Welcome to ANM. This application is the first step in completing your onboarding as our new Senior Consulting Architect. Please review the role job description below and complete the application to initiate the hiring process.
Who We Are:
ANM is a leading IT solutions provider helping organizations secure, connect, and transform their technology environments. For more than 30 years, ANM has partnered with clients to design, procure, deploy, and manage solutions across networking, cloud, cybersecurity, data center, and modern workplace technologies.
Built on deep engineering expertise and trusted partnerships, ANM delivers practical solutions that reduce risk, simplify operations, and support long-term growth. From consulting and architecture to implementation, managed services, and lifecycle support, ANM helps clients move forward with confidence and stay prepared for what’s next.
Benefits and Compensation:
ANM offers a comprehensive benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Flexible Spending Account
- Employee Recognition Rewards
- Career training geared toward professional growth
Compensation for this position has been agreed upon and confirmed in your ANM offer of employment.
The Role
At ANM, a Senior Consulting Architect is responsible for working with our customers to design, document, and implement robust infrastructure solutions. This position requires a blend of technical leadership, expertise, teamwork, communication, and customer service skills to successfully run the duration of a complex IT solution from presales to project closure. The Senior Consulting Architect is the driving force who will collaborate with ANM’s project management, practice, post sales, and presales teams to deliver excellent outcomes on the most challenging client problems.
What You Will Do
- Collaborate closely with the presales team to understand project requirements and information gathered to date.
- Oversee execution and success of project lifecycle activities. Design, deliver, and lead client design workshops and facilitate discussion. Glean important requirements. Build consensus within client teams.
- Communicate in whatever means appropriate (written, email, presentation, etc.) to socialize ANM’s project strategy, designs, etc. to key client stakeholders.
- Build relationships with key client stakeholders to further project success.
- Design, deliver, and lead client knowledge transfer sessions.
- Acts as a project lead architect for cross-architecture transformative client projects.
- Delegates to the project engineering team.
- Oversees and mentors project engineers.
- Acts as a technical implementation lead for an assigned project and works closely with the project manager, project engineers, and customers to complete project tasks.
- Generates and implements system configurations, follows the project test plan and completes project documentation for the assigned infrastructure and cybersecurity projects.
- Ensures smooth transition of documentation to the Managed Services team as required.
- Performs analysis and diagnosis of infrastructure and cybersecurity problems.
- Provide third-level technical support for routing, switching, security, systems, and wireless technologies to ANM customers.
- Effectively utilizes moderate lab setups to demonstrate technology solutions, as well as recreate and solve problems.
- Uses knowledge of technology, products, and services to build enterprise infrastructure and cybersecurity solutions.
- Invests time in continued education to learn new technologies and keeps certifications current.
- Serve as a technology SME in areas of specialization for presales engagements.
- Help scope and close outcome-driven professional services projects.
- Develop and refine ANM frameworks, methodologies, and best practices for service delivery.
- Develop ANM Technology Labs (ATL) environment.
- Construct technology integrations and demonstrations
- Lab client scenarios where necessary
- Lead technical enablement for clients and internal ANM resources.
- Technology solution evaluation and vetting.
What We Are Looking For
- Expert Level Technical Design, Implementation, Migration, and Troubleshooting knowledge in one or more solution spaces (Networking, Software-Defined Networking, cybersecurity controls such as firewalls, SASE, IAM, PAM, PKI, Endpoint Protection, SIEM, compute, storage, virtualization, or cloud, etc.)
- Cisco ACI, NDFC, EVPN VXLAN Fabric and Cisco SD-WAN experience is preferred.
- Broad understanding of how IT environments work and how different domains (networking, compute, data protection, cybersecurity etc.) interact.
- Excellent understanding of secure system architecture
- Deep understanding of project methodology
- Deep experience with complex IT infrastructure, cloud, and security projects
- Excellent communicator, including presentation skills.
- Excellent documenter
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to think globally.
- Excellent customer service skills
- Focus on quality.
- Networking industry experience and knowledge of products and protocols.
- Pinnacle level certification (CCIE, VCDX, CISSP) is desired.
- Excellent communication skills, strong work ethic, focus on quality client outcomes, and a positive attitude.
Travel
Travel is occasionally required for this position. Must have a valid driver’s license and motor vehicle insurance.
ANM is an equal-opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
As part of the hiring process, ANM may use tools that assist in evaluating candidate qualifications based on job-related criteria. These tools support consistency and efficiency and are used in conjunction with human review. All hiring decisions are made by Company leadership. Candidates may request additional information regarding the hiring process by contacting Human Resources.