Network Solution Architect (Presales)

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

Job Description:

We're looking for a passionate and experienced Network Solution Architect (Presales) to join our team. In this role, you will act as a trusted technical advisor, designing and architecting innovative network, security, and cloud connectivity solutions for customers. You will drive solution development, provide technical leadership during presales engagements, and support network transformation initiatives across enterprise and cloud environments.

Responsibilities:

• Design and architect advanced network, cloud, and security solutions for enterprise customers.
• Lead presales activities, including customer workshops, assessments, solution validation, and proof-of-concepts.
• Develop SD-WAN, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), and cloud network transformation solutions.
• Conduct network assessments and recommend optimization and modernization strategies.
• Create deployment runbooks and provide technical guidance to implementation teams.
• Collaborate with customers to gather requirements and define network transformation roadmaps.
• Drive technical discussions with customer IT leadership and key stakeholders.
• Support proposal development, solution costing, and technical documentation.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in network architecture, consulting, or presales roles.
• Expert knowledge of Cisco Networking technologies, including Routing & Switching, Firewalls, and Load Balancing solutions.
• Strong expertise in SD-WAN, SD-Access, Cisco ACI, VxLAN, Zero Trust Networking, and Software-Defined Data Centers (SDDC).
• Experience with cloud networking architectures on Azure and AWS.
• Strong understanding of network security technologies, including SASE, NAC, micro-segmentation, VPNs, and Zero Trust frameworks.
• Experience with F5 BIG-IP, Cisco ISE, Palo Alto, Zscaler, Check Point, and Cisco Umbrella solutions.
• Excellent communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and proposal-writing skills.
• Proven experience conducting network assessments and delivering large-scale network transformation projects.