Dedicated Network Engineers

You usually discover a bad specialist hire in month three, on an incident.

A candidate who reads well and interviews well can still be unable to reason about your Avaya Aura architecture under pressure. We move that discovery to before the offer.

30-day hiring guarantee90-day replacement guaranteeOne-time hiring fee

The risk in a permanent specialist hire sits in an interview process that cannot detect the failure mode. It usually surfaces in month three, during an incident.

Dedicated moves that discovery to before the offer. Lumensoft sources the candidate and a practicing Solution Architect conducts the technical interview; you receive the written assessment alongside the name.

You employ the engineer directly — direct hire, W2, 1099 or contract-to-hire — for a one-time fee, backed by a 30-day hiring guarantee and a 90-day replacement guarantee.

Recruitment & Staffing — the first of three service lines. Recruitment gives you the people; Professional & Managed Services does the work for you; Consultancy decides what work should be done.

What that costs you

The salary is the smallest number involved.

  • Salary and hiring fee are the smallest part — the real cost is months of ramp before anyone admits it is not working.
  • The role returns to market and the original project has lost half a year.
  • Your senior engineers absorb the gap twice: once covering the work, once re-running the hiring process.
  • Confidence in the hiring process drops, which makes the next hire slower and more conservative.

Why the usual answer fails

An interview process that cannot detect the failure mode.

The risk in a permanent specialist hire is concentrated in an interview process that is not equipped to detect the failure mode. Generalist recruitment firms match resumes to keywords and hope the engineer performs. On specialist voice and network roles, that hope is frequently misplaced.

How we work

The technical interview happens first.

We source the candidate and a practicing Solution Architect conducts the technical interview before you see a name — assessing real depth in Cisco CUCM, Avaya CM/Aura, Teams Direct Routing or network automation rather than resume keywords. You receive the written assessment with the candidate.

Scoping a permanent role well usually means asking:

  • Is the specification describing the person who left, or the person you need next?
  • Which requirements are genuine and which were added because someone thought they should be there? Over-specification is the most common reason a good hire is filtered out.
  • What is the actual seniority of the work — is this an architect's problem being hired for at engineer level, or the reverse?
  • Can you compete on compensation for this profile in this market? If not, Co-Managed may be the better instrument.

What you receive

What the engagement includes.

  • Solution Architect Validated™ candidates, assessed before submission
  • The written technical assessment alongside each candidate
  • Your choice of structure — direct, W2, 1099 or contract-to-hire
  • Your choice of setting — on-site, hybrid or remote
  • A one-time hiring fee with no ongoing rate
  • A 30-day hiring guarantee from a fully scoped role
  • A 90-day replacement guarantee at no additional hiring fee

How it is bought

A one-time hiring fee.

A one-time hiring fee scoped to the role. No ongoing rate, because you employ the engineer. Confirmed in the proposal within 24 hours of the assessment.

Specializations

Platforms we recruit against.

Cisco CCNA / CCNP / CUCMAvaya CM / AuraMicrosoft Teams Direct RoutingSBC — AudioCodes, Ribbon, CUBELAN/WAN routing & switchingNetwork automationE911 and MLTS compliance

Who it's for

Enterprise IT

A team member who builds institutional knowledge and stays.

MSPs

Core technical hires where retention and cultural fit matter.

Healthcare IT

Network staff for always-on clinical environments.

Staffing agencies

Technical validation for direct-hire roles you cannot assess.

Typical buyer situations

You are likely in scope if any of these is true:

  • The role is permanent and the knowledge needs to stay in-house.
  • Your last hire for this seat did not work out and you cannot afford a second miss.
  • You can compete on compensation but not on screening depth.
  • You want the written technical assessment alongside the candidate, not just a resume.

What happens next

  1. 1Scope the role on a 30-minute call with a practicing Solution Architect.
  2. 2We source and conduct the technical interview. You receive the written assessment with each candidate.
  3. 3You make the offer and employ the engineer directly, for a one-time fee.

30-day hiring guarantee from a fully scoped role. 90-day replacement at no additional hiring fee.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions.

How is this different from Co-Managed?

Here you employ the engineer and carry the administration; we source and validate for a one-time fee. On Co-Managed we remain the employer and you pay monthly. Co-Managed carries the 7-day shortlist guarantee; Dedicated carries the 30-day hiring guarantee.

What does the 30-day hiring guarantee cover?

From a fully scoped role, we commit to delivering a qualified hire within 30 days.

What does the 90-day replacement guarantee cover?

If the hire does not work out within 90 days, we source a replacement with no additional hiring fee.

How does validation work for a direct hire?

Identically to every other engagement. A practicing Solution Architect assesses real technical depth before you see the name, and you receive that assessment with the candidate.

Can we start Co-Managed and convert later?

Yes, after a defined evaluation period, with terms set in the original statement of work.

Do you handle the offer and negotiation?

We manage the process through to offer acceptance. The employment relationship is yours from day one.

Is it better to hire a network engineer directly or use a co-managed model?

It depends on duration and who should carry the employment. Hire directly when the role is permanent and the knowledge needs to stay in-house — that is the Dedicated model, a one-time fee with a 30-day hiring guarantee and 90-day replacement guarantee. Use Co-Managed when the work has an end date, or when you want the engineer directed by your team but employed by someone else.

Related services

Where this decision leads next.

If you are not ready to add permanent headcount, the Co-Managed model carries the employment burden instead while leaving day-to-day direction with you.

Get the hire right the first time.

Thirty minutes to define what the person actually has to be able to do, then candidates who demonstrably can.