Under the responsibility of the Pre-sales and/or Tendering Team Manager, the Digital Services Architect is in charge of:
- Supporting sales to engage with customers to articulate prospective business solutions and value propositions that address customer main challenges;
- Envisioning and developing an end-to-end solution architecture for Digital services / Advisors based solutions, bridging assets, devices, gateways, connectivity, cloud, integration, analytics, cyber security layers, addressing both functional and non-functional aspects;
- Supporting Digital sales in the quotation process by providing inputs on technical requirements and intricacies of IT (IT upgrades, co-legacy systems, etc.).
Responsibilities:
- Providing technical leadership and advisory to sales and customers;
- Serving as a technical expert for pre-sale customer activities and internal events;
- Participating in on-site and remote customer meetings to understand requirements, pain points, challenges, and current environments;
- Communicating with customer IT-OT representatives and executives to understand IT infrastructure and policies, and presenting solutions that fit into the customer’s IT environment;
- Preparing technical materials, presentations, and tools to improve sales effectiveness and clearly state customer problems and solutions;
- Defining architecture and design of solutions/services for customer projects;
- Participating in the timely and accurate completion of RFIs/RFPs;
- Sizing solutions/services architecture and components, estimating development costs, and contributing to pricing and value proposition framing based on life-cycle cost modeling (TCO, CAPEX);
- Promoting new Digital Services offers and best practices.
Qualifications:
- BS/BA in IT, Electrical Engineering;
- Proven experience in a technical role (e.g., applications engineering) complemented by sales/pre-sales/tendering experience;
- Knowledge of end-to-end cyber security, data privacy, and protection controls;
- Experience with integration platforms, related IT-OT technologies, including PLC, SCADA systems, IoT/M2M Platforms, DCS, CMMS is an advantage;
- Awareness of industry-leading IoT platforms like AWS, Microsoft Azure, PTC ThingWorx, GE Predix, or IBM Watson;
- Strong knowledge of Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Digital Offers & service plans;
- Extensive experience in industry domains such as Data Centers, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Retail & Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas, Mining, Utilities, and Power Systems.
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