Chief Enterprise Architect - Cisco Enterprise Networking

About the role
The Chief Architect (CA) will be a technical Cisco Network Subject Matter Expert (SME). You will be a recognized technical thought leader, capable of ‘big picture thinking’ on a solution area/category, with substantive depth on a few core technical/solution elements. You will bring technical credibility to accounts, present solutions to customers and bring Pre-Sales and go-to-market support to strategic accounts. 

Annual compensation: $185K USD

What you'll be doing

• Partners with business leaders to deliver resources and services that support company objectives and that are consistent with Winning Together values.
• Provide deep subject matter expertise and have the desire and ability to complete tactical work. 
• Provide technical marketing, thought leadership and related support.
• Define and deliver the Go to Market (GTM) strategy by creating relevant design documentation and proposals 
• Engage in key accounts, develop credibility and help build out technical solutions. 
• Stay current on technical solutions in support of specific vendors
• Engage with assigned vendors. 
• Coordinate with Customer Acquisition Engineer (CAE) from the various engineering practices to build out Statement of Work (SOW) around large scale/complex projects.
• Create in-depth technical design documentation and corresponding documents (Statement of Work (SOW), Level of Effort (LOE), and Bill of Materials (BOM).
• Provide training internally for new solutions advancement
• Engage and work closely with key vendors
• Embrace and support Computacenter’s mission and core values

What you have

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS) or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of presales solutioning experience (prior delivery experience is a plus)
• Expert level certifications such as CCIE-R/S, CCIE or JNCIE and professional level security certifications a plus.  
• Experience designing & deploying complex architectures.
• Experience interacting with highly technical customer/vendor/peer engineers, engineering managers and C-Level staff.
• Experience leading whiteboarding & design sessions.
• Technical presales experience.
• Legally eligible to work in the United States.
• SME around discrete technologies (e.g. networks, systems, cloud, etc.).
• Passionate about Technology.
• Proficient presentation and Pre-Sales skills.
• Comfortable with public speaking (e.g. conferences, etc.).
• Comfortable leading design discussions
• Deep expertise in vendors technologies.
• In-depth understanding of service lifecycle. 
• Thought Leader.
• Knowledge of Computacenter US Services Offering.

What you can expect

There’s so much more to enjoy about being at Computacenter than just having a rewarding career. In addition to offering competitive compensation plans and long-term career opportunities, we provide an attractive mix of benefit plans to contribute to your good health, future financial security, and peace of mind.

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent technology partner, trusted by large corporate and public sector organizations. We help our world-renowned customers to source, transform, and manage their IT infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling users and their business. We’re a public company quoted on the London FTSE 250 (CCC.L) and employ over 20,000 people worldwide. In the US, we support some of the country’s best-known businesses with regional hubs in San Francisco and Irvine, CA; Norcross, GA; Plano, TX; and New York City; and Integration Centers in Silicon Valley and Atlanta. www.computacenter.com/us