ASIAPOWER OFFICE TIMING: 10.00 AM TO 5.00 PM (MON TO SAT)
UAE / BAHRAIN
Job Description
Seeking a hands-on, motivated and experienced Pre-Sales Solution Architect to help accelerate our expanding Cloud Services programs. A successful candidate will help shape and guide the adoption of cloud computing services through collaboration with some of the best Cloud Architects and Cloud Engineers in the market.
Core Responsibilities
-Provide technical support and subject matter expertise
-Produce high-quality technical documentation
-Support the sales process by collecting customer requirements
-Lead the development of proposed technical solutions
-Prepare and deliver sales presentations and technical proposals.
-Coordinating with and providing support to BD/Sales team for technical solutions and customer meetings
-Assist with the SOW/RFP/RFI/RFQ and contract development processes
-Support the Account and Sales teams to move deals forward.
-Support the standardization of description of service offerings.
-Support the development of a customer’s technology strategies in support of their strategic vision and regular (quarterly or annual) updates.
-Stay apprised and familiar with new cloud services, security standards and/or deployment patterns or requirements.
Required Skills
-Strong knowledge of cloud services and market trends
-In-depth knowledge of Cloud, Virtualization, Networking and Storage technologies
-In depth knowledge of Cloud Computing Security Requirements
-Strong Cloud Architecture and Design skills
-Excellent communication and presentation skills
-Ability to self-managing priorities and meet schedule deadlines.
-Ability to prepare / validate technical bill of materials for the hardware / Software
-Understanding of licenses requirement & compliance
Required Experience
-4 years working or consulting directly on cloud projects
-4 years Infrastructure technologies, i.e., compute, virtualization, networking, storage and/or cyber-security.
-The ability to assist customers in creating requirements and/or understand the requirements provided
-Experience turning requirements into a viable, robust, scalable, and cost-effective design/architecture using industry standard best practices and best of breed of COTS hardware and software products
-Experience owning the creation/verification of the solution, writing the technical portions of the proposal, and creating architectural diagrams in support of RFI, RFP, and RFQs
-CANDIDATE MUST BE RESIDING IN UAE /BAHRAIN.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, professional training, or work experience.