Solutions Specialist (Networking)

Computacenter; Buffalo Grove (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation plans

Long-term career opportunities

Attractive benefit plans

Job summary

A leading technology partner seeks a Solutions Specialist focused on Datacenter Solutions in Buffalo Grove. The role includes acting as a technical sales lead, collaborating on proposals, and managing client relationships. Candidates should have over 7 years of experience in designing enterprise networks, along with strong pre-sales solutioning skills. This full-time position offers competitive compensation and benefits, contributing to both professional growth and personal well-being.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in enterprise networking.
• 5+ years as a presales solutioning professional.
• Experience with IT delivery methodologies.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Ability to design in-depth, complex networking solutions.
• Demonstrable ability to provide input into commercial/technical documents and to develop solution specific business cases.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Cisco Certifications a plus.
• Enterprise and data center networking experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical sales lead for opportunities and deals.
• Provide oversight for pre-sales deals engaging necessary teams.
• Develop proposals and collaborate with engineering teams.
• Attend customer meetings to articulate strategies.
• Produce documentation for technical architecture/design.
• Act as design authority for nominated key accounts.
• Work as a technical designer on enterprise-scale, mission-critical networking projects.
• Advise and recommend on future technology and services with peers.
• Collaborate with vendor partners to stay current with technologies and manage cradle-to-grave solution provisions.
• Engage in and manage customer demonstrations and proofs of concept.
• Ensure end-to-end delivery to clients.

Skills

Designing complex networking solutions

Client engagement and relationship management

Pre-sales solutioning

Ability to provide input into commercial documents

Complex networking

Business cases

US work authorization

Cisco certs

Datacenter networking

Tools

Cisco Certifications

Job description

Solutions Specialist – Datacenter Solutions

You would be considered a key partner of the Account Executive/sales representative responsible for driving the technical strategy and delivering additional revenue from assigned accounts. You will be mapped to several accounts across one or more practices driving opportunities and new relationships within accounts. This role has a networking focus.

What you’ll be doing

• Acting as a technical sales lead driving opportunities and deals including bringing in the right people and expertise.
• Providing oversight for pre-sales deals, engaging the Solution Architects & Post‑Sales Team as needed.
• Developing proposals and collaborating with the pre‑sales engineering teams to develop final quotes and proposals.
• Attending customer meetings to understand and articulate business and technical strategy for the company and customer.
• Providing qualification of designs or opportunities and producing technical architecture/design documentation.
• Acting as design authority for nominated key accounts.
• Working as technical designer on enterprise scale, mission‑critical customer networking projects.
• Working with peers to advise and recommend on future technology and services.
• Working closely with vendor partners to keep up to date with current and future technologies, products and strategies to manage the ‘cradle to grave’ solution provisions cycle.
• Engaging in and managing customer demonstrations and Proofs of Concept.
• Playing a pivotal role in ensuring end to end delivery to client.

What you have

• 7+ years of experience in designing, developing, configuring, and implementing enterprise networks with diverse solutions from multiple vendors.
• 5+ years as a presales solutioning professional.
• Experience with IT delivery methodologies.
• Ability to develop and maintain client engagements/relationships.
• Ability to design in‑depth, complex networking solutions.
• Demonstrable ability to provide input into commercial/technical documents and to develop solution specific business cases.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Cisco Certifications a plus.
• Enterprise and data center networking experience preferred.

What you can expect

There’s so much more to enjoy about being at Computacenter than just having a rewarding career. In addition to offering competitive compensation plans and long‑term career opportunities, we provide an attractive mix of benefit plans to contribute to your good health, future financial security, and peace of mind.

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent technology partner, trusted by large corporate and public sector organizations. We help our world‑renowned customers to source, transform, and manage their IT infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling users and their business. We’re a public company quoted on the London FTSE 250 (CCC.L) and employ over 20,000 people worldwide. In the US, we support some of the country’s best‑known businesses with regional hubs in San Francisco and Irvine, CA; Norcross, GA; Plano, TX; and New York City; and Integration Centers in Silicon Valley and Atlanta. www.computacenter.com/us

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology and Sales

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting