Senior Presales Solution Architect - Cloud

Senior Presales Solution Architect - Cloud
REMOTE IN USA

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the technical and business discussions relative to future architect direction across multiple teams or complex applications infrastructure.
• Analyze, design and develop a roadmap and implementation plan based upon a current vs. future state in a cohesive architecture viewpoint.
• Experience in architecting solution, leading Large bids, strong business & customer facing skills, industry connects, expertise in analyzing industry trends & creating solutions / frameworks that will help Sales to take to customers / prospects, ability to handle analysts
• Lead definition of the collaboration model in order to define overall frameworks and engagement models while developing deal specific solutions
• Lead creation & maintenance of frameworks for bid management, overall ideal solution, due diligence planning & execution, transition solution & execution in order to facilitate efficiency and consistency
• Work with the Sales team to identify win themes for the pursuit based on client objectives
• Proposal solution design including managed services model, with clear focus on delivering and articulating the value to the customer, Solution mapping across multiple towers and co-ordination with technology leads to ensure end-to-end solution build
• Need to own/ groom bid managers community and help build a strong bid solution team
• Review and/or analyze and develop architecture at domain level and across multiple teams.
• Participate in the business-wide Infrastructure architecture and domain governance model.
• Contribute to the development of Solution and technology frameworks. Contribute to the designs and deployment of infrastructure solutions meeting standardization, consolidation, TCO, security and regulatory compliance for different businesses.
• Lead the research and evaluation of emerging technology, industry and market trends to assist in customer s roadmap support and alignment activities to for multiple verticals or business units.
• Provide leadership, technology guidance and mentor others.
• Ability to coordinate efforts from multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to understand Pricing models and raise relevant red flags where applicable.

Basic Qualifications

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Master s Degree in Computer Science or in STEM Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
• A minimum of 15+ years of relevant and combined professional experience in Data centers and Public Cloud infrastructure
• TOGAF Certified preferred

Technical Expertise

Desired Characteristics:

• Extensive technical breadth, through experience in the IT industry. This breadth should be in areas of IT infrastructure domain or managed infrastructure support services
• Should have managed/architected 5 large deals preferably multi tower deals (DC/EUC/Network/Security)
• Ability to align with Agile and waterfall methodologies for project management, sound understanding of Dev Ops tools and methodologies.
• Knowledge on various technologies such as ERP, Operating systems, Datacenter virtualization and consolidation, Infrastructure management Applications and Cloud Technologies.
• Excellent written and Oral communication with outstanding articulation in customer facing presentations
• Experience in at least two Industry verticals such as Manufacturing, Hi-tech, Aero & defence, Travel Transport & Logistics, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Pharma, Lifesciences, Retail, BFSI, Govt. etc.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems architecture knowledge, and experience with designing multi-tier architecture, conducting solution workshops with solution alternative analysis and recommendations
• Experience working directly with Cloud providers / infrastructure partners like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform etc., designing physical/hybrid data centers, database technologies, operating systems (Windows, Linux) and orchestration tools (Chef, puppet)
• Prior experience with working across the full technology stack, including the use of Cloud hosting and micro-services architecture
• Understanding of commercial SaaS products for business propositions
• Experience with delivering solutions based on enterprise DC Migration and Consolidation across various platforms.
• Understanding of cyber security principles and technologies
• Tenacious problem solver demonstrating an innate curiosity and passion for solving difficult problems.
• Leads and facilitates the domain s architecture governance process based on EA s governance structure.
• Proven track record of cross functional collaboration and influencing skills at high levels

Business Acumen

• Create, analyze and manage projects that provide direct business benefit; demonstrate detailed knowledge of business operations and strategic direction, including merger & acquisition opportunities; understand industry trends and competitive landscape and the implications for customer business; partner with business leaders to align projects with business goals and needs.

Leadership

• Recommend allocation of the budget to meet architectural initiatives critical to business/mission success. Develop the business case for approval.
• Provide leadership, technology guidance and mentors others throughout their domain. Define the skills, competencies in the skills and talents for architecture team members.
• Facilitates dialogues that produce new perspectives and trigger recommendations for substantial innovative/enhancements and analysis of consequences.
• Influences through others. Uses experts or other third parties to influence. Builds direct and "behind the scenes" support for ideas, uses chains of indirect influence.

Disclaimer

HCL is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, sex, color, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical disability or genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and/or local law. Should any applicant have concerns about discrimination in the hiring process, they should provide a detailed report of those concerns to for investigation.

Compensation and Benefits

A candidate s pay within the range will depend on their work location, skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.