Network Infrastructure Chief Architect

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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MGT

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1974

💼 Consulting

📚 Education

🔒 Cybersecurity

Consulting • Education • Cybersecurity

MGT is a leading provider of specialized technology and advisory solutions focused on improving performance and efficiency in education systems, state and local government, and critical infrastructure. With over 50 years of experience, MGT combines advanced IT managed services with trusted advisory expertise to tackle mission-critical issues such as cybersecurity, data protection, and digital transformation. Their commitment to social impact drives their efforts to enhance communities by shaping educational practices and optimizing public services.

📋 Description

• Lead the largest and most complex pursuits alongside sales • Serve as executive technical lead from first customer meeting through close • Lead customer presentations, executive briefings, and equipment demonstrations on-site or virtually • Provide architect-level oversight on large, complex opportunities • Manage at-risk and must-win deals, resolve technical objections, and drive closure • Support the deals desk on discounting, pricing, and margin escalations • Deliver technical continuity into project startup and ensure seamless handoff to delivery • Refactor solution offerings according to market demand, OEM roadmaps, and delivery capability • Own pricing and packaging for the practice by vertical, geography, and customer size • Define and communicate the practice roadmap and technical vision • Manage strategic OEM/vendor relationships and subcontractors • Build and deliver presales enablement, including solution modes, demo standards, and reference architectures • Provide regional sales support and act as escalation point for technical and commercial questions • Manage procurement vehicles applicable to the practice • Embed AI into scoping, design, estimating, and proposal-generation workflows • Track and report service delivery capability, identifying skill, staffing, and tooling gaps • Own OEM certification tracking • Deliver monthly performance updates covering wins, sales performance, adoption, and customer success collaboration

🎯 Requirements

• Expert-level routing and switching across campus, WAN, and datacenter • Thorough command of the OSI model, Ethernet, and TCP/IP • Experience with L2 edge switching, L3 routing, VPN, optical transport, and Layer 4-7 services, including NG firewalls, load balancers, and IDP • Large-scale and high-density WLAN design, controller- and cloud-managed • Experience with SD-WAN • Experience with HPE/Juniper/Aruba, Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Arista, and F5 • Vendor certifications preferred • Ability to define reference architectures and standard packages for routing/switching, wireless, and SD-WAN refreshes • Executive-level OEM relationships across the networking vendor ecosystem • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience • Ten (10) or more years of hands-on experience in the applicable technology field • Five (5) or more years of hands-on pre-sales engineering, solution architecture, or equivalent experience • Demonstrated success leading technical strategy on large, complex opportunities • Proven ability to design and price large-scale solutions, including budgetary and detailed cost estimating • Experience owning offering definition, pricing, or packaging for a technology practice or portfolio • Experience managing OEM/vendor relationships and subcontractor resources • Ability to translate customer requirements into a bill of materials (BOM) and system design • Ability to present credibly to executive and C-level audiences on technical and financial merits • Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills; ability to prioritize, multitask, and adapt to new technologies • Willingness to pursue ongoing learning and professional growth

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible paid time off • 5% 401K matching program • Equity opportunities • Incentive and bonus programs • Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave • Flexible spending accounts • Full-health benefits with base employee coverage fully funded • Medical, dental, and vision coverage • Life insurance • Short and long-term disability coverage • Income protection benefits • Flexible and remote work options • Professional development opportunities for career growth • Opportunities to make a social impact through innovative projects