Senior Solutions Architect

cture, Product, and cross-functional teams to design, position, and articulate end-to-end solutions that integrate networking, data center, cloud, and enterprise IT environments.

Acting as a trusted technical advisor, the Senior Solutions Architect translates complex customer requirements into scalable, repeatable, and commercially viable solutions aligned with Equinix's Interconnection-Oriented Architecture (IOA) and global go-to-market strategy.
Responsibilities

• Provide advanced solution architecture support to field, global, and channel sales teams throughout complex and consultative sales cycles.
• Partner with Account Executives to define and align customer technology strategies with Equinix's interconnection and digital infrastructure capabilities.
• Lead customer workshops, technical discovery sessions, and solution design discussions with technical and business stakeholders.
• Design end-to-end architectures across networking, data center infrastructure, cloud platforms, virtualization, and enterprise IT environments.
• Translate customer business requirements and technical constraints into clear solution architectures and value-based narratives.
• Develop solution benefits, value propositions, and business cases to support customer decision-making.
• Prepare and deliver customer-facing presentations, proposals, and technical documentation.
• Support proof-of-concepts, solution validation, and role-play activities as part of the sales process.
• Maintain deep technical expertise across relevant technologies and stay current with industry trends and emerging solutions.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Marketing, and Strategy teams on solution development and go-to-market initiatives.
• Provide technical input on product capabilities, service design, and commercial considerations.
• Support internal enablement by briefing sales teams on new products, features, limitations, and value propositions.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in network architecture, security, data center infrastructure, cloud platforms, virtualization, and enterprise IT environments.

• Solid background in solution design and customer-facing technical roles within commercial or pre-sales environments.

• Demonstrated ability to support complex, consultative sales engagements and influence technical decision-making.

• Strong understanding of interconnection, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud architectures.

• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage senior-level customers and internal partners.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Advanced English proficiency is required.

• Spanish proficiency is considered a plus.

• Industry-recognized certifications in networking, cloud, or virtualization are considered an asset.

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