高级解决方案架构师
Senior Solutions Architect
C1 公司简介
C1：1 个联系人，1 个连接，1 个选择
C1 是企业高级通信和数据技术的首要单一来源供应商。这意味着如果是数字化的，我们就会将客户与之连接——从电话系统和硬件到计算机网络、应用开发、管理解决方案等。我们 100% 热情地设计、实施、管理和支持客户的每一个需求，从端到端，让他们能够专注于自己最擅长的事情。
因此，当涉及到加入一支由 IT 和通信技术专家组成的团队，他们被赋予权力去做他们最擅长的事情时，你的最佳选择——你的首选——就是 C1。
简介
职位概述
高级解决方案架构师是一个高度积极、技能娴熟的资源，以企业家的方式工作，并具有强烈的敬业精神。该职位主要负责与 C1 的企业客户合作，制定基于成果的解决方案策略，通过 ROI 和 TCO 模型实现可衡量的结果。该职位负责评估客户需求，并定制具有战略价值且复杂的架构，以满足业务需求。高级解决方案架构师对其专业领域内的所有市场产品都有深入了解，并与客户经理团队紧密合作，确保架构和价值主张的准确性。此外，该职位能够解释、定位并证明 C1 解决方案相关的成本。
理想的候选人应位于堪萨斯城、密苏里州、科罗拉多州、纽约州、新泽西州、康涅狄格州、马萨诸塞州或印第安纳州。
职责
核心职责
- 作为数据中心基础设施的技术专家，主要关注计算、存储、虚拟化、数据中心网络、备份、灾难恢复、混合云、融合基础设施和超融合基础设施解决方案。
- 在售前生命周期中担任值得信赖的技术顾问，包括发现、资格评估、解决方案定位、架构开发、客户演示以及在商业和公共部门机会中的 RFI/RFP 支持。
- 领导客户发现会议，了解业务目标、技术要求、当前环境状况、运营挑战和期望成果。
- 设计并定位符合客户需求、C1 能力、制造商技术和行业最佳实践的数据中心架构。
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C1 Company Overview
C1: 1 Contact, 1 Connection, 1 Choice
C1 is the foremost, single-source provider of advanced communications and data technology for business. That means if it's digital, we connect our customers to it -- from phone systems and hardware to computer networks, application development, managed solutions and more. And we're 100% passionate with designing, implementing, managing and supporting our customers' every need from end to end, so that they can focus on what they do best.
So, when it comes to joining a team of IT and communications technology pros who are empowered to do what they do best, your best choice -- your #1 choice -- is C1.
Overview
Summary
The Senior Solutions Architect is a highly motivated, skilled resource who embraces an entrepreneur approach with a strong work ethic. This position primarily focuses on consulting with C1’s Enterprise Customers to develop solid strategies with Outcome Based solutions that deliver measurable results thru ROI and TCO models. The position is responsible for assessing customer needs and tailoring customized architectures that have strategic value and are complex in nature to fit business needs. The Senior Solutions Architect is well versed in all market offerings in their area of expertise and works closely with the account team to ensure full accuracy of the architecture and the value proposition. Additionally, this position is able to explain, position and justify costs related to C1’s solutions.
Ideal candidate will be located in Kansas City, MO, Colorado, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachussetts, or Indiana.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions
- Serves as a technical subject matter expert for Data Center infrastructure, with primary focus on compute, storage, virtualization, data center networking, backup, disaster recovery, hybrid cloud, converged infrastructure, and hyperconverged infrastructure solutions.
- Acts as a trusted technical advisor throughout the pre-sales lifecycle, including discovery, qualification, solution positioning, architecture development, customer presentations, and RFI/RFP support across commercial and public sector opportunities.
- Leads customer discovery sessions to understand business goals, technical requirements, current-state environments, operational challenges, and desired outcomes.
- Designs and positions data center architectures aligned to customer requirements, C1 capabilities, manufacturer technologies, and industry best practices.
- Provides pre-sales technical consulting for data center modernization, compute refresh, virtualization, storage transformation, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, hybrid cloud, and infrastructure lifecycle planning opportunities.
- Develops solution architectures, diagrams, bills of material, technical recommendations, assumptions, risks, dependencies, and migration considerations.
- Collaborates with specialists across enterprise networking, security, cloud, collaboration, customer experience, managed services, and professional services to develop complete customer solutions.
- Supports solution assurance, delivery readiness, and services handoff activities to help ensure proposed architectures can be implemented successfully.
- Maintains technical competency in data center and related infrastructure technologies.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- 7-10 years of experience designing, architecting, implementing, consulting on, or supporting data center infrastructure solutions.
- Meaningful experience with compute, storage, virtualization, backup, disaster recovery, data center networking, workload availability, infrastructure resiliency, or hybrid cloud connectivity.
- Experience with data center technologies such as Cisco UCS, Cisco Nexus, Cisco ACI, VMware, Dell Technologies, HPE, NetApp, Pure Storage, Nutanix, Veeam, Rubrik, Cohesity, Commvault, or similar platforms.
- Ability to assess current-state environments and translate findings into practical future-state architectures.
- Experience developing or contributing to solution designs, diagrams, bills of material, migration strategies, RFI/RFP responses, proposals, and SOW-related content.
- Experience in pre-sales engineering, solution architecture, consulting, or customer-facing technical roles within a VAR, systems integrator, MSP, consulting organization, or enterprise IT environment.
- Working knowledge of infrastructure dependencies across compute, storage, virtualization, networking, security, cloud, backup, disaster recovery, managed services, and business applications.
- Strong customer-facing, presentation, facilitation, whiteboarding, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently while managing multiple opportunities, priorities, and deliverables.
- Certifications or equivalent experience in data center, compute, storage, virtualization, backup, disaster recovery, infrastructure, or adjacent architecture domains preferred.
Fit Statement: This role has a primary focus on Data Center infrastructure architecture. Adjacent experience in networking, security, cloud, backup, disaster recovery, managed services, or hybrid infrastructure is valuable.
Additional Information
C1 BENEFITS* 401(k) Plan (35% employer match per dollar up to 10% employee contribution)
* Medical Coverage (3 platforms: UnitedHealthcare, Reference Based Pricing includes member advocacy; and Kaiser)
* RX Home Delivery
* HSA with Employer Contribution* In-vitro Fertility (treatment coverage)* Dental* Vision (2 plans: 12-month and 24-month frames allowance)* FSA Plans (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Limited Purpose)* Pre-tax Commuter Plans* Employer-paid Life Insurance* Employer-paid Short + Term Disability* Long Term Disability (2 plans: Employer-paid or optional Self-paid)
* Paid Parental Leave (4 weeks at 100%)* Employee Assistance Plan* Voluntary Life Insurance for team member, spouse and child
* Voluntary Accidental Death for team member and spouse* Legal/ID Theft Plans* TeleHealth * Wellness via Omada Health (healthy living solution)* Travel Assistance* Business Travel Accident Coverage
* Medical for foreign travel coverage
* Employer-paid Pet Telehealth* Accident Insurance* Critical Illness Insurance* Hospital Indemnity Insurance* Volunteer Time Off
* 10 Holidays
* Summer Sizzle
* On Demand Pay (Daily Pay)
Work EnvironmentAbility to handle multiple priorities and demands in a fast-paced environment. This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.Physical EnvironmentPhysical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.Other Duties/ChangesThis job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all duties, responsibilities or activities that are required of a team member for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. At any point in time, the essential functions and primary duties associated with this position will be the principal, major or most important duties, responsibilities and activities that the employee is expected to perform as determined and directed by C1.
EEO StatementC1 provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all team members and applicants for employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, and all team members will be treated with respect to their employment, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status. For further details, please view the EEO Policy Statement (EEO Policy Statement) and/or the current version of the workplace poster (
Pay Range
$105,000 - $180,000
Base pay ranges are estimated. Actual base pay will be based on education, experience, location, certifications, skill set, and any other relevant factors. Incentive/variable pay opportunities are in addition to base pay.
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