Sr. Solutions Architect, Datacenter, Cloud (IL, IN, MI)

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 internal customers - to achieve more through innovation, automation, and intelligent insights.

The Role: Sr. Solutions Architect

Presidio is seeking a Sr. Solutions Architect to join our team in IN, IL, or MI.

It is expected that the Senior Solutions Architect:

• Provide top-notch technical expertise in their areas of focus, supporting multiple Key account teams across the organization.
• Gain the trust of our clients through deep subject matter expertise, undoubted integrity, ability to lead, and constant professionalism.
• Drive services sales in their specific area of focus.
• Tightly align with our services teams and organization.  The Senior Solutions Architect understands our various service capabilities, takes the time to communicate pre-sales approaches to the services teams, and provides appropriate leadership as projects are executed.
• Provide industry-best services to our Account Managers, leading them at times and following at others, helping them compete by providing high-quality pre-sales materials (build of materials, statements of work, design commentary, vendor information, diagrams, rough order-of-magnitude documents, etc.) in a timely manner.
• Continue to learn – SAs continually need to add skills to serve our clients fully and to maintain relevant skills as the IT and AI market transforms.
• Align with our vendor partnerships, understanding and helping execute specific vendor programs.
• Provide leadership to our clients as they operate and transform their businesses. This includes proactively bringing up technical solutions to clients and educating them on the benefits of Presidio-Led solutions.
• Sell consultatively – listening fully and steadily developing the sales conversation until the client explicitly states their needs, at which point we can begin proposing our solutions. Fill the role as a trusted advisor to our key clients.
• Lead, where appropriate, with our highest value offerings – managed services, consulting, etc.
• Understand the full range of Presidio’s capabilities, paying high-level attention to capabilities held by other practices and by national teams.
• Share best practices and industry intelligence with other team members.
• Support other team members as needed. (work overload, specific expertise required, etc.)
• Assist with pipeline tracking.
• Determine and promote the best professional services vehicle to enable us to execute successfully with our clients.
• Create and maintain industry relevance (local and national) by participating in industry-specific social media and attending OEM, technology, and customer events.
• Maintain long-term lifecycle strategy relationships with clients, able to speak to all levels.

Responsibilities include:

The essential responsibilities of the Sr. Solutions Architect are to work directly with customers and account managers in pre-sales situations and to collaborate effectively across functions with other Presidio employees in Sales, Marketing, Proposals, and Project Management.

• Meet with customers and collect customer requirements.
• Work with the account manager/sales team to develop customer relationships and solutions, and assist in the overall sales process.
• Create high-level solution designs/architecture and present them to customers.
• Create customer-facing presentations.
• Articulate strategies in group settings.
• Create a bill of materials & configurations for solutions.
• Build the scope of services and professional service pricing.
• Write a statement of work.

Required Skills and Professional Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and/or military experience.
• 7+ years of experience that demonstrates a significant level of expertise in storage, virtualization, compute, converged, cloud, or related technologies/services.
• Work Experience with relevant OEM manufacturer and/or work experience with IT Solution providers/VAR/partners.

The successful Datacenter Focused Senior SA will have operational and design skills related to some or all of the following strategies, products, and technologies listed below:

• The Artificial Intelligence Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) utilizes the following:

• Dell Technologies storage and backup solutions
• Everpure Storage
• Other storage systems such as NetApp, HPE, VAST Data
• Broadcom VMware
• Nutanix 
• Dell Servers
• Cisco UCS Servers
• HPE Servers
• Hyperconverged solutions from Nutanix, VMware and Dell
• Appropriate Storage Protocols and their hardware componentry (NFS/CIFS/ISCSI/FC)

• Cloud Architectural strategies utilizing any of the following:

• Microsoft / Azure technologies
• Google Cloud Platform
• AWS

• Automation and Orchestration Strategies

• UI Path
• VMware Automation and Operations
• Ansible Red Hat

Preferred Skills and Professional Experience:

• Relevant industry Certifications from Dell, Netapp, Everpure, AWS, VMWare, or similar vendors

Your future at Presidio
Joining Presidio means stepping into a culture of trailblazers - thinkers, builders, and collaborators - who push the boundaries of what's possible. With our expertise AI-driven analytics, cloud solutions, cybersecurity, and next-gen infrastructure, we enable businesses to stay ahead in an ever-evolving digital world.

Here, your impact is real. Whether you're harnessing the power of Generative AI, architecting resilient digital ecosystems, or driving data-driven transformation, you'll be part of a team that is shaping the future.

Ready to innovate? Let's redefine what's next-together.

About Presidio
Presidio is committed to hiring the most qualified candidates to join our amazing culture. We aim to attract and hire top talent from all backgrounds, including underrepresented and marginalized communities. We encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans to apply for open roles at Presidio. Diversity of skills and thought is a key component to our business success.

At Presidio, speed and quality meet technology and innovation. Presidio is a trusted ally for organizations across industries with a decades-long history of building traditional IT foundations and deep expertise in AI and automation, security, networking, digital transformation, and cloud computing. Presidio fills gaps, removes hurdles, optimizes costs, and reduces risk. Presidio's expert technical team develops custom applications, provides managed services, and enables actionable data insights and builds forward-thinking solutions that drive strategic outcomes for clients globally. For more information visit

 

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

 

Presidio has a strong commitment to the community we serve and our employees. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strive to have a workforce that includes the community we serve.

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