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GDT - General Datatech

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1996

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

💰 Private Equity Round on 2021-01

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

GDT - General Datatech is a global IT solutions provider that specializes in accelerating digitalization and advancing business goals through the transformation and modernization of platforms, networks, and security. The company offers a suite of infrastructure solutions supported by deep expertise and a flexible service delivery model, ensuring that it addresses the most pressing business needs of its clients. GDT stands out through its industry-leading cybersecurity, cloud and data center solutions, enterprise networking, and collaboration offerings. With over 450 certifications worldwide from leading technology providers such as Cisco, HPE, NetApp, and Fortinet, GDT is recognized for its extensive knowledge and ability to solve complex technology challenges, allowing businesses to enhance competitiveness and profitability. Its comprehensive range of services includes managed services, software and support, professional services, and resourcing, all designed to support digital transformation. GDT is committed to maintaining robust partnerships and delivering superior customer experiences.

📋 Description

• Define GDT’s carrier-grade infrastructure strategy, reference architecture, standards, investment priorities, and multi-year roadmap • Advise telecommunications and service-provider leaders and serve as executive sponsor to senior strategic-account stakeholders • Lead assessments, target-state architectures, migration roadmaps, governance, testing, acceptance criteria, and operational-transition plans • Provide technical leadership across networking, telecom cloud, data center, edge, compute, storage, automation, observability, and operations • Establish requirements for availability, resiliency, redundancy, capacity, performance, disaster recovery, business continuity, security, DDoS protection, and service-level outcomes • Own technical aspects of strategic pursuits, including discovery, solution design, bills of materials, statements of work, implementation plans, pricing inputs, RFP responses, demonstrations, ROI/TCO narratives, and executive proposals • Translate technical recommendations into customer outcomes and qualify opportunities based on business value, technical fit, funding, delivery readiness, operational impact, and services potential • Lead executive briefings, architecture reviews, workshops, proofs of concept, customer advisory sessions, partner engagements, analyst briefings, conferences, and field activities • Represent customer and service-provider requirements to Architecture, Engineering, Product, Marketing, Sales, Implementation, and Managed Services teams • Build strategic partner relationships, guide architects and engineers, and promote repeatable delivery practices • Lead major technical escalations and architecture decisions; evaluate emerging technologies and standards; monitor availability, resiliency, performance, customer outcomes, service adoption, and financial contribution

🎯 Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in telecommunications, service-provider infrastructure, network and systems architecture, cloud and edge infrastructure, technology strategy, consulting, professional services, or related leadership roles • Significant customer-facing and executive advisory experience • Deep expertise in telecommunications, service-provider, carrier-grade, or mission-critical infrastructure environments • Advanced knowledge of IP routing and transport, including BGP, OSPF/IS-IS, MPLS, EVPN/VXLAN, segment routing, SRv6, SDN, SD-WAN, QoS, traffic engineering, and network automation • Practical understanding of 4G/5G, telecom cloud, NFV/CNF, Kubernetes, OpenStack, edge computing, distributed systems, bare-metal platforms, and high-performance storage • Strong understanding of high availability, resiliency, capacity and performance engineering, observability, telemetry, service assurance, automation, incident management, and disaster recovery • Working knowledge of secure-by-design infrastructure, identity, segmentation, DDoS protection, vulnerability management, supply-chain risk, compliance, and operational security • Ability to translate business, financial, network, and technical strategies into scalable, measurable, defensible solutions and clear executive decisions • Strong commercial and consulting acumen, executive communication, presentation, negotiation, facilitation, technical storytelling, and customer relationship skills • Ability to lead through influence, manage ambiguity, coach technical teams, and collaborate across sales, architecture, engineering, implementation, managed services, and partner organizations • Experience with multi-vendor ecosystems • Familiarity with IETF, IEEE, 3GPP, ETSI, MEF, TM Forum, ITU-T, and relevant open-source communities • Relevant certifications are preferred, including CCIE/CCDE, CCNP Service Provider, JNCIE/JNCIP, Nokia Service Routing, HPE Aruba or Juniper, cloud architecture, Kubernetes, OpenStack, TOGAF, SABSA, ITIL, PMP, or equivalent certifications

🏖️ Benefits

• Career development opportunities • Access to cutting-edge technology • Collaborative environment • People-first, inclusive culture • Opportunities for growth and innovation