Enterprise Architect, Digital Infrastructure Solutions

The Enterprise Architect is a client facing, pre-sales technologist that works with designated accounts and acts as a value- added technical advocate for CDW clients. An Enterprise Architect is responsible for understanding clients' business requirements as they pertain to Infrastructure solutions, qualifying opportunities and creating solutions that match the requirements with appropriate products, managed and professional services.

This role builds and strengthens client relationships both at the C-level and throughout the client's organization. The Enterprise Architect takes a consultative approach to influence client thinking on strategic initiatives, spur innovative approaches, and drive successful client business outcomes.

The Enterprise Architect has deep subject matter expertise in solutions across in multiple Lines of Business (such as Networking, Converged Infrastructure, Cloud, & Managed Solutions). An EA also has a solid understanding of technology solutions in adjacent areas, such as Digital, Data & Security. The Enterprise Architect (EA) is an expert in deal orchestration for multiple LOBs, and sequences activities and deliverables to the client to value sell, earn trust and enhance margin. An EA functions as a single point of contact for multiple technologies, serves as a team leader, and mentors others within CDW. The EA leads, positions and sells both implementation, advisory and strategy services for multiple LOBs without additional assistance.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Client Facing Sales Support - Partners with the sales account team, interfacing directly with CDW clients. Builds trusted advisor relationships, understanding clients' business challenges and proposing solutions
• Client facing work will include, but not be limited to:
  
  
  
  • Researching current and emerging technologies, evaluating alternatives, making recommendations, and presenting to management
  • Performing business outcome assessments across multiple architectures
  
  
  
  
• Develops High Level Designs and Architectures - Creates and documents architectures that address client business problems which can be used to ensure a smooth transition from presales to delivery
• Sales Planning - Works with management and sales teams to develop account prioritization and support strategies that will ensure a long-term trusted relationship status
• Creates Proposals - Develops BOMs (Bill of Materials), Product Quotes, SOWs (Statements Of Work), LOUs (Letters of Understanding), business cases and RFP responses
• Partner Relationship Management - Develops healthy and trusted relationships with key partners in the geography
• Billable Consulting - Provides services as part of client projects that are billable, usually in a project oversight mode
• Maintains the minimum services participation target objective
• Mentors other engineers to apply engineering background knowledge for project design, analysis, and project coordination of services or products
• Intellectual Property Development - Contributes to the development of CDW intellectual property and industry recognition (white papers, speaking engagements etc.
• Administrative Overhead - Responds to email, phone calls, completes timecards in a timely manner, expense reports and status reports as required
• Training - Develops and executes a professional plan that will enhance skills

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field
• At least ten (10) years of IT engineering experience dealing with infrastructure solutions in a specified CDW practice (Networking, Converged Infrastructure, Storage, Cloud, etc.), including five (5) years of experience with large enterprise cross-brand projects

Other Position Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to architect and design within the Data Center
• Demonstrated experience with traditional Data Center facilities, including environmentals and physical topologies such as cabling, power and cooling
• Demonstrated ability to apply technical background and knowledge to business direction by developing service offerings, go-to-market strategies, business planning, and other activities important to building business
• Demonstrated ability to drive sales, sequencing activities and deliverables to the client to value sell, earn trust and enhance margin
• Proven experience articulating technical viewpoints to diverse audiences, including technical and business decision makers
• Proven ability to evaluate information and make sound technical risk judgements
• Demonstrated ability to multitask and to prioritize workload under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to develop longer-range project plans and schedules to complete complex projects or new solution/product development
• Demonstrated ability to perform technical skills/knowledge transfer to client
• Demonstrated attention to detail and follow-up skills
• Demonstrated leadership, delegation, and personnel management skills
• Demonstrated communication and presentation skills, including formal and informal presentations to large and small audiences
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal direction
• Technical writing experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior CIO or similar leadership level experience in an enterprise IT environment
• At least three (3) years of experience in pre-sales engineering and/or sales in a Systems Integrator, OEM, or similar environment
• Four (4) years billable consulting experience
• Three (3) years of experience with leading teams in a Client or consulting project environment
• Four (4) years of experience with Client, OEM or VAR based partner management
• Demonstrated experience in the selling and delivery of multi-million dollar enterprise-size, complex projects
• Experience within SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud environments
• Experience with AWS and Azure, as well as VMC on AWS

Data Privacy and Security

• All CDW employees are responsible to safeguard the information and information systems that they use or handle in the execution of their duties. Employees are obligated to know and perform their duties in accordance with CDW policies, standards, and procedures related to security and report security violations to the appropriate CDW authority.
• Participate at hire and annually in the Information Security Awareness training as well as other required training identified by the Human Resources department. Other data privacy and data security related regulatory training may be required based on your role or assignment

Essential Functions

The position exists to provide technical project management consulting solutions to customers and as such requires the ability to travel to and from customer sites and interact with customers on an ongoing and regular basis

The above primary duties, responsibilities, and position requirements are not all inclusive.