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Sr Solution Architect, VMWare; Remote

Connection

Role overview

Qualifications

  • VMware VCF 9 Architect VCP OR VCF 9 Administrator certifications
  • Experience with storage and virtualization products from leading manufacturers
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Demonstrates an understanding of Converged Infrastructure concepts

Responsibilities

  • Drive sales growth of advanced technology solutions and services
  • Design advanced solutions that serve the functional and technical requirements of the client
  • Assist in the development of new professional and managed services offerings
  • Develop and build out Connection’s physical and cloud-based labs

About the company

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Connection

IT Services & IT Consulting

As a Global IT Solutions Provider, we connect people with technology that enhances growth, elevates productivity, and empowers innovation. Founded in 1982, Connection delivers valuable IT services and advanced technology solutions to business, government, healthcare, and education markets. Today, we serve our customers through our staff of highly trained Account Managers, our team of on-staff experts, and our efficient procurement websites. Additionally, we deliver global procurement solutions through our network of 500 suppliers in 174 countries. Twice recognized by Forbes as one of “America’s Most Trustworthy Companies,” our goal is to provide customers with the expert guidance, state-of-the-art tools, and exceptional service to solve their technology challenges. Throughout our community, we strive to inspire success and increase the value of IT investments. Our Values Respect: We are united by one common vision. We work together to create a winning culture built upon mutual trust and respect. Excellence: We focus on activities that drive results. We lead by example. We work to achieve excellence in all aspects of our business. We are always looking for better ways to serve our customers. Teamwork: We win together—all success is mutual. We are accountable to our customers, employees, and shareholders. We work as a team to effectively collaborate, and drive innovation. Integrity: We are honest and direct in all of our dealings. Honor above all else!

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryIT Services & IT Consulting
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

Overview:

Connection's Technical Solutions Division has a fantastic opportunity for a Sr. Solution Architect – Digital Workspace! We offer excellent benefits, career growth opportunities, and the chance to work with leading-edge Microsoft, Cloud, Security, and Digital Workspace technologies while helping enterprise customers modernize and transform their IT environments. 

We are seeking an accomplished Microsoft Solutions Architect and Cloud Architect with extensive experience designing, selling, and delivering enterprise solutions across Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, and Microsoft Copilot environments. This highly visible, client-facing role combines deep technical expertise with strong consultative sales and solution-selling skills to help customers achieve their business and technology objectives. 

The ideal candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to customers, sales teams, and internal stakeholders, architecting innovative Digital Workspace solutions that align business requirements with scalable, secure, and modern technology platforms. 

 

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.

 

Because of the possibility for fraudulent job postings on many popular job boards, please be advised that Connection will never offer a position of employment without a complete interview process, communication with a live person, and a signed offer letter.

Responsibilities:

The Sr Solution Architect, Modern Infrastructure, for the Center of Excellence (COE) works independently with little or no direct supervision under the guidance general supervision of the Director, Solution Sales COE within the Technical Solutions group. The Sr Solution Architect's primary objective is to drive sales growth of advanced technology solutions and services for all Connection business units through advanced pre-sales technical consulting, solutions design and services scoping. The Sr Solution Architect (SA) draws on knowledge specific to the SA’s primary technical specialization, Modern Infrastructure, as well as secondary areas, to assess, qualify, design, and present technology solutions of highly advanced levels of complexity to clients. The Sr SA offers insight relative to the customer’s industry and/or objectives, and provides solutions based on Connection’s Solutions and Services portfolio and extended partner network. The Sr SA works collaboratively with other pre-sales roles across the Technology Solutions Sales group, as well as other COE focus areas including Multi-Cloud, Digital Workspace, Supply Chain and Lifecycle.

 

The COE's Sr Solution Architect, Modern Infrastructure also maintains a pulse on the information technology industry and supports the COE Director in making recommendations to senior leadership for ways to capitalize on market opportunities, adopt new and emerging technologies, and to create competitive, market-aligned, saleable solution sets as well as differentiated solution and services offerings.

 

·         Creates and delivers sellable solutions, based on a combination of requirements gathering, data collection and sizing exercises, and documented design and configuration activities. Utilizes internally-established presales tools, as well as vendor-provided and industry-established reference architectures and validated designs, while leveraging Connection’s leading vendor and OEM product portfolios in a way that they can be efficiently and effectively combined into a holistic, integrated solution of product and services.

·         Designs advanced solutions that serve the functional and technical requirements of the client, and which best enable the sale and/or delivery of solutions that contribute to the customer’s success and ongoing enhancement of customer lifetime value.

·         Assists in the development of new professional and managed services offerings according to a multi-disciplinary framework that best supports Connection’s ability to deliver holistic, unified solution sets that result in positive customer experience (CX) and overall customer satisfaction. Articulates and presents the portfolio to Sales, to current and potential customers, as well as to Product Management (PM) and Connection’s partners and vendors.

·         Assists with the creation and presentation of technical sales strategies to drive growth of advanced technology solutions and services. Supports targeting sales into new accounts and expanding penetration in existing accounts.

·         Develops and builds out Connection’s physical and cloud-based labs, in support of technical enablement, delivery of customer-facing demos, development of new services offerings and ISG Plays, and maintenance of partner program requirements.

·         Supports COE- and PM-driven organizational compliance efforts by earning and maintaining vendor certifications, accreditations, and competencies.

·         May assist with delivery of professional services, remote (to premises or SaaS) or on-site. This may be performed in a team support capacity or as solitary delivery engineer.

Min: USD $120,000.00/Yr. Max: USD $156,000.00/Yr. Qualifications:
 
 
  • VMware VCF 9 Architect VCP OR VCF 9 Administrator certifications and VCF 9 Proven Professional (Architecture or Implementation track) OR VCF 9 Certified Expert (Architecture or Implementation track) required
  • An understanding of leading manufacturers routing and switching architecture.
  • Experience with storage and virtualization products from leading manufacturers.
  • Demonstrates an understanding of Converged Infrastructure concepts and the benefits that Cloud solutions provide.
  • Verifiably successful professional solutions selling experience with customer-facing salesmanship proficiency, advanced presentation skills, and experience with up-sell and cross-sell strategies.
  • Excellent time management and prioritization with strong organizational skills.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills with ability to prepare and deliver presentations which clearly and articulately demonstrate the value proposition.
  • Team orientation with ability to work with all levels of the organization.
  • Possesses integrity to do the right thing by Connection and the client.
  • Keen appreciation of business and technical requirements.
  • Requires an acute understanding of both the technology and business objectives of the client, and the ability to assess the client’s business requirements and technology needs.
  • Relevant working knowledge and understanding of advanced technology solutions including but not limited to Data Center/IaaS, Compute, Storage and Fabrics, Enterprise Networking, Security, Multi-Cloud and PaaS, Virtualization and Containers, Modern Applications, Collaboration/UCaaS, and End-User Computing.

  • Ability to demonstrate advanced and/or expert-level operational competencies in multiple technology areas including Compute, Storage, Virtualization, Networking and Security. This includes the ability to identify the right-fit for a customer use case, as well as the ability to present high-level concepts and their supporting solutions at the technology and product/services level to Sales and to customers.

  • Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Certification (VCAP) (Storage and/or Networking) preferred
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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