Solution Architect NGDC

Position Title – Solution Architect
Location – Abu Dhabi, UAE
Experience – 5-7 Years
Employment - Full Time
Notice Period – 15-30 Days

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Purpose:

Purpose of this role is a primary Next Generation Data Centre (NGDC) related technical solution architect for client.

Job Responsibilities:

• Achieve solution target to meet specified financial goals
• Assigned solution target to be achieved through key NGDC product portfolio
• Participate or lead in scope of work determination, product pricing and RFP response
• Works closely with client managers throughout the process and also assist in decision for a deal
• Determine outsourcing, product pricing with client manager to develop implementation solution
• Manage client POC initiatives individually which includes appropriating resources and setup and delivery of POC
• Obtain working client solution
• Stay abreast of product roadmap as well as understanding the scenarios, features and functions within each of the products and how these are applied to address business and technical problems
• Understand business and technical problems addressed by the products including key regulations, business drivers, evolving business needs, etc.
• Prepare meetings and tailor communications to address business needs of the potential clients
• Maintains contact with all clients in the market area to ensure high levels of client satisfaction
• Bridge between client, engineers, consultants and project management team
• Trains and coaches engineering teams on product/solution
• Mentors product specialists and product support
• Use prior project experience to guide successful implementation of a system/IT infrastructure solution
• Manage key customer relationship and propose innovative Information and Communication Security (ICT) solutions and services

Job Requirements:

Qualifications:

• Diploma/Graduate in Computer engineering preferably IT/Electronics and communication is desirable

Experience:

• 5-7 years experience, relevant to IT industry

Certifications:

• VMWARE Certification Professional (VCP/Storage certification)
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Knowledge & Skills:

• Broad knowledge integrated with strong ICT compute, network and cloud technology understanding
• Focus on areas of technology and associated products in Virtualisation, Hyperconverged, Compute, cloud,Storage, and data protection
• Need to have strong client engagement skills of a mid-complexity base
• Demonstrates ability to interact and cooperate with all company employees
• Familiar with Abu Dhabi enterprise/government clientele and technology trend
• Should have implementation experience
• Need to have technical consulting aptitude focusing on business and sales aspects
• Should have sound knowledge on DataCenter technologies with hands-on experience
• AWS/Azure/GCP hands-on experience is must
• Huawei HCPP, HCIP, CCNA is preferred
• Need to be good team player
• Need to show management skills
• Need good analytical skills and consulting capabilities
• Good collaboration skills required

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