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Through client partnerships, MGT’s almost 1,200 employees impact communities for good by managing and securing critical networks, solving complex human capital and fiscal problems, elevating education systems, and advancing equity as a performance imperative. MGT partners with thousands of agencies as a trusted advisor delivering solutions that improve technology, operational, and economic performance to help communities thrive.\nFounded in 1975, MGT initiated an ambitious restart in 2016, broadening the solutions portfolio to provide the most specialized solutions, tackling the most mission-critical problems that live at the top of the public agency leadership agenda. MGT drives over 20% compound annual organic growth and utilizes programmatic mergers and acquisitions to grow capabilities, attract top talent, and accelerate growth scale. Since 2020, MGT has successfully completed 13 acquisitions, driving over 60% compound annual inorganic growth.\nCelebrating its 50th year in 2025, the firm attracts exceptional talent and empowers them to exceed client expectations as they navigate the dynamic demands of the clients we serve. Hear more about MGT’s culture in the words of ouremployees.\nWHAT YOU’LL DO:\nThe Cloud and Data Chief Architect takes technical and commercial ownership of a solution group. The position is a senior technical authority for the cloud and data practice: leads the largest and most complex pursuits alongside sales, and defines the offerings, pricing, enablement, and performance standards that the rest of the organization sells and delivers. The role partners closely with sales leadership, OEM partners, delivery teams, and customer executives to shape solution strategy, accelerate deal velocity, and drive profitable growth in your practice.\nApproximately 50% of this role is directly involved in closing MGT's largest and most strategic deals - customer-facing pursuit leadership, architecture, scoping, and pricing. The remaining 50% is practiced leadership: refactoring and packaging offerings, driving speed-to-quote, enabling the presales and sales organization, and tracking practice performance.In this role, you will:\nServe as the executive technical lead on MGT's largest, most complex, and most strategic pursuits, from first customer meeting through close.\nLead impactful customer presentations, executive briefings, and equipment demonstrations on-site or virtually.\nProvide Architect-level oversight on large, complex opportunities, ensuring best practices in design, integration, and delivery feasibility before commitment.\nOwn critical deal management: engage on at-risk and must-win deals, resolve technical objections, and drive them to closure.\nSupport the deals desk on discounting and margin escalations for strategic pursuits.\nDeliver architect-level technical continuity into project startup, ensuring a seamless handoff to delivery and ongoing client satisfaction.\nContinuously refactor the solution group's offerings to reflect market demand, OEM roadmaps, and delivery capability.\nOwn pricing and packaging for the practice, differentiated by vertical, geography, and customer size.\nDefine and communicate the practice roadmap and technical vision, internally and to customers.\nOwn and maintain strategic OEM and vendor relationships, including roadmap alignment, program participation, and escalation paths.\nIdentify, qualify, and manage subcontractors required to extend delivery capability.\nBuild and deliver presales enablement for the solution group, including solution modes, demo standards, and reference architectures.\nProvide regional sales support, acting as the escalation point for technical and commercial questions in the field.\nSupport the deals desk on discounting and pricing escalation.\nManage procurement vehicles applicable to the practice and ensure the field knows how and when to use them.\nEmbed AI into the practice's own workflows - scoping, design, estimating, and proposal generation - to compress cycle time.\nTrack and report on service delivery capability within the practice, identifying gaps in skills, staffing, or tooling.\nOwn OEM certification tracking for the practice, ensuring partner-level requirements and customer-facing credentials are maintained.\nDeliver monthly performance updates covering wins, sales performance and adoption, and customer success collaboration.\nDeliver technically accurate, complete, and timely designs, estimates, proposals, and supporting documentation.\nMeet customer requirements, schedules, quality standards, and profitability objectives.\nMaintain current technical knowledge, manufacturer training, and relevant certifications.\nIdentify scope, compatibility, pricing, schedule, and delivery risks before commitment.\nBuild productive relationships with customers, sales teams, partners, and delivery resources.\nMaintain organized records and communicate status and issues clearly.\nKey Technical Qualifications\nCompute and virtualization - server architectures (Dell, HPE, Cisco UCS), hypervisors (VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, KVM), and containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).\nStorage and data protection - SAN/NAS/object architectures (Dell, NetApp, Pure Storage, HPE), protocols, replication and RPO/RTO design, backup/DR platforms (Veeam, Rubrik, Cohesity, Commvault), and capacity/performance sizing.\nPublic cloud - AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform core services (vendor certifications preferred).\nHybrid cloud and migration - Azure Stack HCI, AWS Outposts, Nutanix; rehost/replatform/refactor methodologies, migration and discovery tooling, DRaaS, and multi-cloud cost governance.\nDatacenter and colocation fundamentals - power/cooling and redundancy tiers, cross-connects and carrier density, spine-leaf and SDN (Cisco ACI, VMware NSX), and datacenter interconnect.\nSecurity and compliance - microsegmentation, encryption at rest and in transit, IAM/RBAC, and hosting frameworks (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, FedRAMP).\nAutomation and management - Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Bicep, CloudFormation), observability platforms, and ITSM/CMDB integration (ServiceNow).\nTCO/ROI modeling across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid options to justify the customer business case.\nEDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:\nBachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.\nExperience\nTen (10) or more years of hands-on experience in the applicable technology field. \nFive (5) or more years of hands-on pre-sales engineering, solution architecture, or equivalent experience.\nSkills\nDemonstrated success leading the technical strategy on large, complex, opportunities.\nProven ability to design and price large-scale solutions, including budgetary and detailed cost estimating.\nExperience owning offering definition, pricing, or packaging for a technology practice or portfolio\nExperience managing OEM/vendor relationships and subcontractor resources.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate customer requirements into a bill of materials (BOM) and system design.\nAbility to present credibly to executive and C-level audiences on both technical and financial merits\nStrong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills; able to prioritize, multitask, and adapt to new technologies.\nWillingness to pursue ongoing learning and professional growth.\nWHAT WE OFFER:\nOur world-class work environment encompasses flexible and remote work options, a commitment to equity, and nationally respected teams in management consulting and technology services. We also offer opportunities to make a profound social impact through innovative projects, and professional development opportunities for career growth. Here you can read more about our extensive Employee Value Proposition (EVP).\nSpecifically, we will offer you a competitive compensation package including:\nFlexible paid time off\n5% 401K matching program\nEquity opportunities\nIncentive and bonus programs\nUp to 16 weeks of paid parental leave\nFlexible spending accounts\nFull-health benefits with base employee coverage fully funded, comprising:\nMedical, dental, and vision coverage\nLife insurance\nShort and long-term disability coverage\nIncome protection benefits\nMGT Impact Solutions, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. 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