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Excel Technical Resourcing Solutions Ltd

Salary

From £70,000 to £70,000 per year

Location

Warrington

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Solutions Architect
Warington
70K Circa

Our client are looking for experienced Solution Architect's.

This individual will provide customers technical leadership in the design, installation, configuration, and
implementation of solutions and related technologies.

The position requires the ability to execute projects independently and to implement high-quality technical solutions
based on industry best-practices and complex business and technical requirements.

Ideal candidates will provide high quality of services to our customers and able to develop and maintain excellent
relationships coupled with a proven track record of success.

Responsibilities:

Assessment & Consulting

* Perform needs analysis, information gathering on client expectations and technical baselines for writing or technical
review of Statements of Work.
* Assist Project Managers in writing the scope of work and technical assumptions of the Statements of Work or if
performed by a provider confirm these two aspects.

Plan & Build

* Perform consultation, implementation, documentation, and knowledge transfer for billable engagements.
* Provide technical reviews and reviews of both existing and potential manufacturers for their technical competency.
Manage & Maintain
Stay up to date on emerging technologies and products, including attaining certifications and participation in industry
events as appropriate.
* Work with the Professional Services organisation to maintain both company and department goals.
* Maintain and develop knowledge of the solutions portfolio and specific practice area offerings.
* Conduct consulting engagements and deliver solutions in a timely and effective manner.
* Assist in the development of service offerings, including definition of tasks, deliverables and standard estimates.
* Help to document best practices in developing and deploying AppSense solutions, and feed them into our knowledge base
for reuse by customers and partners.
* Provide regular update/reports to the both the project and account teams.

Experience - Knowledge Required & Qualifications:
* Strong in infrastructure architecture and design of complex distributed systems environments, including failover
techniques, recovery/rollback, and application partitioning.
* Strong practical Windows systems administration skills.
* Strong knowledge in computer server architectures, including peripheral interfaces (SCSI, RAID, Ethernet) and
multi-processor designs (SMP).
* Familiarity with systems management concepts, processes and standards (e.g. SNMP); capacity/performance management and
tuning; and storage and network management.
* Understanding of modern IT production data center and Internet (ISP/ASP) hosting operations.
* A good practical understanding of Web-based application development, including IIS server platforms.
* Industry certifications and experience with Citrix, VMware, MSFT, and related companies.
* Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
B.S./B.A./M.S. degree or equivalent technical training.


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