Senior Storage Consultant (EMC VNX/VNXe)
Polar Recruitment are recruiting on behalf of a market leading IT Professional Services organisation for an experienced Senior Storage Consultant (EMC VNX/VNXe) to join a dynamic and rapidly expanding Consultancy Practice, focusing on Storage technologies.
The role can be based from any UK location (reports to the nearest local office) and will involve regular UK wide travel. The Senior Storage Consultant will deliver technical consultancy to enterprise customers, acting as the primary technical resource within a team of consultants.
Roles & Responsibilities
*Assist with Pre-Sales technical enquiries.
*Attend Customer meetings, including presenting solutions from a commercial and business perspective.
*Provide appropriate contributions to Invitations To Tender, Requests For Quote, Requests For Purchase, etc.
*Undertake individual consultancy assignments, analysing customer requirements, gathering and analysing data, recommending solutions.
*Technically manage the design and implementation of solutions.
*Responsible for the quality of all technical deliverables produced by the team.
*Produce / update all assignment documentation.
*Ensure that hand over to relevant support organisation is successfully completed.
*Provide technical support as requested, for internal and external customers.
*Work as part of a team on larger solutions.
*Identify other service and sales opportunities.
*Keep up-to-date with current and future technologies, products and strategies.
*Build and enhance relationships with peers and sales force (Account Managers, Client Directors, Sales Specialists).
Key Requirements
*Previous experience in a senior consultancy position - ideally for a major IT professional services/consultancy organisation.
*Pre-sales and Technical delivery experience with EMC Storage technology solutions - especially VNX/VNXe (essential).
*Appropriate EMC Storage professional certification.
*Ability to design complex technical solutions.
*Excellent communication and consultancy skills both written and oral.
* Ability to provide input into bid, project and technical documents.
*Ability to input into business case development.
*Negotiating skills.
*Ability to present within internal workshops and externally to small audiences.

CTO Solutions Manager/Director
Polar Recruitment are recruiting on behalf of our client; an international IT Services and Solutions provider for CTO Solutions Managers/Directors to join a prestigious infrastructure consulting practice.
Successful candidates will have very extensive experience within the IT Consultancy and IT Outsourced/Managed Services sector, allied to expert knowledge of the entire consulting project life cycle for the delivery of major, enterprise scale IT Infrastructure Transformation/Transition technology and services solutions engagements throughout the UK. Candidates will have proven experience covering opportunity identification/qualification, pre-sales, bid leadership, requirements scoping, commercial and financial analysis/costing, solutions design and documentation, presentation of solutions to senior board level client contacts for approval and overseeing the successful delivery of solutions. In addition, successful candidates will evidence solutions management and ownership, with a successful proven record of leading and winning major £ multi-million consulting engagement bids.
Candidates can be based in any UK location, but must possess a full, clean UK driving license and a willingness to travel extensively throughout the UK.
Successful candidates will be rewarded with excellent salary and benefits packages, with car and exceptional, achievable bonuses, with real career development opportunities with a market leader.

Senior technical Consultant - Microsoft Desktop Deployment
Polar Recruitment are recruiting on behalf of an international IT professional services market leader for a Senior Technical Consultant, with very strong Microsoft Desktop Deployment experience.
The successful candidate will demonstrate extensive pre and post sales enterprise scale consulting experience within a professional services environment, and will focus on Microsoft Desktop migration/deployment technologies.
This is a permanent role, which can be based from any UK location (reporting to the nearest local office), offering an excellent salary and benefits package allied to ongoing training and development and superb career advancement opportunities.
As this is a senior consultancy position, so a willingness to travel UK wide on a regular basis is essential for this role.
Responsibilities
*Assist with Pre-Sales technical enquiries.
*Attend Customer meetings, including presenting solutions from a commercial and business perspective.
*Undertake individual consultancy assignments, analysing customer requirements, gathering and analysing data, recommending solutions.
*Technically manage the design and implementation/delivery of solutions, including managing/leading teams.
*Produce / update all assignment documentation.
*Ensure that hand over to relevant support organisation is successfully completed.
*Work as part of a team on larger solutions.
*Identify other service and sales opportunities.
Skills Required:
* Core Skills - Strong Skills in Desktop Rollouts / Deployments
*Deployment experience - mass rollouts of Windows 7, XP and Vista.
*Microsoft Deployment Toolkit or BDD 2007.
*Deployment Toolset(s) - System Centre Configuration Manager or Systems Management Server 2003.
*Desktop Application Knowledge - Office 2003 and 2007, Internet Explorer.
*Report Writing and Documentation.
*Presentations and general consultancy skills.
*Current MCP/MCSE/MCITP essential - additional accreditations with other vendors desirable

* Optional Skills - Opportunities to develop skills / consult on other Technologies.
*Active Directory and Microsoft Server knowledge.
*Desktop Virtualisation - Including Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop, Vmware View.
*Application Virtualisation.
*Microsoft Exchange / Sharepoint / Office Communication Server.
*Microsoft Security Products - Forefront UAG / IAG.
*Contribute to Business Cases / ROI Studies.

Solutions Architect/Solutions Owner
Polar Recruitment are recruiting on behalf of our client; an international IT Services and Solutions provider for Solutions Architects and Solutions Managers/Owners to join a prestigious infrastructure consulting practice.
Successful candidates will have extensive experience within the IT Consultancy and Services sector, allied to expert knowledge of the entire consulting project life cycle for the delivery of major, enterprise scale Datacentre/ Infrastructure transformation/transition projects throughout the UK. Candidates will have proven experience covering opportunity identification/qualification, pre-sales/bid, requirements scoping, solutions design and documentation, presentation of solutions to senior board level client contacts for approval and successful delivery of solutions.
Candidates can be based in any UK location, but must possess a full, clean UK driving license and a willingness to travel extensively throughout the UK.
Successful candidates will be rewarded with excellent salary and benefits packages, with car and exceptional, achievable bonuses, with real career development opportunities with a market leader.