Technical Consultant (England)

CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers around the Globe. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW was founded in 1984 and employs over 15,000 coworkers, with headquarters across the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. CDW prides itself on “making amazing happen”. Our relationships are fueled by our deep expertise and are grounded in the CDW Way. Our empowering leadership makes things happen and inspires their teams to do the same.

The role of Technical Consultant within CDW Professional Services is to consult, design, plan and implement complex technical projects. The Technical Consultant will also support the Sales and Solutions teams to provide technical expertise where required.

• Design and deliver implementation services across a wide range of clients and technologies.
• Acts as a mentor and technical escalation point in all areas where they are considered a subject matter expert, providing expert-level knowledge in respect to issue resolution, standards, design, best practice, delivering quality and reference target architectures.
• Working collaboratively with Sales, Projects Practice, Pre-Sales, Customers and other parties as required.
• Creation of technical documentation as and when required.
• Low Level Designs.
• Statement of Works (SoW).
• Involvement and running of project design workshops.
• Presenting back technical documentation to customers.
• Renew/upgrade required certifications.
• Takes responsibility for ensuring that assigned projects are executed and completed within agreed time, quality, scope and costs parameters.
• To assist in the design of Proof of Concept to support the delivery of a solution.
• To create/support the creation of test documentation and test scenarios.
• Ensures personal and business objectives and set KPI targets are met or exceeded.
• Proactively questions and evaluates existing systems, standards, documentation and procedures and makes recommendations for improvement.

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

• Demonstrable skills and knowledge in relevant technology area.
• Professional certifications e.g., Cisco CCNP, MS PL900, MS AZ204.

Each co-worker is accountable for their actions and is required to exercise good judgment in everything they do. Part of that responsibility includes ensuring that you understand and live up to the values and standards we set for ourselves in the CDW Way, the CDW Way Code (our code of ethics and business conduct), the Information Management System (IMS), and all other policies and procedures relevant to your role. Each co-worker has a responsibility to ask questions when they are unsure of CDW’s values, standards and policies, and to take action if they believe someone else is not acting consistently with those values, standards and policies. Each co-worker is responsible for maintaining customer focus and for periodically reviewing the Circle of Service Philosophy and the Quality Policy to understand CDW’s commitment to excellent client service and continual improvement. Co-workers must report any customer problems, feedback, service outages, and service improvement suggestions to management.

Each co-worker is required to comply with CDW’s policies relating to Information Security and Data protection, specifically to:

• Protect all information assets from unauthorised access, disclosure, modification, destruction & interference.
• Treat the security of all information assets according to their designated information security classification.
• Ensure that they only access information assets that they are authorised to do so.
• Adhere to the procedure for reporting any security weakness or event.
• Commit to, and participate in, personal development of information security awareness & knowledge.
• Comply with all laws and contractual obligations regarding the protection of data.

More about CDW and your career with us: At CDW, you’ll work with people who inspire you. People with positive, success-driven attitudes whom you will learn and forge strong relationships with. Bring your best true self — and your best ideas — to CDW. Because diverse perspectives bring forth better problem solving — and better solutions for our customers in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.

CDW is an equal opportunity employer committed to maintaining a policy of non-discrimination towards all coworkers and applicants for employment in all aspects of employment. CDW does not discriminate against any applicant because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/belief, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other basis that is prohibited by local employment law, including those protected by the UK Equality Act 2010. We encourage candidates from all walks of life to apply and join us in our mission of cultivating a culture of belonging, diversity and inclusion for better collaboration, innovation, and business results.

Together, we strive to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong and is empowered to bring their full energy, capabilities and authenticity for coworker and business benefits. Will you be a part of it?

• Life Assurance
• Competitive Contributory Pension
• Private Medical Insurance
• Enhanced Maternity Pay
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Option to buy additional holiday
• Dental Insurance
• Season Ticket Loan + additional perks