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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Consulting Solutions Architect-Global Service Provider - **Company:** World Wide Technology - **Location:** Arnold, MO, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $81,000 - $157,000 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Computer Clusters, Data Centers, Wide Area Networks, AI Infrastructure, Computer Network Operations, Bicsi, Build Management, Containerization, Open Network Automation Platform, Cisco - **Published:** November 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/consulting-solutions-architect-global-service-provider-arnold-mo--15b5a628-0318-4088-b378-b33b1bf01974 ## About the Role Required * 3+ years in a customer-facing architecture, consulting, pre-sales engineering, or technical business development role; 5+ years preferred. * Experience in service provider, cable/MSO, telco, NeoCloud or AI infrastructure, hyperscale or colocation data center, or similar large-scale environments. * Working depth in several of the following: * IP and optical networking, route/switch, wireless, SD-WAN, network automation * Data center infrastructure: power, cooling, structured cabling, high-density fiber, rack integration * AI and HPC infrastructure: GPU clusters, high-speed fabrics, AI factory build-outs, Day 2 operations * Compute, storage, virtualization, cloud, and container platforms * Security, observability, and AI-enabled operations * Service provider facilities: headends, hubs, central offices, and edge sites * Track record writing statements of work, estimates, pricing inputs, and RFP responses for professional services, managed services, or resourcing engagements. * Comfort with the commercial side of a deal: labor models, cost versus sell, gross profit, and the tradeoffs between fixed fee and time and materials. * Ability to lead a multi-discipline team without formal authority, and the judgment to know when to bring in specialists and when to hand off to delivery. * Strong written communication and presentation skills, and comfort in front of customer executives. * Ability to travel up to 50% when required. * Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Preferred * Hands-on experience scoping or delivering AI factory, GPU cluster, or large-scale data center deployments. * Experience supporting global delivery across North America, EMEA, and APAC. * Experience interviewing and assessing technical talent. * Relevant industry certifications (for example Cisco, NVIDIA, cloud provider, BICSI, or PMP). ## Description Discover and shape * Lead discovery sessions, executive workshops, and whiteboard sessions with customer executives, architects, engineering, and operations leaders. * Turn customer priorities into qualified WWT opportunities across networking, data center, AI infrastructure, cloud, security, automation, managed services, and Strategic Resourcing. * Find whitespace in assigned accounts and work with the account team to go after it, including needs the customer hasn't fully defined yet. Drive services growth * Create services and Strategic Resourcing pipeline, not just support it: find, qualify, and open opportunities, then drive them through each stage in partnership with the Client Executive. * Own the services motion on assigned opportunities, from the first conversation through a signed SOW or PO. * Attach professional services, managed services, Day 2 operations, and staffing to infrastructure and hardware deals, and grow first projects into follow-on and recurring work. * Lead commercial conversations with customer stakeholders on scope, pricing, and terms, and protect margin through scope tradeoffs and change orders. * Act as the services lead on accounts without a dedicated services seller, and work closely with services sellers where they're engaged. * Forecast services pipeline and GP with the account team, and hit agreed services targets. Design and build the offering * Develop solution architectures, options, roadmaps, and decision criteria that tie technology choices to business outcomes. * Own the services scope: write or lead statements of work, ROMs, assumptions, dependencies, and the delivery approach. * Build labor, staffing, and pricing models with services, finance, and Strategic Resourcing teams, and pressure-test them for margin and deliverability. * Lead or support responses to RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs, including technical write-ups and customer defense presentations. * Source and evaluate subcontractors and delivery partners, issue partner RFQs, and compare responses on scope, risk, and cost. * Use the Advanced Technology Center, labs, proofs of concept, and OEM partners to validate approaches when the stakes justify it. Orchestrate and hand off * Pull together account, services, SC&E, PMO, integration center, Strategic Resourcing, finance, and OEM teams so the customer experiences one WWT. * Participate in account planning, APS, pipeline reviews, and QBRs as the architecture lead. * Screen and interview engineers, technicians, and project managers for Strategic Resourcing and services engagements so the right people land on the work. * Stay engaged through contracting, kickoff, and early delivery on complex engagements; support project managers with technical governance and change requests when the work calls for it. Build what scales * Turn recurring patterns into repeatable offers, reference architectures, scoping tools, and customer-facing content. * Share what you're seeing in the market with account teams and the broader CSA community. * Build working relationships with strategic OEM and technology partners and with WWT services and delivery leaders. * Flag gaps in WWT's portfolio and help close them. What success looks like in year one * Trusted relationships with customer architects and technology executives in your assigned accounts. * Qualified services and Strategic Resourcing pipeline that ties back to the account plan. * Opportunities that move from shaped to closed, with scopes and pricing that hold up in delivery. * Measurable contribution to GP growth across your assigned accounts. * Reusable offers, architectures, or scoping tools that other teams actually pick up and use.