Solutions Architect

Key Responsibilities:

• Customer Engagement: Engage with prospective clients to understand their business requirements, technical needs, and project goals.
• Solution Design: Design and architect AWS/Azure solutions tailored to meet customer requirements, including compute, storage, database, networking, and security components.
• Technical Presentations: Deliver engaging and informative presentations, demos, and proof-of concepts (POCs) to showcase AWS/Azure solutions and capabilities.
• Collaboration: Work closely with sales teams, product managers, and engineering teams to ensure alignment of solutions with customer needs and business objectives.
• Documentation: Develop detailed technical documentation, including solution designs, architecture diagrams, and implementation plans.
• Proposal Support: Assist in the preparation of proposals, RFP responses, and technical evaluations to support the sales process.
• Industry Trends: Stay current with AWS/Azure service updates, industry trends, and best practices to provide up-to-date guidance and recommendations.
• Customer Relationships: Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, providing technical expertise and support throughout the sales cycle.
  

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field. Relevant certifications are a plus.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience, at least 3+ years of experience in a pre-sales or technical consulting role with a focus on AWS/Azure technologies.
• Technical Skills: Strong understanding of AWS/Azure services, including EC2, AKS, Azure Functions, Blob storage, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, and CloudFormation. Experience with AWS/Azure architectural best practices.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to design solutions that address customer needs and challenges.
• Presentation: Proven experience in delivering technical presentations and demonstrations to a variety of audiences. Preferred Qualifications:
• Certifications: AWS/Azure Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, or other relevant certifications.
• Industry Knowledge: Experience in [specific industry, if applicable] or with [specific technologies or tools relevant to your business].
• Additional Skills: Familiarity with cloud migration strategies, DevOps practices, and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).