Solution Specialist - Networking

📋 Description

• • The Solution Specialist - Networking role at CDW Corporation serves as the first point of contact for networking solutions, acting as a trusted advisor to sales teams to drive solutions growth objectives by aligning technical expertise with customer needs and business opportunities.
• • Day to day, the specialist maintains advanced knowledge of networking solutions to discover, qualify, recommend, and compare/contrast products; explains technical specifications and benefits of primary, secondary, emerging, and complementary solutions; engages customers to uncover business needs and explore additional opportunities in hosted, managed, and cloud services; attends partner trainings and pursues certifications; maintains strategic relationships with networking partners and collaborates with ITS coworkers on go-to-market strategy; supports Account Managers with best practices, competitive landscape insights, and guidance on uncovering and communicating solutions opportunities; registers and manages customer proposals in partner systems and reviews quotes and orders for accuracy.
• • CDW is a Fortune 500 company and S&P 500 member, a leading multi-brand provider of IT solutions to business, government, education, and healthcare customers across the U.S., U.K., and Canada; the company emphasizes trust, connection, and commitment, fostering a culture where coworkers support each other and customers to 'Make Amazing Happen'; CDW is committed to being an AI-fluent organization, valuing curiosity, a learner’s mindset, and responsible AI adoption to enhance human creativity and decision-making.
• • In this role, the person can develop deep technical expertise in networking disciplines while building strategic advisory skills; gain experience in solution selling, technical presentation, and customer engagement; earn role-level certifications in focused and adjacent disciplines; grow as a trusted partner to sales teams and expand influence across IT practices; contribute to team knowledge sharing and collaborate on go-to-market strategies; advance professionally in a company that invests in learning through trainings, self-study, labs, and certifications; and grow within a culture that values AI fluency, equity, transparency, and respect.