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The Senior Principal Solutions Architect is a highly skilled subject matter expert responsible for consulting with clients and leading internal teams to develop strategies, transformational designs, and architectural visions for complex solutions that meet client needs.
This role provides multi-technology consulting services across application software, infrastructure, and related technology components.
What You'll Be Doing
Key Responsibilities:
* Leads development of complex solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure, or functional areas.
* Evaluates alternative architectures, considering cost, performance, and scalability trade-offs.
* Provides technical leadership and expertise in pre-sales activities, client discovery, and articulating solutions.
* Collaborates with sales teams to influence subscription license sales and address licensing queries.
* Analyzes client software purchases for effective licensing proposals and leads license transformation deals.
* Produces specifications for cloud or on-premises components and interfaces, translating into detailed designs.
* Understands client requirements, collects data, and delivers analysis and solutions.
* Monitors emerging technologies and creates reports and roadmaps.
* Designs components using appropriate modelling techniques, addressing stakeholder concerns and requirements, including POCs.
* Recommends new go-to-market services and promotes vertical-specific knowledge.
* Operates across technical and business levels to develop holistic solutions.
* Provides coaching and mentoring to less experienced architects.
Knowledge and Attributes
* Extensive knowledge of multi-vendor service integrations, software, OS, and infrastructure designs.
* Strong communication skills for engaging with executive and technical audiences.
* Deep understanding of licensing models and key vendor licensing structures.
* Ability to leverage reference architectures and stay updated on industry trends.
* Excellent collaboration skills with cross-functional teams.
* Personal network to create new opportunities.
Qualifications and Certifications
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent in relevant fields.
* Desired: Certified Software certifications, Cisco CCIE and/or CCXP certifications.
Experience
* Significant experience in digital infrastructure, licensing models, software asset management, and solution architecture in a global IT services context.
* Experience with key vendor technologies such as Cisco, Microsoft, VMWare, Palo Alto.
Additional Attributes
* Ability to apply extensive knowledge, lead projects, and influence future technology directions.
* Strong problem-solving skills and stakeholder management capabilities.
* Impactful in translating organizational vision into functional plans.
* Accountable for results with broad organizational impact.
Workplace Type
Hybrid Working
About NTT DATA
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