e360 · 21 hours ago
Solutions Architect Principal - Composable Enterprise – Remote Hybrid – (Western States Resident Mandatory)
California, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $225K/yr
10+ years expe360 is seeking a Principal Advisor for their Composable Enterprise initiative, responsible for guiding organizations in shaping their enterprise infrastructure strategy. This senior, client-facing role involves engaging with executive stakeholders to ensure that composable enterprise solutions align with long-term business objectives and operational models.
ConsultingDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyIT InfrastructureRisk Management
No H1B
Hiring Manager
Dave Schain
Responsibilities
Act as a trusted technical advisor to customers on composable enterprise strategy, architecture, and roadmap planning
Lead executive-level discussions to translate business goals, risk tolerance, and growth strategies into sustainable enterprise architecture decisions
Define target-state and transitional architectures spanning compute, storage, networking, virtualization, cloud adjacency, automation, and security integration
Provide architectural governance guidance to ensure solutions align with industry best practices, customer standards, and long-term operational viability
Advise on modernization initiatives including data center transformation, hybrid cloud adoption, edge strategies, and platform standardization
Shape and validate composable infrastructure and platform strategies that emphasize modularity, scalability, and operational agility
Develop and socialize reference architectures, design patterns, and architectural principles that can be reused across customers and verticals
Guide customers in evaluating architectural tradeoffs, technology selection, and vendor positioning within a composable ecosystem
Ensure architectural consistency across domains (compute, storage, network, security, and cloud) while enabling flexibility and innovation
Engage regularly with CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and senior architects as a strategic advisor and technical authority
Lead architectural workshops, strategy sessions, and executive briefings focused on business outcomes rather than product features
Serve as a thought leader for composable enterprise concepts, contributing to internal and external messaging, whitepapers, and solution narratives
Elevate customer conversations from 'solution design' to platform strategy and operating model evolution
Collaborate with sales leadership, account executives, and delivery teams to ensure advisory insights inform pursuit strategy and solution positioning
Partner with OEMs and strategic vendors to influence roadmap alignment, validate architectural direction, and shape joint solution strategies
Provide senior-level oversight and guidance to delivery architects to ensure implementations align with advisory recommendations
Mentor architects and senior engineers, raising overall architectural maturity across the organization
Qualification
Required
10+ years in enterprise infrastructure architecture, advisory consulting, or equivalent senior technical leadership roles
Demonstrated experience operating in trusted advisor or principal architect capacity with enterprise customers
Prior experience within a VAR, SI, or OEM, with exposure to complex, multi-vendor enterprise environments
Proven ability to influence architectural decisions at both technical and executive levels
Exceptional executive presence and communication skills
Ability to guide customers through ambiguity and complex decision-making
Strong whiteboarding, facilitation, and architectural storytelling capabilities
Comfort challenging assumptions and providing objective, experience-based guidance
Expertise designing resilient, scalable, and composable enterprise architectures
Strong understanding of infrastructure integration points and operational dependencies
Ability to balance innovation with operational stability and risk management
Capable of mapping business outcomes to architectural principles and design patterns
Strong understanding of cost modeling, TCO/ROI, and financial implications of architectural decisions
Familiarity with enterprise procurement models, vendor ecosystems, and partner programs
Ability to influence multi-stakeholder environments and align competing priorities
Preferred
Cisco: CCNP / CCIE (Enterprise, Data Center, Security)
VMware: VCP / VCAP
HPE, Dell, NetApp advanced technical certifications
Cloud architecture certifications (AWS or Azure – Associate or Professional)
Company
e360
e360 is a technology company that offers security, cloud, and enterprise managed services.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Mike Strohl
CEO
Jacob H Levy
Principal Architect
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