Cloud Services Architect

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa NTT Full time

NTT is a leading global IT solutions and services organisation that brings together people, data and things to create a better and more sustainable future.

In today's 'iNTTerconnected' world, connections matter more now than ever. By bringing together talented people, worldclass technology partners and emerging innovators, we help our clients solve some of the world's most significant technological, business and societal challenges.


With people at the heart of our success, NTT is committed to attracting and growing the best talent and providing an environment where everyone feels they can belong and their contribution matters.


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A Cloud Services Architect provides technical expertise in the design and demo of Managed Services solutions across the Cloud Infrastructure domain.

This role is primarily involved in the technical presales process working alongside NTT stakeholders (sales) to assess clients' business needs and narrow down the potential technical solutions and platforms that would be the best fit for client business goals.

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A Cloud Services Architect provides technical expertise in the design and demo of Managed Services solutions across the Cloud Infrastructure domain.

This role is primarily involved in the technical presales process working alongside NTT stakeholders (sales) to assess clients' business needs and narrow down the potential technical solutions and platforms that would be the best fit for client business goals.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Primarily involved in the technical presales process working alongside NTT Client Executives & Sales Specialists to assess clients' business needs and narrow down the potential technical solutions and platforms that would be the best fit for client business goals Articulate value proposition, present solution, and build value throughout the sales process with all departments of the client organization Lead the definition of a Managed Services solution that meets the agreed requirements Define, contribute, Develop, Lead Managed Services solutions and offerings across multicloud technologies. Contribute to sales process improvement, including developing knowledge bases, sharing practices with other Solution Architects
Required Experience:
  • Prior experience of at least 5 years in Scoping and Designing Cloud Managed Services Solutions.
Prior working experience in ITIL V3/ V4 and COBIT applied managed services / cloud service provider Applied Azure and/or GCP and/or AWS infrastructure architect and presales skills. Understanding of virtualization, hybrid computing environments, storage technology and cloud native technologies Excellent Communication and Presentation skills Ability to Facilitate workshops with clients and NTT teams to discover requirements, present solutions and obtain client buyin
Academic Qualifications and Certifications: Desired certifications (any one or more) Azure AZ900 Azure Fundamentals, AWS Cloud Practitioner, VMWare VTSP or VTSP for AWS/Azure.
ITIL: Version 3 or later.
Tertiary level bachelor's or post graduate degree with experience in a consulting capacity.
Scaled Agile certification or equivalent.

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:

Deep understanding of cloud technologies, networking, security, and system administration.
Applied Azure and/or GCP and/or AWS infrastructure architect and presales skills.
Good communication and presentation skills.
Ability to facilitate workshops with clients and internal teams to discover requirements, present solutions and obtain client buyin.
Detailed level understanding of virtualization, hybrid computing environments, storage technology and cloud native technologies.
Working knowledge of Managed Services service and delivery models, including cloud, global, and distributed delivery models.
Comfortable working with costing models in partnership with sales and finance stakeholders.
Ability to work within a team, contributing to the success of the team while making a personal contribution, especially in a matrixed organization.
Up to date knowledge on emerging trends in Cloud technology, Managed Services Integration etc.
Analytical skills and ability to discover and analyze all input and data.

Skills Summary
Business Acumen, Commercial Acumen, EndtoEnd Testing, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Services Design, Services Development, Technical Consulting, Technical Solutions

Workplace type:

Hybrid Working

Equal Opportunity Employer
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