Sr. Solutions Architect (Data Center)

Presidio, Inc.; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Presidio is seeking an Architect - Datacenter/Sr Solutions Architect to lead pre-sales discovery and architect datacenter solutions across compute, storage, virtualization, and cloud. You will collaborate with vendors such as Dell/EMC, Pure, Cisco, VMware, Nutanix, AWS, and Azure, and guide proof-of-concept work, architecture design sessions, and statements of work.

Expected travel up to 25%, with roles based in Detroit or Grand Rapids, MI, and partnering with internal teams to refine sales

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years designing and implementing complex datacenter solutions.
• 3+ years working with mid-market and enterprise environments across multiple verticals.

Responsibilities

• Position yourself as a trusted advisor with customers and understand requirements.
• Provide recommendations for solutions and strategies.
• Partner with vendor-partners to build trusted relationships and expertise.
• Create functional designs and reference architectures for projects.
• Design solutions addressing availability, scalability, security, and performance.
• Create and deliver technical artifacts, drawings, and diagrams for clients.
• Demonstrate products/solutions to enhance sales outcomes.
• Collaborate with project teams to improve Presidio’s IP.
• Stay current on datacenter developments and partner technologies.
• Engage with sales to build robust customer solutions.
• Perform customer assessments to support design and ongoing support.

Skills

Cisco UCS

Dell

Pure

Core networking

Virtualization

Operating systems

Storage fundamentals

Verbal & written communication

Presentation & whiteboarding

Collaborative work with teams

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

VMware vSphere

Nutanix

Puppet

Ansible

vRealize

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Presidio, Where Teamwork and Innovation Shape the Future
At Presidio, we're at the forefront of a global technology revolution, transforming industries through cutting-edge digital solutions and next-generation AI. We empower businesses – and their internal customers – to achieve more through innovation, automation, and intelligent insights.

The Role

Architect - Datacenter is a pre-sales resource who leads the consultative discovery of our customers' business objectives and translates them into effective datacenter solutions.

As a Sr Solutions Architect, your primary responsibility will be to sell and architect industry-leading compute, storage, virtualization, and cloud solutions from our primary vendors, including Dell/EMC, Pure, Cisco, VMware, Nutanix, AWS, and Azure. You will lead pre-sales activities, including proposal development, proof-of-concept construction, demonstrations, roadmaps, and architecture design sessions. You will also author statements of work around the professional services we provide in the datacenter business.

Travel Requirements

In this role you will be expected to travel up to 25%. It will be based in Detroit or Grand Rapids, MI.

Job Responsibilities:

• Position yourself as a trusted advisor with our customers, and partner with them to understand their requirements and business needs.
• Provide recommendations to customers for solutions and strategies.
• Partner with our vendor-partners to build trusted relationships and expertise in technology areas.
• Create functional designs and reference architectures, and assist with other project deliverables.
• Design state-of-the-art technical solutions that address customer requirements for availability, scalability, security, and performance.
• Create and deliver compelling technical artifacts directly to clients, including relevant drawings and diagrams.
• Conduct customer-facing demonstrations of products/solutions to enhance the customer experience and sales success outcome.
• Collaborate with other project teams on technical solutions to help improve Presidio’s intellectual property.
• Stay current on all technical developments related to our datacenter business and partners.
• Interact with sales in a trusted and collaborative way to build robust solutions for our customers.
• Perform customer assessments to support design, implementation, and ongoing support if required.

Required Skills:

• Strong experience in Cisco UCS, Dell, and Pure (other storage vendors a plus)
• Basic knowledge of core networking, IP, subnetting, routing, VPN, DirectConnect, etc.
• Strong experience with virtualization (VMware vSphere, Nutanix)
• Working knowledge of most relevant operating systems (Windows Server, Red Hat Linux, etc.)
• Core understanding of storage technology fundamentals, including RAID, snapshots, deduplication, compression, encryption, SAN/NAS, NFS, iSCSI, etc.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations are necessary.
• Strong presentation and whiteboarding skills.
• Weekly back-office support with internal teams to refine sales motions and technical activities.

Additional Desired Skills:

• Presales experience and/or experience working with a systems integrator.
• AWS and/or Azure experiencefor hybrid cloud conversations.
• Basic knowledge of automation tools (Puppet, Ansible, vRealize, Terraform, etc.)
• Basic knowledge of container orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Basic understanding of observability tools (Splunk, Dynatrace, etc)
• Data Protection experience with Commvault, Rubrik, or Cohesity.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and/or military experience.
• 7+ years designing and implementing complex datacenter solutions.
• 3+ years of experience working with mid-market and enterprise environments across multiple verticals.

Your future at Presidio

Joining Presidio means stepping into a culture of trailblazers - thinkers, builders, and collaborators - who push the boundaries of what's possible. With our expertise AI-driven analytics, cloud solutions, cybersecurity, and next-gen infrastructure, we enable businesses to stay ahead in an ever-evolving digital world.

Here, your impact is real. Whether you're harnessing the power of Generative AI, architecting resilient digital ecosystems, or driving data-driven transformation, you'll be part of a team that is shaping the future.

Ready to innovate? Let's redefine what's next-together.

About Presidio

Presidio is committed to hiring the most qualified candidates to join our amazing culture. We aim to attract and hire top talent from all backgrounds, including underrepresented and marginalized communities. We encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans to apply for open roles at Presidio. Diversity of skills and thought is a key component to our business success.

At Presidio, speed and quality meet technology and innovation. Presidio is a trusted ally for organizations across industries with a decades-long history of building traditional IT foundations and deep expertise in AI and automation, security, networking, digital transformation, and cloud computing. Presidio fills gaps, removes hurdles, optimizes costs, and reduces risk. Presidio's expert technical team develops custom applications, provides managed services, and enables actionable data insights and builds forward-thinking solutions that drive strategic outcomes for clients globally. For more information visit https://presidio.com

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