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Alkira, a Lumen company, is reinventing enterprise networking for the AI era with a programmable platform that connects, secures, and operates cloud, sites, partners, data centers, and AI workloads. We are seeking an experienced Partner Solutions Architect to join our rapidly growing channel team in the Chicago region.
In this role, you will be the technical bridge between Alkira and our key strategic partners globally. You will conduct comprehensive training and technical enablement activities to build partner knowledge of our joint Alkira-Lumen solutions and market positioning. You'll work collaboratively with partners to design and build customer solutions addressing their networking and security needs, translating complex technical requirements into actionable architectures.
Key responsibilities include developing enablement content (slides, videos, PDFs) for partner consumption, participating in partner and industry events to evangelize our solutions, and maintaining competitive intelligence to arm partners with differentiation strategies. You'll collaborate closely with internal teams—product management, engineering, sales, and marketing—to ensure partners have the resources and support needed for success. This is a hands-on role requiring continuous self-learning through labs, documentation review, and training to stay current with Alkira innovations.
You bring a minimum of 5 years of experience in solutions architecture, solutions engineering, or similar technical roles with a strong focus on partner or customer-facing engagements. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field is required. You possess strong knowledge of networking and security technologies (required), with cloud skills in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP preferred. Excellent verbal and written communication skills enable you to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. You demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a collaborative mindset and proven ability to build strong relationships with partners and internal stakeholders.
