About The Position

Presidio has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Solutions Architect supporting Texas region. This position will be based in either Houston, TX or Dallas/Fort Worth, TX    The Senior Solutions Architect (Sr. SA) is a senior-level presales technical leader responsible for consultative discovery, solution architecture, proposal development, and executive engagement. This role translates customer business objectives into secure, scalable, and future-ready infrastructure solutions.    This position is designed for a senior architect with deep expertise in either Datacenter & Hybrid Cloud OR Enterprise Networking & Security.

Requirements

  • Candidates must demonstrate expert-level experience in ONE or more of the following domains:
  • Compute platforms (Cisco UCS, Dell, HPE)
  • Enterprise storage (Dell/EMC, Pure; others a plus)
  • Virtualization (VMware vSphere, Nutanix)
  • Operating systems (Windows Server, Red Hat Linux)
  • Storage fundamentals (RAID, SAN/NAS, NFS, iSCSI, snapshots, encryption)
  • AWS and/or Azure architecture
  • Cloud connectivity (DirectConnect, ExpressRoute)
  • Automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, vRealize)
  • Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Data protection (Dell, Commvault, Rubrik, Cohesity)
  • Observability tools (Splunk, Dynatrace)
  • 5+ years designing and implementing complex datacenter solutions
  • Experience supporting mid-market and enterprise clients
  • Cisco enterprise networking (switching, routing, wireless, datacenter switching)
  • Aruba CX switching and wireless; Arista switching
  • SDN architectures (e.g., Cisco SDA)
  • Zero Trust architectures
  • SASE / SSE / CASB / CNAPP
  • Security platforms (Palo Alto, Cisco, Meraki MX, Aruba, Fortinet)
  • NAC platforms (Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass)
  • Cloud connectivity (AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute)
  • Management platforms (DNA Center, Aruba Central, SolarWinds)
  • Cisco Commerce Workspace (CCW) experience
  • Cloud security frameworks and governance familiarity
  • Authentication / Directory services knowledge
  • 5+ years of systems engineering or solution architecture experience
  • Experience leading enterprise networking and security initiatives

Nice To Haves

  • Presales experience within a systems integrator or consulting organization
  • Industry certifications (Cisco, Palo Alto, Aruba, Fortinet, VMware, AWS, Azure, Dell/EMC, Comvault, Cohesity, Rubrick)
  • Cloud architecture certifications
  • Experience presenting to CIO/CTO-level audiences
  • Experience driving complex multi-discipline IT projects
  • Familiarity with IT frameworks (OSI, ITIL)
  • Agile methodologies familiarity

Responsibilities

  • Lead consultative discovery across Business, Technical, Operational, and Financial domains.
  • Assess customer current-state architectures and define target-state roadmaps.
  • Conduct workshops and executive whiteboard sessions.
  • Drive technical strategy aligned to customer success criteria.
  • Lead demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and architecture design sessions.
  • Design end-to-end solutions across hardware, software, cloud, managed services, and consulting.
  • Create technical proposals, diagrams, BOMs, and SOWs.
  • Support RFP/RFI responses and deliver executive-level presentations.
  • Participate in account planning and vendor partner engagement.
  • Mentor and enable other presales team members.
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