Senior Solutions Architect (Cloud)

• Own multiple opportunities across bids, tenders, live deals and written proposals
• Lead the technical development of solutions aligned to customer needs
• Support the Practice Director as needed
• Provide technical peer reviews for the Presales team
• Build technical designs, cost models and BOMs
• Deliver technical designs and written responses for bids and proposals
• Support Sales by presenting technical service designs to customers
• Offer expert consultancy and technical architecture guidance to customers
• Write consultancy proposals, including cost benefit analysis and high-level change plans
• Analyse requirements and produce tender responses with clear wording and cost models
• Lead high-level technical discussions with customers to shape solutions across strategic vendors
• Contribute to the Cloud & Infrastructure Practice roadmap and technical governance
• Dedicate time to R&D of boxxe solutions (5% of the role)
• Contribute to the lifecycle of vendors and technologies within the technical portfolio
• Help evolve and develop new or improved service and solution propositions
• Identify and support technical and process improvements across Service and Sales teams
• Undertake relevant technical training aligned to boxxe's technology roadmap

Do you have experience in Sales?, * Strong grasp of Cloud transformations, Microsoft Azure architecture principles and cost-benefit analysis for IT operational design

• Broad knowledge of Business Operations and IT Functions beyond pure technology
• Familiarity with Sales Cycles
• Experience with IT Managed Services
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Azure technologies (e.g. Governance, Compute, Networking, Security, Data, DevOps)
• Advanced knowledge of at least one of the following: Containers/AKS, Data, AI, AVD
• Microsoft Azure expert level or equivalent qualifications
• Familiarity with Hybrid (Azure Local) or Infrastructure as code would be beneficial
• Can demonstrate strategic thinking and planning in bringing new services to market Is experienced in presales work in Cloud technologies as above
• Is accomplished in writing bid responses and conveying technical outputs into business benefits
• Flexibility to travel throughout the UK when needed

For us, tech has never been about just hardware or software. It's about people. It's our meaningful relationships, deep expertise and practical know-how in technology that drive what we do. We put our customers, our partners and the environment at the heart of everything we do and our people are the difference that make the difference. At boxxe, we understand, we collaborate, we simplify, we care and we deliver; together we are making tech human.