Solutions Architect

Core Site is a leading colocation data center company providing the space, power, cooling and connectivity that businesses rely on to operate and grow. Our data centers bring dozens of organizations together under one roof, supporting the technology and services that keep our world connected.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do, bringing the expertise, ideas and commitment that power our business and help our customers succeed. With a culture built on collaboration, ownership, and operational excellence, Core Site is a place to make an impact.

As a member of the Sales Executive team, the Solutions Architect serves as a trusted technical advisor throughout the customer lifecycle. The role is responsible for designing and positioning data center interconnect, internet, and multi cloud solutions that align with customer business objectives while driving adoption and revenue growth for Core Site's network fabric services. Through ongoing customer engagement, the Solutions Architect helps ensure successful implementation, adoption, optimization, and expansion of Core Site network solutions.

• Partner with Core Site's sales teams to gather and understand customer requirements, identify emerging business needs and effectively position network fabric services to drive revenue growth, increase product adoption and uncover incremental network services opportunities.
• Assist in the development of solution proposals by creating technical diagrams, architecting Core Site solutions that address customer challenges and crafting customer specific value propositions that demonstrate cost optimization, scalability, flexibility, performance, and resiliency benefits.
• Provide technical leadership during solution deployment, onboarding, and operational adoption, ensuring successful integration of Core Site's data center interconnect, internet, and network fabric services.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout the customer lifecycle, providing proactive guidance from solution discovery through implementation, adoption, optimization, and expansion to maximize customer success and satisfaction.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to analyze evolving customer requirements, feedback and market trends, ensuring Core Site's solutions remain competitive and integrate with our customer value proposition.
• Influence product strategy, roadmap development, and customer value propositions through data-driven insights.
• Represent Core Site at technical forums and industry events to promote thought leadership, increase awareness, enhance brand recognition and communicate the business and technical value of Core Site network services.
• Promote and demonstrate the behaviors consistent with Core Site's culture and core values.

• Ability to thrive in a hybrid work environment that includes at least two (2) onsite days per week in the downtown Denver office, currently Tuesdays and Wednesdays for in-person collaboration.
• Flexibility to travel up to 20%, with the potential for increased travel, spontaneous travel, or in-office presence as business needs evolve.
• Strong understanding of IP and Layer 2 networking, including peering and carrier-neutral interconnection architectures.
• Familiarity with major cloud providers' well-architected frameworks and best practices for designing scalable, secure, and resilient solutions.
• Demonstrated success implementing hybrid cloud solutions, such as AWS Direct Connect, Microsoft Azure Express Route, Oracle Fast Connect, and Google Cloud Interconnect.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across sales, engineering, and product teams, as well as with external customers and partners.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly translate technical concepts for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Confident presentation and public speaking abilities, with experience delivering solutions to customers, executives, or industry groups.
• Customer-centric mindset with a proactive approach to identifying customer needs and aligning technical solutions that deliver business value.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating adaptability and attention to detail in solution planning and execution.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience is strongly preferred.
• 5-7 years of data center networking, cloud interconnect, or related carrier/network services experience, including work in colocation environments, carrier hotels, or cloud on-ramp facilities.
• Cloud certifications (i.e., AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate) are a plus.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the job's essential functions.…