Solutions Architect Iii - Data Center | Ts Cleared | Remote

**This position is fully remote, with some travel as needed to client sites

Active Top Secret or Q Clearance REQUIRED

JOB SUMMARY:

ZIVARO provides industry-leading consulting and technology services to help clients achieve real business value from their technology investments. From deep foundations in Hybrid IT, Security, Collaboration and Analytics, we support clients across a broad spectrum of industries with IT strategy, planning, implementation and IT operations. ZIVARO’s Hybrid Services connect and accelerate practical business outcomes across all functions of the organization through our comprehensive practice areas.

The Solutions Architect, Data Center will evaluate and develop Data Center reference architecture solutions, establish and train common tools, create technical policies, plans, and playbooks to enable a cohesive repeatable set of core go to market products and solutions for highly regulated market customers and current account needs. The position will help develop executive-level relationships within new strategic markets and existing technically complex accounts to improve mission and system performance. The ideal candidate will have experience in the formulation and representation of complex system integration activities and solution development to meet or exceed client requirements. The ability to develop strategic and technical roadmaps that support revenue and profit margin growth is a key skill. Most importantly, we are looking for an individual who can effectively communicate enterprise network best practices and technologies with engineering and sales stakeholders equally.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Utilize a consultative approach to drive a team-oriented culture that bridges account executives and engineering services
• Develop enterprise network solutions and go to market artifacts to include positioning, technical deliverables, and sales enablement
• Lead customer facing enterprise network technical activities, to include formulation and approval of technical scoping activities
• Effectively communicate with cross functional teams to create and position company unique solutions
• Evaluate vendor capabilities, market trends, strategic account objectives to inform Zivaro enterprise network solutions and go to market collateral
• Assist in creation of business plans and execution against the company’s target markets, customer profiles, and go to market solutions
• Assist in proposal and SOW development with specific emphasis on validating technical solution and level of effort for services to be performed
• Perform delivery of assessment and solutions to customers, as required
• Perform Zivaro-specific enterprise network training and webinars
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Travel up to 20% of the time

• All other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 12+ years demonstrated experience leading enterprise network architecture assessments, design, and build out
• The successful candidate will have recent and relevant experience with:
  • Multiple network OEM vendor technologies
  • Network Assessments
  • SD WAN migration approaches
  • Secure Hybrid Network Architectures
  • Cisco UCS/Hyperflex/Nutanix/Nexus
  • Establishing Technical Roadmaps for Network Modernization
• Expertise developing demonstration playbooks, sales training for sales enablement
• Ability to evaluate and recommend enterprise network solutions to fulfill client requirements

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Active Top Secret security clearance REQUIRED

EDUCATION: Technical BA/BS (Engineering, Computer Science, Math, or Physics) or equivalent preferred. CCIE - Data Center strongly preferred

U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions at Zivaro, due to security clearance and government/federal contracts held by Zivaro.

EEO STATEMENT:

ZIVARO fully subscribes to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity. It is our policy to provide employment, compensation and other benefits related to employment based on qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. In accordance with requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is our policy to provide reasonable accommodation upon request during the application process to eligible applicants in order that they may be given a full and fair opportunity to be considered for employment. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we intend to comply fully with applicable federal and state employment laws and the information requested on this application will only be used for purposes consistent with those laws.