Partner Architect - Cisco | Remote, USA

Optiv • Overland Park, KS

1d • Remote

About The Position

This position will be fully remote and can be hired anywhere in the continental U.S. The Partner Architect - Cisco serves as a strategic technical advisor and enablement leader, bridging Optiv’s sales, services, and partner ecosystems. This role drives pre-sales excellence through deep technical expertise, hands-on solution demonstrations, and enablement programs that enhance both internal teams and client outcomes. The Partner Architect - Cisco will champion assigned partner technologies—showcasing use cases, aligning solutions with client goals, and ensuring seamless integration across Optiv’s portfolio.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Cisco Security technologies.
• Must hold active CCIE Security
• Proven track record in both pre-sales and post-sales technical roles.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and writing skills, including experience with large-audience engagements.
• Strong ability to translate complex technical concepts into business value.
• Ability to travel up to 40% for client meetings, partner events, and enablement sessions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver detailed presentations and demonstrations of partner technologies to internal teams and clients.
• Develop and maintain technical sales tools and documentation, including: Sizing guidelines Best practice and integration guides Solution design and implementation documentation
• Lead use case development and create reusable demonstration assets.
• Build and execute enablement sessions and workshops for sales and technical teams.
• Define and document solution architectures, product matrices, and roadmap alignment for partner technologies.
• Provide SKU guidance, bundling strategies, and partner service mapping to drive consistent solution delivery.
• Collaborate with client advisory and delivery teams to ensure alignment with best practices and deployment standards.
• Validate service offerings and scoping for technical accuracy and consistency.
• Support client retention and technology optimization through advisory and best-practice assessments.
• Conduct client workshops to maximize solution adoption and identify upsell opportunities.
• Partner with Client Solution Architects to ensure clients realize full value from their technology investments.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex partner-related services and solution challenges.
• Shadow partner engineering and internal consulting teams periodically to stay aligned on evolving capabilities.
• Contribute to internal communities of practice and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Maintain expert-level technical certifications in assigned partner technologies.

Benefits

• A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through our Employee Resource Groups
• Work/life balance
• Professional training resources
• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
• Volunteer Opportunities.
• “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
• The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees