Provide technical expertise in gathering and analyzing customer requirements, recommending fit-for-purpose solutions, and assisting Sales, Service Delivery, OEM and Partnerships, and other Presales consultants with the development of customer proposals, quotations, and presentations. Providing technical pre-sales guidance to various entities to promote and sell business solutions to support customers with their existing business challenges surrounding applications and digital solutions. As a Solutions Architect you will be required to respond to proposals for enterprise customers, meeting basic requirements and identifying & proposing transformation solutions. Accountable for technical validation of solutions proposed to Sizwe current and proposed customers, including liaising with Sizwe Sales, Service Delivery, and OEMs and Partnership teams. Within the solution development lifecycle, this role will be responsible for Solution Qualification Scorecard (SQS), solution evaluation and selection, buy vs. build decisions, all cost-elements of the solution, early-phase project estimates which contribute to the business case, and high-level designs (HLD). Assist the internal Sizwe teams by performing HLD and Statement of Work (SoW) activities, including best practice recommendations on technologies and vendors. Work with the wider Sizwe team to assist on opportunities which fall outside primary responsibilities where required. Technical responsibilities include product selection and sizing, complex solution design and multi-vendor integration, and to facilitate product demonstrations and customer proof of concept engagements. Responsible for the collection of ALL pricing elements to build the solution proposal and the inclusion and leading Sizwe teams during the Deal Approval Committee (DAC) and Solution Review process. Minimum of 4-8 years of experience in ICT, preferably customer facing, including architecture design/implementation experience with Microsoft, OpenTEXT, Boardpac, Canvas, SigniFlow, Signify Software, Zoom, Automation AnyWhere and related Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), etc skills and certification required. Market Related
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