Line of Service:Advisory
Industry:Products & Services
State & City:WA-Seattle
VA-McLean
TX-Dallas
PA-Philadelphia
NY-New York
NJ-Florham Park
MA-Boston
IL-Chicago
GA-Atlanta
CA-San Jose
CA-San Francisco
CA-Los Angeles
Travel Requirements:81-100%
Position Type:Full Time
Auto req ID:37286BR-1

PwC/LoS Overview:
Are you interested in the opportunity to work for an industry-leading company that services Fortune 500 companies, and will give you the experience and exposure you need to build your career? If you are, then PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (www.pwc.com/us) is the firm for you. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC US) is well placed to help clients meet the challenges and opportunities of the US marketplace in the areas of assurance, tax, and advisory. We offer the perspective of being part of a global network of firms combined with detailed knowledge of local, state and US national issues. More than 163,000 people in 151 countries across our network share knowledge, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and deliver practical advice.

At PwC US, you will be part of a learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued. We offer a flexible career progression model that allows for a variety of challenging opportunities throughout your career. We provide unparalleled coaching, mentoring, and career development programs; global opportunities; and state of the art technology-driven methodologies to help you provide quality service to our clients.

At PwC, you will find Advisory professionals with unparalleled financial and accounting expertise, knowledge of business processes, industry insight and technology, and customer relationship skills. Our Advisory professionals help companies anticipate, create and manage change. In short, we help companies to : (1) respond to crises, (2) improve business processes, and (3) transform their business. Note that across all of these solutions, we embed sustainability into our approach. This also includes helping clients to sustain prior changes that may have been undertaken to address a crisis.

Members of our Advisory practice provide a valuable service to our clients and strive to differentiate PwC by executing the following:

* We put our clients first: Each client situation is unique, and we tailor our approach to every relationship and engagement;
* We view the world from a client's perspective: From the initial client meeting onward, we listen first, and then assemble a hand-picked team from across the firm;
* We create lasting value for our clients: We bring together the precision, structure, and deep analytical capabilities of audit and tax and the creative mindset and problem-solving skills of consulting; and
* We focus on action, impact, and value: We don't just assess and recommend; we also help our clients implement with agility and flexibility.

Job Description:
Across industries, our clients are focused on improving business performance, responding quickly and effectively to crisis situations, and extracting value from transactions. Our growing Products & Services Industries practice provides management, technology and risk consulting services to help a diverse set of clients around the world anticipate and address their most complex business challenges. Products & Services Industries includes multiple sectors: Automotive, Energy, Entertainment, Media & Communications, Industrial Products, Private Equity, Retail & Consumer, Technology, and Utilities.

Our IT Infrastructure consultants help clients optimize their technology infrastructure. This high performing team advises clients on all elements of their information technology infrastructure from data center solutions to IT service management. They also address areas such as networking, convergence, connectivity and collaboration, and disaster recovery.

Position/Program Requirements:
Knowledge Preferred:

Demonstrates thorough knowledge in, and/or a proven record of success in a role as an individual contributor on project engagements related to, the design, configuration & deployment of Next Generation Converged Data Center Infrastructure, Unified Fabrics, Virtualization, Orchestration, Security, Cloud and Data Center solutions and implementations.

Demonstrates thorough knowledge and/or a proven record of success in a role identifying and addressing client needs including the following: participating in client discussions and meetings; managing engagements including preparing concise, accurate documents and implementing cross data center technologies (network, compute, storage, security, application services).

Demonstrates thorough knowledge with, and/or a proven record of success in a role as a subject matter expert while, conducting project engagements including meeting client expectations and respecting the work-life quality of team members, keeping leadership informed of progress and project related issues.

Demonstrates thorough knowledge with, and/or a proven record of success in a role as a contributor on, projects related to: Data Center Converged Infrastructure , Servers, Virtualization, Storage, Networking, Unified Fabrics, Security Orchestration and Application Layer Solutions with a clear understanding of how an IT organization deploys technology.

Demonstrates a thorough understanding of, and/or a proven record of success in a role with, leveraging IT strategy, roadmaps, architecture, engineering, operations, policy/processes/ best common practices, innovation and program delivery.

Skills Preferred:

Demonstrates proven thorough abilities as an individual contributor on projects related to IT Strategy and Transformation emphasizing next generation data centers including: architecture, design and implementation with major networking, storage, compute and security vendors (HP, Cisco, IBM, Dell, Brocade, Juniper, EMC, BMC, Microsoft, Citrix, Intel, Symantec, etc) and a level of exposure to project management, ITIL/ITSM and engagement analysis as well as sustaining client relationships, preparing and presenting written and verbal materials, and defining requirements, project workflow, budgets and reporting.

Demonstrates thorough abilities and/or a proven record of success assisting clients to establish a technology direction/implementation while inspiring team members to create a positive atmosphere that encourages improvement and innovation.
Minimum Years of Experience Necessary:
4 Years

Minimum Degree(s) and Certification(s) Required:
Graduate degree preferred
Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Sciences or related field

Additional Requirements

Demonstrates willingness and ability to conduct business travel 80-100% in the role.

Additional Information:
This role will focus on commercial industry consulting.