Senior Networking Solutions Architect - Pittsburgh

Presidio; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Presidio in Pittsburgh seeks a Sr. Solutions Architect, Networking to partner with customers, capture requirements, and design enterprise network and security solutions. 25% regional travel and collaboration with pre-sales engineering are core elements of the role.

The ideal candidate will command expertise across LAN/WAN, data center switching, security disciplines, and major vendors such as Cisco, Palo Alto, VMware, and AWS, driving end-to-end solutions from concept to BoM and SoW.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• 7+ years in enterprise network and security solutions
• Expert knowledge of complex routing and switching (Cisco/Juniper/Aruba)
• Experience with SSE/SASE, NAC, IDS/IPS, Data Center switching (ACI/NSX), SD-WAN, Wireless
• Experience presenting technical solutions to customers and guiding requirements gathering

Responsibilities

• Develop high-level technical solutions and present to customers (Hardware, Software, Licensing, Professional Services)
• Collect business and technical requirements
• Complete end-to-end, full lifecycle network designs
• Drive whiteboard conversations
• Craft customer facing presentations
• Delivering technical presentations and product demonstrations
• Generate hardware configurations (BoM)
• Write statements of work (SoW) and develop Professional Service pricing utilizing Presidio tools
• Work with Account Executive/Extended Sales Teams to develop customer relationships and solutions

Skills

Networking design

SD-WAN

Security architectures

Vendor relationships

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Cisco equipment

VMware NSX

Aruba

Job description

Presidio in Pittsburgh seeks a Sr. Solutions Architect, Networking to partner with customers, capture requirements, and design enterprise network and security solutions. 25% regional travel and collaboration with pre-sales engineering are core elements of the role.

The ideal candidate will command expertise across LAN/WAN, data center switching, security disciplines, and major vendors such as Cisco, Palo Alto, VMware, and AWS, driving end-to-end solutions from concept to BoM and SoW.