HPE Aruba Architect

HRB; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Pre-Sales Solutions Architect to lead the design and deployment of cutting-edge solutions on a global scale. This role requires a highly organized individual who excels in creating relationships and driving operational efficiency. As a pivotal member of a dynamic team, you will engage with major customer accounts, ensuring their needs are met while fostering creativity and innovation. Your ability to manage multiple projects and communicate effectively will be key to your success in this fast-paced environment. If you thrive under pressure and are passionate about technology, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience in a technical environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• Excellent problem solver with strong multitasking abilities.

Responsibilities

• Drive development of a virtual team focused on global solution design.
• Coordinate communication across multiple groups for efficiency.
• Define improvements in products and technical best practices.

Skills

IT infrastructure

Project management

Problem solving

Communication skills

Cloud Architectures

Design Thinking

DevOps

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Visio

Job description

As a Pre-Sales Solutions Architect, you will be creating relationships, assisting customers establish success criteria, turning products into solutions and driving the creation of solutions across the entire lifecycle. You are and Aruba solutions SME.

A Pre-Sales Solutions Architect will compliment a team of all stars in supporting major customer accounts. An ideal candidate will be a highly organized creative thinking individual that will be responsible for providing value added solutions development with an operational focus, improve efficiency in planning & design, and possess leadership skills that evoke creativity & team innovation, all while demonstrating an intrinsic ability to deal with change. As part of this highly focused team you will be a pivotal coordination point for multiple internal and external organizations to lead solutioning, problem resolution, solution design/validation, regional to global scale requirements, while keeping a NaaS outcome focus. You will also be managing bidirectional communication between company and customer resources to ensure the customer views their Aruba solutions team as a committed partner working with them towards a common goal.
Responsibilities

• You will drive development and functionality of a matrix oriented virtual team focused on design & deployment of solutions at a global scale.
• You will coordinate communication streams across multiple groups and platforms to ensure transparency and efficiency
• You will coordinate technical input and review to assure that the customer requirements are understood and that the professional services efforts are communicated appropriately.
• You will provide an operational and ITSM focus to solutioning, driving a NaaS outcome based lens
• You will manage day-to-day communication through the solutioning activity
• You will define and drive improvements in products, delivery methodologies, technical best practices and partner enablement
• You will participate in solution development efforts, documentation, and knowledge management to drive partner enablement efforts.
• You will handle multiple concurrent projects and apply the correct amount of business and technical acumen.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
• Technical experience should include a substantial mix of the following:
  • IT infrastructure, including wired and wireless network deployments
  • Wireless voice and data application deployments on a range of mobile devices
  • Network upgrade projects and network system engineering/implementation
  • Software installation and configuration

• Project management experience should include:
  • A demonstrated experience set with complex projects within companies defined within the Fortune 500.
  • Proficiency with project management fundamentals, e.g., work plans, schedules, resource plans, and status reports.
  • Leadership in functional succinct meetings that all stakeholders will enjoy and want to attend, while delivering requirements and completions with ultra-efficiency.
  • A proven track record of leadership within a matrix organization
  • Demonstrated experience, either practical or value positioning, with Operations and ITSM as it pertains to NaaS
  • Minimum of five(5) years of project management experience in a technical environment.
  • Excellent problem solver, must be able to multitask, be process-minded and detail-oriented.
  • Thrives in a high pressure situations
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Advanced level proficiency with Microsoft office suite, including Project and Visio.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical Professional and/or Expert level certifications, a focus on Aruba certifications a plus

Additional Skills
Cloud Architectures, Cross Domain Knowledge, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Microservices Fluency, Full Stack Development, Security-First Mindset, User Experience (UX)