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Description At CDW, we make it happen, together. Trust, connection, and commitment are at the heart of how we work together to deliver for our customers. Its why were coworkers, not just employees. Coworkers who genuinely believe in supporting our customers and one another. We collectively forge our path forward with a level of commitment that speaks to who we are and where were headed. Were proud to share our story and Make Amazing Happen at CDW. Join a presales architecture team that helps customers harness AI and advanced computing. As a Senior FSA, youll design reference architectures for GPUaccelerated compute, highperformance storage, lowlatency networking, and orchestration frameworks that power machine learning, deep learning, and dataintensive workloads. This is a presales consulting roleyou wont perform handson implementationbut youll work in lockstep with professional services, project management, managed services, account teams, and strategic vendor partners to ensure designs are executable and deliver strong outcomes. Why this role matters AI and HPC are transforming decisionmaking, research, and product innovation. Customers need trusted advisors who can translate business goals into resilient, performant, and secure platforms. In this role, youll create clarity amid complex tradeoffs, guide stakeholders to the right architectural choices, and enable measurable business impact with repeatable solution patterns. What youll do Architecture & Strategy - Lead discovery to translate business outcomes into technical requirements and reference architectures for AI/HPC platforms (GPU clusters, distributed training, model serving, orchestration). - Design scalable compute using leading GPU technologies; specify lowlatency fabrics (InfiniBand, RoCE) and highperformance storage (e.g., NVMe, parallel file systems). - Define security, resilience, datamanagement, and costoptimization patterns; document assumptions and tradeoffs. Presales Execution - Build solution designs, sizing guidance, diagrams, and BOMs with clear scope boundaries and delivery alignment. - Support proposals, statements of work, and risk identification; ensure feasibility with delivery leadership. - Present technical content to diverse audiences (engineers to executives) and handle deepdive Q&A. Customer & Seller Engagement - Act as a trusted advisor on workload placement, performance tuning considerations, and modernization paths. - Partner with account managers to qualify opportunities and position the right mix of products, professional services, and managed services. - Partner & Internal Collaboration - Coordinate architecture validation with key vendors; stay current on roadmaps affecting AI/HPC platform choices. - Collaborate with professional services and project management so designs are deployable and milestones are clear. Quality & Reuse - Contribute reusable assets (templates, calculators, patterns) and improve architecture quality through peer reviews. - Advocate for accurate opportunity data and case hygiene to support forecasting and delivery planning. What we expect of you Must-have - Handson presales architecture experience designing AI/HPC infrastructure: GPUaccelerated compute, distributed training, model serving, highperformance storage, and lowlatency networking. - Strong consulting fundamentals: discovery, requirements translation, executiveready communication, and decision framing. - Proficiency creating architecture diagrams, BOMs, sizing, and cost/comparison analyses. - Demonstrated collaboration across delivery, program/project management, managed services, and vendor partners. - Ability to simplify complexity, build stakeholder confidence, and drive consensus. Nicetohave - Familiarity with orchestration and scheduling (Kubernetes, Slurm, PBS); parallel file systems (Lustre, BeeGFS); object storage; and benchmarking/performance methods. - Exposure to MLOps/ModelOps pipelines, inference serving, RAG infrastructure, or dataplatform integration. - Industry knowledge in research, public sector, or enterprise analytics use cases. How youll work - Presales consulting focus (no handson implementation). - Crossfunctional collaboration with delivery teams and strategic vendors to ensure designs are feasible and repeatable. Occasional travel based on customer and event needs. At CDW, we strive to offer marketcompetitive total rewards packages to attract and retain talent. As such, we are committed to pay transparency and ensuring fair compensation for all our coworkers. Each of our roles is assigned a salary range that is informed by multiple sources of market data. We determine individual pay within a given range based on a candidate's prior experience, knowledge, skills and abilities. This approach allows us to offer competitive and equitable salaries that reflect the value and responsibilities of each role at CDW. Salaries are based on a 40hour workweek, and paid on a biweekly payroll schedule. Pay range: $145,600 - $203,840, depending on experience and skill set. Current Opening This posting reflects a currently available position within our organization for which we are actively recruiting. We make technology work so people can do great things CDW is a leading multibrand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW helps its customers to navigate an increasingly complex IT market and maximize return on their technology investments. Together, we unite. Together, we win. Together, we thrive. Equal Opportunity Employer CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law. CDW is committed to fostering an equitable, transparent, and respectful hiring process for all applicants. During our application process, CDWs goal is to get to know you as an applicant and understand your experience, strengths, skills, and qualifications. While AI can help you present yourself more clearly and effectively, the essence of your application should be authentically yours. To learn more, please review CDW's AI Applicant Notice. #J-18808-Ljbffr