*Candidates must be geographically located in the King of Prussia, PA or in New Jersey (NJ) with the ability to work on-site up to three days per week.*

Overview

As the Principal Technologist, you will serve as a customer-oriented liaison between sales, pre-sales engineering and customer stakeholders. The position requires a strong understanding of how technology drives business outcomes and enables the development of strategies aligned to customer objectives The Principal Technologist will be involved in the entire sales cycle, including leading meetings to discuss key business and technology issues, assess clients' needs and identify the ePlus targeted product and service solutions that best meet those needs. You will lead a matrix cross- functional team of technology leaders in helping define customers’ business and technical vision and strategy. Candidates should have deep experience across leading enterprise OEM ecosystems (Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Palo Alto, Dell, NetApp, HPE, etc.) and strong hybrid capabilities, with exposure to both on-premises and cloud environments.

Your Impact

The essential functions of this position include:

• Define end-state architecture vision, strategy, and go-to-market plans leveraging Plus services and OEM solutions.
• Utilize technical vision and strategy plans to productize service and product offerings, creating high-value solutions.
• Assist in designing and architecting solutions tailored to customer requirements. Facilitate design architecture and conduct peer reviews with customers to ensure thorough documentation.
• Develop vertical and horizontal customer relationships and expose customer technical stakeholders to emerging technologies.
• Provide thought leadership to ePlus Sales, Engineering, and Strategy teams by sharing insights and trends to guide strategic decisions.
• Evangelize ePlus services with customers, OEM partners and across ePlus, using a consistent message and method for planning and delivery.
• Serve as a communication conduit from customer technical stakeholders to the internal engineering team.
• Engage internal pre-sales engineering teams to identify and map new opportunities, facilitate issue resolution, and expedite solutions, providing frequent updates to Account Management and Engineering teams.
• Act as the primary interface and trusted advisor with Enterprise Account Executives, Customer Executives, and IT professionals, working with Solution Architects to scope and price strategic solutions.
• Plan and lead executive and technical briefings for customers and OEM partners. Co-present project plans and Level of Effort to customers, guiding technical resources to meet customer program requirements.
• Consolidate and convey solution requirements and technical responses by coordinating with subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Facilitate technical scoping/reviews and assist presales engineers and SMEs in developing Statements of Work (SOW).
• Engage with customer operational and technical staff to measure progress on projects and identify new opportunities.

As a manager, you are also expected to:

• Lead and guide team members, fostering growth through mentoring, coaching, and development, while ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
• Promote an environment of inclusivity and respect, valuing diverse perspectives and encouraging open dialogue among all team members.
• Collaborate on strategic initiatives, leveraging your expertise to drive innovation and positive change within the organization.
• Cultivate a proactive approach to conflict resolution, striving for amicable solutions and escalating concerns as needed.

Qualifications

Required Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or Master’s degree in a technical or business discipline is preferred or equivalent relevant industry experience
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in a field-based services management position with a minimum of 5 direct staff is preferred.
• Experience in managing and enhancing a world-class field services organization, as well as growing a Professional Services Consulting practice.
• Experience in operations and project management.
• Proven ability to drive revenue and services growth through OEM-aligned solutions, not limited to advisory or consulting roles.
• Candidates should demonstrate multi-domain experience and familiarity with OEM or partner ecosystems, whether from a customer, partner, or provider environment
• 8 or more years of experience in designing or implementing complex networks, systems/storage solutions and ability to articulate deep technical knowledge of infrastructure services, data center design and cloud integration for enterprise customers.
• Enterprise networking architecture experience with at least one of the following: Cisco, Arista, Juniper, or HPE Aruba
• Security architecture experience with Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Cisco Security, or Zscaler
• Data center infrastructure experience with Dell Technologies, HPE, Lenovo, Pure Storage, NetApp, VMware, or Nutanix
• Hybrid cloud architecture experience, with strong preference for Microsoft Azure (AWS knowledge a plus)
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code concepts (e.g., Terraform) and modern automation frameworks
• Certifications in relevant technologies: CCIE, CCDE, AWS, GCP, CCSP, CISSP, CSA, CCDP 
• Broad exposure to a variety of technologies/concepts and management experience in a distributed environment
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, as well as presentation, customer, business, and negotiation skills
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Comprehensive experience in the strategy, process and methodology for business enablement and transformation through technology
• Knowledgeable and able to facilitate pre-sales discussions acting as a liaison between cross functional team within customer organization and ePlus.
• Candidate will have a general understanding of design, plan, deployment and support of following: Network Infrastructure Solutions, Data center and Cloud, Storage, Security, Software Licensing, Managed Service support and engagement.

Preferred Experience:

• AI-ready infrastructure and high-performance networking exposure (e.g., NVIDIA ecosystem)
• Experience designing multi-architecture enterprise solutions across networking, security, data center, and cloud

Position Specifics

The initial base salary range for this position is expected to be between $160,000 and $210,000 annually. The final base salary offered will be determined by multiple factors, including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge, depth of experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. In addition to the base salary, our compensation structure may include other components such as commissions and discretionary bonuses.

ePlus offers a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility, employee stock purchase program and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and personal leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an offer of employment is extended. 

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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Who Are We Looking For?

We’re looking for a systems-minded operator who can own the feedback loop between our service channels and our knowledge ecosystem. You’ll ensure our external help center, agent knowledge, and AI training content stay tightly aligned to our highest volume tickets, channels, and categories, so both AI enabled automated and human agents resolve issues quickly and consistently. You will ultimately own the operational knowledge layer that powers both human and AI service resolution.

The ideal candidate thrives on bringing structure to complex operational challenges.You are both detail oriented and execution-focused, someone who can see the big picture while managing the day-to-day mechanics that move work forward. You will work within the operational rhythm and workflows, leveraging the AI feedback to improve the performance, identify and implement knowledge system improvements. 

This role owns the operational feedback loop between service demand signals (tickets, calls, AI conversations) and the knowledge systems that power both automated and human issue resolution. This role reports to the Director of Business Operations.

What Will You Be Doing?

As a Senior Associate, Knowledge Systems & Management, you will serve as an individual contributor responsible for driving operational initiatives from intake through implementation, while continuously improving the systems and documentation that support our internal teams.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Build the infrastructure to monitor service channel trends and partner with the marketing team to create and optimize AI training content, agent knowledge resources, and customer facing support content.
• Ensure accurate knowledge is surfaced effectively within the agent workspace to support fast and accurate resolution of customer issues and utilized as part of automations that drive operational efficiency.
• Own the creation, maintenance, and governance of operational documentation, including workflow guides and internal knowledge resources.
• Collaborate with Marketing when internal knowledge informs customer-facing content to ensure alignment between internal processes and external guidance.
• Identify and implement changes that improve agent productivity, including increasing tickets resolved per day, reducing average handle time, and improving first-touch resolution rates. Ultimately, you’ll be expected to set targets for some of the following operational KPIs and ensure they are achieved:
  • First Touch Resolution
  • AI Containment Rate
  • Agent Handle Time
  • Tickets per Agent per Day
  • Help Center Deflection Rate
• Continuously review AI-handled conversations, agent interactions, and operational signals to identify gaps in the knowledge corpus.
• Analyze the effectiveness of the knowledge ecosystem by comparing the content surfaced to customers with the types of issues appearing in service channels. 
• Collaborate with marketing to refine external support content while maintaining ownership of the operational knowledge structure and accuracy. 
• Partner with AI and Business Systems teams by providing operational input and recommendations based on knowledge system performance and service outcome goals.
• Partner with Service leadership to align content improvements with operational needs while maintaining clear ownership of execution decisions.
• Track progress, identify risks and blockers, and proactively escalate issues to ensure successful and timely delivery.
• Translate system updates, process changes, and technical concepts into clear, actionable guidance for internal stakeholders.
• Support the BizOps team with operational changes to empower quick turnaround on the roadmap improvements

Requirements

The Necessities

• Ability to independently drive operational improvements from problem identification through implementation.
• Design and run small operational experiments to improve AI resolution rates, agent workflows, and knowledge effectiveness.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to operational accuracy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly in cross-functional environments.
• Demonstrated experience (2+ years preferred) in operations, process improvement, project coordination, or a related function.
• Proven ability to bring structure to ambiguity and execute with minimal oversight.
• Highly organized, proactive, and solutions-oriented mindset.
• Experience working with a help center or knowledge base (e.g Zendesk, Salesforce, Confluence) or similar. 
• Comfortable using ticket and channel data (exports, dashboards, or basic queries) to decide what to build or improve. 
• Familiarity with customer support concepts and metrics (CSAT, ASA, handle time, etc)

The Extras

• Experience in fintech, financial services, or a regulated operational environment.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Zendesk, Asana, AWS tools such as Connect or similar workflow and documentation tools.
• Experience writing customer facing help content, 
• Experience working in or alongside service centers. 
• Hands on experience with AI support tools (chatbots, virtual agents, or similar)

This role will be based in either the New York City, Austin, King of Prussia, or Scottsdale office, and will be part of Vestwell's hybrid in-office operation.

The expected base salary range for this position is $70K - $85K base. This position is eligible to participate in the Company Bonus Pool and is eligible to receive new hire equity in the Company. Please note that salary bands are based on NY and other similar metro areas and may differ based on where the role is ultimately hired.

ITMS Support Specialist - Tier 2 position with New Era Technology offers you the following:

• Full Benefits
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K match
• 7 company holidays + generous PTO

*** At this time, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship now or in the future.

The ITMS Support Specialist -Tier 2 is responsible for the delivery of high-quality IT technical professional services to our clientele.  These services may include consulting, on-site or remote troubleshooting, and support for clients with various network technologies, installation and integration, migration services.  The ITMS Support Specialist -Tier 2 must demonstrate superior proficiency in the performance of these services.  Dedication to quality and customer satisfaction are critical success factors for this position. 

PRIMARY DUTIES include but are not limited to: 

• Customer Satisfaction through the delivery of world class Support Services.
• Optimizing productivity while assigned to customer tickets or projects.
• Ability to prioritize work through ticket and project status.
• Problem-solving and resolution of network issues and escalating where appropriate.
• Ticket Quality Control and Ticket Management.
• Customer Service including phone, video, and email communication.
• Occasional on-site to nearby customers (less than 5%).
• Occasional on-call responsibility/rotation.
• Participation in process improvement initiatives.
• Documentation skills for customer environments.

COMPETENCIES:

• Outstanding capabilities to troubleshoot and correct Server, PC, Desktop, VM, Client/Server issues.
• Strong broad-based knowledge of VM, hardware, Operating systems, patching, backup, security protocols, basic understanding of Network protocols, and Remote Management tools.
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with all customer contacts.
• Ability to provide clear written communication for ticket/project updates.
• Clear written communication to maintain organization and control over all information related to customer tickets and assignments.
• Excellent verbal skills for customer interaction.
• Excellent documentation skills.
• Dedicated to always providing exceptional customer service.
• Proficiency in all aspects of the core technical requirements.
• Strong team collaboration skills.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• 3-5 years’ experience as a Support Specialist.
• Ability to troubleshoot, Analyze, and configure VMware, O365, backups, desktops, Window, client/server in a variety of Operating Systems.
• Proven track record and experience with Microsoft, Mac, and Virtual services.
• Participate in planning and execution of new and existing equipment hardware and firmware upgrades, including patching.
• Working technical knowledge of current network hardware, protocols, and internet standards.
• Strong background with ticketing systems and tracking work.
• 2+ years in a customer facing role, MSP preferred.
• 2+ years working with SaaS products.

PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS/Skills:

• Microsoft Certifications preferred.
• Bonus point for Intune, ConnectWise, Automate or N-Able experience.
• Virtualization technology certified a plus. (Azure, VM Ware and AWS)
• Experience with MSP tools like ITGlue are a bonus.

EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK: Full-time position working 40 hours per week - Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm. Overtime hours may be required.

TRAVEL: Travel is required, but only occasionally, and is less than 10%.

Pay Rate:  $32.00 - $35.00/ hr based on experience

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