Principal Solution Architect developing comprehensive Hybrid Infrastructure solutions for CDW's Education customers. Collaborating with teams and maintaining strategic relationships to drive business growth.
Responsibilities
Develop appropriate assessment and service solutions for CDW customers, including architecture, optimizations, technology health checks, deployment services, and advisory services.
Collaborate with customers, delivery teams, and internal sales to offer consultative guidance, plan sales strategy, and author statements of work (SOWs).
Analyze technical and competitive considerations, defining actions to meet customer expectations in the sales cycle by uncovering customer long-term goals and requirements and crafting solutions that build towards the desired end goals.
Maintain strategic relationships with Customers, Internal Sales & Delivery management, acting as a trusted advisor to drive business growth.
Grow influence in your assigned territory by high levels of engagement with vendors/partners/customers/Sales as a strategic advisor.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Minimum of 8 years in technical, pre-sales, or post-sale delivery role
Experience designing and architecting Hybrid Infrastructure tailored to CDW’s client needs
Experience designing and architecting Datacenter and Hybrid solutions tailored to CDW’s client needs
Familiarity with major vendors (Dell, HPE, Lenovo, NetApp) and platforms (VMware, Microsoft Server, Hyper-V/Azure Local, Nutanix, Veeam)
Exposure to public cloud (Azure or AWS)
Motivated, self-starting, and able to independently perform high quality work with minimal guidance
Understand industry-specific challenges, regulations, and best practices
A PSA should be able to work effectively in a team, lead technical discussions, and influence decision-making.
Must have a customer-centric mindset and be able to understand and articulate customer needs effectively
Excellent communication and presentation skills to engage with customers, gather requirements, and explain technical concepts
Benefits
Annual bonus target of 25% subject to terms and conditions of plan
Job title
Principal Solution Architect – Hybrid Infrastructure
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