Solutions Architect - Enterprise Network and Security

Job Description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life.

What you’ll be doing...

Exciting opportunities exist within the Verizon Global Presales Engineering organization. As a Solutions Architect (SA), you will be an integral part of a talented team collaborating with our clients’ on their Digital Transformation. You play a meaningful role in building long-term business relationships within assigned enterprise accounts - Manufacturing, Healthcare, Auto, Logistic, Chemical, Retail. This is a high-impact role working closely with the Sales team and customers to identify and qualify opportunities and design solutions to address customer business challenges.

You will seek to build deep, consultative technical relationships with your customers, effectively becoming a trusted adviser. An SA is ideally positioned to understand the customer's high-level objectives and match these to Verizon solutions in order to satisfy business and technical requirements.

• Being an integral part of a team to identify and qualify business opportunities and develop the strategy to resolve technical matters.

• Recommending integration strategies, enterprise architectures, platforms and application infrastructure required to successfully implement a complete solution using best practices.

• Owning the technical relationship with Verizon customers, including managing product and solution briefings, proof-of-concept work, and the coordination of additional technical resources.

• Working directly with customers to create solutions and use cases that leverage Verizon product integrations that generate business value.

• Articulating the Verizon Enterprise vision on technologies and solutions towards the Client; positions Verizon Enterprise as thought leader on key technological developments.

• Leading prioritization of Customer solution / technical requirements and champions resolution of solution / product gaps internally (also towards Product Groups).

• Developing individual skill set and expand product knowledge to maximize value and to deliver quality services to our clients.

• Traveling to Client sites, conferences, and other related events as required.

What we’re looking for...

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Six or more years of work experience in the tech industry, pre-sales, customer-facing, consulting or other relevant technical experience.

• Six or more years of experience architecting and developing LAN/WAN or large infrastructure and network solutions for enterprise customers.

• Six or more years of experience architecting and developing security strategy, SOC and other security solutions for enterprise customers. Knowledge of data and information security - especially as it relates to issues within businesses.

• English and business level Japanese communications skills.

• Willingness to travel (customer face-to-face meeting).

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• MBA/MS degree.

• Ability to quickly learn, understand, and work with new emerging technologies, methodologies and solutions in the cloud/IT technology space.

• Experience running multiple projects or deals under tight timelines.

• One or more Security, architecture, and industry certifications such as AWS Solution Architect, Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK), CompTIA Security+, Cisco Certified Design or Network Associate, ITIL Foundations, or similar.

• Experience implementing or designing two or more of the following: Data and IP Services Managed Operations; Security Services; Call Center Technologies and or IT Applications Management.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

37.5

Diversity and Inclusion

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.