As an Presales Enterprise Architect, this individual will focus on a customer’s overall IT architecture at a strategic level taking into consideration a customer’s business goals, long-term, technical requirements and constraints.
The Enterprise Architect will propose and develop solutions that will address enterprise-wide projects, often across multiple domains, departments, or systems.
The Enterprise Architect focus is how various solutions fit together to support the business strategy and scalability across the entire organization.
The presales Enterprise Architect will be expected to harmonize customer strategic roadmaps, OEM strategic roadmaps, and Blue Mantis product roadmaps by working closely with practice managers, principals, and leaders to ensure continued relevance within the existing customer base as well as go to market strategies.
The Enterprise Architect will evangelize and promote Blue Mantis at customer, industry, and symposium events as a highly proficient public speaker, capable of interacting simultaneously with the C-suite and in-the-trenches engineers.

Minimum of 7+ years of experience in IT architecture, with a focus on enterprise solutions in a pre-sales or consulting capacity.
Previous experience with managed services providers (MSP) or systems integrators (SI) is highly desirable.
Demonstrable experience working with large enterprise clients, designing end-to-end IT solutions.
Expertise in enterprise IT architecture, including cloud computing, networking, storage, virtualization, cybersecurity, unified communications, and data management.
In-depth understanding of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS), and software-as-a-service (SaaS) models.
Experience with Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Juniper, Aruba, HP, Dell, VMware, Nutanix, Pure Storage.
In-depth understanding of enterprise networking and security technologies.
Knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2).
Proficient in designing multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.
Familiarity with automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
Experience with solution architectures for various verticals such as financial services, healthcare, retail, etc.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Relevant industry certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect, Cisco CCIE, VMware VCP, TOGAF).
ITIL or other service management frameworks certifications are a plus.

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries and hourly pay rates are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
This job description is intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by employees in this job. It is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.
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Presales Enterprise Architect

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