pre-sales solution architect in Brisbane

• The role of the Pre-Sales Solution Architect is to be a trusted technical advisor and thought leader, delighting our customers with modern solutions, conducive to optimal productivity and allowing for seamless collaboration with external staff, customers or partners.
• You are comfortable managing large accounts, building relationships, emphasising the value of technology in complex enterprise, and building robust and innovative technical solutions that will give your customers a competitive advantage.
• Your enthusiasm, technical and business depth, and excellent presentation skills will help decision makers understand the benefits of your solutions and value of the broader team to drive growth and customer success.
• Our focus is the modern workplace with the Microsoft cloud productivity suite with O365/Teams, collaboration and communication, including Skype for Business/Teams, mobility with Citrix or VMware and hybrid cloud with Azure.
• If this is you, then this organisation offers one of the most vibrant and customer centric environment you will ever work in – with this, comes the responsibility to always put the customer first, apply global best practice, demonstrate technical excellence, work with yrou team mates, apply lots of common sense, and be able to deal with volume and complexity.

The Pre Sales Solution Architect is looking for the tri-fecta:

• Pre-sales
• Technical excellence
• Passion for customer

What would you be doing in this role?

• Drive the workplace solutions pipeline with O365, Teams, modern end-point solutions (Citrix, VMWare) and Azure.
• Lead and inspire the technical team resourcing your projects, with clear scope and guidance on how to deliver successfully
• Contribute to development of best practice and IP and share this both locally and nationally and leverage the company's thoughtleadership against complementary Business Units, such as Networking, Security and Managed Services.
• Act as leader for the differentiation of the company's technical capability and work with the Practice Manager to develop new service offerings
• Take responsibility as the technical representative of the business within strategic accounts to develop strong client relationships and follow through opportunities
• Work with Bid Team, Solution Sales Specialists and Account Managers on client proposals
• Manage key client relationships and monitor the company's performance and delivery against the pre-defined roadmap

What will you need to succeed in this role?

• Experience in creation of business cases, business and technical requirements, user stories, conceptual and technical design, roadmaps and ongoing management for all aspects of end enterprise and modern workspace technologies.
• Highly developed technical capability across O365/Teams, Skype for Business, EMS, Azure, Citrix and/or VMware.
• Ability to map business needs to technology solutions
• Interpersonal skills with the ability to develop strong client relationships
• Analytical skills and proven ability to work with a client to understand requirements and define appropriate solution
• Expertise in sales process and in the solution design
• Ability to engage and lead a team of consultants and engineers
• Comfortable with presenting and communicating solutions to clients at a business and technical level
• Strong professional documentation skills
• Track record of effective workshop and interview skills
• A team player willing to develop and share IP
• Outstanding client service orientation

What personal attributes are we looking for?

• Excellent communication skills
• Fast Learner
• Self Starter
• Passionate about solving multiple and complex enterprise IT challenges

Key Technology Area Knowledge and Expertise:

• Cloud Services: Microsoft Productivity cloud workloads (365, Teams) and Hybrid cloud IaaS solutions
• Systems Management and Online Systems Management (management tools with repeatable processes to provide effective end-to-end management of Microsoft infrastructure and cloud services)
• Mobility Solutions (Citrix, VmWare)
• Identity and Access Management (solutions to enable the management and integration of identities)
• Unified Communications and Collaboraton (Skype for Business; Teams)
• Software Services (the infrastructure and processes needed to effectively procure, deploy, manage and protect software assets)

How do I apply?

Contact madeline.reeve@randstad.com.au for a swift response on this role, or apply now.

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.