Cloud Solutions Architect – (Gulfport, MS area)

  • Job Details

  • Job Status: Filled
  • Posted On: September 1, 2016
  • Job Category: Information Technology, Marketing
  • Position Type: Full Time
  • Location: Gulf Coast
  • Desired Experience: 3+ years
  • Desired Education: Bachelors
  • Compensation: $90K +
  • Travel: 50% day travel
  • Relocation: No

Outstanding career opportunity with a tremendous telecom and information company.  This is a regionally based company, privately held and making tremendous investments in their infrastructure and personnel. The focus of the Solution Architect will be to provide support to the enterprise account executives and the client’s cloud service product.  This is the largest privately held wireless company in the country and housed the only Tier III data center in the southeast.  In addition to their investment in technology, they also differentiate themselves with extreme domestic customer service; 24/7.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Provide pre and post sales engineering support to the sales channel for all cloud services.
  • Develop and deliver product demonstrations as a team with the Client Account Executive.
  • Design, document and propose cloud solutions, based upon technical and business requirements.
  • Represent the company and our product to customers and at field events such as conferences, seminars, etc.
  • Work closely with the Product and Engineering team to collaborate and communicate field knowledge, customer requirements and feedback.
  • Maintain a good working knowledge of offered products and where appropriate work with the Product team to improve these offerings.
  • Translate customer business issues/opportunities into technical solution/business requirements.
  • Develop and deliver responses to customer RFP’s.
  • Author and deliver architectural designs, statements of work and technical project plans incorporating service and program management activities
  • Understanding of pricing structures and associated elements including Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

 

Requirements:

  • BS or BA in Engineering, Computer Science, or Management Information Systems preferred or equivalent work experience.
  • 5+ years of customer facing positions (sales engineering or consulting) or 5+ years of architecture experience developing IT and or application based solutions and services.
  • Detailed knowledge of at least one, (preferably most) of the following hardware: IBM, Dell, HP, EMC, Cisco, Oracle/Sun, NetApp, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Brocade, F5, etc.
  • Detailed knowledge of at least one, (preferably most) of the following software: Microsoft Operating Systems (desktop and server), Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Lync, Microsoft SQL, Citrix, VMWare, UNIX, Linux, Oracle, My SQL, IBM Lotus Notes, etc.
  • Knowledge of Cloud, Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, Software as a Service models, etc. Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery concepts and replication technologies.
  • Current industry certifications are desirable. Some examples vendor certifications are from Microsoft, EMC, VMware, IBM, NetApp, Cisco etc.

 

Additional requirements:

Due to the nature of this position, all candidates must have:

  • A dependable vehicle
  • A clean driving record free of DWI/DUI (within the past 5 years)
  • Few if any moving vehicle violations (e.g. speeding tickets)
  • A clean drug screening test

 

Location:  This position may be home based anywhere along the I-10 corridor between Baton Rouge. Louisiana and Mobile, AL; with a preference for the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

 

Travel:  Travel is approximately 50%, with seldom overnight.

 

Compensation:  Compensation is $90 K+ commensurate with experience; plus a revenue bonus structure.  This client also provides attractive employee benefits including Medical / Dental, and 401K, profit sharing, tuition reimbursement and a $500 monthly car allowance is included to cover all gas and maintenance of your vehicle.

 

** Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder to be considered for this position **

 

If you, or someone you know, may be interested and qualified for this position, please forward your resume and letter of interest

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