
Principal Solutions Architect
Equinix
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $241,000 - $361,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Partner with NSP sales executives to achieve global bookings and revenue targets.
- Lead strategic discovery and qualification for major opportunities.
- Engage in business-outcome-focused conversations with C-Level executives.
- Own the technical win end-to-end: high-level discovery, whiteboarding, executive briefings, and technical account plan development.
- Lead engagement of extended Equinix global technical teams to provide coordinated strategy and superior customer experience.
- Ensure deep expertise in NSP customers’ business drivers and offer portfolios.
- Define the power of the possible with prioritized NSP partners in support of revenue targets.
- Drive offer fluency and learning for Equinix sellers and joint customers.
- Scale market sensing and customer feedback to inform product and services portfolio improvements.
- Contribute to partner communities through knowledge sharing, team enablement, and continuous learning.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in technical sales, solutions engineering, or related field-facing roles supporting NSP vertical
- Technical background in the data center and high-performance computing, networking, hybrid cloud architectures, and AI infrastructure planning
- Experience leading technical qualification, discovery, and stakeholder alignment for large, complex, multi-region strategic engagements with NSPs
- Familiarity with Platform Equinix footprint and interconnection portfolio
- Experience leveraging partner networks and ecosystems to drive customer outcomes
- Experience with recurring revenue, solution selling, and enabling platforms for B2B
- Strong background in partner go-to-market activities such as events, webinars, panels, blogs, etc.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline preferred
- Industry certifications are preferred
- Equivalent experience through alternative paths, including non-traditional backgrounds or career transitions, is welcomed and valued.
Benefits
- Insurance: You may enroll in health, life, disability and voluntary plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members.
- Retirement: You and Equinix may contribute to a retirement plan to help you plan for your financial future.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: You will receive an accrued amount of PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge.
- Employee Assistance Program: An Employee Assistance program is available to all employees.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
technical salessolutions engineeringdata centerhigh-performance computingnetworkinghybrid cloud architecturesAI infrastructure planningtechnical qualificationsolution sellingrecurring revenue
Soft Skills
business-outcome-focused conversationsstakeholder alignmentteam enablementknowledge sharingcustomer experiencestrategic discoveryleadershipcommunicationcollaborationcontinuous learning
Certifications
industry certifications