Senior Infrastructure Solution Architect - Cisco Focused

* Customer facing role that requires deep expertise in Cisco networking platforms, architectures, and enterprise solutions

Howard Technology Solutions stands at the forefront of advanced technology services. As the fastest-growing division of Howard Industries Inc., our double-digit year-over-year growth sets us apart and establishes our dominant presence in the industry. With the financial strength of a parent company generating multi-billion-dollar revenue and strong partnerships with technology leaders such as Cisco, Microsoft, HPE Aruba, Juniper, and Ruckus, we are not just resellers — we are pioneers delivering customized, enterprise-grade infrastructure solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.

Howard Technology Solutions is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Solution Architect with a Cisco certification focus to lead enterprise infrastructure design and high-impact pre-sales architecture engagements across campus, data center, WAN, wireless, and security domains. This senior-level, customer-facing role requires deep expertise in Cisco networking platforms, architectures, and enterprise solutions, combined with strong consultative selling and executive communication skills.

The ideal candidate will serve as a trusted technical authority, partnering with enterprise customers, sales leadership, and delivery teams to design scalable, secure, and resilient Cisco-based infrastructure solutions while driving best practices, solution governance, and practice maturity.

• Lead enterprise infrastructure solution design using Cisco routing, switching, wireless, security, and data center platforms.
• Partner with sales teams and customer stakeholders to translate business and technical requirements into Cisco-centric architectures.
• Develop and present solution architectures, technical proposals, BOMs, and Statements of Work (SOWs).
• Conduct executive briefings, technical workshops, whiteboarding sessions, and proof-of-concept engagements.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to customers modernizing campus networks, WAN architectures, security frameworks, and data center environments.
• Perform network assessments, architecture reviews, and technology roadmap development.
• Communicate advanced technical concepts to CIOs, IT leadership, and engineering teams in clear, business-aligned language.
• Provide technical leadership across multi-vendor enterprise environments
  , integrating Cisco with Aruba, Juniper, Fortinet, Palo Alto, and other ecosystem technologies.
• Drive Cisco best-practice adoption, scalability planning, and infrastructure modernization initiatives.

• Cisco campus and core switching (Catalyst, Nexus)
• Routing and WAN solutions (BGP, SD-WAN, segmentation, MPLS integration)
• Wireless and mobility platforms (Cisco Wireless, Meraki)
• Security architectures (Firepower, Secure Access, Zero Trust, NAC, SASE)
• Data center networking and ACI environments
• Hybrid and multi-cloud networking integrations (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Provide technical leadership across multi-vendor enterprise environments
  , integrating Cisco with Aruba, Juniper, Fortinet, Palo Alto, and other ecosystem technologies.
• Drive Cisco best-practice adoption, scalability planning, and infrastructure modernization initiatives.

• Support strategic enterprise pursuits through technical differentiation and Cisco solution positioning.
• Lead customer demonstrations, architecture presentations, and technical validation sessions.
• Deliver internal enablement and training sessions on Cisco platforms, architectures, and competitive positioning.

• Develop enterprise architecture standards, Cisco reference designs, and solution frameworks.
• Create technical documentation, best practice guides, and reusable solution templates.
• Mentor engineers, architects, and pre-sales team members on Cisco technologies and design methodologies.
• Champion continuous improvement and innovation across the Digital Infrastructure practice.

• 10+ years…