Cloud Presales Architect

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BYTES:

Established in 1982, Bytes has grown rapidly and now employs over 600+ people across 5 locations in the UK and Ireland. Our turnover in Financial Year 2019 was in excess of £520M. We work with SME’s, corporates and public sector organisations to modernise and digitally transform their IT infrastructures.

We invest in our employees through on-going support, training and advice to help them achieve their career aspirations, rewarding success both financially and personally. There is opportunity to grow and move internally which can be seen through our long-standing employees who have developed existing and new skills to move into senior positions in the organisation leaving space for new team members to begin their journey.

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Why Bytes?

• Over 600 staff (plans to double in size over the next 5 years)
• Operating from modern, hybrid working environments with offices in Leatherhead, Reading, London or Manchester
• Winners of an array of industry awards
• Sunday Times Top 100 Best Places to Work
• Excellent training and career prospects offered
• Fantastic office with gym, canteen, open plan, smart casual dress code, regular incentives and company events
• Supporters of 85+ charities with strong commitment to diversity and sustainability

PURPOSE OF JOB:

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Bytes are seeking a capable, technically minded but business focussed Cloud Presales Architect  to support our growing Technical Presales Team.

The Technical Presales team’s primary mission within the wider Bytes organisation is to work alongside our valued customers and turn “talking about technology” into “doing technology with us”. Whilst not specifically a “hands on” delivery role, we are seeking experts who can instantly gain technical credibility with our customers to enable us to discuss their technical needs in depth, with a lens of turning it into a project with Bytes.

The purpose of this job is to engage with our customers to help define their infrastructure projects, and turn “talking about technology” into “doing technology with Bytes”. The ideal Cloud Presales architect will support our sales teams by joining customer calls alongside account managers, conducting Cloud Solutions Assessments, discuss Cloud Strategy and migration planning, and look to build project plans for their Infrastructure Projects.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Working with customers to help define their cloud adoption strategy

• Scoping Cloud Migration and Modernisation projects

• Building Solution Designs and High Level Designs for our customers.

• Supporting sales with engaging with their customers cloud and infrastructure projects.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS:

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Educational Qualifications:

ESSENTIAL OR DESIRABLE

Professional Qualifications

• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
• Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

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DESIRABLE

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Years of Experience

• 5+ years working with cloud technologies

DESIRABLE

Other Requirements

• Understanding of Cloud supporting technologies – Infrastructure As Code
• Understanding of Kubernetes or other container platform
• Ability to deploy Proof of Concepts into Azure or AWS for customers

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DESIRABLE

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CORE Competencies & SKILLS – BASED ON POSITION AND GRADE

• Ability to Design and architect cloud solutions based on customer requirements

• Work with Sales and Technical teams to understand customer requirements

• Ability to write customer facing proposals and presentations

• Manage and maintain Customer relationships

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills