Description At CDW, we make it happen, together. Trust, connection, and commitment are at the heart of how we work together to deliver for our customers. It's why we're coworkers, not just employees. Coworkers who genuinely believe in supporting our customers and one another. We collectively forge our path forward with a level of commitment that speaks to who we are and where we're headed. We're proud to share our story and Make Amazing Happen at CDW. Job Summary The Consulting Sol Architect - HI is a field-based technical pre-sales role that focuses on developing comprehensive security solutions for CDW customers. This role involves providing consultative guidance, supporting partner product sales, scoping service offerings, and fostering strategic relationships to drive business growth. In this role you will be working with customers, delivery, and internal sales teams to develop and maintain strategic relationships and be a trusted advisor to grow our Hybrid Infrastructure services business. What you will do: * Develop appropriate product scoping, bill of materials, assessment, and service solutions for CDW customers, including architecture, optimizations, technology health checks, deployment services, and advisory services. * Collaborate with customers, delivery teams, and internal sales to offer consultative guidance, plan sales strategy, and author statements of work (SOWs). * Analyze technical and competitive considerations, defining actions to meet customer expectations in the sales cycle by uncovering customer long-term goals and requirements and crafting solutions that build towards the desired end goals. * Maintain strategic relationships with Customers, Internal Sales & Delivery management, acting as a trusted advisor to drive business growth. * Maintain relationships with Key strategic partners by maintaining at least 5 partner technical certifications. * Grow influence in your assigned territory by high levels of engagement with vendors/partners/customers/Sales as a strategic advisor and being seen by teammates as an expert in the field. * Act as a subject matter expert in multiple families of products and solutions, providing regular contributions to CDW marketing approved online activities, such as LinkedIn, blog posts, online magazine, etc. * Drive outreach initiatives, technical enablement projects, coaching, and mentoring for other SAs, Solution Executives, and Field Sellers. * Mentoring and coaching of solution architects around best practices to engage with coworkers and customers. What we expect of you: * Bachelor's Degree and 7 + years of experience in technical, pre-sales, or post-sale delivery role OR 11+ years of experience in technical, pre-sales, or post-sale delivery * Motivated, self-starting, and able to independently perform high quality work with minimal guidance. * Industry knowledge and domain expertise: An SA should possess domain expertise. They should understand industry-specific challenges, regulations, and best practices. They should have a deep understanding of the architecture, products, technologies, and solutions offered by the company. This knowledge enables them to provide tailored recommendations and position the company's solutions effectively within the industry landscape. * Team collaboration and leadership: Collaboration with cross-functional teams, including sales and delivery, is crucial in this role. A SA should be able to work effectively in a team, lead technical discussions, and influence decision-making. They may also provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members. * Customer-focused approach: An SA must have a customer-centric mindset and be able to understand and articulate customer needs effectively. They should possess excellent communication and presentation skills to engage with customers, gather requirements, and explain technical concepts in a clear and concise manner. Building relationships, understanding customer pain points, and providing tailored solutions are key aspects of this role. * Solution design and problem-solving skills: The candidate should have the ability to design and communicate comprehensive solutions that address customer requirements, business challenges, and build consensus around the final solution. They should be skilled in analyzing complex problems, identifying appropriate solutions, and translating technical concepts into understandable terms for customers. Strong problem-solving skills are crucial for identifying and resolving technical issues or gaps in proposed solutions. * Willingness to travel up to 25% or as needed. Pay range: $121,450 - $170,010 depending on experience and skill set Annual bonus target of 25% subject to terms and conditions of plan Benefits overview: [https://cdw.benefit-info.com/](https://cdw.benefit-info.com/) Salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials * CDW is committed to being an AI-fluent organization * We're looking for people who bring curiosity, a learner's mindset, and a willingness to engage with ever-evolving technology and tools. We value adopting AI as a partner, openness to experimentation, and a shared interest in learning together on AI. Our goal is to create a culture where AI enhances- not replaces- human creativity and decision-making. You don't need to be an expert today; what matters is your readiness to explore, adapt, and grow with us as we integrate AI responsibly and effectively into our work. * We make technology work so people can do great things. * CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW helps its customers to navigate an increasingly complex IT market and maximize return on their technology investments. Together, we unite. Together, we win. Together, we thrive. CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law. CDW is committed to fostering an equitable, transparent, and respectful hiring process for all applicants. During our application process, CDW's goal is to get to know you as an applicant and understand your experience, strengths, skills, and qualifications. While AI can help you present yourself more clearly and effectively, the essence of your application should be authentically yours. To learn more, please review [CDW's AI Applicant Notice](https://www.cdwjobs.com/pages/ai-applicant-notice).

At DraftKings, AI is becoming an integral part of both our present and future, powering how work gets done today, guiding smarter decisions, and sparking bold ideas. It's transforming how we enhance customer experiences, streamline operations, and unlock new possibilities. Our teams are energized by innovation and readily embrace emerging technology. We're not waiting for the future to arrive. We're shaping it, one bold step at a time. To those who see AI as a driver of progress, come build the future together. The Crown Is Yours As a Software Architect, you'll help design and scale the systems that power world-class digital experiences. You'll play a critical role in shaping architectural decisions while staying close to the code, ensuring our platforms are resilient, performant, and built to evolve. Working across Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Platform teams, you'll influence how we approach distributed systems at scale and elevate technical standards across the organization. Your work will strengthen our foundation today while enabling us to move faster and smarter tomorrow. The Unified Trading Platform domain is at the center of our sports offering ecosystem, delivering real-time, high-volume sports data that powers odds, events, and market experiences. In this role, you'll take technical ownership of the domain and help drive the evolution of resilient, scalable, and high-performing systems. You'll translate product needs into sustainable architecture, shape the technical direction of the platform, and help us solve complex challenges in a multi-tenant, global environment with real-time data requirements. What you'll do - Define and evolve architectural solutions that improve system performance, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence. - Design and refine frameworks, tooling, and engineering standards that enhance system resilience and longterm maintainability. - Partner closely with Product, Infrastructure, and Platform teams to embed sound architectural principles into planning, design, and delivery. - Contribute hands-on to critical initiatives, including prototypes, proof-of-concepts, and production systems that demonstrate scalable, maintainable design. - Guide teams in adopting robust distributed system patterns, ensuring fault tolerance, observability, and operational maturity are built in from day one. - Provide thoughtful design reviews and technical guidance that raise the bar for engineering quality and consistency. - Collaborate with engineering leaders to align architectural decisions with business priorities and long-term platform strategy. What you will bring : - At least 8 years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience designing and evolving large-scale distributed systems in production environments. - Extensive knowledge of messaging and streaming systems; hands-on expertise with .NET and Kafka is a strong advantage. - Proven understanding of push-based microservices architecture, including containerization and orchestration paradigms. - Strong expertise in scalable design patterns, performance optimization, reliability engineering, and modern cloud-based architectures. - Proficiency with modern development practices, including continuous integration and delivery, infrastructure as code, and observability tooling. - Experience collaborating across teams to deliver cross-functional technical initiatives that improve system stability, scalability, or efficiency. - Clear, structured communication skills with the ability to document architectural decisions and influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - A passion for mentoring engineers, providing actionable design feedback, and continuously improving engineering standards. #LI-AA2 #LI-REMOTE Join Our Team We're a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don't worry, we'll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.

At DraftKings, AI is becoming an integral part of both our present and future, powering how work gets done today, guiding smarter decisions, and sparking bold ideas. It's transforming how we enhance customer experiences, streamline operations, and unlock new possibilities. Our teams are energized by innovation and readily embrace emerging technology. We're not waiting for the future to arrive. We're shaping it, one bold step at a time. To those who see AI as a driver of progress, come build the future together. The Crown Is Yours As a Software Architect, you'll help design and scale the systems that power world-class digital experiences. You'll play a critical role in shaping architectural decisions while staying close to the code, ensuring our platforms are resilient, performant, and built to evolve. Working across Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Platform teams, you'll influence how we approach distributed systems at scale and elevate technical standards across the organization. Your work will strengthen our foundation today while enabling us to move faster and smarter tomorrow. The Unified Trading Platform domain is at the center of our sports offering ecosystem, delivering real-time, high-volume sports data that powers odds, events, and market experiences. In this role, you'll take technical ownership of the domain and help drive the evolution of resilient, scalable, and high-performing systems. You'll translate product needs into sustainable architecture, shape the technical direction of the platform, and help us solve complex challenges in a multi-tenant, global environment with real-time data requirements. What you'll do - Define and evolve architectural solutions that improve system performance, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence. - Design and refine frameworks, tooling, and engineering standards that enhance system resilience and longterm maintainability. - Partner closely with Product, Infrastructure, and Platform teams to embed sound architectural principles into planning, design, and delivery. - Contribute hands-on to critical initiatives, including prototypes, proof-of-concepts, and production systems that demonstrate scalable, maintainable design. - Guide teams in adopting robust distributed system patterns, ensuring fault tolerance, observability, and operational maturity are built in from day one. - Provide thoughtful design reviews and technical guidance that raise the bar for engineering quality and consistency. - Collaborate with engineering leaders to align architectural decisions with business priorities and long-term platform strategy. What you will bring : - At least 8 years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience designing and evolving large-scale distributed systems in production environments. - Extensive knowledge of messaging and streaming systems; hands-on expertise with .NET and Kafka is a strong advantage. - Proven understanding of push-based microservices architecture, including containerization and orchestration paradigms. - Strong expertise in scalable design patterns, performance optimization, reliability engineering, and modern cloud-based architectures. - Proficiency with modern development practices, including continuous integration and delivery, infrastructure as code, and observability tooling. - Experience collaborating across teams to deliver cross-functional technical initiatives that improve system stability, scalability, or efficiency. - Clear, structured communication skills with the ability to document architectural decisions and influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - A passion for mentoring engineers, providing actionable design feedback, and continuously improving engineering standards. #LI-AA2 #LI-REMOTE Join Our Team We're a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don't worry, we'll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.

At DraftKings, AI is becoming an integral part of both our present and future, powering how work gets done today, guiding smarter decisions, and sparking bold ideas. It's transforming how we enhance customer experiences, streamline operations, and unlock new possibilities. Our teams are energized by innovation and readily embrace emerging technology. We're not waiting for the future to arrive. We're shaping it, one bold step at a time. To those who see AI as a driver of progress, come build the future together. The Crown Is Yours As a Software Architect, you'll help design and scale the systems that power world-class digital experiences. You'll play a critical role in shaping architectural decisions while staying close to the code, ensuring our platforms are resilient, performant, and built to evolve. Working across Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Platform teams, you'll influence how we approach distributed systems at scale and elevate technical standards across the organization. Your work will strengthen our foundation today while enabling us to move faster and smarter tomorrow. The Unified Trading Platform domain is at the center of our sports offering ecosystem, delivering real-time, high-volume sports data that powers odds, events, and market experiences. In this role, you'll take technical ownership of the domain and help drive the evolution of resilient, scalable, and high-performing systems. You'll translate product needs into sustainable architecture, shape the technical direction of the platform, and help us solve complex challenges in a multi-tenant, global environment with real-time data requirements. What you'll do - Define and evolve architectural solutions that improve system performance, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence. - Design and refine frameworks, tooling, and engineering standards that enhance system resilience and longterm maintainability. - Partner closely with Product, Infrastructure, and Platform teams to embed sound architectural principles into planning, design, and delivery. - Contribute hands-on to critical initiatives, including prototypes, proof-of-concepts, and production systems that demonstrate scalable, maintainable design. - Guide teams in adopting robust distributed system patterns, ensuring fault tolerance, observability, and operational maturity are built in from day one. - Provide thoughtful design reviews and technical guidance that raise the bar for engineering quality and consistency. - Collaborate with engineering leaders to align architectural decisions with business priorities and long-term platform strategy. What you will bring : - At least 8 years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience designing and evolving large-scale distributed systems in production environments. - Extensive knowledge of messaging and streaming systems; hands-on expertise with .NET and Kafka is a strong advantage. - Proven understanding of push-based microservices architecture, including containerization and orchestration paradigms. - Strong expertise in scalable design patterns, performance optimization, reliability engineering, and modern cloud-based architectures. - Proficiency with modern development practices, including continuous integration and delivery, infrastructure as code, and observability tooling. - Experience collaborating across teams to deliver cross-functional technical initiatives that improve system stability, scalability, or efficiency. - Clear, structured communication skills with the ability to document architectural decisions and influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - A passion for mentoring engineers, providing actionable design feedback, and continuously improving engineering standards. #LI-AA2 #LI-REMOTE Join Our Team We're a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don't worry, we'll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.