Principal Solutions Advisor - DevOps

March 13

🌽 Illinois – Remote

Although this job is listed in Illinois, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $140k - $172k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

⛑ DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

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CDW is a leading provider of technology solutions, offering a comprehensive range of products and services to address the needs of enterprises, government, healthcare, and education sectors. They specialize in providing IT infrastructure services, managed services, and security solutions. CDW partners with top technology brands to deliver customized solutions that enhance business productivity and performance across various industries. With a strong focus on digital transformation, security, and cloud solutions, CDW supports businesses in navigating the complexities of modern IT environments. Their expertise spans several domains, including digital workspaces, cybersecurity, and enterprise solutions, making CDW a key partner in driving technological advancements.

Security • Cybersecurity • Health Tech • Retail Tech • Small Business Tech

10,000+ employees

Founded 1984

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

🔒 Cybersecurity

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2015-07

📋 Description

• The Principal Software Solution Advisor (SSA) role focuses on pre-sales solution design. • This role is responsible for working with internal and external sales teams to plan and organize sales strategies. • The incumbent analyzes the sales environment including customer expectations, competitive environment as well as the customer's technical environment and business drivers and defines actions to be performed in the sales cycle timeframe. • The Principal SSA is a field-based technical pre-sales role. • They are expected to spend the majority of their time engaged with CDW customers, sellers & partners in their assigned local markets. • The Principal SSA develops and maintains strategic relationships with sales & leadership of the teams they support and is seen as a trusted advisor to grow business. • The Principal SSA is expected to be subject matter expert in multiple families of solutions. • Main areas of responsibility will be advanced level of experience and understanding of: Application Modernization, Automation, Security & Management, AIOs & Observability. • The Principal Software SSA will have deep knowledge of Data & Analytics and will focus on software pre-sales and design of BI & Analytics technologies such as OpenShift, Tanzu, Rancher, Docker, Ansible, Puppet, HashiCorp, GitHub, GitLab, Prisma, Sysdig, Sonatype, Elastic, Cisco FSO, Dynatrace, Logicmonitor. • The Principal Software Solution Advisor (SSA) role focuses on pre-sales solution design for CDW’s current and emerging portfolio of modern technologies. • This role will have a specific focus on assisting our customers and sellers in qualifying and identifying opportunities with the DevOps stack including initiatives around Orchestration, Infrastructure as Code, Container Security, Application Performance as well as related tools and both internal and external consulting and service delivery partners. • This role is seen as a trusted advisor to grow business.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience • 7-year minimum experience in advanced technical sales, sales engineering, data engineering, computer Science/Engineering or data science • 3-year minimum sales experience • Proficient in Microsoft & Google Workspace applications • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time • Proven success and experience selling technologies solutions and services • Knowledge and proven success of engaging and working with sales teams • Ability to execute on territory goals and metrics • Ability to adapt and change to the business needs of the practice and team coverage model • Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, including consulting skills • Strong oral and written communication skills • Strong passion for learning and teaching others • Proven group presentations skills • Motivated and self-starting • Ability to think creatively and come up with proactive ideas that will increase sales • Strong problem solving skills • Must be able to communicate effectively and in a constructive manner with management, peers and coworkers • Stay up to date on products, applications, technical service, market conditions, competitive activities, advertising, and promotional trends through the reading of pertinent literature, seminars, and online training • Proven project management skills • Preferred Qualifications: Proven success and experience selling complex technologies, solutions and services to small business, enterprise, public sector or global customers • Technical Accreditations and/or Certifications: - Active accreditation from leading technology partners as required.

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual bonus target of 25% subject to terms and conditions of plan • Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/