Consulting Solutions Architect (TOLA Region)

World Wide Technology Healthcare Solutions • Houston, TX

4h • $150,000 - $175,000

About The Position

As a Consulting Solutions Architect (CSA), you will lead the technical vision and pre-sales strategy for Fortune-500-scale customers across the TOLA region. This role is ideal for a seasoned engineer who thrives on designing big-picture, multi-domain solutions, guiding customers through data center modernization, hybrid cloud adoption, AI/HPC platform evolution, and resilient DR/BC architectures.

You will serve as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders—equally comfortable in deep technical design sessions, business strategy discussions, or early-stage opportunity qualification. One day you may architect an HPA/HPC compute cluster or hybrid cloud design; the next, you could be leading executive conversations on AI readiness, ransomware recovery, or digital transformation priorities.

You’ll partner with WWT Client Executives, OEM partners, and cross-functional engineering teams to develop solutions that are technically sound, financially aligned, and value-driven. Leveraging WWT’s Advanced Technology Center (ATC) for demos, workshops, and proofs-of-concept, you will accelerate customer decision-making and deliver exceptional outcomes.

This is a senior pre-sales + architectural leadership role for someone who loves solving complex problems, influencing at all levels, and connecting technology architecture to business strategy.

Requirements

• Must live in the Houston, TX metro.
• 8+ years in solutions architecture, systems engineering, or consulting roles supporting large enterprise environments.
• Proven history designing complex multi-domain architectures including DC core, cloud, storage, networking, security, and AI/HPC components.
• Strong experience in pre-sales, including discovery, whiteboarding, proposal development, and presenting to executive stakeholders.
• Broad knowledge across multiple domains including: Data Center: compute, virtualization, HCI, SAN/NAS/Object storage, backup, replication, DR/BC
• Cyber Resilience: immutable backups, air-gapped storage, ransomware response, rapid recovery
• Networking: EVPN/VXLAN, leaf-spine, DCI, high-speed fabrics
• Hybrid Cloud: AWS/Azure/GCP connectivity, landing-zone concepts, workload placement
• HPA/HPC: GPUs, DPUs, parallel file systems, schedulers, distributed compute
• AI/ML Infrastructure: data pipelines, training/inference patterns, hyperscaler ML services
• Platform Engineering: Kubernetes, containerization, CI/CD, GitOps, automation
• Strong business acumen; can tie technology investment to financial outcomes (TCO/ROI).
• Excellent presentation, whiteboarding, and storytelling skills for both technical and executive audiences.
• Ability to lead by influence, manage expectations, and drive multi-stakeholder alignment.
• Adept at simplifying complex concepts and guiding customers toward strategic, future-proof solutions.
• Exceptional communication, documentation, and follow-through.
• Naturally curious, creative problem-solver with a consultative mindset.
• Thrives in fast-paced, high-visibility environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to travel up to ~25–40% across the TOLA region.

Nice To Haves

• Industry certifications (Cisco, VMware, Dell, Red Hat, NVIDIA, AWS/Azure/GCP, etc.) preferred.
• Industrial networking
• ICS/SCADA
• Edge compute
• Secure OT/IT
• Manufacturing/Energy edge deployments

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical sales and solutioning strategy for assigned accounts across TOLA.
• Design end-to-end architectures spanning core data center, hybrid cloud, AI/HPC, storage, network fabric, and cyber-resilient DR/BC capabilities.
• Produce reference architectures, high-level designs, migration strategies, bills of materials, and solution roadmaps.
• Build integrated hybrid cloud and AI platform patterns across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-prem environments.
• Translate customer requirements into custom technical designs that address business, operational, and financial goals.
• Lead modernization of compute, virtualization, HCI, storage (SAN/NAS/Object), and DC networking (Leaf-Spine, EVPN/VXLAN).
• Architect DR/BC strategies including RTO/RPO alignment, multi-site failover, ransomware-resistant backups, immutable storage, and rapid recovery patterns.
• Guide customers through SPC (space/power/cooling) planning, high-density rack strategies, liquid cooling readiness, and sustainability goals.
• Design GPU/accelerator topologies and HPC clusters for AI/ML, simulation, and high-performance workloads.
• Architect HPC stacks including Slurm/LSF/PBS, parallel file systems (Lustre, BeeGFS, GPFS), containerized HPC, and high-speed fabrics (InfiniBand, RoCEv2).
• Align hyperscaler AI services (Azure ML, SageMaker, Vertex AI) with on-prem clusters and data pipelines.
• Lead executive AI readiness conversations, identifying use cases, data pathways, and infrastructure requirements.
• Drive high-level business discussions around modernization, resilience, AI adoption, cost optimization, and operating models.
• Partner with sales to identify, qualify, and shape early-stage opportunities—including value mapping, capability assessments, and solution framing.
• Understand client financial requirements and create cost-effective, future-proof solutions aligned to business KPIs and transformation goals.
• Communicate with clarity and confidence, leading conversations and setting expectations with precision.
• Build, grow, and manage trusted relationships with customers, becoming their go-to technical advisor.
• Collaborate closely with OEM partners to craft unified, multi-vendor solutions.
• Represent WWT’s value proposition clearly, demonstrating how our expertise, ATC capabilities, and services accelerate customer outcomes.
• Leverage the ATC for live demos, hands-on workshops, PoCs, and solution validation.
• Collaborate across sales, engineering, delivery, partner teams, and other CSAs to ensure cohesive, quality solutions.
• Contribute thought leadership—sharing insights, trends, and best practices internally and externally.
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies across hybrid cloud, AI, HPC, DC networking, security, and digital workplace.
• Own your professional development with guidance from leadership.
• Model WWT’s culture of innovation, teamwork, curiosity, and customer-first service.

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees