• Security Clearance: Minimum Active Secret clearance.
• 4+ years of technical sales or consultation experience in a relevant industry.
• 8+ years of experience in network design, architecture, and engineering supporting DoD / SOF environments.
• Expertise in advanced networking principles, network design, and large-scale enterprise architectures.
• Deep hands-on experience with Cisco, Palo Alto Networks (PAN), Gigamon, Zscaler, F5, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet, Riverbed, or other enterprise solution providers.
• Understanding of Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) and its role in secure DoD networking.
• Experience in data center networking, hybrid cloud solutions, network segmentation, and network security architectures.
• Expertise in Zero Trust, SASE, and SD-WAN.
• Strong ability to engage with senior SOF stakeholders, translate requirements, and deliver tailored network architectures.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field with 5+ years of relevant experience, or 10+ years of relevant experience without a degree.
• Certifications: CCDP, CCNP Enterprise, JNCIP-ENT or equivalent.The well-being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:
• Health and Wellbeing: Health, Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement
• Additional Perks: Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount ProgramWe strive to create an environment where all employees are empowered to succeed based on their skills, performance, and dedication. Our goal is to cultivate a workplace culture that encourages innovation, collaboration, and respect for all team members, ensuring that WWT remains a great place to work for All!
  

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Senior Consulting Systems Engineer - Active Secret Clearance Required

WHY WWT?

Founded in 1990, World Wide Technology (WWT), a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution, with $20 billion in annual revenue, combines the power of strategy, execution and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for large public and private organizations around the world. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world’s most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps customers and partners conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution and integration capabilities.
With over 10,000 employees and more than 55 locations around the world, WWT’s culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 13 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its unique blend of determination, innovation and creating a great place to work for all.
Want to work with highly motivated individuals that come together to form high performance team? Come join WWT today! We are looking for a Consulting Systems Engineer to join our Defense Technology Team.
Why should you join the Defense Technology team?
For more than 30 years our Defense Technology team has been a trusted partner of the DoD, combining defense-specific capabilities with commercial best practices to meet requirements on time and at scale. We excel at delivering innovative, operationally ready, and cost-effective IT solutions that accelerate the interoperability and resiliency of mission critical systems.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking an experienced Consulting Systems Engineer (CSE) to provide pre-sales technical expertise and mission-driven solutions to support our Special Operations Forces (SOF) team account activities. This role requires a deep understanding of SOF networking infrastructure. The ideal candidate will serve as a trusted advisor, working in tandem as a high-performance team with an Account Manager and an Inside Sales Representative, to build consultative relationships as the technical liaison with a focus on expanding WWT’s footprint of services and shaping connectivity solutions that align with the modernization of SOF networks. This is a remote position, but the position requires proximity to Fayetteville NC or the RTP region of NC, ideally within 1 hour drive to Fort Bragg. Up to 35% travel is required.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as a pre-sales technical consultant and liaison to key SOF stakeholders. Leverage those consultative skills to create new opportunities and gain new customers within the account space.
• Build and maintain account level relationships with customers, OEMs, and System Integrator (SI) peers. Sustain a close effective partnership with the sales business partner (Account Manager) for business strategy, relationships, customer engagement, partnering, training, and response to business solicitations.
• Oversee the presales process and help drive effective communication between Sales and Professional Services. Support interactions, planning, and execution with internal WWT services teams, the Advanced Technology Center (ATC) and the North American Integration Center (NAIC).
• Lead end-to-end network architecture discussions, including WAN/BAN, campus and data center networking, cloud interconnectivity, and Zero Trust networking.
• Design and optimize high-performance, mission-critical networks integrating technologies from Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Gigamon, F5, Riverbed, and related.
• Architect secure and scalable solutions leveraging SASE, SD-WAN, network segmentation, and hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Develop and implement edge routing architectures, including B1 routing strategies, to enhance survivability, segmentation, and traffic optimization in forward-deployed environments.
• Evaluate and enhance DoD-wide transport and peering architectures to improve SOF enterprise network performance, leveraging technologies such as MPLS, optical transport, and high-speed encryption solutions.
• Drive network modernization initiatives aligned with SOF focus on secure digital transformation. Ensure solutions adhere to DoD cybersecurity standards, including CSfC, Zero Trust, RMF, STIGs, and network automation best practices.
• CSE’s must have excellent communication, interpersonal, presentation, and technical skills required to conduct technical workshops, actively participate in customer briefings, and provide hands-on solution demonstrations.
• Assume lead technical ownership of all account opportunities, to include acting a liaison to the customer and to any internal WWT or partner resources used to fill knowledge gaps.
• Assemble Build of Materials / create quotes with a high level of accuracy.
• Stay ahead of emerging networking technologies and DoD directives to ensure mission success.