Sr Solutions Architect, Post Sales (Req#1053)

About the role

As a Senior Solutions Architect, Post-Sales, you will be responsible for designing, implementing and delivering single and multi-vendor networking solutions. You will have the opportunity to work within an industry-leading professional services team to understand our clients' needs and deploy the IT systems to meet those business outcomes. At ePlus, we believe technology is a people business. Our team is passionate, skilled, and driven to deliver solutions that make a real difference. Join us and be part of a culture that values collaboration, innovation, and extraordinary results. Corporate Values Respectful communication and cooperation: We prioritize respectful communication, fostering an environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Teamwork and employee participation: Collaboration and teamwork thrive through diverse perspectives, both within our teams and in our interactions with our customers. Work/life balance that supports our employees' varyin

Responsibilities

• A Senior Solutions Architect will be responsible for implementing network IT solutions including installation, upgrades and reconfigurations to our client's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), datacenters and cloud infrastructures.
• The essential functions of this position include:
• Provide deployment and implementation services of multi-vendor solutions
• Act as the primary technical lead for projects involving several engineering teams, overseeing planning, workload distribution, technical decision-making, and successful project outcomes
• Provide expertise in assessment of customer environments and make recommendations for functionality, capacity, performance, and resilience
• Provide written documentation including configurations, procedures and high-level and low-level network design diagrams (HLD/LLD)
• Be an escalation point for teammates and help manage project issues
• Stay current with vendor offerings and technology
• Serve the customer to ePlus' standards
• Be available as a resource to pre-sales to guide and validate jobs

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership to engineering teams
• Proven experience leading large-scale network modernization or migration projects.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills including the ability to translate complex technical concepts for executives and stakeholders
• Strong vendor management and ability to lead technical discussions with partners and customers.
• Ability to mentor engineers, teach best practices, and guide architectural decision-making
• Proven ability to lead troubleshooting efforts during high-severity incidents
• Must be fully knowledgeable and able to design and plan, implement and support IT solutions using a majority of the following technologies:
• Networking (routing and switching) including Cisco Catalyst and Nexus, and Meraki
• Experience with Aruba, Extreme, or Arista is a plus
• Cisco Catalyst Center and Cisco ISE, including SDA fabric design, device onboarding, policy orchestration, and SGT-based segmentation
• WiFi including Cisco, Meraki, Aruba Central and Juniper MIST
• Firewall/ Security including Cisco Meraki, Palo Alto and Fortinet
• Cisco ACI, including fabric setup, policy modeling, and tenant/VRF design
• 8-12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise networking, network architecture, and technical leadership.
• Multiple Industry recognized Certifications. i.e.: CCNA, CCNP, PSE, ACE
• CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, or CCNP Wireless (highly desirable)
• CCIE (Enterprise/Security/Wireless) strongly preferred
• Additional certifications such as AWS/Azure Architect, CWNP, or Palo Alto Networks certs are a plus
• Ability to travel to customer locations, primarily in New England region
• Professional customer service skills on video conference and in person
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