Solutions Development Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Spearhead consultative pre-sales architecture for intricate customer business and technical needs.

• Convert requirements into detailed blueprints, architectural frameworks, and multi-year journey plans.

• Collaborate with Service Sales, Account Teams, and Deal Acceleration Teams to pinpoint and advance lifecycle selling and transformational opportunities.

• Oversee strategic CX RFP/RFI responses, serving as the appointed CX Lead Architect.

• Communicate the business value of integrated Cisco technology and professional services.

• Perform implementation risk evaluations, cost-feasibility analyses, and transformation dependency mappings.

• Work alongside post-sales delivery architects to mitigate execution risks and ensure timely and budget-compliant solution delivery.

• Engage with senior customer IT/OT leadership by leveraging vertical industry expertise.

• Partner with CX Product Management and go-to-market teams to expedite the introduction of emerging service offerings.

• Gather delivery best practices and contribute to reusable architectural blueprints.

• Mentor developing architects and disseminate cross-architecture knowledge.

• Facilitate architectural transformation workshops.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent relevant professional experience.

• Over 8 years of experience in technical solutions architecture or engineering.

• Possession of expert-level industry certification, such as CCIE or a comparable credential.

• Technical expertise in at least two primary Cisco technology domains.

• Proven success in managing intricate, multi-architecture technical engagement lifecycles.

• Profound understanding of AI/ML integration within enterprise IT infrastructure.

• Capability to translate technical ideas into business-value discussions.

• Experience navigating high-pressure RFI/RFP processes for enterprise clients.

• Ability to foster alignment between pre-sales and post-sales teams.

• Skill to mentor and direct technical personnel on architecture standards and methodologies.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.

• Paid parental leave.

• Short- and long-term disability coverage.

• Basic life insurance.

• Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, subject to eligibility.

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year.

• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.

• Paid birthday day off.

• Paid year-end holiday shutdown.

• 4 paid personal wellness days.

• 16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year for non-exempt employees.

• Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees.

• 80 hours of sick time off provided at hire and each January 1st.

• Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward.

• Additional paid time off for critical or emergency family situations.

• Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year.

• Annual bonuses for non-sales positions, subject to Cisco policies.

• Performance-based incentive pay for employees on sales plans.