Associate Solutions Architect - Pre‑Sales (Detroit)

Presidio Networked Solutions, LLC; Ferndale (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Presidio is seeking an Associate Solutions Architect to join our Michigan presales team, serving as a strategic pre-sales engineering resource focused on enabling solutions from multiple market-leading technology providers. In this customer-facing role, you'll collaborate with customers, account managers, and fellow solutions architects to drive pipeline growth, deliver enablement, and help position innovative solutions.

Travel up to 50% to Detroit, MI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and/or military experience.
• 1+ years designing and implementing complex datacenter and networking solutions.
• 1+ years of experience working with mid-market and/or enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as an associate technical resource for solutions in pre-sales engagements.
• Contribute to the development of sales strategies and support customer-facing efforts.
• Stay current with technology trends, products, and industry best practices through training, webinars, and collaboration with national practices.
• Create solution diagrams, collect & analyze requirements data from customers, and perform other presales activities in support of engineering initiatives.
• Research technical issues, answer customer questions about products, technologies, solutions, and offerings from our OEM partners.
• Ensure quality and consistency of pre-sales deliverables by following standardized processes and workflows.
• Collaborate with other team members to provide solutions for Presidio's customers.
• Work in a focused and directed manner to improve overall productivity & efficiency across Presidio's presales team.
• Participate in meetings with customers and sales teams to collect technical requirements from Presidio customers and develop an appropriate technical solution.
• Assist in resolving pre-sales challenges and maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Deliver client-facing status updates, presentations, and documentation throughout the sales cycle.
• Work collaboratively with Presidio, vendors, and other key teams to drive opportunities.
• Assist in building and developing sales pipeline by contributing to technical campaign support and go-to-market efforts

Skills

Networking fundamentals

Pre-sales support

Customer communication

Solution diagrams

Attention to detail

Learning mindset

Collaboration

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Military experience

Tools

Cisco UCS

Dell

Pure Storage

Job description

Presidio is seeking an Associate Solutions Architect to join our Michigan presales team, serving as a strategic pre-sales engineering resource focused on enabling solutions from multiple market-leading technology providers. In this customer-facing role, you'll collaborate with customers, account managers, and fellow solutions architects to drive pipeline growth, deliver enablement, and help position innovative solutions.

Travel up to 50% to Detroit, MI.