National Principal Solution Architect, ISG

CDW; United States; On-site; USD 151,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

CDW is seeking a Principal Solution Architect - Lenovo ISG to act as a national technical authority within CDW's National Specialized Presales team. The role drives architectural direction across enterprise compute, storage, converged/hyperconverged infra, hybrid cloud, HPC, AI-ready infrastructure, edge, and modern data center platforms.

The role partners with sales teams and Lenovo to shape strategy, lead executive briefings, and deliver reusable assets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; minimum 7 years of technical pre-sales or architecture experience.
• Subject matter expertise in enterprise data center infrastructure and Lenovo ISG or comparable technologies.
• Proven success designing, positioning, and selling complex technology solutions and services.
• Advanced consulting, presentation, facilitation, written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and drive standards and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a national technical authority for Lenovo ISG opportunities across CDW.
• Define architectural direction for enterprise compute, storage, converged/hyperconverged infra, hybrid cloud, HPC, AI infrastructure, edge data centers.
• Lead technical strategy for complex pursuits, including discovery, framing, validation, competitive positioning, and executive presentations.
• Design solutions addressing infrastructure requirements, business constraints, operational considerations, financial objectives, and roadmaps.
• Lead briefings, innovation workshops, architecture reviews, and business outcome discussions with executives.
• Review peer designs for quality, scalability and alignment to requirements.

Skills

Data center infra

Hybrid cloud

Lenovo ISG

Pre-sales leadership

Architectural direction

Executive briefings

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

DCSC

LSST

OneIQ

Job description

CDW is seeking a Principal Solution Architect - Lenovo ISG to act as a national technical authority within CDW's National Specialized Presales team. The role drives architectural direction across enterprise compute, storage, converged/hyperconverged infra, hybrid cloud, HPC, AI-ready infrastructure, edge, and modern data center platforms.

The role partners with sales teams and Lenovo to shape strategy, lead executive briefings, and deliver reusable assets.