Consulting Solutions Architect - Global Accounts

Qualifications:

• Preferred locations: northeast US; Dallas, TX; Columbus, OH
• 10+ years' experience leading Storage and compute initiatives for large enterprises
• Experience in the Financial Services Industry strongly preferred. Expertise in large, regulated enterprises can also apply.
• In-depth understanding of Financial Services industry use cases and trends in storage, compute, and AI
• Expert level experience in enterprise primary storage and compute market
• Experience with more than one OEM such as Dell, NetApp, Pure, IBM, DDN, VAST, Weka...
• Experience with Storage tier such as Block storage, File Storage, Object Storage
• Experience with Storage protocols such as FC, NFS, SMB, NVMEoF, S3, IB...
• Experience with Compute architecture with both Intel, AMD, Nvidia, ARM...
• Experience with designing enterprise scale datacenter architecture
• Knowledge of traditional and emerging OEM players in Data Analytics and AI/ML, such as Nvidia, Snowflake, and Public Cloud providers
• Experience with Nvidia AI solutions (Hardware and Software) preferred
• Broad understanding of traditional infrastructure technologies and their relevance in successful adoption of Storage and Compute solutions
• Comfort in a dual Thought Leader-Sales Leader role, helping translate client needs into sales opportunities
• Team player: comfortable operating in settings where ultimate success is driven by teams (sales, services) outside of direct control yet dependent on ability to partner, provide access and empower these teams in pursuit of identified opportunities
• 40% travel may be required.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, thought leadership, and the ability to translate complex technology concepts into easily understood and actionable decisions

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The well-being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

• Health and Wellbeing: Health, Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement
• Additional Perks: Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program

We strive to create an environment where all employees are empowered to succeed based on their skills, performance, and dedication. Our goal is to cultivate a culture of belonging that encourages innovation, collaboration, and respect for all team members, ensuring that WWT remains a great place to work for All!

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Why WWT?

Fueled by creativity and ideation, World Wide Technology strives to accelerate our growth and nurture future innovation. From our world class culture, to our generous benefits, to developing cutting edge technology solutions, WWT constantly works towards its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is a great place to work. We encourage our employees to embrace collaboration, get creative and think outside the box when it comes to delivering some of the most advanced technology solutions for our customers.

At a glance, WWT was founded in 1990 in St. Louis, Missouri. We employ over 10,000 individuals and closed nearly $16 Billion in revenue. We have an inclusive culture and believe our core values are the key to company and employee success. WWT is proud to announce that it has been named on the FORTUNE "100 Best Places to Work For " list for the twelfth consecutive year!

Want to work with highly motivated individuals that come together to form high performance teams? Come join WWT today! We are looking for a Consulting Solutions Architect (CSA) to join our Global Enterprise team.

What will you be doing?

You will have an opportunity to enable / accelerate the growth of our Sales within the Global Enterprise East team with a strong focus on the largest/Global customers across North America, EMEA and APAC.

• Client focus: Represent the Global Enterprise business as a Senior Technology peerwith the goal of strengthening WWTs brand as a trusted Innovation partner and accelerating DC storage, compute and AI growth.
• OEM focus: Represent the GlobalEnterprise business as a Senior Technology counterpart with the goal of strengthening and expanding our partnerships with incumbent and emerging Data Center storage and compute OEMs
• Internal focus: Bring industry and OEM insights back into WWT to ensure our Data Center value prop to our Global Enterprise Industry remains relevant and differentiated

Responsibilities:

• Act as a senior technology counterpart to our senior client stakeholders with the goal of strengthening WWT's brand as a trusted Innovation partner and drive storage and compute growth in region.
• Advise clients on Technology Engineering/Architecture and Ops strategic decisions and help client 'make sense' of a broad array of Architectures and Technology options available to them in the Storage and Compute space.
• Closely partner with Global Enterprise Sales, Engineering and Services leadership and contribute to the development of market relevant solutions and long-term growth strategies.
• Develop mutually beneficial relationships with OEM partners. Stay abreast of new offerings within existing OEMs and new entrants/disruptors into OEM space. Ensure that engineering and sales teams are up to date on relevant OEM offerings.
• Provide industry, client and OEM insight back into WWT to ensure sustained innovation and differentiation with a focus on the Global Financial industry. Internal partners to include our Advanced Technology Center Innovation Lab, WWT partner management organization and WWT Services Orgs.
• Drive thought Leadership and social/professional media messaging in support of the above