Cloud Leader Partner Solutions Architect

Roles & Responsibilities:

Your broad responsibilities will include: owning the technical engagement and ultimate success around specific implementation projects, and developing a deep expertise in cloud technologies as well as broad know-how around how applications and services are constructed using the unique cloud platform.

Technical leader in the area of cloud computing for our partners

Participate in webinars and public speaking

Author whitepapers, technical articles and blog posts

Participate in COE efforts with global systems integrators

Assist with RFP responses and architecture validation of projects

Organize technical workshops and facilitate the sharing of knowledge across the teams

Assist partners define the approach, tools, and end state architecture

Assist partners build industry & technology solutions on top of unique cloud platform

Validate partner POC architectures, deliverables, SOWs, project plans, and other assets required to successfully deliver customer engagements

Strategy & Innovation: articulate business/industry fundamentals ( e.g., ROI, CBA, TCO); understand regulations and operational excellence; familiarity with business strategy and trends in the IT industry (e.g., CI/CD, IoT, Predictive Analytics)

Technology Breadth: demonstrate architectural best practices applied across a breadth of technologies to solve organizational problems, articulate views/roadmaps for future development, and understand the interaction between infrastructure, operations, and development

Technology Depth : demonstrate detailed knowledge of concepts, implementation, patterns, and issues of at least one technology area; demonstrate the ability to quickly assimilate information about new technologies and business models

Influence stakeholders and ensure compliance within many technology domains that comply with technical and business requirements

Serve as a subject matter expert to guide technology strategy by convincing decision makers across multiple domains and working with architects in each domain

Know Infrastructure and application discovery tools, have worked with industry leading computer and database migration tools, have worked on data center or application migration projects.

Qualifications

BS level degree required, computer science, business or math background preferred

Advanced degrees in engineering and/or business

Visible IT Industry thought leadership on relevant topics related to enterprise IT infrastructure

Experience working with/for Value Added Distributors, their Re sellers and Systems integrators and knowing the market landscape

Global Sales and Solutioning delivery experience w/ global F500 enterprise customers and partners

Use of cloud services in distributed environments with Enterprise Software

Cloud experience; cloud Certified Solutions Architect Associate Level

Broad Enterprise systems experience including SAP, Oracle, MSFT and custom Java/.NET applications.