Senior Infrastructure Solution Architect (CCIE Focused - Presales)
Tekfortune Inc.
- Edina, MN
- 4 days ago
Highlights
The primary responsibility is partnering with sales teams and customers to architect solutions, define project scope, develop SOWs and BOMs, and serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout the sales cycle. Candidates must possess deep enterprise networking expertise, executive-level communication skills, and the ability to confidently lead technical conversations with customers while helping drive revenue opportunities.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Edina, MN |
| Industry | Computer Software |
| Company Size | 20 to 49 employees |
| Year Founded | 2014 |
| Website | http://www.tekfortune.com/ |
Description
Tekfortune is a fast-growing consulting firm specialized in permanent, contract & project-based staffing services for world s leading organizations in a broad range of industries. In this quickly changing economic landscape, virtual recruiting and remote work are critical for the future of work. To support the active project demands and skills gaps, our staffing experts can help you find the best job for you.
Role: Senior Infrastructure Solution Architect (CCIE Focused - Presales)
Locations: Remote with Travel
Duration: FullTime/ FTE/ Direct Hire
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a CCIE-level infrastructure architect who combines deep networking expertise with strong business and communication skills. This person can confidently engage executives, assess customer environments, design practical enterprise solutions, develop scopes and pricing inputs, and help close strategic infrastructure opportunities. While technically strong, success in the role is equally dependent on consultative selling ability, customer engagement, adaptability, and the ability to build trust with clients and sales teams.
Key Evaluation Areas
Job Description:
Position Overview
Client is hiring multiple Senior Infrastructure Solution Architects to support a growing enterprise infrastructure practice. This is a senior-level, customer-facing technical pre-sales role focused on designing, scoping, and positioning enterprise networking and infrastructure solutions.
This is not a hands-on delivery or operations role. The primary responsibility is partnering with sales teams and customers to architect solutions, define project scope, develop SOWs and BOMs, and serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout the sales cycle.
Candidates must possess deep enterprise networking expertise, executive-level communication skills, and the ability to confidently lead technical conversations with customers while helping drive revenue opportunities.
Onboarding Requirement
Core Responsibilities
Technical Pre-Sales Leadership
Technologies & Focus Areas
Core Networking Technologies
Non-Negotiables
Required
For more information and other jobs available please contact our recruitment team at
Role: Senior Infrastructure Solution Architect (CCIE Focused - Presales)
Locations: Remote with Travel
- Typically 25-30%
- May increase to 50% during busy project and assessment periods
- Travel patterns fluctuate seasonally
- Heavier customer site activity from September through March
- More virtual engagement and planning activities from April through July
- Employees largely manage and coordinate their own travel schedules
- Not expected to be road warriors
- Travel expenses are fully covered
- Tennessee or Carolinas preferred
- North Carolina and South Carolina are top priority
- Georgia may be considered if strategically located to support the territory
- Midwest preferred:
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Wisconsin
- Michigan
- Northeast candidates may be considered for exceptionally strong backgrounds
Duration: FullTime/ FTE/ Direct Hire
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a CCIE-level infrastructure architect who combines deep networking expertise with strong business and communication skills. This person can confidently engage executives, assess customer environments, design practical enterprise solutions, develop scopes and pricing inputs, and help close strategic infrastructure opportunities. While technically strong, success in the role is equally dependent on consultative selling ability, customer engagement, adaptability, and the ability to build trust with clients and sales teams.
Key Evaluation Areas
- CCIE-level networking knowledge
- Executive presence
- Customer-facing consulting experience
- Pre-sales aptitude
- Solution design capability
- SOW/BOM development
- Communication skills
- Ability to influence and support sales motions
- Adaptability and client relationship management
Job Description:
Position Overview
Client is hiring multiple Senior Infrastructure Solution Architects to support a growing enterprise infrastructure practice. This is a senior-level, customer-facing technical pre-sales role focused on designing, scoping, and positioning enterprise networking and infrastructure solutions.
This is not a hands-on delivery or operations role. The primary responsibility is partnering with sales teams and customers to architect solutions, define project scope, develop SOWs and BOMs, and serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout the sales cycle.
Candidates must possess deep enterprise networking expertise, executive-level communication skills, and the ability to confidently lead technical conversations with customers while helping drive revenue opportunities.
Onboarding Requirement
- New hires must travel to Client headquarters in Mississippi for onboarding
- Typically occurs on a Monday at 8:30 AM local time
- Includes:
- Company ID
- Laptop
- Cell phone issuance
- Expense training
- New hire paperwork
- Orientation meetings
Technical Pre-Sales Leadership
- Lead customer-facing infrastructure discovery sessions
- Support sales teams during enterprise opportunities
- Develop infrastructure solution designs and recommendations
- Translate customer requirements into technical architectures and project scopes
- Build Statements of Work (SOWs)
- Develop Bills of Materials (BOMs)
- Assist with pricing and project estimation
- Design enterprise networking solutions involving:
- Routing
- Switching
- Wireless
- Security
- Data Center Infrastructure
- Primarily focused on:
- Network refresh projects
- Wireless upgrades
- Switching refreshes
- Structured cabling initiatives
- Infrastructure modernization efforts
- Conduct technical workshops and assessments
- Present roadmaps and modernization strategies
- Advise customers on infrastructure planning
- Serve as a trusted advisor to both technical and executive stakeholders
- Partner closely with account executives
- Help position and sell infrastructure solutions
- Present technical value propositions
- Participate in executive briefings and customer presentations
- Primarily a pre-sales role
- Limited post-sale involvement may occur for strategic projects
- Delivery experience is valuable but not the primary focus
Core Networking Technologies
- Cisco Routing & Switching
- Cisco Enterprise Networking
- Cisco Security
- Cisco Wireless
- Cisco Data Center Technologies
- HPE Aruba
- Juniper
- Ruckus
- Microsoft Infrastructure Solutions
- Enterprise network refreshes
- Wireless modernization
- Switching upgrades
- Infrastructure assessments
- Campus network redesigns
- Data center modernization initiatives
- Network security enhancements
- Structured cabling projects
Required
- Active CCIE (Enterprise, Security, or Data Center preferred)
- Deep enterprise networking expertise
- Strong routing and switching background
- Ability to design infrastructure solutions independently
- Executive presence and polished communication skills
- Proven customer-facing experience
- Ability to lead technical discussions with business and technical stakeholders
- Strong consultative mindset
- Ability to scope work, build SOWs, and develop BOMs
- Ability to articulate and sell technical solutions
- Prior technical pre-sales experience
- Experience partnering directly with sales organizations
- Multi-vendor infrastructure knowledge (Aruba, Juniper, etc.)
- Consulting background with customer-facing architecture responsibilities
For more information and other jobs available please contact our recruitment team at
careers@tekfortune.com
. To view all the jobs available in the USA and Asia please visit our website at https://www.tekfortune.com/careers/ .About Company
Tekfortune is a software solutions company providing project development and staff augmentation services to companies in various industries including Healthcare, Banking, Finance, Telecommunication and Aviation.
Tekfortune Inc delivers solutions to a wide variety of organizations of various sizes and industries. Our clients include mid-market to Fortune 1000 companies spanning across industries such as: Insurance, Financial, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Retail and many others.
In Tekfortune Inc, we are offering selection of services and solutions at very reasonable rates. With years of experience in the placement and recruitment Industry and over time we have acquired the knowledge essential to comprehend the exact need and dependence on customers. Therefore we provide the customers the best and also the brightest candidates for vacancies. Moreover, by understanding the working interest of customers who is able to place them within the companies where they are able to get maximum opportunity for professional growth.
Tekfortune Inc has a strong emphasis on quality. Its goal would be to achieve client satisfaction by looking into making deliveries satisfaction of customer's business needs. Our ability to quickly identify and effectively employ proven fundamental principles, techniques and resources yields highly desirable results for our clients.
We understand that each industry and organization share a level of uniqueness that requires a tailored approach in order to deliver specific solutions. Such factors as client culture, industry regulations, organizational maturity, financial health and many more items may impact our approach to delivering client solutions.
Having served a wide variety of clients has provided Tekfortune the ability to build subject matter expertise across numerous industries. Our industry expertise combined with our specialized knowledge of Business Process Improvement, Requirements Management and Program & Project Management provides a powerful combination and a tremendous value to our clients.
We are run by a group of industry experts who have decades of experience in delivering custom solutions to our clients.
Tekfortune Inc delivers solutions to a wide variety of organizations of various sizes and industries. Our clients include mid-market to Fortune 1000 companies spanning across industries such as: Insurance, Financial, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Retail and many others.
In Tekfortune Inc, we are offering selection of services and solutions at very reasonable rates. With years of experience in the placement and recruitment Industry and over time we have acquired the knowledge essential to comprehend the exact need and dependence on customers. Therefore we provide the customers the best and also the brightest candidates for vacancies. Moreover, by understanding the working interest of customers who is able to place them within the companies where they are able to get maximum opportunity for professional growth.
Tekfortune Inc has a strong emphasis on quality. Its goal would be to achieve client satisfaction by looking into making deliveries satisfaction of customer's business needs. Our ability to quickly identify and effectively employ proven fundamental principles, techniques and resources yields highly desirable results for our clients.
We understand that each industry and organization share a level of uniqueness that requires a tailored approach in order to deliver specific solutions. Such factors as client culture, industry regulations, organizational maturity, financial health and many more items may impact our approach to delivering client solutions.
Having served a wide variety of clients has provided Tekfortune the ability to build subject matter expertise across numerous industries. Our industry expertise combined with our specialized knowledge of Business Process Improvement, Requirements Management and Program & Project Management provides a powerful combination and a tremendous value to our clients.
We are run by a group of industry experts who have decades of experience in delivering custom solutions to our clients.