We are scaling our Solution Architecture practice to support growing demand across South and West India. As a Solution Architect specialising in Networking and IT Security, you will own the technical solution lifecycle end-to-end from qualifying customer opportunities, through designing scalable network and security architectures, to defending your solutions in negotiations. You will be a customer-facing trusted advisor, working closely with our sales and business teams to convert opportunities into wins.

Responsibilities

Engage directly with customers to understand business objectives, assess existing network and security postures, and gather detailed technical requirements.
Design robust, scalable, and right-sized network architectures aligned with customer needs, budget realities, and industry best practices.
Architect end-to-end security frameworks covering firewalls, VPNs, intrusion detection/prevention, identity, and zero-trust principles.
Create accurate Bills of Material (BoM) using OEM-specific models (Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto, HP, etc. ), including licensing, accessories, transceivers, and regional components.
Author solution documents, presentations, and proposals; defend technical positioning during customer evaluation and negotiation.
Optimise solutions during the proposal phase, articulate must-have vs good-to-have trade-offs to customers transparently.
Coordinate with implementation teams to ensure deployed solutions match architectural intent and SLAs.
Stay current with emerging networking and security technologies and bring them into customer conversations proactively.
Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge across the practice.

Requirements

8+ years of total experience in networking and IT security, with at least 3-4 years in a Solution Architect role at a System Integrator.
Demonstrated track record of designing complex network and security solutions, end-to-end qualification through deployment.
Hands-on background in implementation (40% of career) followed by progression into solutioning (60%), strong fundamentals from real deployments.
Deep working knowledge of routing, switching, firewalls, VPN, IDS/IPS, NAC, and network monitoring tools.
Expertise across multiple OEM ecosystems, Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto, HP/Aruba, or equivalent.
Accurate BoM construction skills, right-sizing without over-engineering or missing critical components.
Excellent customer-facing communication, whiteboarding ability, and consultative listening skills.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Network Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field.

Good-to-Have

Industry certifications: CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, CISSP, Fortinet NSE, or Palo Alto PCNSE.
Experience working at a mid-to-large System Integrator with multi-vendor exposure.
Exposure to NAC, SD-WAN, SASE, or cloud networking (AWS/Azure).
Experience presenting to CXO-level customer stakeholders.
Track record of growing into a leadership or regional architect role.

This job was posted by Garima Walia from Intellicar.

Solution Architect - Networking and IT Security