Job Description
Join EVOTEK: North America’s Premier Digital Business Enabler
As North America’s premier enabler of secure digital business, we integrate cutting-edge technical expertise across data center, network, security, cloud, and communications domains. By delivering cohesive digital solutions, we help businesses drive measurable impact and accelerate their transformation.
Our award-winning culture is the cornerstone of everything we do. Recognized multiple times by _Inc. Magazine_ as a “Best Place to Work”, we’re proud to create an environment where innovation and collaboration thrive. Locally, we’ve been honored by _The San Diego Business Journal_ as a “Best Place to Work” more than seven times, and our excellence is reflected in accolades like CRN’s “Solution Provider 500”, “Tech Elite 250”, and “Top 150 Growth Companies”. We’ve also earned a spot among CRN’s “Triple Crown” award winners.
If you’re ready to be part of a team that values innovation, culture, and business impact, EVOTEK is the place for you.
As a Network Solutions Architect this individual will be responsible for demonstrating technical and design expertise based on past/present experience in deployment, administration, configuration, and integration. The ideal candidate will combine sales and technical skills to address client needs, drive business outcomes and partner with internal teams to help build customer relationships. The Architect will work directly with practice leadership and will be engaged in all aspects of pre-sales/delivery business cycles. Provide strategic vision while leading service delivery.
Role Summary
Responsible for driving pre-sales activities and the ability to drive business opportunities from opportunity identification, scoping process, and booking.
Build and maintain relationships with clients and prospects while designing, communicating, and advising company solutions.
Communicate clearly, and concisely the capabilities of network offerings, advisory services, and delivery capabilities.
Develop high-level technical solutions and ability to present to customers (Hardware, Software, Licensing, Professional Services).
Work with Account Executives and extended Sales Teams to develop customer relationships and solutions and assist in the overall sales process.
Collect business and technical requirements, complete end-to-end, full lifecycle network designs.
Quickly grasp new technologies and develop solutions integrating new technologies with existing network tools and services. Responsible for technology evaluation and testing.
Develop go-to-market strategy, operationalize plans, collect learnings, and establish the foundation for new ideas to scale. A track record of developing services.
Professionally craft and deliver technical presentations, product demonstrations, and drive whiteboard conversations.
Cross collaboration and solution design with adjacent practices (Security, Data Center, Cloud).
Lead a growing team by inspiring with a diverse set of skills and backgrounds.
Generate hardware configurations (BoM).
Ability to self-pace and self-set direction in a team environment to drive business.
Maintain and develop technical and technology specific skill sets and certification.
Prior experience working with clients in a pre-sale capacity providing guidance around networking solutions and company offerings.
Experience and background managing proposal processes including SOW creation.
Expertise and experience delivering enterprise class network solutions.
Ability to act as a Technical SME Lead and provide mentorship to team members.
Ability to research and provide updates on current technology solutions and products.
Background in complex routing and switching solutions to include (Cisco, Juniper, etc.).
Experience with Firewalls and VPNs to include (Cisco, Palo Alto, Juniper, etc.).
Familiarity with load balancing and acceleration solutions (Cisco, F5, Netscaler).
Background and/or familiarity with SDN solutions.
Experience in SDWAN solutions to include (Cisco Viptela, CloudGenix, etc.).
Education
Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline is preferred.
One or more of the following certifications: CCNA/CCDA/CCNP and other non-Cisco certifications is preferred.
Salary commensurate with years’ of experience, technical expertise and geographic location
Salary range: $150,000 to $215,000
Performance bonuses
Benefits package that includes 100% paid medical, dental and vision for the employee
401(k) with employer match
Strong company culture
Flexible PTO policy
Flexible working arrangements
Annual company overnight retreat
EVOTEK believes that everyone has the ability to make an impact, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, citizenship status, and genetic information.
