Solutions Architect, Cisco Modren Platform; Remote

Solutions Architect, Cisco Data Center/Modern Platform (Remote)

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:
Solutions Architect

Presidio has an opportunity for a motivated, intelligent, and energetic individual to join our National Pre Sales team supporting our Vista customer base. As a Solutions Architect, you’ll serve as a strategic pre-sales engineering resource focused on Cisco, enabling data center solutions from a market-leading technology provider. In this customer-facing role, you’ll collaborate with customers, Account Managers, and fellow Solutions Architects to drive pipeline growth, deliver enablement, and help position innovative solutions.

Travel Requirements:

This position requires occasional travel (few times/year). It will be based in any location in the United States.

Responsibilities include:

• Act as a technical resource for Cisco-based solutions in pre-sales engagements
• Deliver solution overviews and enablement to internal teams and customers
• Contribute to the development of sales strategies and support customer-facing efforts
• Stay current with technology trends, products, and industry best practices through training, webinars, and collaboration with national practices
• Create Solution diagrams, collect & analyze requirements data from customers, and perform other Pre Sales activities in support of engineering initiatives
• Research technical issues, answer customer questions about products, technologies, solutions, and offerings from our OEM partners
• Ensure quality and consistency of pre-sales deliverables by following standardized processes and workflows
• Collaborate with other team members to provide solutions for Presidio’s customers
• Work in a focused and directed manner to improve overall productivity & efficiency across Presidio’s Pre Sales team
• Participate in meetings with customers and sales teams to collect technical requirements from Presidio customers and develop an appropriate technical solution
• Assist in resolving pre-sales challenges and maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction
• Deliver client-facing status updates, presentations, and documentation throughout the sales cycle
• Work collaboratively with Presidio, Cisco, and other key teams to drive opportunities
• Assist in building and developing the Cisco sales pipeline by contributing to technical campaign support and go-to-market efforts

Required Skills:

• 3+ years of relevant work experience
• Strong experience in Cisco UCS, Dell, and/or Pure (other storage vendors a plus)
• Basic knowledge of core networking, IP, subnetting, routing, VPN, Direct Connect, etc.
• Strong experience with virtualization (VMware vSphere, Nutanix)
• Working knowledge of most relevant operating systems (Windows Server, Red Hat Linux, etc.)
• Core understanding of storage technology fundamentals, including RAID, snapshots, deduplication, compression, encryption, SAN/NAS, NFS, iSCSI, etc.
• Strong passion for continuous learning, professional development, and emerging technologies
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly
• Proactive, self-driven mindset with a focus on customer success and collaboration

Additional Desired

Skills:

• Presales experience and/or experience working with a systems integrator
• AWS and/or Azure experience for hybrid cloud conversations
• Basic knowledge of Cisco Cloud and AI Infrastructure
• Basic knowledge of automation tools (Puppet, Ansible, vRealize, Terraform, etc.)
• Basic knowledge of container orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Basic understanding of observability tools (Splunk, Dynatrace, etc)
• Data Protection experience with Commvault, Rubrik, or Cohesity
• Enterprise Networking skillsets around Enterprise networking, wireless, and security
• Experience with Infrastructure configurations, Statement of Works, and/or contracts in an IT Services industry

Education and Experience:

• Bachel…