP, H.323 solutions for enterprise clients and service providers.

Cutting edge technology - Check!
High-quality best-in-class products - Check!
Cool smart team-orinted people to work with - Check! 
Exciting career growth opportunity - Check!

This company is a leading global manufacturer and is growing rapidly due to high demand for its high-quality products and their strong positioning in the global marketplace.

Responsibilities:

Work with customers to create and execute test plans for their specific client network deployments.
Configure and troubleshoot the system on site as well as provide follow-on support for open issues.
The Sales Engineer will work with the Technical Support team to transfer knowledge of the customer's configuration and network topology.
Requirements:

Must be familiar with data networking and telephony environments with an emphasis on Next Generation IP services.
Must be knowledgable and have demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas of specialization is required:
LAN/WAN data networking architectures and routing protocols,
IP Telephony Architectures and VoIP protocols (SIP, H.323, MGCP, RTP/RTCP),
Security
QoS (MPLS/DiffServ).
Minimum of 5+ years of successful system implementation, deployment and support ideally in support of end user, enterprise customers and service providers.
Must have BSCS/EE or equivalent.
This is a great opportunity to join a fast growing team and put your career on the fast track. Contact me now to discuss in more detail.
 
Other keywords: Cisco Genband Acme Packet Sonus CCNA

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HIRING: Director Telecom Network Planning & Provisioning (Dallas, TX)

Position

Director Telecom Network Planning & Provisioning

Location:

Dallas, TX

Compensation:

Company will offer competitive compensation and benefits plan.

Job Description:

Director Telecom Network Planning & Provisioning
Location: Dallas, TX

Our client, a privately held 2.5B+ global player, has a fast growing business unit that provides innovative telecommunication services. They are in a unique and exciting position and are forecasting to double in the next couple of years. They are looking for a talented Director of Network Planning and Provisioning to lead all aspects of their long-range planning process. Position reports to the EVP of Networking Engineering. This position will offer excellent career growth opportunities and stability that comes with a highly profitable business.

As Director of Network Planning and Provisioning, you will lead long range planning of ILEC, Local, and Access facilities, maintain interconnection inventories, and diagrams, lead and develop the network planning team, develop/maintain capacity reports and KPIs, and communicate frequently with the executive team regarding plans and status. This is a critical role and the company will create an exciting compensation plan and relocation budget to attract the best talent.

The ideal candidate will likely come from a CLEC, Cable company with triple-play product line, or voice services wholesale company / Interexchange.
Requirements:
- Must have 8+ years experience managing voice traffic, TDM, VoIP (planning and Provisioning teams) and the underlying transport fabric.
- Must have 5+ years experience designing, managing, and updating traffic models (understands CCS, erlang, classic traffic modeling).
- Must have 5+ years team management experience.
- Must have extensive experience in managing LINE COSTS and COST OF ACCESS (COA), working with and negotiating with carrier companies, familiar with access database, and must be a hands-on manager with strong communication skills and teaming skills.

Compensation: 160K+ total compensation plus comprehensive benefits for best talent.
Relocation: Relocation assistance is available.
Travel: Low.

If you are interested to explore this immediate opportunity, please contact me right away.

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HIRING: Enterprise Account Executive - Telepresence (512) (Reston, VA)

Position

Enterprise Account Executive - Telepresence (512)

Location:

Reston, VA

Compensation:

Company will offer competitive compensation and benefits plan.

Job Description:

Our client is one of the top providers of Telepresence Systems, Video Conferencing Equipment, Audio Visual Integration and Managed Conferencing Services.
The successful sales professional will be highly motivated and have a proven track record of established sales success with customers in the territory. 5+ years of outside sales experience with at least 3+ years in video conferencing sales or AV integration sales is preferred. The sales professional will be required to perform the following job-related activities:

Develop a detailed understanding of video conferencing and AV products and services (Tandberg, Polycom, Cisco, Lifesize, Microsoft, AMX, Crestron, Smart, integration services, managed services, etc.)
Exhibit a consultative sales approach to determine a customer's needs.
Develop price quotations and bid responses that are complete, accurate and that are profitable
Travel, as necessary, to cover sales responsibilities in neighboring states.
Establish relationships with manufacturer sales and sales engineering personnel.
Active and ongoing prospecting in the territory. Design and implement focused prospecting tools to include; webinars, seminars, email campaigns etc. to increase sales and expand the customer base in the designated territory.
Requirements:
- Must has 3+ years experience selling video conferencing solutions or unified communications solutions to enterprise clients (Cisco, Polycom, Lifesize, etc.)
- Must possess excellent communications skills, comfortable with presenting and demonstrating visual collaboration products and services to end user customers.
- Four year college degree is preferred.

This position includes a competitive base salary, unpcapped commission plan, a performance bonus, health and dental benefits, 401k and other valuable company benefits.
If this opportunity fits your background, contact us right away and we can discuss in more detail. Total compensation is in the 150k to 200K+ range with uncapped commission plan.

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HIRING: Solutions Architect - Data Center Virtualization (Saint Louis, MO)

Position

Solutions Architect - Data Center Virtualization

Location:

Saint Louis, MO

Compensation:

Company will offer competitive compensation and benefits plan.

Job Description:

Location: Saint Louis, MO

Our client, a Top National IT Systems Integrator, is seeking a talented Solutions Architects in the Saint Louis area. They are fast growing industry leading solutions provider of data center virtualization, consolidation, and data storage solutions including NetApp (FlexPod), EMC (vBlock), Cisco UCS, VMware, Symantec (NetBackup), and many others. They are exploding with growth (30%+ growth per year). They offer excellent compensation and benefits, a great company culture, and will put your career on the fast track.
As Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for the pre-sales and post-sales activities. You'll work closely with sales, customer, and vendor partners. The ideal candidate will have subject matter expertise in NetApp, Cisco core route/switch or UCS, NetBackup and/or VMware. Experience in other areas such EMC, Microsoft Active Directory or Exchange, IBM, or VCE will be a plus.

Requirements:
- 3+ years hand-on experience in post-sales engineering or Corporate IT systems engineering roles.
- Knowledge in the following areas: NetApp, Cisco, VMware, and/or Symantec NetBackup
- Experience in implementation, integration of large complex installations
- Strong communication skills, client facing skills, and team player skills
This is an great opportunity to join one of the best companies in the industry.

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Employment Analysis Report for April 2012

Hi Trevi Group Blog Reader,
Below is the "Employment Analysis" Report for April 2012 -- which provides useful analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Report just published this morning. I thought you might find it interesting. Have a great weekend.

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MRINetwork Analysis of the BLS Employment Situation Report
April 2012 Employment
The full report can be seen here: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.htm .
According to the Labor Department, total employment grew in the United States by 115,000 positions in April, the 19th straight month of job growth. The unemployment rate dropped from 8.2 to 8.1 percent and from 10 percent two years earlier. Revisions to March's numbers showed 153,000 jobs added, up from the 120,000 jobs previously reported. The professional, managerial, and related occupations unemployment rate, which reached as high as 5.5 percent in 2009, fell to 3.7 percent in April.

Retail trade added 29,000 positions, countering a loss of 32,000 positions reported last month. However, there has been no significant trend in that sector, which has only added 19,000 jobs in total since December. Professional and business services added 62,000 jobs in April, a third of which came from temporary staffing firms. Architectural and engineering services and computer design services both added a little more than 7,400 positions. The only significant decline in the report was a loss of 16,600 positions in transportation and warehousing, 11,000 of which were from transit and ground passenger transportation.
The unemployment rate for those with a bachelor's degree and higher fell from 4.2 to 4 percent in April, bringing that sector to less than half the average unemployment rate of all other levels of education, 9.1 percent. April, though, saw improving numbers for those with lower levels of academic achievement. The unemployment rate for those with a high school diploma, but no college, has fallen from 9.7 to 7.9 percent from a year earlier, almost equal to the 7.6 percent rate of unemployment among those with either some college or an associate's degree.
April's employment report failed to meet the expectations of economists, who were expecting more than 160,000 jobs to be added. Yet, the report is more positive than some predicted following the ADP report released in advance of the Labor Department's numbers, which showed a strong deceleration from March's employment growth.
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HIRING: Director of Sales - for Top National VAR (Dallas, TX)

Position

Sales Manager for National VAR

Location:

Dallas, TX

Compensation:

On target earnings 225-250K+ OTE uncapped plus comprehensive benefits.

Job Description:

Director Sales - for Top National VAR - Enterprise Technology Solutions
Location: Dallas

Company: Our client is one of the Top Ranked National VARs and specializes in all facets of enterprise technology solutions including all of the fastest growing areas:
· unified communications
· data center virtualization / consolidation
· networking
· security
· professional and managed services.
They are exploding with growth and are seeking a Sales Director for their Dallas territory. This position will focus on growing and leading the sales team and will be accountable for all management, development and implementation of sales strategies, tools and activities.
Ker points are, they are an entrepreneurial and positive culture company, financially strong, one of the top and fast growing VARs nationally. Growing through combination of acquisition and organic growth. They have established the highest level of certification with their business partners.

Position: As Sales Director, your role will be to rapidly expand the sales team to drive aggressive growth in the region. This is a critical role for the company. The position reports to a seasoned hands-off sales leader who focuses on supporting his teams. Position will have high visibility with the leadership team. 

Requirements:
. Strong proven sales leadership: 8+ years proven sales experience in a high-tech industry required, preferably involving unified communications and/or data center solutions, with two or more years in a sales managerial role. Experience in building and managing sales team.
. Experience building sales teams, and hiring and retaining A players
. Strong client and vendor relationships in the region.
. BS Degree in a business or technology discipline or equivalent experience;
Compensation Plan: On target earnings 225-250K+ OTE uncapped plus comprehensive benefits.

This is a great opportunity to join a national leader with great long term career growth opportunities, excellent compensation and benefits, and great company culture.
Contact:
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Keywords: Cisco, EMC, NetApp, VMware, HDS, HP, NEC

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HIRING: Cisco UC Engineer (Post-Sales) (Philadelphia, PA)

Position

Cisco UC Engineer (Post-Sales) (578)

Location:

Philadelphia, PA

Compensation:

Company will offer competitive compensation and benefits plan.

Job Description:

Cisco UC Engineer
Type: Full-Time Position
Location: Philadelphia metro area
Relocation: Relo Assistance is available
The company is one of the Top National VAR's with broad solutions portfolios for both UC and data center solutions. They have 15+ years of stable double digit growth, 50+ offices nationwide, and have built a great reputation of strong customer-focus with their large enterprise customers. They are looking for a talented Cisco UC Engineer that will work directly with customers in post-sales situations, and to work effectively across functions with other company employees in Sales, Marketing, Proposals, and Project Management. This is a great opportunity to join a stable and fast growing company and work for a very cool manager.
The territory covered will include the Philadelphia area, up to Harrisburg, down to Wilmington and to South Jersey. Specific responsibilities will include handling post-sales implementation and cut-over of Cisco UC solutions including 

Develop service delivery templates and guides.
Provide project status on a regular required.
Conduct customer workshops and design sessions.
Deliver functional design documents to customers
Create project deliverables such as requirements documents, cabling details, cutover plans, and drawings.
Provide informal customer knowledge transfer if required.
Provide direction and mentorship to more junior engineers on the team.
Technical Requirements:
MUST have demonstrable design, deployment, administration, configuration, integration, maintenance, and troubleshooting experience with UC equipment and software, with a high emphasis on hands-on design and implementation experience: 

MUST have minimum 3 years of experience implementing Cisco Unified communications manager and Unity and/or Unity Connection
Proficient with upgrading CUCM and Unity Connection once provided with a functional design for:
o CUCM configure:

Dial Plan
Translation Patterns
Route Patterns and groups
Media Resources and Groups
Transcoding
Regions, Locations CAC
Device Pools
SRST
Partitions and CSS's
Gateways - MGCP and H323
User Parameters
BAT
Be familiar with phone deployment methods
o Unity Connection:

Mailbox aging
User configurations
Call Handlers
Bulk Import
Auto Attendant
o Routers

Conference Bridge and Transcoding Resources
MGCP and H323
SRST/Call Manager Fallback
QoS for CAC
Dial Peers
PRIs and troubleshooting
o Switches

Familiarity configuration VLANs and auto QoS
Trunking vs. Access ports
Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching and routing fundamentals
DHCP
TFTP
Experience in the following areas will be a plus (however not required):

UCCX
Scriptingo Desktop Application Integration and Presence
Education/Certification:

Must have CCVP or CCNP-Voice
CCIE would be ideal (but not required)
Bachelor of Arts or Sciences Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent is preferred.
Our client offers excellent compensation and benefits packages. If you're interested in advancing your career with a winning player and want to work with some of the industry's best, contact us about joining this team.

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HIRING: Senior Telecom Network Planner (Service Provider) (Dallas, TX)

Position

Senior Telecom Network Planner (Service Provider)

Location:

Dallas, TX

Compensation:

Company will offer competitive compensation and benefits plan.

Job Description:

Senior Telecom Network Planner (Service Provider)
Type: Full-time Position
Location: Dallas, TX
This is a great opportunity to join a fast growing, highly profitable, and dynamic global company that is well positioned to grow and enhance your career. Key benefits of this position are: great company culture, excellent career growth opportunities, stable profitable business, competitive compensation and benefits. Comp is 100K plus 20% bonus for best talent.
The ideal candidate will have extensive telecom networking planning experience in TDM / SS7 traffic, call routing, PSTN interconnection, load routing, and working with LERG database.
Position / Responsibilities:
The primary job functions are: plan strategic network growth, interconnection analysis, pricing/cost analysis, compliance and reporting. Candidates need to be familiar with code groups, LERG database structure, how it pertains to network hierarchy and have the ability to understand and compile switch homing arrangements, tandems, subtending offices data, usage data; make recommendations and create service plans.

Analyze OEC (Other Exchange Carrier) Local and Access facilities requirements based on forecasted demand.
Long range planning of ILEC, IXC, Local and Access facilities is a requirement, involves setting up commercial and direct connect agreements, maintain interconnection inventories and diagrams relative to network interconnection design.
Communicate internally about critical dates and other relevant information, pertinent to network evolution.
· Liaison between the carriers and company support personnel on all matters relating to architecture, planning and arrangement.
· Maintain strategic diagrams and analysis databases relative to network interconnection design.

Will develop, maintain and update network capacity planning reports and key performance indicators that insure network is maintained in accordance with industry accepted planning policies, e.g. management of network utilization (ccs/erlang).
Requirements:
· Must have 7+ years managing voice traffic, TDM and VoIP (routing and costs) and underlying transport fabric
· 5+ years designing, managing and updating accepted traffic models
· Possess expert knowledge of all aspects of the PSTN (elements, design, hierarchy)
· Ability to understand basic and complex call routing problems in a TDM and VoIP based network, fundamental knowledge of transport equipment capabilities is required
· Advanced PC skills to include emphasis on MS Excel, MySQL and MS Access.
· Advanced computer programming skills (C++, Perl etc.) are a plus.
 
If your background is a good fit with this position, contact us right away to discuss the opportunity in more detail.
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HIRING: Senior IP Engineer for Telecom Service Provider (Dallas, TX)

Position

Senior IP Engineer (Telecom Service Provider) 576

Location:

Dallas, TX

Compensation:

Company will offer competitive compensation and benefits plan.

Job Description:

Senior IP Engineer
Type: Full-time Position
Location: Dallas, TX
This is a great opportunity to join a fast growing, highly profitable, and dynamic global company that is well positioned to grow and enhance your career. Key benefits of this position are: great company culture, excellent career growth opportunities, stable profitable business, competitive compensation and benefits. Compensation will be in the 105K+ base plus 20% bonus for best talent. 
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience IP Engineering in the telecom service provider arena, and experience in IP routing and Sonus.
Position / Responsibilities:
The primary job function are: designing, documenting, managing and testing the installation of new IP customer orders for service; collaboration with Sales, customers and NOC to isolate and resolve complex trouble tickets and mitigate end-user issues with VoIP hardware and/or applications; monitoring the utilization of IP capacity and install new capacity as needed to accommodate network growth; meeting with new and established customers in order to understand their technical needs and develop IP solutions to meet customer requirements; working with suppliers and vendors to explore how new technology might be incorporated into our network for more cost-effective utilization of network assets; understanding future trends in telecommunication technology and assist in the development of new product offerings based on current network architecture; and developing sound business cases to support recommendations to add new network technology. 
· Responsible for: designing, documenting, managing and testing the installation of new IP customer orders for service. Collaboration with Sales, customers and NOC to isolate and resolve complex trouble tickets and mitigate end-user issues with VoIP hardware and/or applications.
· Monitor the utilization of IP capacity and install new capacity as needed to accommodate network growth. 
· Meet with new and established customers in order to understand their technical needs and develop IP solutions to meet those needs while following guidance and design from the network architect.
· Work with suppliers and vendors to explore how new technology might be incorporated into our network for more cost-effective utilization of network assets. Understanding future trends in telecommunication technology and assist in the development of new product offerings based on current network architecture.
· Lead teams and provide direction to other engineers for special projects.
 
Requirements:
· 15+ years experience in telecommunications networking with ten or more years spent solely in IP telephony voice communication networks.
· Must demonstrate superior working knowledge of VoIP/IP telephony systems, software, and hardware, including Sonus, Telica, Asterisk, SER, SIP Routers, SBC and Firewalls.
· Superior hands-on knowledge of the configuration and optimization of VoIP equipment.
· Must demonstrate working knowledge of traditional TDM networks and telecommunications carrier standards and terminology and how it applies to voip telephony solutions. 
· Must be current on all new transport protocols, products, and standards in support of VoIP systems development and equipment procurement. 
· Must possess the ability to interface with both a technical and non-technical audience and have good oral and written communication skills.
· Must be able to understand a carrier customer's network needs and produce an engineered solution which meets those needs while operating within both time and cost constraints. 
· Must be able to function both independently and in a team setting and must be capable of working with little or no direct supervision.
· Will demonstrate the ability to plan, organize, coordinate, prioritize, and manage multiple projects concurrently.
· Bachelor degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Networking or similar technical discipline
· Certifications in telephony, IP and/or switched networks a plus.
 
If your background is a good fit with this position, contact us right away to discuss the opportunity in more detail.
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HIRING: Solutions Architect - Cisco Data & UCS (Dallas, TX)

Position

Solutions Architect - Cisco UCS

Location:

Dallas, TX

Compensation:

Company will offer competitive compensation and benefits plan.

Job Description:

Solution Architect - Cisco Data & UCS
Job Type: Full-Time
Locations: Dallas, Fort Worth

Our client is a national top tier solution provider of data center infrastructure solutions. They are exploding with 30%+ annual growth. They are seeking a Solution Architect with a background in Cisco data networking and data center products (UCS and Nexus). This individual will specialize in the networking product line and solutions related around Cisco products and services. In this role, you will handle pre-sales and post-sales activities, working with clients, designing solutions, and implementing and deploying the solutions. This role will have a 60% post-sales and 40% pre-sales mix of activity.

This company has become the "go to" player for data center infrastructure solutions and offers great career growth opportunities, hires great team-oriented professionals, lives by a positive-values based company culture, and has a competitive compensation and benefits package. It's the place to grow your career!

Requirements:
· Must have 5+ years sales or Pre-Sales and Post-Sales engineering experience in Cisco products (UCS, Nexus).
· Must have experience in core route-switch enterprise data networking and data center solutions
· Experience in NetApp (FlexPod), EMC (vBlock), Hitachi, VMware, and/or Symantec will be a plus.
· Certifications such as NCIE and VCP will be a plus.
· Strong client facing skills, with ability to establish strong customer and vendor-partner relationships.
· Must have strong oral, written communication, and customer documentation skills
· Bachelor's degree in business mgmt or other relevant field.
· Can travel up to 25% of the time (regional travel only)
This is a great opportunity to join a winning team and advance your career. If this role sounds like a good fit, contact us right away.

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