Senior Pre-Sales Solutions Architect — Hybrid NYC

BlackHawk Data LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Certification sponsorship

Vendor lab access

Hybrid-flexible work arrangement

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, vision, 401(k)

Job summary

BlackHawk Data LLC is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect (Pre-Sales) to lead discovery, design, and presentations for complex cybersecurity and networking deals in a hybrid NYC role. You will partner with sales to shape multi-tower opportunities and build compelling proposals that drive recurring managed services.

You will own technical win strategies, craft executive briefings, and deliver architecture sessions across CIOs, CISOs, and VP IT. Strong comms and SOW-focused delivery are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years IT experience with pre-sales SA/Consulting Architect at VAR/MSP/IT services.
• Experience leading discovery, design, and pre-sales engagements for networking and cybersecurity.
• Deep cybersecurity expertise: NGFW, SASE, ZTNA, EDR/XDR, SIEM, identity security.
• Strong enterprise networking knowledge: routing, switching, SD-WAN, 802.11ax Wi-Fi, segmentation.
• Hybrid/multi-cloud design including AWS/Azure/GCP with governance and security controls.
• Proven ability to build ROI-based managed services business cases.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior technical lead on strategic pre-sales engagements.
• Lead workshops and architecture sessions with stakeholders including CIO/CISOs.
• Own technical win strategy for multi-tower opportunities across networking and security.
• Develop executive briefings, whiteboard sessions, and POC demonstrations.

Skills

7+ years IT experience

3+ years pre-sales SA

Discovery & architecture leadership

Cybersecurity expertise

Enterprise networking & SD-WAN

Hybrid/multi-cloud design

Business case & ROI modeling

Technical documentation

Executive communication

Education

Cisco CCNP Security/Enterprise or equivalent

Palo Alto PCNSE/PCSAE or Prisma Certified

Fortinet NSE 6/7 or Zscaler ZCCA-IA / ZCCP-IA

Tools

Zscaler

Palo Alto Prisma Access

Fortinet SASE

Cato Networks

Cisco Umbrella

Cloudflare One

Job description

BlackHawk Data LLC is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect (Pre-Sales) to lead discovery, design, and presentations for complex cybersecurity and networking deals in a hybrid NYC role. You will partner with sales to shape multi-tower opportunities and build compelling proposals that drive recurring managed services.

You will own technical win strategies, craft executive briefings, and deliver architecture sessions across CIOs, CISOs, and VP IT. Strong comms and SOW-focused delivery are essential.