Integrated Tech Academy - Chicago, United States - CDW
Description
At CDW, innovation starts with our coworkers. Our tech visionaries are passionate about driving the IT industry forward with cutting-edge technology.If you're looking to challenge yourself while attaining recognized industry certifications, and accelerate your career as a tech professional, let's talk.
The primary purpose of this position is to participate in the CDW Academy program, which prepares employees to begin careers in Consulting, Engineering, or Managed Services with CDW.
Employees will receive exposure to various business units and work on several teams, experience online and classroom learning, and develop soft skills to make them more impactful in front of clients.
Additionally, employees will participate in shadowing and mentoring opportunities and hands-on technology training, all designed to help develop the necessary skills for an ultimate role as a member of our services organization.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
Participates in a several month training curriculum at the CDW offices in the Chicago area:
Completing assigned rotations through various business units
Self-development and certification courses
Experience in a CDW Data Center
Practical exposure through on-the-job training which includes mentoring by a team of dedicated engineers and introduction to designing technology solutions for a client environment
Learns and develops in all phases as a CDW Services Team Member, to include:
Systems design
Integration
Systems assurance
Project management
Obtains satisfactory evaluations through progress reviews in order to advance in training program
Develops a base level of technical and consulting knowledge, enabling performance of quality service for clients
As an Analyst in the Academy program, you are required to successfully complete several months of training in the Chicago, IL area.
Anticipated start date:
September 25, 2023
Minimum Qualifications
Authorized to work for CDW in the United States; immigration sponsorship (H-1B, TN, etc.) is not currently available for this position
One of the following:
BA/BS, including a concentration in Telecommunications, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline
Associate degree in Telecommunications, Computer Science, Engineering or related technology-focused concentration plus 1 year of relevant practical experience
At least two (2) years of IT engineering work experience dealing with one or more infrastructure solutions supported by the Managed Services practice (Backup & Recovery, Networking Infrastructure, Enterprise Storage, Windows, and/or Unix/Linux systems, virtualization technologies, monitoring infrastructure, database systems, and/or security tools)
Ability to work select weekends and/or after hours when business needs arise
Demonstrated presentation and communication skills
Demonstrated ability to multitask and prioritize workload under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Preferred Qualifications :
Exposure to an Agile environment
Knowledge of project management principles
Experience with at least one (1) of the following backup/recovery solutions: Commvault, Cohesity, NetBackup, Rubrik, TSM, Veeam, and/or EMC DPS (Networker, Avamar, Data Domain)
Data Privacy and Security :
All CDW employees are responsible to safeguard the information and information systems that they use or handle in the execution of their duties.
Employees are obligated to know and perform their duties in accordance with CDW policies, standards, and procedures related to security and report security violations to the appropriate CDW authority.
Participate at hire and annually in the Information Security Awareness training as well as other required training identified by the Human Resources department.
Essential Functions :
This position exists to provide technical consulting solutions to customers and as such requires the ability to travel to and from customer sites and interact with customers on an ongoing and regular basis.
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