IT Infrastructure Specialist Senior Consultant

As a Senior Consultant, you will be a mentor, trainer, and coach to Interns and Consultants as you facilitate the successful completion of project work plans. You’ll identify areas of risk and opportunities to increase efficiency. You’ll strengthen relationships and deepen your abilities to communicate, gain trust, and network with client personnel and professional associates. At the direction of Managers, you may accept responsibility for decision-making in areas including establishing project scope and work plans, project staffing, preparation of deliverables, and application of methodologies., For positions located in San Francisco, CA: Protiviti will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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• You enjoy working across infrastructure, networking, and cloud platforms to build integrated solutions.
• You are motivated to learn and interested in all things related to modern infrastructure architecture, including the latest trends and developments.
• You are passionate about building relationships with clients and providing clients with exceptional experiences .
• You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership.
• You contribute to a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.
• You create development opportunities for others and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities.

• You have interest in working with a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries . Do Your Talents Include the Following? Experience with or understanding of:

• Implementing IT systems spanning multiple operational domains (infrastructure, applications, network, cloud / on - prem ).
• U nderstanding of current enterprise design patterns and norms for basic networking capabilities/concepts ( e.g. TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLAN segmentation, routing and switching, wireless).
• Proven ability to document and rationalize complex or undocumented environments, including creation of dependency maps, architecture diagrams, and system inventories.
• Conducting application rationalization and dependency mapping initiatives.
• Recent hands-on experience administrating both Windows Server and Linux operating systems.
• Implementing or administering enterprise backup, replication, and continuity solutions for servers, storage, and applications.
• Skilled in capacity planning, performance analysis, and VM/server right - sizing .
• Familiarity with SMB-scale, on-premises infrastructure technologies.
• Working familiarity with hypervisor platforms ( e.g. VMware vSphere/ ESXi , Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, or others) .
• Enterprise network design, deployment, and administration experience.
• Background working with major enterprise networking and security vendors such as Cisco, Meraki, HPE/Aruba, Juniper, Extreme, Brocade, Palo Alto, and Fortinet.
• Ability to translate business, compliance, vendor, and partner requirements into actionable technical solutions and system configurations.
• Experience converting business continuity and disaster recovery requirements into technical architecture and implementation plans.
• Integrating IT systems in post - merger or acquisition environments.
• Coordinating with and managing third - party hardware, software, and service vendors.
• E valuat ing , summariz ing , organiz ing , and interpret ing data.

• Supervisory experience of teams including mentoring, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate. Your Educational and Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., CIS, IS or related field).
• 2+ years working in professional services or industry.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access.
• Professional Certification such as Microsoft Azure preferred.

Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments . Starting salary is based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location. Below is the salary range for this job.

$97,000.00 - $146,000.00

Our annual bonus plan provides eligible employees additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities. Below is the bonus target opportunity for this job.

10%

The total cash range is estimated from the sum of the base salary range plus the bonus target opportunity. Below is the estimated total cash range for this job.

$106,700.00 - $160,600.00

Employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverages, FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and short/long term disability. We offer eligible employees a company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions. We provide Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of (CTO) varies based on years of service. New hires receive up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year. Protiviti also recognizes up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.Learn more about the variety of rewards we offer at Protiviti at https://www.protiviti.com/sites/default/files/2026-01/2026_u.s._benefit_highlights.pdf .

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver .

At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success . Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm., Protiviti ( www.protiviti.com (https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4698763-1&h=1701685175&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.protiviti.com%2F&a=www.protiviti.com) ) is a global consulting firm that helps clients transform and protect their businesses, and respond to planned and unexpected events. Through a network of more than 90 offices in over 25 countries, Protiviti and its independent and locally owned member firms deliver deep expertise and tailored capabilities across technology, artificial intelligence, data, operations, finance, legal, compliance, HR, marketing, digital, risk, and internal audit - enabling organizations to accelerate innovation, navigate risks and safeguard what matters most.

Named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list since 2015, Protiviti Inc. has served more than 80 percent of Fortune 100 and nearly 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies. The firm also works with government agencies and smaller, growing companies, including those looking to go public. Protiviti Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half (NYSE: RHI (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/protiviti-earns-place-on-2026-fortune-best-workplaces-in-the-bay-area-list-302784583.html#financial-modal) ).