Cloud Architect

Job Description – Cloud Architect

System Soft Technologies is a leading technology company that provides innovative technical solutions and consulting services to enhance innovation, business value, and competitiveness. For over 23 years, our focus on becoming a trusted partner to each client has allowed us to become a $230MM+ company with a pool of over 1900 associates who cover the full spectrum of IT expertise. We are distinguished by our ability to anticipate the unique needs of our clients and deliver a level of quality that far exceeds their expectations.

Why System Soft Technologies?

At System Soft Technologies, we are a family unit powered by diversity, inclusion, transparency, respect, integrity and passion for our clients and our people. Our business growth depends on your professional development, as we collaborate, share ideas and innovation, and invest in our future. By forging a meaningful partnership with our people, we come together with the same purpose, exceeding our goals. This keeps us nimble, ahead of the competition, and on top of our industry. Our continued success begins with you.

Job Summary:

This is a Pre-Sales role as well supporting internal projects for System Soft Technologies by contributing to pre-sales activities, post-sales architecture delivery portfolio activities, customization, and alliances for the Infrastructure Services Global Cloud Practice as well other practices, thought leadership in the sense of developing Blogs, White papers, eBooks, even webinars. The purpose of the role is to be the main customer facing point of contact for technology projects and consulting work. The successful applicant will work closely with the customer ensuring a highly satisfied customer experience. This role includes ownership of technical, commercial, and service elements related to cloud project engagements.
Orchestrate SSTECH methods, assets, and tools from end-to-end in the design of solutions which enable major deal wins and which leverage all technologies.

Responsibilities:

Ensure that we are delivering what is expected by:
Ensuring that the cloud architecture meets the functional and non-functional requirements.
Ensuring that the cloud architecture complies with the overall Client’s IT policies and strategies, obtaining authorized waivers where deviation is required.
Ensuring that the cloud architecture is consistent with and supports the productivity and financial performance objectives of the project.
 

• Proven experience in cloud infrastructure project deals for data center infrastructure assessments with ability to create roadmaps, business cases and transformation recommendations.
• Proven abilities to build end-to-end hybrid DC and Cloud solutions.
• Strong client facing skills and a good listener. Ability to push a point/right solution to different stakeholders (both technical and non-technical)
• A strong background in end-to-end cloud technologies and architecture, ideally from more than one company.
• Developing cloud migration and transformation artifacts, and help oversee the execution of the projects
• AWS, AZURE or GCP expertise gained from production application deployment, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS proven experience of delivering complex cloud project engagements
• Deep knowledge of On-Perm technologies like KVM, VMWare, Nutanix, converged architecture, Hyper converged infrastructure, and Private Cloud technologies, etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills; excellent presentation and facilitation skills
• Possess the ability to clearly articulate the pros and cons of technology choices and solution design decisions and to construct and present rational options to clients and prospective clients on the options they have
• Comfortable facilitating group discussions and leading client strategy and design activities; able to translate client needs and opportunities into architecture specifications that can be referred to by the analyst, development, and migration teams
• Have a focus on getting the job done and done properly
• Be willing to learn, grow and stretch into new roles and different industries/domains

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of infrastructure architect experience (required)
• Infrastructure Transition and/or Data Center Migration to the Cloud experience is a must
• Proven track record of successful project delivery results
• Ability to execute datacenter infrastructure assessments with the ability to created strategic roadmaps, business cases and cloud transformation recommendations
• Ability to work independently and repeatedly accomplish all work within Project plan
• Commercially astute with exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Sales orientated with the ability to identify, pursue, and assist in closing potential sales opportunities
• Experience working within both project-centric and project matrix resourcing models
• Ability to travel in accordance with requirements of assignment/client
• Technical knowledge and skills in the infrastructure domain, such as:
  
  • Understanding of the different architectural layers (e.g., Network, Storage, Databases, etc.)
  • Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, Containers, LPAR, etc.)
  • Experience/Exposure to Cloud migrations (i.e., Public, Hybrid, or Private cloud)
  • IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and their services the offer
• Ability to assess the logical setup of AS-IS environment and create a transformation roadmap
• Presentation and communication skills for senior management and C-class executive levels
• Responsible for developing the transformation strategy
• Responsible for designing the target architecture and experience in writing detailed design documentation
• Responsible for Data Center Transformation project preparation and execution of the transformation strategy
• Maintain open communication amongst stakeholders
• Exposure to the full procurement life cycle (e.g., working with third parties to receive quotations, assisting in the commercial aspects of procuring data center related hardware and/or licensing, etc.)
• Manage standards, procedures, and practices for record keeping of contractual agreements and well internal IT Cloud strategy
• Identify potential project risks and incorporate risk mitigation strategy and contingency plan
• Familiar with ITIL processes
• Ensure clients and third parties deliver on their obligations where required

System Soft Technologies is a proud equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.