Senior Solution Architect - Networking & Security (Remote)

STEP; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

STEP is seeking a Solution Architect to lead pre-sales and delivery, crafting solutions for customer business and IT needs. This is a remote position with travel required as duties dictate.

The role involves research, design, quoting, and advising on STEP CG networking and security infrastructure with expertise in our partners, protocols, and technologies. A dynamic, revenue-generating professional with strong communication is desired.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience required.
• Experience in layer 3 - layer 7, routing, switching, firewall, NAC, and WiFi, Policy.
• Experience and knowledge of integration and programming languages such as PHP, Python, RESTful APIs, ruby, bash, TCL, and Perl is desired.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-sales efforts providing STEP Account Managers, customers and peers technical design and guidance including creation of architecture and related materials.
• Be responsive, accurate and thorough in creation of BoMs, SOWs, logical designs and other technical work products.
• Work collaboratively across STEP teams to deliver quality solutions to our customers.
• Collaborate to troubleshoot customer and peer engineers’ OSI networking issues from layer 1-7 to firewall & RADIUS/TACACS security when needed in escalations.
• Attain industry standard and manufacturer specific certifications directed by STEP CG leadership.
• Commit lab time to vet out new solutions and widgets from manufacturers to build 'know how' and identify bugs in order to deliver best in class STEP CG solutions to our customers.
• Assist in maintaining and contributing to our in-house and customer facing wiki.
• Build your organizational skills and use those to contribute to more effective outcomes.
• Perform other duties or tasks as assigned.

Skills

Networking

Routing & Switching

Firewall & NAC

WiFi

Security policy

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

PHP

Python

RESTful APIs

Ruby

Bash

TCL

Perl

Job description

STEP is seeking a Solution Architect to lead pre-sales and delivery, crafting solutions for customer business and IT needs. This is a remote position with travel required as duties dictate.

The role involves research, design, quoting, and advising on STEP CG networking and security infrastructure with expertise in our partners, protocols, and technologies. A dynamic, revenue-generating professional with strong communication is desired.