• Evaluate and select optimal model architectures (LLMs, SLMs, or traditional ML) based on mission requirements, considering tradeoffs between accuracy, latency, and cost. • Guide customers on "Build vs. Buy vs. Fine-tune" decisions, prioritizing open-source models (Llama, Mistral, Falcon) that can run securely within a sovereign data perimeter. • Experience building Agentic Workflows (AI agents that can execute API calls and multi-step tasks). • Design and implement robust data pipelines within CDP to transform "messy" legacy data into AI-ready formats. • Develop and optimize Vector Databases and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures to ground AI responses in verified agency facts. • Build Data pipelines with Spark, Nifi, Kafka or other ETL tools. • Optimize model inference for production environments using quantization, pruning, and hardware acceleration (NVIDIA GPU orchestration). • Implement LLMOps to monitor model performance, detect hallucination rates, and manage model versioning and drift. • Collaborate with the customer’s AI Center of Excellence (CoE) to establish automated guardrails for ethics, bias mitigation, and FedRAMP/IL5 compliance. • Translate complex technical AI concepts into mission-value briefings for GS-level stakeholders and agency leadership.

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 Senior Solution Architect - Enterprise Networking is a field-based technical pre-sales role that focuses on developing comprehensive 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 Enterprise Networking services business. What you will do: * Develop appropriate 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 requirements in the sales cycle and through a consultative approach provides enhanced business outcomes beyond initial customer expectations. * Maintain strategic relationships with Customers, Internal Sales & Delivery management, acting as a trusted advisor to drive business growth. * Maintain relationships with Key strategic partners and maintain at least 3 partner technical certifications. * Practice ownership of your assigned territory by establishing a regular cadence with vendors/partners/customers and assisting Sales with territory strategy planning. * Act as a subject matter expert in multiple families of products and solutions. * Drive outreach initiatives, technical enablement projects, coaching, and mentoring for other SAs. * Develops content to effectively train coworkers in formal trainings as well as team huddles. What We Expect Of You * Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. * Minimum of five years in technical, pre-sales, or post-sale delivery role. * Extensive hands on experience with routing, switching, wireless networking, campus switching, SD-WAN, data center networking solutions from partners like Cisco, Aruba, HPE, Juniper, Meraki, Extreme and Dell. * Motivated, self-starting, and able to independently perform high quality work with minimal guidance. * Industry knowledge and domain expertise: An SSA 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 SSA 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 SSA 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: $94,500- $132,100 depending on experience and skill set Annual bonus target of 25% subject to terms and conditions of plan A Benefits overview: 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.Additionally, CDW is committed to fostering an equitable, transparent, and respectful hiring process for all applicants. During our application process, our goal is to understand your experience, strengths, skills, and qualifications. As an AI forward company, we see AI not just as a tool, but as a catalyst for new ways of thinking, creating, and communicating. We encourage candidates to embrace an AI mindset, one that's curious, adaptive, and ready to explore what's possible. We welcome thoughtful use of AI to expand your perspective and elevate how you share your story, while ensuring your application remains rooted in your own background, judgment, and voice. * About Us * CDW is a Fortune 500 technology solutions provider that helps businesses, government, education, and healthcare organizations achieve what's possible through technology. What makes CDW different isn't just what we do- it's how we do it. At CDW we act as one- building trust, speaking candidly, and working together to achieve more. We play to win- focusing on what matters most and delivering for our customers. And we think forward- staying curious, moving fast, and continuously learning. We believe meaningful work happens when people feel supported, heard, and empowered to contribute. That's why we think of ourselves as coworkers, not just employees- working together to solve complex challenges and deliver real impact for our customers and communities. As a full-stack, full-lifecycle technology partner, CDW brings deep expertise, strong relationships, and broad industry knowledge to help turn ideas into outcomes. When you join CDW, you become part of a collaborative environment where your work matters, your growth is supported, and your contributions help shape what's next. Together, we deliver the full promise of what technology can do. * Together, we Make Amazing Happen. * 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.

• Discovering Customer Requirements: Diagnose technical and business pain, confirming root causes and negative consequences. Engage key stakeholders to confirm desired future state, mapping it to success metrics and business outcomes. Support customer digital sales rooms, providing technical input and ensuring alignment between sales and technical teams. • Validating Solution Fit: Lead workshops, trials, or POCs to validate solution fit with business objectives. Position competitive advantages to influence trial success criteria. Guide customer teams to integrate our solutions into their data stacks during trials while driving measurable business outcomes. Support technical aspects of credit sizing estimates. • Customer Onboarding and Growth: Actively support customer cadences and business review meetings ensuring platform adoption, achievement of business goals, and driving customer engagement. Identify and drive opportunities for upselling and expansion, ensuring customers realise value by increasing platform consumption through new workloads and groups. Cultivate trusted advisor relationships with customers through cadences to set up technical infrastructure, rapidly achieve first value, and create long term customer engagement. Monitor adoption dashboards for key success indicators, proactively driving consumption upward, and ensuring the timely resolution of issues. • Marketing and Thought Leadership: Create technical content and case studies that demonstrate how Matillion’s solutions address customer challenges. Represent Matillion as a technical expert at industry events, conferences, and user groups, fostering a strong brand presence. • Product Feedback & Improvement: Collect and communicate customer feedback to the Product and Engineering teams, ensuring continuous product improvements and alignment with market needs. Stay informed about industry trends and best practices in data integration, cloud computing, and data transformation, sharing insights with both customers and internal teams.

• Lead and coach the solutions architecture team • Work with sales leadership to establish and refine our customer facing demos and presales process with the goal of reducing sales timelines and increasing conversion rates and deal size • Drive a culture of accountability and collaboration • Represent Cobalt’s unique value prop to customers and prospects • Serve as a technical advisor to customers/prospects on how to best build a continuous offensive security program • Represent Cobalt at trade shows and industry events • Represent the customer internally, providing input on the product roadmap, messaging, positioning and pricing • Partner cross functionally to shape new offerings and business models