Solutions Architect

Overview

About Our Company: Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Cologix is a leading North America network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company. Our platform gives customers access to 45+ digital edge and Scalelogix℠ hyperscale edge data centers in 13 markets across the United States and Canada along with a carrier-dense ecosystem of 710+ networks, 360+ cloud providers, 35+ onramps and seven Internet exchanges.

We provide our nearly 2,000 customers with direct access to our local operations teams, resulting in strong partnerships enabled by exceptional operational support and unparalleled customer service. Backed by one of the largest North American infrastructure funds, Cologix s experienced leadership team, certified staff and commitment to ESG initiatives help form a culture that values our people, our environment and our clients.

About the Position: We are looking for an entrepreneurial, driven colleague to support Cologix’s sales team in developing and closing opportunities by providing colocation/networking expertise and pre‑sales technical support for prospects, customers, and partners across our North American platform. The Solutions Architect will play a key role in educating customers of all sizes on Cologix’s value proposition and participating in deep technical discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment.

• The Solutions Architect will be knowledgeable in, and support, all Cologix product lines, be proficient in colocation/networking environments, and effectively manage a demanding schedule across a wide variety of technical and pre‑sales goals. They should have a high‑level understanding of cloud services networking environments (private/public/hybrid) to define customer requirements and translate those requirements into Cologix technical solutions.
• The primary role of the Solutions Architect is to function as a technical advisor/consultant for Cologix customers and the Cologix sales team, architecting creative and complex colocation and IT/cloud/networking solutions. The role requires a broad range of knowledge and understanding of critical facilities (electrical and cooling) and high‑performing infrastructure, as well as an understanding of the lower levels of the OSI model.
  
  The Solutions Architect should be able to articulate solutions to both technical and non‑technical audiences. They will also provide technical leadership and mentoring to the sales team, as well as to other internal groups and thought leaders within the organization.
• This position supports all of Cologix’s North American platform (U.S. & Canada) and therefore may require some travel; however, it will be primarily focused on the Eastern U.S. market. The Solutions Architect may also be required to travel to other markets or locations where customer IT/engineering groups are based in order to conduct and lead on‑site customer meetings.
• Essential Skills and
  
  Responsibilities include:
  
  broad knowledge of Internet technologies (servers, networking equipment, storage design for colocation, hosting, and cloud); broad knowledge of AI systems; detailed knowledge of critical facilities and electrical/generation and mechanical systems; data center telecom cabling standards; ability to assess current operations, identify design flaws, and build consensus on proposed solutions and action plans; ability to refine ambiguous customer needs into specific, deliverable requirements;
  
  ability to uncover hidden or unrealized customer requirements and gain prospect consensus; ability to develop relationships and communicate with high‑level internal and external technical staff; presentation skills to design and present highly technical concepts to varying audiences; ability to influence cross‑functional departments to gain alignment and drive design solutions.
• Ability to independently develop relationships and communicate with high‑level internal and external technical staff.

• 3+ years of technical experience; experience with colocation/hosting/cloud companies, operations, or technical sales preferred.
• Effective…