Chief Enterprise Architect – Cisco Enterprise Networking

Computacenter; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation plans

Long-term career opportunities

Attractive benefit plans

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider in the United States is looking for a Chief Architect to act as a Cisco Network Subject Matter Expert. The role requires 5+ years of presales solutioning experience and expertise in Cisco technologies. Responsibilities include developing credibility, presenting solutions, and creating technical design documentation. The company offers competitive compensation and an attractive benefits package, committed to supporting employee health and financial security.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of presales solutioning experience, with prior delivery experience as a plus.
• Experience interacting with technical customer/vendor/peer engineers and C-Level staff.
• Deep expertise in vendor technologies and understanding of service lifecycle.
• Experience interacting with engineers and C-level stakeholders.
• Strong presentation and pre-sales capabilities.
• Public speaking experience at conferences a plus.
• Knowledge of Computacenter US services offering is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to deliver resources and services.
• Provide deep subject matter expertise and tactical work.
• Engage with assigned vendors and create technical design documentation.
• Define and deliver the GTM strategy by creating design documentation and proposals.
• Engage in key accounts, develop credibility and help build out technical solutions.
• Stay current on technical solutions in support of specific vendors.
• Engage with assigned vendors and coordinate with CAE to build SOWs for large projects.
• Create in-depth technical design documentation (SOW, LOE, BOM).
• Provide training internally for new solutions advancement.
• Engage and work closely with key vendors.
• Embrace Computacenter’s mission and core values.

Skills

Technical expertise in Cisco networks

Presentation and Pre-Sales skills

Public speaking

SME on discrete technologies

Passion for Technology

Vendor engagement

Solution architecture

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

CCIE certification

JNCIE certification

JNCIE

Job description

The Chief Architect (CA) will be a technical Cisco Network Subject Matter Expert (SME). You will be a recognized technical thought leader, capable of ‘big picture thinking’ on a solution area/category, with substantive depth on a few core technical/solution elements. You will bring technical credibility to accounts, present solutions to customers and bring Pre‑Sales and go‑to‑market support to strategic accounts.

What you'll be doing

• Partners with business leaders to deliver resources and services that support company objectives and that are consistent with Winning Together values.
• Provide deep subject matter expertise and have the desire and ability to complete tactical work.
• Provide technical marketing, thought leadership and related support.
• Define and deliver the Go to Market (GTM) strategy by creating relevant design documentation and proposals.
• Engage in key accounts, develop credibility and help build out technical solutions.
• Stay current on technical solutions in support of specific vendors.
• Engage with assigned vendors.
• Coordinate with Customer Acquisition Engineer (CAE) from the various engineering practices to build out Statement of Work (SOW) around large scale/complex projects.
• Create in-depth technical design documentation and corresponding documents (Statement of Work (SOW), Level of Effort (LOE), and Bill of Materials (BOM)).
• Provide training internally for new solutions advancement.
• Engage and work closely with key vendors.
• Embrace and support Computacenter’s mission and core values.

What you have

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS) or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of presales solutioning experience (prior delivery experience is a plus).
• Expert level certifications such as CCIE‑R/S, CCIE or JNCIE and professional level security certifications a plus.
• Experience interacting with highly technical customer/vendor/peer engineers, engineering managers and C‑Level staff.
• Experience leading whiteboarding & design sessions.
• Legally eligible to work in the United States.
• SME around discrete technologies (e.g. networks, systems, cloud, etc.).
• Passionate about Technology.
• Proficient presentation and Pre‑Sales skills.
• Comfortable with public speaking (e.g. conferences, etc.).
• Deep expertise in vendors technologies.
• In‑depth understanding of service lifecycle.
• Thought Leader.
• Knowledge of Computacenter US Services Offering.

What you can expect

There’s so much more to enjoy about being at Computacenter than just having a rewarding career. In addition to offering competitive compensation plans and long‑term career opportunities, we provide an attractive mix of benefit plans to contribute to your good health, future financial security, and peace of mind.