Senior Services Architect

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Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZAF
In-Office
Senior level
Information Technology • Business Intelligence • Consulting
The Role
The Senior Services Architect designs and develops multi-year Managed Services solutions while collaborating with sales teams and clients to ensure competitive offerings and successful implementations.
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The Senior Services Architect is an advanced subject matter expert and is also a pre-sales persona working with clients and sales/delivery teams in a value co-creation process resulting in the design of Technical Services, Support Services & Managed Services solutions across multiple technology domains.
This role is responsible for the development of competitive, innovative, secure, multi-year, viable Managed Services solutions and associated costing inputs to commercial models.
The Senior Services Architect applies both solution design and sales skills to engage and help close opportunities with decision-makers.
This role has the opportunity to design solutions with some of the most innovative global organizations, technologies, accelerating the digital transformation business objectives and outcomes.
In some instances, the Senior Services Architect will remain engaged during and post the implementation of services designed and may be required to participate in renewals.
 

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Guides a virtual team of domain experts to orchestrate the development of secure, multiple year, services solutions.
    • Designs complex Professional Services (PS), Support Services (SS) and Managed Services (MS) solutions to meet client requirements by integrating technology and service design across multiple domains.
    • Works across multiple teams in the design of the PS, SS & MS offering.
    • Tests and validates new designs features and delivery models or recommend improving existing service offers that is being taken to market.
    • Responsible for the service design deliverables of the solution and interfacing with multiple teams and partners to ensure supportability.
    • Directs the validation processes by obtaining sign-off from technical, service and costing stakeholders.
    • Leads the service design of solutions for the client that will be commercially competitive whilst mitigating risk.
    • Maps the client's requirements against proposed set of service elements and architectures and leads the end-to-end solution development (Cloud Services, Technology Architectures, SIAM, SLA, ITSM leading practices).
    • Develops and executes a consulting approach that results in a consolidated statement of requirements, scope, transition documents and costing based need for change, role of IT, definition of the AS-IS versus desired state (Future Mode of operation defined), gap analysis and roadmap, highlighted impacts, consequences and benefits of the intended transformation (people, process, technology).
    • Supports the sales teams in presenting an architecture solution to clients with a focus on cost savings or uncovering other client growth opportunities using the ability to discover and analyze the client’s current architecture, platforms and operating models.
    • Shares client outcomes and market conditions with other stakeholders so that the global offering leads, and services community can evolve strategies and develop innovative solutions for the future.

    Required experience:

    • Provides coaching and mentoring and acts as advisor and decision maker in service design situations.

    • Support the sales teams to have a commercial model discussion with the client.

    • Identifies all service costs and populating cost models accurately to ensure a full visibility of costs related to the delivery of the service over the contract term.

    • Creates and gets sign-off from relevant stakeholders on the solution design that will form part of the commercial model.

    • Responsible for vendor management depending on the service offers and ensures that the transition to service delivery teams are well coordinated to ensure a smooth transition.

    Knowledge and Attributes:

    • Advanced knowledge of PS, SS & MS delivery and service models, including cloud, global, and distributed delivery models.

    • Ability to work with costing models in partnership with sales and finance stakeholders.

    • Advanced proficiency in Application and Cloud/Infrastructure PS, SS & MS service models.

    • Ability to communicate potential improvements and value of our solutions to all levels of stakeholders.

    • Ability to facilitate workshops with clients and internal teams to discover requirements, present solutions and obtain client buy-in.

    • Ability to work within a team, contributing to the success of the team while making a personal contribution, especially in a matrixed organization.

    • Advanced knowledge on emerging trends in technology, PS, SS & MS Integration, Application development – devSecOps, Cloud Native Service Applications, Microsoft development platforms, and Open-Source Software, Cloud platforms like Azure, AWS and GCP, DATA Analytics, Containers, rPA, IoT, and Intelligent Automation.

    • Analytical abilities to discover and analyze all input and DATA.

    • Passion for staying abreast of related industry trends and best practices.

    • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Information technology/systems or a related field.

    • Certification and working knowledge of ITIL, Service Management and Integration, Automation Artificial Intelligence and Analytics preferred.

    • Scaled Agile certification or equivalent is desirable.

    • Additional desirable technology / vendor certifications are AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials Training, MS Azure Fundamentals Training, or the latest equivalent.

    • Advanced demonstratable track record of designing services solutions to large enterprise accounts.

    • Advanced experience in structuring large, multi-year profitable contracts.

    • Advanced solution planning and deal shaping expertise, with the ability to create compelling value propositions as part of the solution design.

    • Advanced experience working in an environment with global delivery and in multiple geographies and industries.

    Workplace type:

    Hybrid Working

    About NTT DATA
    NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world’s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services.  Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

    Equal Opportunity Employer
    NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category. Join our growing global team and accelerate your career with us. Apply today.

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    Skills Required

    • Bachelor's degree in Information technology/systems or a related field
    • Advanced knowledge of PS, SS & MS delivery and service models
    • Certification in ITIL, Service Management and Integration, Automation Artificial Intelligence preferred
    • Advanced experience structuring large, multi-year profitable contracts
    • Advanced demonstratable track record of designing services solutions to large enterprise accounts
    • Scaled Agile certification or equivalent is desirable

    NTT DATA Compensation & Benefits Highlights

    The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NTT DATA and has not been reviewed or approved by NTT DATA.

    • Fair & Transparent Compensation Feedback suggests salary bands and grades are clearly defined, making ranges and promotion criteria easier to understand. Standardized HR processes provide visibility into levels across common delivery roles.
    • Healthcare Strength Feedback suggests the package includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision options with HSA/FSA eligibility. Global materials emphasize comprehensive insurance and wellbeing as baseline offerings across regions.
    • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Flexible work options, including remote/hybrid arrangements, are highlighted as core benefits and can support work–life balance. Some delivery teams report more manageable hours than strategy consultancies, improving perceived value for time.

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    The Company
    HQ: Tokyo
    55,092 Employees
    Year Founded: 1988

    What We Do

    NTT DATA, Inc. is a trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We're committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. Our R&D investments help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure, and connectivity

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