Senior Solutions Architect, Enterprise Networking (CA)

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-level technical solutions and present to customers (Hardware, Software, Licensing, Professional Services)
• Collect business and technical requirements
• Complete end-to-end, full lifecycle network designs
• Drive whiteboard conversations
• Craft customer facing presentations
• Deliver technical presentations and product demonstrations
• Generate hardware configurations (BoM)
• Write statements of work (SoW) and develop Professional Service pricing utilizing Presidio tools
• Able to self-pace and self-set direction in a team environment to drive business
• Work with Account Executive/Extended Sales Teams to develop customer relationship and solutions and assist in overall sales process
• Maintain and develop technical and technology specific skill sets and certifications
• Become the client’s ‘trusted advisor’ and help drive their long-term technology strategy
• Establish strong interpersonal relationships with the internal sales teams (Account Management, Business Development Managers)

Requirements

Required Skills And Professional Experience
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and/or military experience
7+ years of experience, which demonstrates a significant level of expertise in enterprise class network and security solutions
Expert-level knowledge and experience with design, implementation and support of one or more of the following:
Complex routing and switching solutions (Cisco, Juniper, Aruba)
Next gen firewalls/VPNs (Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, etc.)
SSE and SASE technologies
Automation (Catalyst Center, Apstra)
Observability/Monitoring (ThousandEyes, Splunk, Datadog)
Data Center switching/segmentation solutions such as Cisco ACI and VMware NSX
SDWAN solutions such as Cisco (Viptela), Aruba (Silverpeak), Palo Alto (Prisma), Fortinet
Cisco/Meraki, Mist, or Aruba Wireless
Cloud Service Delivery
Cloud Networking

Preferred Skills & Experience

• One or more of the following certifications: CCDP/CCNP/CCIE and other non-Cisco certifications
• Advanced or Expert level industry certifications