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Solutions Architect - Presales (Cisco)

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Solutions Architect - Presales (Cisco)

Description

Pre‑Sales & Solution Design

  • Work closely with Sales, Partners, and Customers to understand business and technical requirements
  • Design end‑to‑end Cisco solutions including:
  • Enterprise Networking (Switching, Routing, Wireless)
  • Security (Firewalls, Cisco ISE, Duo, Umbrella, Secure Access)
  • SD‑WAN, Cloud, and Data Center solutions
  • Create High-Level Design (HLD), Low-Level Design (LLD), and BoQ / BoM

Cisco Technology Expertise

  • Strong understanding of Cisco Networking and Cybersecurity products
  • Experience with VLAN design, segmentation, inter‑VLAN routing, redundancy, and high availability
  • Cisco Meraki solutions (MX, MS, MR) – deployment and dashboard management
  • VPNs (Remote Access and Site‑to‑Site), SD‑WAN, network expansion and scaling
  • Cisco DNA Center (DNAC), ISE, Umbrella, Duo, Secure Service Connect (SSC)
  • Network monitoring using SNMP, ManageEngine, and similar tools

Customer Engagement & Proposals

  • Prepare and respond to RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs
  • Create techno‑commercial proposals, compliance matrices, and scope documents
  • Conduct solution presentations, demos, PoCs, and technical walkthroughs
  • Support deal qualification, BOQ presentation, and deal ID creation
  • Act as a trusted technical advisor for customers and partners

Collaboration & Delivery Readiness

  • Coordinate with Professional Services and delivery teams for deployment readiness
  • Work with Cisco Account Teams, TAC, and OEM support for solution validation
  • Maintain solution documentation and technical artifacts
  • Mentor junior pre‑sales engineers as required

Mandatory Skills

  • Strong networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, ICMP
  • Solid understanding of network security: Firewalls, VPNs, content filtering
  • Experience in virtualization, enterprise management systems, network monitoring
  • Basic knowledge of Infra services: AD, DNS, DHCP, NTP (preferred)

Qualifications & Experience

  • BE / B.Tech in a relevant discipline
  • 4-8 years of experience as a Pre‑Sales / Solution Engineer
  • Cisco certifications such as CCNA / CCNP preferred
  • Strong presentation, communication, and documentation skills
  • Ability to explain technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders
  • Customer‑focused mindset with ability to work independently

Why Join Us

  • Exposure to enterprise and large‑scale Cisco deployments
  • Work with cross‑functional sales, partner, and delivery teams
  • Opportunity to grow as a trusted technical advisor and architect

Explore our Benefits

We take great care of our people; everyone is made to feel welcome and opportunities to grow apply to all. But the prospect of shaping the future through technology is something that you’re unlikely to find anywhere else.

Buddy Program

Buddy Program for all the employees (office & warehouse) to help them have a good understanding of the overall process and they have someone to look up to in case of any challenges.

Competitive Salary packages

Competitive Salary packages for all the employees as per their skillset and the knowledge that they bring.

Great Place to Work

An opportunity to work with a Great Place to work certified organization.

Diversity & Inclusion

Ingram Micro is a diverse and inclusive organization where everyone who has the right skillsets is welcomed to work with us.

Leave Bank policy

Leave Bank policy helps the employees (Office & Warehouse) to share the leaves with other employees who are in need for the same.

LinkedIn & Workday Learning

LinkedIn Learning & Workday Learning for all the permanent employees (Office & Warehouse) for their personal as well as professional growth.

Mediclaim & Insurance benefits

Apart from the Salary package that we offer, we provide Mediclaim & Insurance benefits to all our employees (Office & Warehouse) who join us.

Rewards & Recognition

We have good rewards & recognition policies in place for all the employees (Office & Warehouse). For example: 5 years completion award, 7 years completion award, etc.

Excellent Leave policy

Apart from 18 Paid leaves, 10 Casual Leaves & 10 Sick Leaves, we provide 1 birthday leave, 6 Months maternity leave, 5 days paternity leave.

Day care facility reimbursement

Day care facility reimbursement for Female Associates (Office & Warehouse) for their kids between 6 Months to 6 years

Employee Assistance Program

Mental health programs for all the associates (Office & Warehouse)

Environmental, Social & Governance

Ingram Micro focuses on Environmental, Social & Governance through various activities for example planting a tree when someone from the organization retires.

Internal Mobility

Internal Mobility for all the employees (Office & Warehouse) to give them a chance to explore other opportunities within the organization itself and grow.

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Who we are

Ingram Micro India is the top IT Distribution company in India with nationwide presence at nearly 40+ locations. Ingram Micro touches 80% of the technology you use every day with our focus on Technology Solutions, Cloud, and Commerce and Lifecycle Solutions. With $46 billion in revenue, we have become the world’s largest technology distributor with operations in 56 countries and more than 35,000 associates. We continue to strategically expand our global reach with 32 acquisitions since 2012.

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Delivering successful results, embracing change with courage, and acting with integrity every time and everywhere. We revel in using our imagination with creativity, agility and resourcefulness, we act with responsibility, and we are proud of our talent. Attracting, inspiring, retaining and celebrating our best individuals is the foundation of our success.

Being clear on our own objectives means we can fully focus on the success of our business partners and associates.

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