Technical Solutions Architect- Data Center

Job Description

🔎 Role Overview

This is a pre-sales / technical architecture position focused on Cisco’s data center, compute, and switching solutions. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to partners, helping them design solutions, build capabilities, and grow their business using Cisco technologies.

🧩 Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction and sales engineering support to partners and business teams.
• Demonstrate and evangelize Cisco data center architectures.
• Deliver technical presentations, whiteboarding sessions, and training.
• Co-develop technical business plans and partner investment strategies.
• Support post-sales services models and certifications enablement.
• Collaborate with Cisco product teams, partner leadership, and internal stakeholders.

👤 Ideal Candidate Profile

• ~5+ years in:
  • Pre-sales engineering OR
  • Enterprise/partner technical sales OR
  • Data center solutions architecture
• Strong expertise in:
  • Data center networking & switching
  • Compute infrastructure
  • Cisco ecosystem solutions
• Excellent communication, consulting, and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence senior technical and business leaders.

⭐ Why This Role Is Attractive

• Exposure to industry-leading enterprise infrastructure technologies.
• Partner-facing role → strong career path toward Principal Architect / Solutions Leader.
• Cisco is known for:
  • Competitive benefits
  • Strong PTO programs
  • Global brand recognition in networking and cloud.

🧭 Career Fit Insight

This role is especially suitable if you want to move toward:

• Solutions Architect leadership
• Data center consulting
• Technical sales leadership
• Cloud & infrastructure strategy roles

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