Solutions Architect - Presales (Cisco)

About the role

Ingram Micro is hiring a Solutions Architect for its presales team in Ahmedabad. You will work closely with Sales, Partners and Customers to understand their business and technical needs, then design end-to-end Cisco solutions and turn them into proposals and designs.

Key responsibilities

• Design end-to-end Cisco solutions covering Enterprise Networking (switching, routing, wireless), Security (firewalls, Cisco ISE, Duo, Umbrella, Secure Access), SD-WAN, Cloud and Data Center
• Create High-Level Designs (HLD), Low-Level Designs (LLD) and Bill of Quantities / Bill of Materials
• Prepare and respond to RFPs, RFIs and RFQs, and write techno-commercial proposals, compliance matrices and scope documents
• Deliver solution presentations, demos, PoCs and technical walkthroughs, and support deal qualification, BOQ presentations and deal ID creation
• Act as a trusted technical advisor for customers and partners, and coordinate with Professional Services, delivery teams, Cisco Account Teams, TAC and OEM support
• Maintain solution documentation and mentor junior pre-sales engineers

Required profile

• B.E. / B.Tech in a relevant discipline
• 4-8 years of experience as a Pre-Sales / Solution Engineer
• Cisco certifications such as CCNA / CCNP preferred
• Strong presentation, communication and documentation skills, able to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Customer-focused mindset and ability to work independently

Required skills

• Networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, ICMP
• Network security: firewalls, VPNs, content filtering
• Cisco Meraki (MX, MS, MR) deployment and dashboard management
• Cisco DNA Center, ISE, Umbrella, Duo, Secure Service Connect
• SNMP-based network monitoring (ManageEngine and similar)
• Preferred: basic knowledge of AD, DNS, DHCP, NTP and virtualization

What we offer

• Exposure to enterprise and large-scale Cisco deployments
• Work with cross-functional sales, partner and delivery teams
• Opportunity to grow as a trusted technical advisor and architect