Principal Solutions Architect
Softchoice
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Lead
About the role
- Serve as the bridge between our Sales team and our clients.
- Convey up-to-date information on the latest Cisco solutions, propose creative approaches to address business challenges, deliver presentations and facilitate workshops with business leaders—from senior executives to front-line managers—and translate technical jargon for non-technical audiences.
- Challenge clients by applying your skills, insight, and experience to help them not only identify the right actions but also understand the best way to implement them.
- Confidently question assumptions with well-documented, tailored recommendations that showcase innovative ways to build solutions that maximize outcomes.
- Help grow Cisco’s revenue and gross margin with a particular focus on Cisco products as well as managed and professional services.
Requirements
- More than 5 years of experience with Cisco technologies, in direct sales or as a pre-sales support resource, selling technologies and/or services in B2B environments.
- Deep hands-on experience with Cisco networking, security and/or collaboration technologies and solutions.
- Strong understanding of design principles and best practices for network design, application platforms, and infrastructure architectures.
- Ability to learn quickly and a curiosity to explore new technologies and their impact on our clients’ businesses.
- Proven experience designing and implementing Cisco solutions.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Active Cisco certifications (e.g., CCNA, CCNP, CCIE) are required.
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as part of a team.
- Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience.
- Proficiency in English is required for this role.
Benefits
- An award-winning workplace: Softchoice has been recognized as a Best Workplace for 19 consecutive years.
- An inclusive culture: We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture where everyone can be their authentic selves.
- Competitive benefits: Enjoy competitive benefits starting from day one.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Cisco technologiesCisco networkingCisco securityCisco collaboration technologiesnetwork designapplication platformsinfrastructure architecturesdesigning Cisco solutionsimplementing Cisco solutions
Soft skills
problem-solvinganalytical skillscommunication skillsinterpersonal skillscuriosityability to learn quicklyautonomous workcollaborative work
Certifications
CCNACCNPCCIE