Senior Solutions Architect

SUMMARY:
Looking for a Senior Solutions Architect in Midrand.
Office based position.

POSITION INFO:
The successful candidate will provide Pre-sales
technical support on Hybrid Cloud, Converged and Hyperconverged Datacentre solutions built on various OEM products to assist the sales force in meeting Revenue and Profit targets.

A successful candidate will be expected to be a competent design authority on larger or more complex solutions, demonstrating an understanding of the customers’ business and commercial issues. They identify, design, and deliver complex architectures, strategies, and specific solutions. Responsible for the design and communication of high-level structures to enable and guide the design and development of integrated solutions that meet current and future business needs.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors’ Degree or equivalent through other qualifications / work experience.
• Successful track record in technical Pre-sales of Data Centre and Hybrid Cloud Solutions, Nutanix, SUSE and VMware Solutions.
• Strong background and understanding of Enterprise storage, Virtualization, Converged, Hyper Converged and Cloud infrastructures.
• 5+ years’ experience in the design of Infrastructure Solutions.
• Demonstrable knowledge of the design considerations, technologies and tools enabling new generation Data Centre solutions.
• Appropriate accreditation / certification including one or more convergence technology.
• Previous exposure and demonstrable understanding of Infrastructure Solutions for SAP environments.
• Previous exposure and demonstrable understanding of complex VMware and SUSE environments (both converged and hyperconverged).
• Technology Evangelist with the ability to connect and work with C-Level stakeholders
• Technology Evangelist - Public Speaking at events
• SAP HANA Platform knowledge will be beneficial

• Own and develop elements of the Solution portfolio including alliance management.
• Take complete responsibility for technical input to qualification and business approval meetings, designing larger more complex solutions.
• Shapes technical proposals to be commercially acceptable to the customer and may make solution/service trade-offs.
• Represents at customer forums, conferences, and professional bodies to build Companies reputation in the marketplace.
• Contributes to definition of customers’ overall IT architecture, designing new solutions of significant size and complexity, and can manage the work of specialists contributing to the design and implementation.
• Partner enablement to drive the portfolio value proposition.
• Assisting sales personal in articulating a clear win strategy.
• Participation in focused events creating brand and portfolio awareness for Nutanix / SUSE / VMware portfolios.
• Be entrenched as a trusted advisor.
• Actively drive portfolio value messaging on defined social media platforms.
• Solution ownership that takes complete accountability from requirements gathering to solution delivery.
• Define TCO and ROI modules where cost justification is required.
• Responsible for technical input for Proof of Concept and business approval meetings and for making a recognised technical contribution.
• Shares knowledge and makes a useful contribution to the knowledge base.
• Works with the designated bid teams to deliver winning solutions for qualified opportunities.
• Point of contact for central and partner portfolio teams, drives pre-sales campaigns for SAP, VMware, Integrated Systems, and any other designated portfolio elements.
• Stays abreast of industry trends and specific OEM product portfolio.
• Deliver training and solution workshops for the companies sales team and partner landscape.
• Deliver customer / partner presentations, training, and workshops.
• Establishes an internal/external business network with customer middle management and technical staff to understand current and future needs and identify new business opportunities.