Network Solutions Architect

CSI • Remote - Kentucky, KY

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About The Position

CSI is seeking an experienced Solutions Architect with a focus in networking to support customer-facing technology solution design, technical discovery, and pre-sales consulting for financial institutions and commercial customers. This role serves as a trusted advisor to customers, sales teams, internal delivery teams, and vendor partners by translating business objectives, technical requirements, and operational challenges into practical, scalable, and well-scoped technology solutions. The ideal candidate will bring advanced networking architecture experience, strong consultative communication skills, and the ability to develop accurate, business-aligned solution proposals. This position requires a strong understanding of enterprise networking, network security, WAN connectivity, SD-WAN, VPN, wireless, and Azure networking concepts, along with the ability to clearly document recommendations through Statements of Work, Bills of Materials, and technical solution proposals.

Requirements

• Minimum of ten years of relevant work experience in networking, infrastructure, technical architecture, solution design, consulting, implementation, or a closely related technical field.
• Demonstrated experience designing, evaluating, or supporting enterprise network solutions.
• Experience developing or contributing to customer-facing technical proposals, Statements of Work, Bills of Materials, or implementation estimates.
• Strong understanding of customer discovery, requirements gathering, technical scoping, and solution documentation.
• Experience working with internal technical teams, sales teams, customers, and third-party vendors to develop complete and accurate technology recommendations.
• Enterprise routing and switching
• Routing protocols, including BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP
• WAN technologies, MPLS, DIA, broadband, and carrier circuit design
• Network security, segmentation, and secure connectivity
• Next-generation firewalls and network security services
• SD-WAN architecture, design, and deployment strategies
• Wireless networking solutions
• Site-to-site VPN and remote access VPN technologies
• Azure networking, including Virtual Networks, VPN Gateways, ExpressRoute, Network Security Groups, Azure Firewall, Load Balancers, and connectivity design
• Network monitoring, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and capacity considerations

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting financial institutions, regulated industries, or commercial customers with complex network environments.
• Familiarity with Cisco, Meraki, Palo Alto, Microsoft Azure, or comparable enterprise networking and security platforms.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts in a clear, business-focused manner.
• Strong documentation skills with attention to scope clarity, assumptions, dependencies, and implementation requirements.
• Ability to balance customer needs, technical feasibility, operational supportability, and business value.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and consultative communication skills.
• Relevant industry certifications are preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate directly with customers to understand business objectives, technical needs, operational challenges, and desired outcomes.
• Conduct technical discovery sessions to identify customer requirements, environmental constraints, project dependencies, risks, assumptions, and success criteria.
• Design, evaluate, and recommend enterprise networking solutions aligned to customer needs, CSI standards, and implementation best practices.
• Develop accurate and complete Statements of Work, Bills of Materials, implementation assumptions, and supporting documentation for customer proposals.
• Provide technical solution proposals within the candidate’s area of expertise, including recommendations for appropriate products, services, resources, and implementation approaches.
• Partner with CSI sales, managed services, implementation, support, and engineering teams to ensure proposed solutions are technically sound, clearly scoped, and operationally supportable.
• Collaborate with third-party vendors and technology partners to validate solution design, interoperability, pricing, licensing, and implementation requirements.
• Estimate implementation effort and assist with defining project scope, customer responsibilities, CSI responsibilities, and delivery expectations.
• Maintain strong knowledge of current and emerging Managed Services offerings and articulate how CSI solutions deliver measurable business value.
• Support internal teams by answering technical questions, clarifying solution intent, and assisting with customer opportunity documentation.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers and internal stakeholders throughout the sales and solution development lifecycle.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Eligibility for incentive awards based on both individual and business performance
• Comprehensive range of benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed