Regional Senior Solutions Architect
Trace3 · Denver
$170,000–$210,000
Jul 16, 2026
Denver
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A presales-focused network architecture role supporting enterprise clients across the Mountain States region. The position centers on leading technical discovery, shaping account strategy alongside sales teams, and producing architecture proposals and business cases for complex networking investments spanning data center, WAN, campus, security, and cloud. Suited to an experienced architect — at least eight years in consultative or customer-facing roles — comfortable engaging both technical teams and executive stakeholders.
Senior level · 8+ years · National · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $119,144 (middle half $81,115–$160,963).
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The role is a presales/solutions architect position — primarily customer-facing technical advisory and pipeline development rather than pure network engineering or IT operations. SOC 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the best fit for a presales solutions architect; 15-1241 (Computer Network Architects) is a strong runner-up given the deep network architecture content.
No specific metro is named; the posting references the 'Mountain States region,' which spans multiple CBSAs (e.g., Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix). No single CBSA could be confidently assigned.
The vendor/platform list under 'Vendor and Partner Ecosystem' (Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Aruba, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, VMware by Broadcom) is framed as 'hands-on experience with one or more of the following,' so no single vendor is a hard gate. Cisco is captured as the primary with the others as alternatives; Palo Alto Networks is separately required under the firewall/security section.
SD-WAN platforms are listed with examples (Cisco, Meraki, VMware, or equivalent) — these are treated as illustrative substitutes for the SD-WAN requirement, not separate hard gates.
AI-enabling network infrastructure, network observability, and AIOps appear under 'Modern and Emerging Platforms' with language like 'familiarity with' and 'exposure to,' indicating preferred rather than required skills.
Certifications (CCIE, CCNP, PCNSE, NSE, JNCIE) are explicitly stated as 'valued but not required,' so they are marked preferred.
The 8-year minimum is stated at the role level ('8 years' experience with providing consultative engineering services') and is captured as the overall experience floor, not tied to any specific technology.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): leaf-spine architecture, firewall architecture, AI-enabling network infrastructure.
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