Senior Solutions Architect

Senior Solution Architect – Network & Security Presales

Location: Hyderabad

Experience: 7+ Years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect – Network & Security Presales to support enterprise and global customers by designing secure, scalable and resilient networking and Security solutions. The role requires strong presales experience, customer engagement, solution architecture, technical presentations, RFP/RFI responses and close collaboration with sales, OEMs and delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with customers to understand business and technical requirements.
• Design enterprise Network & Security solutions using Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto and related technologies.
• Lead technical discovery workshops, solution presentations and executive briefings.
• Prepare HLDs, LLDs, BOMs, SOWs and RFP/RFI/RFQ responses.
• Conduct Proof of Concepts (PoCs), demos and technical validations.
• Work with Sales, OEMs and Delivery teams throughout the sales cycle.
• Recommend secure architectures aligned to customer business objectives.
• Stay current with emerging networking, cybersecurity, SASE and SD-WAN technologies.

Required Technical Skills

• Cisco Routing & Switching (BGP, OSPF, MPLS, QoS)
• Next-Generation Firewalls (Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto)
• SD-WAN, SASE, ZTNA
• Wireless, NAC, VPN, Load Balancers
• Cloud Security (Azure, AWS)
• Network Security Architecture & Zero Trust
• High Availability & Disaster Recovery
• Strong Presales, Proposal Writing and Customer Presentation skills

Preferred Certifications

• CCNP/CCIE
• PCNSE
• NSE 4/5/7
• CCNP Security