Sr. Solutions Architect (Houston, TX)
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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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
