Partner Solutions Architect — Networking & Cloud Solutions

Alkira, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Alkira, a Lumen company, seeks an experienced Partner Solutions Architect to join our channel team in the SF Bay Area. You will work with channel account managers to engage strategic partners in the US and worldwide, helping design joint networking and security solutions.

You will train partners, develop customer solutions, create content, participate in events, and collaborate with product, engineering, sales, and marketing to ensure partners have the resources they need.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years in a solutions architect/solutions engineer role with partner/customer-facing focus.
• Strong networking and security knowledge required; cloud skills with AWS/Azure/GCP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Training and enablement for partners to understand joint Alkira and Lumen solutions.
• Develop customer solutions with partners for networking and security needs.
• Create content (slides, videos, PDFs) for partner enablement.
• Participate in partner and industry events to evangelize Alkira and Lumen solutions.
• Provide competitive intelligence to arm partners with differentiation.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, sales, and marketing to support partners.

Skills

Networking

Security

Cloud skills

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Alkira, a Lumen company, seeks an experienced Partner Solutions Architect to join our channel team in the SF Bay Area. You will work with channel account managers to engage strategic partners in the US and worldwide, helping design joint networking and security solutions.

You will train partners, develop customer solutions, create content, participate in events, and collaborate with product, engineering, sales, and marketing to ensure partners have the resources they need.