Solutions Architect

In brief

Overview This Solutions Architect role at NTT (NTT DATA) focuses on serving as a trusted technical advisor, transforming business requirements into comprehensive network solutions. The position involves designing network architectures from the communications layer to networking protocols, encompassing network gear, interconnects, hardware, and cloud services for hybrid solutions. The architect specifies and designs solutions based on technical expertise, analyzes and recommends long-term strategic network plans, and collaborates with stakeholders to create technical specifications and detailed design documents. The role also includes providing pre-sales technical support, managing proofs of concept, collaborating with sales teams, and overseeing proposed solutions through to implementation with delivery teams, ensuring high standards for all deliverables. What you will do * Analyzes, develops and recommends long-term strategic plans to ensure network technology and capacity meets current and future network requirements. * Viewed as a trusted technical advisor to the client. * Responsible for solution design, business development, and transition of projects from presales to delivery and sales support. * Provides pre-sales technical support and expertise in analyzing client requirements, in conjunction with the client’s current network and system capabilities. * Ensures technical solutions will accomplish the client's objectives. * Works with internal stakeholders to produce a technical specification for the custom development and systems integration requirements for the solution. * Develops or produces the technical design document to match the solution design specifications. * Working with the relevant internal stakeholders, participate or lead in scope of work determination, product pricing and rFP/rFI responses. * Assists with the determination of outsourcing, product pricing and collaborates with others to develop an implementation solution. * Responsible for influencing and guiding members of the Sales team and to ensure that they are equipped to close deals and maintain visibility of forecasting and sales pipeline in order to influence potential deals. * Manages client proof of concept POC initiatives, which will require the involvement of the appropriate resources, and setup and delivery of the POC. * On all assigned engagements, owns the proposed solution and transitions the build / implementation to the delivery team. * Specifically relating to opportunity pursuit this role will evaluate each opportunity for alignment with organizational capabilities and business policy, prepare the executive summary that outlines all of the information gathered from the client in regard to their needs, as understood, document the proposed technology solution, document the statement of work along with all labor requirements, work with the relevant internal stakeholders to prepare the pricing format that will be supplied to the customer, perform the actual solution design and prepare a parts list outlining equipment to be provided, develop and manage a proof-of-concept as such may be required, engage all technical resources required for an accurate solution design, prepare a network diagram outlining the proposed solution, document all deliverables and what constitutes a successful completion, review the final parts list as supplied and submit all information to the applicable bid team for final assembly, verify the proposal’s accuracy and sign off on the final documents to be presented to the client, assist during the final presentation to the client as appropriate. * Drives innovation by looking at automating internal process as well as products and services. Requirements (from the original advert) * A deep understanding of network protocols, topologies, security, routing, switching, wireless networks, and IP addressing. * Broad product knowledge with an integrated understanding of technology. * Understanding of the Internet of Things, big DATA, network management, quality of service, virtualization, cloud computing, and AI. * Seasoned professional technical experience related to software development, systems design and deployment, or networking and infrastructure within a large scale preferably multi-national technology services environment. * Seasoned experience in a professional technical role. * Seasoned network management experience, including fault and performance management systems. * Seasoned experience in project management methodologies. * Solid client engagement skills and technical consulting aptitude. * Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with team members, contributing to their success. * Basic understanding of key vendor subscription models such as Cisco. * Relevant technical qualifications and certifications. * Proficiency in software and programming languages such as C++. * Certification of Enterprise Architecture methodologies e.g., TOGAF, ITIL, COBIT (advantageous). * Vendor product, sales, and technology certifications (advantageous). * SAFe Scaled Agile (advantageous). Who should apply * Someone who can serve as a trusted technical advisor. * An individual with extensive expertise in transforming business requirements into comprehensive network solutions and designing complex network architectures (from communications layer to networking protocols, including network gear, interconnects, hardware, and cloud services for hybrid solutions). * A professional capable of specifying and designing solutions based on their technical expertise. * Someone who can analyze, develop, and recommend long-term strategic plans for network capacity. * A collaborative individual who can create technical specifications and detailed design documents aligned with business objectives and compliance standards. * A person skilled in providing pre-sales technical support and transitioning projects from presales to delivery. * An individual integral in developing and managing proofs of concept (POCs). * Someone who can influence and guide sales teams to facilitate deal closure and ensure technical solutions meet client objectives. * A professional who takes ownership of proposed solutions on assigned engagements and transitions them to delivery teams. * Someone who can prepare executive summaries, document proposed technology solutions, and assist in final client presentations. * A candidate with strong client engagement skills and technical consulting aptitude. * An individual with effective collaboration and communication skills. Deadline Not specified Reference Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/solutions-architect-ntt-global-networks-5 Source: myjobmag

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