Principal Solutions Architect / Pre-Sales Lead: Enterprise Networking

CodiLime is a software and network engineering expert, partnering with global networking hardware providers and telecoms to build innovative solutions. We are looking for a Principal Solutions Architect to join our team as a Pre-Sales Lead, helping our clients modernize their enterprise, campus, and wide-area networks through custom software and automation.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the technical lead on deals, guiding Business Development Managers on pitching and landing complex networking projects.
• Develop and maintain essential sales toolkits, including offering decks, solution write-ups, and reusable reference patterns.
• Lead discovery and architecture workshops to identify client pain points and translate them into actionable technical solutions.
• Steer hands-on work across SDN, SD-WAN, automation, and AIOps to ensure successful project delivery.
• Manage proposals, statements of work, and commercial strategies through to contract signature.

Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in enterprise networking, networking software, automation, or platform engineering.
• Proven track record in pre-sales or solutions architecture, successfully carrying technical deals from initial call to close.
• Hands-on experience architecting campus, branch, edge, or WAN environments.
• Strong proficiency in technologies such as SDN, SD-WAN, Terraform, Ansible, Python, Go, and Kubernetes networking.
• Excellent workshop and presentation skills, with the ability to build credibility with CIOs and VPs of Infrastructure.
• Fluent English and the ability to work flexible hours to accommodate calls with US-based clients.

What we offer

• Fully remote work environment with flexible working hours.
• Professional growth supported by internal training sessions and a dedicated training budget.
• Comprehensive onboarding process to ensure a smooth start.
• Collaborative atmosphere among passionate professionals.
• Opportunities to work on diverse and challenging projects.