Senior Network Pre-Sales Solutions Architect - Enterprise Networking

About the role

Northern NJ / NYC Metro Hybrid / Remote with regional client engagement. A leading technology solutions provider is hiring a Senior Network Pre-Sales Solutions Architect to support enterprise customers across the Northern New Jersey and New York City market. This is a highly customer-facing role for someone who combines strong enterprise networking expertise with the ability to build relationships, uncover opportunities, and become a trusted technical advisor to clients. The ideal candidate will have deep experience across Cisco and Arista networking environments and enjoy working alongside Account Executives to help customers evaluate, design, and implement modern network solutions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical pre-sales partner for enterprise customers across Northern NJ and NYC
• Build strong relationships with customers and become a trusted technical resource within key accounts
• Partner with Account Executives to uncover new opportunities and expand existing relationships
• Lead technical discovery sessions and understand customer business and infrastructure requirements
• Design enterprise networking solutions across Cisco and Arista environments
• Develop architectures, technical proposals, BOMs, and solution recommendations
• Present solutions and technology roadmaps to technical teams and customer leadership
• Lead technical presentations, demonstrations, whiteboarding sessions, and proofs of concept
• Work closely with OEM partners and internal engineering teams to develop complete solutions
• Advise customers on network modernization, infrastructure strategy, and future-state architecture
• Support opportunities from initial discovery through technical close and handoff to delivery teams

Skills

• Strong enterprise networking background with significant experience across Cisco and Arista
• Several years of experience in a customer-facing Pre-Sales / Solutions Architect / Sales Engineering role
• Strong knowledge of enterprise routing, switching, data center networking, and modern network architecture
• Experience designing and positioning complex networking solutions for enterprise customers
• Broader exposure to technologies such as Palo Alto, Fortinet, Aruba, Juniper, SD-WAN, Network Security, and Data Center infrastructure is valuable
• Strong technical discovery, solution design, and presentation skills
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience partnering closely with sales teams throughout the opportunity lifecycle
• Relationship-driven approach to technical pre-sales with the ability to build credibility and trust with customers
• Experience working within a VAR, technology solutions provider, integrator, or similar environment strongly preferred