Senior IT Solutions Architect — Cloud & Data Center

GST, Inc; Cerritos (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Other company perks

Job summary

GST, a leading IT solutions provider headquartered in Cerritos, CA, seeks an IT Senior Solutions Architect to lead pre-sales efforts and design enterprise IT solutions. You will partner with sales to understand customer needs, craft compelling proposals, and guide implementations across data center, cloud, networking, and security domains.

The role requires strong communication, a consultative selling approach, and track record of translating technical options into business value for executive

Qualifications

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years in enterprise IT infrastructure, solutions architecture, or related field.
• Experience designing data center, cloud, networking, virtualization, and storage solutions.
• Experience creating quotes, proposals, and SOWs.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise tech platforms (HPE, Dell, Lenovo, Cisco, VMware, Microsoft, Aruba).
• Excellent communication, presentation, and client relationship skills.
• Certifications (CCNA, CCNP, VCP, VMware, Microsoft, Aruba, HPE, Dell, or similar) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Account Executives to identify, develop, and close opportunities.
• Conduct technical discovery sessions to assess environments and goals.
• Design and recommend enterprise infrastructure solutions (compute, storage, networking, virtualization, cloud, security).
• Develop and present technical proposals, designs, and SOWs.
• Deliver presentations, demos, and whiteboard sessions to communicate value.

Skills

Pre-sales expertise

Customer engagement

Communication & presentation

Solution design

Business value translation

Consultative selling

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

HPE

Dell

Lenovo

Cisco

VMware

Microsoft

Aruba

Job description

GST, a leading IT solutions provider headquartered in Cerritos, CA, seeks an IT Senior Solutions Architect to lead pre-sales efforts and design enterprise IT solutions. You will partner with sales to understand customer needs, craft compelling proposals, and guide implementations across data center, cloud, networking, and security domains.

The role requires strong communication, a consultative selling approach, and track record of translating technical options into business value for executive