Sr. Solutions Architect, Data Center (IL, MN, WI)

Presidio; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Sr. Solutions Architect to lead the design and implementation of cutting-edge datacenter solutions. This role involves collaborating with clients to understand their needs and architecting innovative solutions using top-tier technologies. As a trusted advisor, you will engage in pre-sales activities, develop proposals, and conduct demonstrations to enhance customer experiences. If you are passionate about technology and eager to drive transformation in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a team that values innovation and teamwork, and make a significant impact in the tech landscape.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in designing complex datacenter solutions.
• Strong experience with virtualization and cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead consultative discovery of customer business objectives.
• Create functional designs and reference architectures.

Skills

Datacenter Solutions Design

Cisco UCS

VMware vSphere

Cloud Solutions (AWS, Azure)

Networking Basics

Strong Communication Skills

Presentation Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Tools

VMware

Cisco

Dell/EMC

Nutanix

Ansible

Terraform

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 customers—to achieve more through innovation, automation, and intelligent insights.

The Role: Sr Solutions Architect

We have a great opportunity for a Sr. Solutions Architect - Datacenter supporting IL, WI and MN. The Sr Solutions 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 25-30%. It will be based in the Chicago, IL; Minneapolis, MN or Milwaukee or Madison, WI areas.

Responsibilities include:

• 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 and Professional 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.
• 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·

Preferred Skills and Professional Experience:

• 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.

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 in 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
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, enables actionable data insights and builds forward-thinking solutions that drive strategic outcomes for clients globally. For more information, visit www.presidio.com .

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