Senior Networking Solutions Architect

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The Senior Networking Solutions Architect is an expert in secure networking technology. This role involves consulting with clients and working with internal teams to create strategies and designs for complex solutions that meet clients' needs. The architect provides deep knowledge in networking, cybersecurity, and data centers to offer comprehensive solutions from edge to cloud. They ensure the solutions meet business needs and understand the services required for implementation and ongoing support and management.

What you'll be doing

In this role you will:

• Contributes to the development of complex solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas.
• Maintains advanced solutions and technical certifications with the core partners including (Cisco, HPE/Aruba, Juniper and Palo Alto Networks)
• Develops clear Networking solutions designs and proposal for Client consumption highlighting the benefits of technologies selected in terms of cost/risk and future readiness for AI.
• Understands the NTT DATA service catalog and motivates and positions NTT DATA services within the solution including professional services, support services and managed services where applicable.
• Understands how to fit the Networking technology solutions within Client’s budget leveraging skill and experience in terms of different commercial constructs including options for CAPEX vs. OPEX commercial constructs.
• Must have the skill to identify and qualify potential Client opportunities together with the sales specialists and client e4xecutives and ensure the additional resource investment is warranted for pursuit.
• Needs to have the ability to drive Client conversations to identify new potential opportunities based on Technology lifecycle activities such as modernization and refresh initiatives.
• Identifies and evaluates alternative architectures and the trade-offs in cost, performance and scalability.
• Produces specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components, tiers and interfaces, for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products.
• Supports a change program or project through the preparation of technical plans and application of design principles that comply with enterprise and solution architecture standards.
• Accountable for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution.
• Monitors the external environment to gather intelligence on emerging technologies.
• Creates reports and technology roadmaps and shares knowledge and insights with others.
• Designs components using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology.
• Creates multiple design views to address the concerns of the different stakeholders of the architecture and to handle both functional and non-functional requirements, including proof of concept (POC).
• Reviews, verifies and improves own designs against specifications.
• Makes recommendations for the development of new go to market services and contributes knowledge on relevant verticals.
• Operates across both the technical levels within the enterprise architecture and the value chain to develop holistic and integrated solutions.
• Build and maintain relationships with key technology solutions and services partners
• Provides coaching and mentoring to less experienced Solutions Architects.
• Advanced knowledge of multi-vendor service integrations and cross-functional software, OS’s and infrastructure designs.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written coupled with excellent interpersonal skills to build solid working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Advanced knowledge on how specific infrastructures and application software are deployed in line with relevant methodologies and frameworks.
• Ability to develop and leverage their advanced specialist knowledge of reference architectures.
• Ability to maintain knowledge of trends and development in technology domains.
• Ability to keep abreast of