Solution Integration Architect (1418726)

Company: Cisco
Location: Chicago
Posted on: April 22, 2024

Job Description:

What Would You Do

• Influence and lead business consulting expertise to design consultants, sales and deployment teams for strategic and complex large customers
• As an Individual contributor you'll be working with multi-functional teams to drive business transformational change with our partners, multiple business units, and solution teams using Cisco Architecture technologies in creating vertical/segment specific solutions for our customers
• Individual contributor in correlating business issues around people, process, and technology to create architectural solutions specific to a given customer or segment.
• You'll contribute on the creation of Strategic Architecture Blueprint, Multi-Generational Technology Plan, and Architecture Management Office standard methodologies, and thought leadership.
• Work in the development of the conceptual, and logical architecture level view in the development and incubation of services offerings. Works closely with other Enterprise Architects, and other solution architects across various complex architectures that are uniquely tied to vertical industry segments.
• Contributor of new insights on white papers, customer and market trends, industry event presentations, and mentoring peers and managers on the business, operations, systems, and technical architectures across technologies
  
  Who you are
  
  
  • You are proficient in one of the following architecture domains: business, application, integration, infrastructure, and data architecture strategies and linking it in with Cisco Solution Architecture play.
  • You have the ability to anticipate issues, problems or events and proactively resolving them with the customer and partners
  • You are responsible for the technical integrity, customer satisfaction and success of documenting projects and/or multiple design engagements by collaborating with project stakeholders.
  • You have experience of driving the integration of the solution into an existing business, application, integration, infrastructure, and data architecture domains, which would drive systems integration and implementation, approaches. Including the identification and integration of Third Party products and services into a cohesive solution design.
    
    
    
    Role and Responsibilites:
    
    
    • Work with a customer as an individual contributor to document business and IT requirements and then provide a comprehensive enterprise architecture solution through offering deliverable framework for a large and global customers or equivalent sized business unit of moderate to high complexity. Works as an individual contributor with a team of business consultants, solution architectures, and engineering SMEs. Business consulting and business architecture experience required.
      
      
      • Communication: Communicate effectively. Strong oral & written presentation skills. Strong customer relationship skills including the ability to quickly create productive collaborations, which influence technology innovation and adoption. Experienced track record working as a business consultant on project initiatives with strong customer and I.T. Value proposition.
        
        
        • Problem solving : Apply business consulting skills and analytical problem solving experience in within broadly defined and implicit constraints. Exercises sound judgment in obtaining results, with minimal senior team member input or assistance. Identifies the key business problems to be solved and solves them independently, using professional knowledge, sound judgment and Cisco policy and procedure. Clearly applies creativity and original thinking to tackling multiple issues, some complex, to create effective and lasting solutions content. Problem solutions address business needs.
          
          
          • Supervision Given & Received: C ollaborate closely with various levels of Management, Solution Architects, and Engineers from the customer and Cisco perspective. Works independently and consults with Cisco subject matter experts on a variety of strategic technical and business related issues. Drives cross-functional teams of subject matter experts at the program or project level. Mentors others.
            
            Minimum Qualifications (Required Skills)
            
            
            • Enterprise Architecture Breadth: Complete enterprise architecture breadth in one of the following domains: business architecture, application architecture, integration, infrastructure, and data architecture domain.
            • Technical Architecture Depth & Breadth: At least two architecture domain breadth & depth in one of the following domains: Security, Observability, Automation, Hybrid Cloud, SSE, IOT domains.
            • Industry Vertical Depth: Industry Consulting Architecture Management Office work experience in one of the following verticals: HealthCare , Manufacturing, Energy, Life Sciences, Retail, and Finance
            • Expertise in one of the following network centric technologies (Compute-Virtualization, Enterprise Network (WAN/LAN, Wireless), Security, SDWAN, Full Stack Observability, Collaboration, and operational disciplines (incident management, performance, change management, systems management, change management).
            • Knowledge of key IT business architecture areas including business process design and governance.
            • Ability to solve problems with innovative ideas to affect change in customers' environments as a result.
            • At least one of the following certifications: CCIE, AWS, GSP, Azure, Oracle, CISSP certification
            • Requires a technical or business undergraduate degree (or equivalent).
            • Requires 3-5 years working experience in a combination of IT consulting / systems integration and IT role(s).
            • Requires a track record of responsibility for managing project and/or functional teams.
              
              Manager Specific Requirements:
              
              
              
              
              • Must be willing and able to travel 80-100%, mostly USA. Must have deep vertical knowledge in at least one of the following: Manufacturing, Retail/CPG, Financial Services, Healthcare or Energy.
              • Deep experience in governance design, organizational change management and/or "people" is preferred.
              • TOGAF or ITILv4 or Sig Sigma Green Belt certification also preferred.
              • Location is flexible as long as one lives near a major US airport and candidate is willing and able to travel 80-100%. Strong preference for candidates in the Midwest
                
                Why Cisco?
                
                #WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you!
                
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                We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other's backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).
                
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                Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
                
                When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
                
                U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
                
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                .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
                
                1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
                
                1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
                
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