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The ideal candidate has deep experience with medium business and enterprise-grade networking technologies, is comfortable in customer environments, and can align solutions with business goals.\nKey Responsibilities\nNetwork Design & Implementation\nConsult with clients to assess technical requirements and understand their business objectives.\nDesign and deploy network infrastructure including switches, routers, firewalls, wireless access points, SD-WAN, VPN, and ZTNA.\nImplement secure, segmented, and resilient network topologies for performance and reliability.\nConfigure routing protocols, VLANs, VPNs, traffic policies, and related security settings.\nConsulting & Pre-Sales Support\nAct as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support the sales team during client discovery, design, and proposal development.\nPresent technical solutions to a wide range of audiences including IT professionals, executives, and leadership teams.\nCollaborate with account managers and vendors to align technical proposals with customer needs.\nOperations & Support\nTroubleshoot network issues and provide responsive support to clients.\nIdentify and proactively mitigate risks, performance bottlenecks, or misconfigurations in client environments.\nCollaborate with internal teams across departments to resolve escalated issues.\nMaintain detailed records of work performed in the ticketing system for billing, tracking, and knowledge sharing.\nStandards & Security Best Practices\nFollow industry frameworks and best practices for network security, monitoring, and configuration management.\nDocument network architecture, configurations, and changes in accordance with internal standards.\nContribute to the continuous improvement of engineering processes and documentation standards.\nQualifications & Skills\nRequired Experience & Education\n5+ years of experience in a Network Engineering, Consulting, or Technical Implementation role, preferably within a VAR, MSP, or IT services firm.\nProven ability to design, implement, and troubleshoot enterprise network environments.\nStrong understanding of routing protocols (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, etc.), switching technologies, firewalls, wireless architecture, and security best practices.\nTechnical & Operational Competencies\nSubstantial understanding of the OSI model and networking protocols.\nFamiliarity with Cisco, HPE, Extreme, Fortinet and other mainstream vendors platforms and configurations.\nExperience with network documentation standards.\nConsulting & Communication Skills\nAbility to communicate effectively with a range of client stakeholders including IT professionals, department heads, and executives.\nStrong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.\nAbility to distill technical information into business-relevant insights.\nExcellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.\nStrong written, verbal, and face-to-face communication skills.\nEngineering Certifications (Preferred)\nCisco, HPE Aruba, Extreme, Fortinet or other network certifications.\nEligibility & Work Location Requirements\nCandidates must reside in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area or be within reasonable commuting distance to Ardham’s offices.\nThis position is not eligible for relocation assistance.\nCandidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.\nEmployment is contingent upon successful completion of background and employment verification checks.\nAbout Ardham Technologies\nArdham Technologies is headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is experiencing rapid growth throughout the Southwest and Texas regions. 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