Advantix: Sr. Solutions Architect

ScanSource • Greenville, SC

13d • $110,000 - $130,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Advantix is seeking a Solutions Architect to design and scale enterprise cellular connectivity solutions for customers with complex mobility, IoT, and connected-device requirements. The role works across technology, customers, carriers, and commercial strategy, collaborating with sales, product, operations, customers, mobile network operators, and technology partners to turn business requirements into scalable, supportable, and commercially sound solutions.

The Solutions Architect leads technical discovery and designs cellular connectivity architectures, including multi-carrier solutions using SIM, eSIM, and managed connectivity technologies. The role evaluates carrier coverage, resiliency, failover, device compatibility, certification, provisioning, lifecycle needs, and cost. It partners with carriers and technology providers, supports complex troubleshooting, and develops connectivity strategies for customers operating across regions and countries.

The position partners with sales from opportunity discovery through solution design and deployment, translating technical needs into customer recommendations while considering pricing, margin, recurring revenue, support requirements, and cost to serve. It remains involved through implementation and operational handoff, helps establish deployment readiness, and participates in root-cause analysis. The role also presents architectures to technical and executive audiences and communicates tradeoffs in terms of cost, risk, reliability, scalability, and business impact.

This position is based in Greenville, South Carolina. Candidates must currently reside in the Greenville area or be willing to relocate. The role requires close collaboration with Advantix leadership, sales, product, and operational teams in Greenville. The compensation range is $110,000–$130,000 annually; the actual offer depends on work experience, education, skills, and achievements and will be mutually agreed upon. The position is not eligible for a variable pay component as part of the hiring range.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in cellular connectivity, IoT, telecommunications, enterprise mobility, solutions engineering, or solution architecture.
• Demonstrated experience personally designing complex customer solutions.
• Strong understanding of cellular networks, SIM/eSIM technologies, connected devices, and carrier services.
• Experience working directly with mobile network operators or global connectivity providers.
• Experience supporting large or complex customer deployments.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to translate customer needs into technical architectures and practical implementation plans.
• Ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly to non-technical and executive audiences.
• Understanding of how technical architecture affects revenue, margin, customer experience, and ongoing operational costs.
• Strong ownership mentality and ability to work across sales, product, operations, and technical teams.
• Must currently reside in the Greenville, South Carolina area or be willing to relocate.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with an MVNO, managed connectivity provider, IoT provider, mobile network operator, or enterprise mobility organization.
• Experience architecting multi-carrier or international connectivity solutions.
• Experience with global SIM/eSIM architectures and connectivity orchestration.
• Understanding of carrier wholesale pricing and economics.
• Experience with device certification and carrier approval processes.
• Experience with provisioning, activation, billing, and device lifecycle management.
• Experience developing new connectivity products or repeatable managed-service offerings.
• Experience supporting deployments across North America and international markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery for complex cellular connectivity opportunities.
• Architect enterprise mobility, IoT, and connected-device solutions, including multi-carrier approaches using SIM, eSIM, and managed connectivity technologies.
• Evaluate carrier coverage, resiliency, failover, device compatibility, certification, provisioning, and lifecycle requirements.
• Design connectivity approaches for customers operating across multiple regions and countries, balancing technical capability, customer needs, scalability, and cost.
• Work with mobile network operators, connectivity providers, device manufacturers, and technology partners; evaluate their capabilities against customer requirements.
• Support troubleshooting of complex issues involving devices, networks, configurations, carriers, and connectivity platforms.
• Help define multi-carrier and global connectivity strategies.
• Partner with sales to move opportunities from discovery through solution design and deployment, translating requirements into clear customer recommendations.
• Consider pricing, margin, recurring revenue, support requirements, and cost to serve when developing solutions.
• Identify opportunities to make customer-specific solutions into repeatable offerings and determine when specialized technical resources or partners are required.
• Support strategic customer opportunities where technical expertise can influence revenue, retention, or expansion.
• Stay engaged from solution design through implementation and operational handoff; account for provisioning, billing, support, compliance, and lifecycle management.
• Partner with operations and support teams to establish deployment readiness.
• Lead or participate in technical root-cause analysis when deployments do not perform as expected and use lessons learned to improve architectures, standards, and repeatable practices.
• Present technical architectures and recommendations to customers, explaining complex concepts and tradeoffs in business terms appropriate to engineers and executives.
• Build credibility as a trusted technical advisor to customers, sales teams, carriers, and partners.

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Life insurance
• 401(k) plan with matching provision
• 128 hours of paid time off (PTO) each calendar year outside California, prorated based on hire date; California employees accrue equivalent PTO each pay period
• 10 paid company holidays

What This Job Offers

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