IT Project Engineer

IT Project Engineer

Stratix Systems is an innovative and growing company providing a full range of IT consulting services to small and medium-sized businesses. Stratix Systems has been in business for over 50 years and is headquartered in Wyomissing, PA with satellite offices located in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. Stratix Systems is looking for motivated individuals with a “service first” mindset to deliver an exceptional experience for our clients.

The IT Project Engineer must have managed service provider experience or larger vertical IT support experience dealing with at least 50 to 100 clients. Deliver an excellent customer experience by providing technical support, training, and documentation for a variety of projects, service work, onboarding, and IT Road mapping for Stratix IT clients. Prior project management experience a huge plus. The role will report full-time to Stratix's Wyomissing, PA office and supporting the surrounding Berks County region.

An IT Project Engineer should be willing and able to help develop internal engineers and technicians, adapt to the client’s needs professionally, be self-driven, help the company improve and grow.

Work Schedule – Wyomissing Office

Normal start time is 8:00am to 5:00pm, and 40 hours per week, generally 5 workdays - Monday through Friday. However, because this role is client focused hours will vary based on the client need to include evenings or weekends. Clients may require an individual Network Administrator to be on call 24/7 in case of network failures or emergencies. As a non-exempt employee, overtime is paid at one and one-half times rate for hours worked more than 40 per week.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILILTIES:

1. Provide remote and on-site client support to complete assigned tickets thoroughly and efficiently, resolving client’s issues in a professional and timely manner.
2. Resolve end-user and end-customer escalation tickets to client satisfaction, within SLA resolution time frames and following best practices.
3. Work with sales team on recommendations for existing and new client environments.
4. Assess client environments including but not limited to networks, servers, onboarding, new clients, etc.
5. Handle escalated tickets from Level I service technicians and take on Level 3 escalation tickets to continue to learn and grow.
6. Support Microsoft Office products, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange Server (on-prem and in the cloud), Microsoft Active Directory, Office 365, and Azure.
7. O365 migrations from start to finish, documenting, teaching, training, and developing of IT team for more efficient and effective deployment and service delivery results.
8. Deploy Desktop and Laptop systems in a variety of client environments.
9. Support and troubleshoot basic to complex issues such as but not limited to:

• Server, networks, software, hardware, network issues, Windows, Mac desktop operating systems and Windows Server operating systems.
• LAN\WAN routing

>>>>>Firewall administration including VPN administration.

>>>>>Mail migrations and setup

>>>>>VMWare and Hyper-V hypervisors.

>>>>>Networking and firewall issues, including SonicWALL, HPE/Aruba, ADTRAN, Meraki, and Cisco.

>>>>>>Familiar with managing various SaaS services, including Microsoft 365, spam filtering, managed AV, etc.

>>>>>>Installing, configuring, and supporting Windows Desktops, QuickBooks, LabTech, ConnectWise, Smart phones.

1. Perform technical assessments and provide sales-ready product and service recommendations, labor estimates, and statements of work.
2. Follow the IT Best practice policies and procedures for effective and efficient execution.
3. Complete additional duties as directed and assigned by management.

Requirements to Perform Role:

1. Ability to understand technical details in an incident or request to appropriately route the ticket to the correct support level and set priority.
2. Prior customer service experience, including, but not limited to, speaking with clients in a professional manner daily.
3. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills to interact with clients and internal team members regarding incidents, requests, based on ticket escalations.
4. Collaborating with management to teach, train, develop, and mentor team.
5. Capable of recording detailed information quickly and managing multiple calls, issues, and conversations throughout the day.
6. Strong multitasking skillset to quickly resolve client IT emergency needs.
7. Capable of identifying gaps in service delivery
8. Capable of working and engaging in a collaborative team environment

Additional Experience Helpful but Not Required:

1. Three years MSP generalist versus industry specific IT Engineer.
2. College or Trade School Degree specific to IT hardware.
3. Experience using ConnectWise Manage or other ticketing software
4. Experience using cloud PBX and software-based phone systems
5. IT MSP Team Lead
6. Project Management training
7. Certifications: A+, N+, Security +, Lab Tech, SonicWALL, MCSA

Stratix is an equal-opportunity employer. For more information, please visit our website at www.stratixsystems.com

Stratix Systems is a leading office technology and managed services provider that focuses on the unique computing, networking, document management, and printing needs of business of all size and industry. Our award-winning equipment, solutions, and services have made Stratix Systems the partner-of-choice for organizations seeking the best of both worlds, a single-source vendor with the presence and responsiveness of a local company, backed by the strength and resources of the world's foremost technology leaders.