Senior Solution Architect

Presale Activities

In this role you would expect to involve in the various presale activities such as customer/Partner collaboration, technical discussions with partners, defining scope, evaluate cost and price etc, across Advanta verticals and help in converting the RFQ into a firm offer.

Proof of Concept

As Advanta verticals are involved in customer co-creation and PoC, you will be expected to take the lead to draft the PoC with the customer by defining success criteria, scope of work and efforts estimation.

Kickstart a Critical Product/Project

You would be expected to help in kickstarting a critical product/project and help the team in understanding the customer requirements and defining the road map for all features asked by the customer. You are also expected to take the technical leadership and groom the team to lead the project.

Make or Buy Decision

You are expected to help the management in finalizing the make or buy decision for various product and technology by evaluating both scenarios and recommending which suits the best for the business.

Leadership

In this role, you shall be leading a team of architects and help them in grooming themselves to take the technology leadership in various projects/areas.

Mentioned above are a broad view of the role, the role may also be expanded to accommodate any request which would help the business and keep the stakeholders updated and solutioning for consultancy projects. While you will have the full support and sponsorship from the Advanta management team, you will need to ideate, influence, build internal and external networks, work with virtual teams, and drive tangible outcomes.

You'll Win Us Over By:

• B.E. or B.Tech. with 15+ years of total experience
• Scoping the client solution to enable accurate estimation of the effort by conducting full technical discovery, identifying pain points, business and technical requirements, as is and to be scenarios.
• Create design architecture diagrams to present solutions to customer executives.
• Hands-on experience with any cloud platforms - Azure/AWS/GCP
• Sound knowledge with SQL or SQL databases and their declarative languages.
• Sound knowledge in microservice architecture, continuous integration experience.
• Strong frontend experience, ideally with modern JavaScript framework.
• Experience in Agile development tools.
• Formulating and leading technical/functional activities to prospective business partners/clients while ensuring client satisfaction.
• Stay educated on new and emerging technologies/patterns/methodologies and market offerings.
• Reverse Engineering Skills.
• Compare solution alternatives across both technical and business parameters which support the defined cost and service requirements.
• Ability to communicate complex technical issues in simple and convincing ways to a wide audience/stakeholders.
• SSWA/SWA certification shall be a plus.

Your Opportunities for Personal Growth

• Direct engagement with the Advanta management.
• Work in a collaborative team environment.
• Receive coaching and development opportunities.
• Experience an open feedback culture.
• Development of a network that spans all Siemens Advanta verticals.