Technical Enterprise Solution Architect

Role Overview

• Support strategic pursuits as the Lead Solution Architect for all initiatives (multi-tower)
• Collaborate with counterparts in the Sales, Consulting and Delivery organizations to create Pursuit, Solution, Sales and Delivery strategies for Enterprise Clients
• Conduct discovery, assessment and solution development workshops (often in collaboration with resources from consulting, operations and product teams) to craft winning solutions
• Develop and document solutions that meet client's (technical and business) requirements and allow them to adapt to changing industry needs with a focus on transformation and re-platform efforts
• Create win-win solutions for both client and Ensono as part of the deal qualification, pursuit, and execution process
• Aid in driving stability and innovation within the client's current and future state and create solutions based on client requirements and available product offerings
• Push for higher value/value added services and solutions in line with Ensono's offerings
• Present technical solutions and business cases to a wide variety of internal and external audience
• Gain clients' confidence as a trusted advisor by offering consultation and recommendations drawn from insights, technology know-how and past experiences
• Work with finance and pricing teams to create simple pricing to multi-year pro-forma models
• Help build the commercial construct and pricing for IT outsourcing, and large managed services deals
• Align and partner with Product Management to help drive appropriate product enhancements and changes to technology roadmap
• Work with Finance, Product, Operations, Legal, and other internal stakeholders to deliver client proposals and contract materials (MSA review, SOW development and redlining, etc.)
• Draft and negotiate SOW, contracts, and sub-contract agreements, ensuring T&Cs alignment and risk mitigation
• Participate in deal reviews and advise Ensono senior management team regarding technical, commercial and competitive aspects
• Provide post-close consulting, knowledge transfer, and deal documentation to ensure smooth internal transition for transition, delivery, operations, and billing
• Participate in Industry Conferences and Consulting Reviews

Requirements

• Experience in a pre-sales Solution Engineer or Architect role at a service provider with managed services, infrastructure, data center and transformation solutions
• Successfully concluded at least 10+ IT Outsourcing, Cloud, Managed Services, or transformation deals of $50M TCV or greater
• Complete understanding of the sales process for complex technical solution selling including ITO deals
• Strong understanding of Financial, Negotiation and Contractual issues and regulations in IT outsourcing deals
• Strong analytical and reasoning skills related to technical, contractual and financial issues
• Broad technical knowledge in data center, hosting, and hybrid cloud technologies
• Well versed in the hosting technology landscape including compute, storage, backup, network, security, End User Services, BC/DR, DevOps and IT governance
• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid solutions preferred
• Deep understanding of IT services outsourcing solutions
• Experience working with Public Sector customers along with understanding the challenges of solutioning within the unique needs of SLED (Federal compliance frameworks, DoD impact levels, Pub1075 for example) will make you stand out from others.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and proficient in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word etc.
• Experience in technical documentation to capture solution components in a timely manner while ensuring acceptable level of detail, data integrity, and accountability
• Ability to share knowledge and expertise among various organizations within the company and to facilitate teamwork among those organizations to better serve our clients
• Ability to manage periods of high project demand, short deadlines and operate under pressure

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Google Cloud Platform

Benefits

• Unlimited Paid Days Off
• Three health plan options
• 401k with company match
• Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts
• Family Forming Benefit including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement
• Paid childbearing and paternal leave
• Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding
• Sabbatical leave
• Wellness program
• Flexible work schedule