Distinguished Architect

What We Do

We calm the confusion of IT by guiding the connection between people and technology. If a customer is looking for a better way to manage their warehouse inventory, equip their workforce, or secure their data, we make it happen. All it takes is finding the right combination of tech hardware, software, cloud solutions, and support services. That’s what we do. We’re the IT Department’s IT Department.

Who We Are

Our team is made stronger by a multitude of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. It’s what makes Connection unique—what drives us to innovate and create technology solutions that stand apart from the crowd. We’d love for you to be a part of that fabric, to share your ideas and experiences with a team that thrives on fresh thinking, creativity, and helping others.

Why You Should Join Us

You’ll find supportive teammates and a rewarding career at Connection—plus great benefits. We take pride in supporting employees with a total rewards package that provides financial, emotional, and physical resources for you and your family.  Our compensation, 401k plans, medical insurance, and other benefits are progressive and competitive.  We value the importance of our employees’ emotional wellbeing. To support employees, we provide free therapy visits, mental health coaching and tools, and meditation resources. You’ll also enjoy a generous paid time off package that includes not only vacation and sick time, but also Wellness and Volunteer Time Off days. 

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

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The Distinguished Architect (DA) is a visionary and technical expert responsible for shaping the strategic direction of technology within our organization. The DA role is recognized as a true technologist, possessing deep expertise across multiple domains and a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions to complex challenges. The DA effectively penetrates and drives solutions within targeted accounts and expands penetration in existing accounts. The DA develops and works on problems/projects of deep, diverse complexity and scope, exercising independent judgment within generally defined policies and practices to identify and select a technology solution.

The DA acts as a project team leader on the most highly strategic, complex and challenging customer engagements and serves as a mentor and coach throughout the organization.

• Leads along with Platform Owner and IT the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and high-performance systems across multiple platforms.
• Works with Platform Owner and collaborates with senior leadership to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Works closely with Platform Owner to help drive automation and workflow transformation initiatives
• Works to assist Platform Owner in alignment of platform capabilities to business strategy and operational goals
• Assists in creating and modifying multi-year roadmap for platform scalability and modernization
• Helps drives platform consistency across business units and geographies
• Sets architectural standards and guidelines, ensuring consistency and quality across all projects.
• Defines and drives enterprise-level architecture strategies, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices.
• Leads team in identifying opportunities for operational efficiency and cost reduction
• Communicates highly technical concepts in business language
• Assists in leading adoption of new ServiceNow features and AI capabilities
• Mentors and inspires LOB teams, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning.
• Evaluates emerging technologies and recommend adoption to maintain the organization’s competitive edge.

• An understanding of leading manufacturers routing and switching architecture.
• Extensive experience designing and deploying large-scale enterprise systems.
• Expert-level knowledge of Channel Industry and Solutions including cloud platforms, distributed systems, security, data management, Managed Services, Professional Services and Field Services.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives and deliver impactful results.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Verifiably successful professional Business-to-Business solutions selling experience with account planning skills and experience with up-sell and cross-sell strategies.
• Advance negotiation skills.
• Twenty plus years of experience working with Partners and Customers Assessing, Designing and or Deploying Technology Solutions