Softchoice Corp

Modern Infrastructure Customer Solutions Architect

Softchoice Corp$120K — $160K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in technology solution sales or technical pre-sales roles
  • Experience with Quebec public sector procurement, including RFPs and contracts
  • Proven record navigating complex sales cycles with multiple stakeholders
  • Knowledge of local government sectors: healthcare, education, and municipal
  • Bilingual proficiency in French and English, for executive conversations
  • Strong expertise in Data Center and hybrid cloud infrastructures
  • Familiarity with Cisco solutions and modern infrastructure needs

Responsibilities

  • Grow and develop mixed hybrid IT solutions including Data Center and Public Cloud
  • Leverage insights-driven sales processes to create tailored customer solutions
  • Collaborate with sales teams to target new business opportunities
  • Develop account penetration plans for assigned customers
  • Drive client engagements from needs assessment to deal closure
  • Work with pre-sales teams to deliver excellent end-to-end service
  • Nurture relationships with Hybrid IT partners and vendors

Benefits

  • Medical and Dental Care
  • Employee & Family Assistance Program
  • Retirement Savings Plan with Company Matching
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Vacation, Sick Leave, and Holidays
  • Parental Leave and Volunteer Days
  • Employee Discount Program
Full Job Description
The impact you will have:

Guiding our customers through modernization of their infrastructure. Companies and organizations everywhere need rapid infrastructure modernization to ensure they stay ahead of their competition. Modernized Infrastructure is inclusive of their datacenter-based infrastructure as well as their public cloud infrastructure, deployed in a dynamic, connected and secured architecture, for modernized applications, data and AI workloads.

As a Modern Infrastructure CSA, your mission is to put businesses on the best possible path to a sustainable and ground-breaking future. In doing so, you will unlock new opportunities and overcome technological and business barriers, while delivering a compelling and customized roadmap for modernization.

This role at Softchoice, is designed to follow through on our long-standing promise to do right by our customers. Customers increasingly need large scale data sets supporting AI workloads alongside legacy workloads with security, business resiliency and governance creating challenges to achieve their goals. In this new era of disruption, speed and complexity, IT sellers aren't simply selling the virtues of the modern datacenter infrastructure and cloud.

These specialist sellers are helping customers understand their potential as modernizing legacy data center and networking infrastructures allows customers to lay the groundwork for their future. You will work closely with the account teams for our customers to develop and set in motion advanced Datacenter, AI and storage hybrid infrastructures, public cloud and network infrastructure and security solutions, which in turn will help customers succeed and thrive.

What you will do:

  • Grow and develop Hybrid IT Solutions and Services that include a mix of Data Center, Networking, Public Cloud, Professional Services, and/or Managed Services
  • Leverage the challenger Sales methodology and an insights-driven sales processes, along with a current knowledge of industry and technical trends, to customize solutions for customer needs and business goals
  • Collaborate with District Sales Teams and Leaders to create and execute a strategy to acquire new opportunities within targeted accounts
  • Build and maintain account and market penetration plans on assigned accounts
  • Quarterback opportunities from the point of assessing customer needs through closing deals and driving diversification
  • Engage pre-sales and internal support to provide outstanding, end-to-end service
  • Nurture strategic relationships with key Hybrid IT partners and vendors


What you bring to the table:

  • Experience selling technology solutions into Quebec Public Sector organizations
  • Strong understanding of public sector procurement processes, RFPs, standing offers, and contract vehicles.
  • Demonstrated success navigating complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles involving executive, technical, and procurement stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of the Quebec government, healthcare, education, and municipal landscape.
  • Professional fluency in both French and English, including the ability to conduct executive-level conversations and presentations in French.
  • Professional Experience in Infrastructure Modernization:
  • 8+ years of experience successfully selling technology solutions in dedicated sales or technical pre-sales roles.
  • Extensive experience aligning business objectives and initiatives with relevant technology requirements.
  • Proven track record in identifying, developing, and driving sales for legacy infrastructure environments, including compute, storage, and networking within Data Center infrastructure.
  • Knowledge of Cisco product lines and solutions as they pertain to modern infrastructure needs is considered a strong asset.
  • Strong expertise in Data Center, hybrid cloud, and public cloud models, with experience across Azure, AWS, Google, and Managed Services.
  • Adept at building relationships and engaging with customer decision makers involved in infrastructure modernization efforts.
  • Exceptional communication skills, especially in conveying complex modern infrastructure concepts
  • Documented success in developing and increasing sales for Managed and Professional Services offerings.
  • Creative, strategic thinker with a client-focused service approach.
  • Willingness and ability to travel frequently within a designated Sales District, up to 25% of the time.


Compensation:

A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range for this position in Toronto is $120,000 to $160,000, annually + 40% as target incentives.

Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors, including location, experience, skill set, education, and related certification. The range for this position in other geographic locations may differ.

Softchoice offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit plan to all full-time employees, which includes:

  • Health and Wellbeing: Medical and Dental Care, Employee & Family Assistance Program

  • Financial Benefits: RRSP/DPSP Retirement Savings Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance

  • Paid Time Off: Vacation and Sick Leave, Holidays, Parental Leave, Volunteer Days, Bereavement Leave

  • Additional Perks: Employee Discount Program


Not sure if you qualify? Think about applying anyway:

We understand that not everyone brings 100% of the skills and experience for the role.

At Softchoice, we offer opportunities to a diverse group including those with a variety of workplace experiences and backgrounds. Whether you are new to corporate tech, returning to work after a gap in employment, or looking to transition and take the next step in your career, we are excited to learn more about you and encourage you to apply.

About Softchoice Corp

Softchoice Corp is a leading provider of information technology solutions and services to businesses and organizations in North America. The company offers a wide range of services, including software licensing, hardware procurement, cloud services, and managed services. Softchoice Corp was founded in 1989 and has been providing high-quality IT solutions to customers for over 30 years. The company is committed to helping customers achieve their business goals by providing innovative and cost-effective IT solutions.
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1989

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