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This is a highly collaborative, strategic role focused on market trends, solution development, sales enablement, and executive-level consulting rather than hands-on implementation.\nWhat You'll Do\nDrive networking and network security strategy based on market trends, customer needs, partner roadmaps, and industry research.\nDevelop solutions and go-to-market initiatives across technologies including enterprise networking, SD-WAN, SASE, Zero Trust, network security, data center networking, observability, and AI-ready infrastructure.\nCreate sales enablement materials, solution documentation, presentations, and training content.\nPartner closely with sales, architects, delivery teams, marketing, and technology partners to build and promote differentiated solutions.\nSupport strategic customer opportunities, executive discussions, RFPs, and solution positioning.\nBuild strong relationships with key networking and security partners such as Cisco, Aruba, Juniper, Palo Alto, and Fortinet.\nLeverage AI tools to enhance research, content development, and solution strategy.\nMonitor market trends, field adoption, and partner activity to continuously refine solution offerings.\nWhat We're Looking For\n8+ years of experience in networking, network security, infrastructure architecture, consulting, technical sales, solution strategy, portfolio management, or related areas.\nStrong understanding of enterprise networking technologies including wireless, switching, routing, SD-WAN, SASE, Zero Trust, firewalls, cloud connectivity, and data center networking.\nExperience translating market and customer insights into solution strategy and go-to-market plans.\nAbility to influence and collaborate across sales, engineering, delivery, leadership, and partner teams.\nStrong presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.\nExperience in creating technical and sales-focused content and enablement materials.\nComfortable using AI tools to improve productivity and solution development.\nPreferred Experience\nBackground as a Principal Architect, Solution Architect, Consulting Architect, Product/Portfolio Manager, or Technology Strategist.\nExperience with Cisco, Aruba, Juniper, Palo Alto, Fortinet, or similar providers.\nKnowledge of data center networking, observability, AIOps, AI-ready infrastructure, and modernization initiatives.\nRelevant certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP, PCNSE, Fortinet, or equivalent.\nThis is an excellent opportunity for a strategic networking leader who enjoys influencing technology direction, collaborating across teams, and helping drive innovative solutions in a fast-paced enterprise environment.\nInsight is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law\nThe position described above provides a summary of some the job duties required and what it would be like to work at Insight. 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