Principal Architect

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What you’ll be doing ...As a technical expert in emerging technologies, you will leverage deep wireless expertise to architect complex solutions for enterprise and public sector customers. This role serves as a senior subject matter expert and technical design authority, providing Tier 1 Solution Architects and key client stakeholders with guidance across macro networks, IoT, and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) featuring 5G Standalone and Network Slicing.

You will also drive the integration of Verizon wireless offerings with critical Network as a Service (NaaS) components—including Managed DNS, SD-WAN, and SASE—into cohesive, customer-centric architectures. In this position, you will lead technical pre-sales engagements, conduct deep-dive needs analyses, design repeatable reference architectures, and support product engineering to ensure end-to-end operational viability and business growth.

Accountabilities:

Strategic Customer Engagement:
Partner with sales and enterprise clients on complex, custom, and transformational business engagements, leveraging Verizon’s assets, managed services, and partner ecosystem to drive strategic business outcomes.
5G & Next-Gen Solution Architecture:
Design modern 5G connectivity solutions, incorporating complex private core, edge compute (MEC), and Mobile Private Networks (MPN) tailored to expressed customer business objectives.

Prototyping & Field Validation:
Lead technical proofs of concept (PoC), customer demonstrations, feature validation trials, and First Office Application (FOA) testing to accelerate adoption.

Ecosystem & OAM Integration:
Utilize familiarity with enterprise wireless OAM/CPE platforms (e.g., Cradlepoint, Inseego, Digi, CSG) to build end-to-end, manageable client architectures.

Portfolio & Product Alignment:
Develop and maintain deep technical alignment with NaaS, SD-WAN, MNS, SASE, MSS, and CPE product teams to ensure wireless access services remain a key differentiator across the broader Verizon portfolio.

Operational AI

Innovation: Integrate AI/AIOps capabilities into field operations and site workflows, including automated site surveys and Wireless Network Performance (WNP) optimization.

Technical Design Authority & Deal Execution:
Own the technical elements of the sales cycle, including requirement gathering, reference architecture creation, quote validation, technical presentations, and ensuring solutions align with operational SLAs.Regulatory & Industry Standards:
Stay informed on evolving regulatory, compliance, and industry standards, adjusting reference architectures accordingly to maintain security and compliance.

Trusted Advisory:
Act as an unbiased technical advisor to customer executives, bridging the gap between customer requirements, product development, and field implementation.

What we’re looking for...You’ll need to have:

Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.

Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.

Six or more years of relevant work experience in network architecture,…