Solutions Architect - Service Provider (Req#1318)

Overview *Candidates perferrably geographically located near Plymouth, MN. The ePlus Service Provider Group (SPG) is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Solutions Architect to join our dynamic team, supporting telecommunications customers across the Northeast. This individual will serve as a trusted technical advisor to service providers, including telcos, cable operators, consortiums, electrical cooperatives, and municipalities. The ideal candidate will possess deep technical expertise in high-end routing and optical networking, with a strong focus on next-generation MPLS and optical transport architectures. Key technologies include Segment Routing (SR-MPLS), Ethernet VPN (EVPN), Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM), and Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers (ROADMs). The Solutions Architect - Service Provider will be 1:1 aligned with a dedicated Account Executive, working together to engage customers, assess their current network environments, and define future-state designs. Responsibilities include customer presentations, onsite whiteboarding sessions, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and platform selection, BOM creation, and drafting Statements of Work (SOWs) for professional services engagements. This is a high-impact, customer-facing pre-sales role that blends deep technical guidance with strategic engagement to support and close complex, high-value business opportunities. Your Impact The essential functions of this position include: Provide technical expertise/credibility to account team on designated focus area Conduct customer presentations on ePlus value proposition and technical solution sets for assigned accounts and focus areas Assist sales account managers with overall account planning, as it relates to technical aspects of hardware, software, and services opportunity development Assist sales account managers with project management for complex presales engagements Complete technical sections for RFP/RFI/RFQ responses for assig