Principal Solution Architect - IBM Mainframe, Z Systems Hardware Support Specialist

📋 Description

• • The Principal Solution Architect - IBM Mainframe, Z Systems Hardware Support Specialist is a field-based technical pre-sales role focused on developing comprehensive Hybrid Infrastructure solutions for CDW customers, combining consultative guidance, partner product sales support, and strategic relationship building to drive business growth in hybrid infrastructure services.
• • Day-to-day responsibilities include developing assessment and service solutions (architecture, optimizations, technology health checks, deployment services, advisory services), collaborating with customers and internal teams to provide consultative guidance and author statements of work, analyzing technical and competitive factors to align solutions with customer long-term goals, maintaining strategic relationships as a trusted advisor, and acting as a subject matter expert through content creation, mentoring, and technical enablement for other solution architects and field teams.
• • CDW is a Fortune 500 multi-brand provider of IT solutions serving business, government, education, and healthcare customers across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, committed to being an AI-fluent organization that values curiosity, learner’s mindset, and responsible AI adoption to enhance human creativity and decision-making.
• • In this role, you will deepen your expertise in IBM Z Systems environments, grow your influence as a trusted technical advisor, lead mentoring initiatives for junior architects, and contribute to strategic business growth by designing and delivering customer-centric hybrid infrastructure solutions that address complex enterprise needs.