Architect

Softcat; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible hours

Inclusive culture & diversity support

Job summary

Softcat is seeking a Solutions Architect within the Architecture Services team in the UK. You will translate customer technical requirements into innovative solutions, on-premises or cloud-based, and showcase expertise in BC/DR and hybrid infrastructure.

Your role includes documenting requirements, designing high-level architectures, and steering design decisions. Key focus areas include presales activities, cross-discipline collaboration, and clear technical communications to clients and

Qualifications

• Experience in presales and delivering architecture-focused engagements.
• Knowledge of data center and cloud technologies.
• Strong ability to communicate complex concepts to customers.
• Passion for technology and making technology work for business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Understand, scope and document customer business and technical requirements.
• Produce designs and input into High Level Designs (HLD).
• Underwrite and act as design authority for solutions.
• Collaborate with professionals to develop cross-discipline solutions for customers.
• Present complex information clearly in proposals and presentations.

Skills

Presales experience

Cloud technologies

Data center experience

Customer communication

Job description

Success. The Softcat Way.

At the heart of our operations are our core values: Passion, Intelligence, Fun, Responsible and Community. These values are the pillars that Softcat and guide our every action.

Join our Architecture Services team!

The Architecture Services department is made of two technical areas; Solutions and Vendor based presales. The Solutions Architects focus on complex architecture with knowledge ranging more broadly across one or more discipline, whilst Vendor Architects specialise on providing expertise within specified vendors and provide a deeper level of understanding of those vendors.

As a Solutions Architect, you will work as a member of Architecture Services department to translate a client's technical requirements into innovative, thoughtful, and well-designed solutions either on premise or via a public or private cloud offering. The role requires demonstrating the skills of a subject matter expert, which means constantly striving to be at the top of your game in the latest technologies and methodologies. Being able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) and the wider Hybrid Infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, BC/DR, cloud, virtualisation, management, and infrastructure) is a core part of the role.

As Architect, you'll be responsible for:

• Helping to understand, scope and document customers' business and technical requirements, including running MoSCoW style engagements, including marketing reviews and options papers
• Producing designs, configurations, and input into High Level Designs (HLD)
• Underwriting and acting as technical design authority for solution designs and proposals
• Working with other specialists, professional services consultants, and architects to develop cross-discipline solutions for customers
• Being able to present complex information clearly, persuasively, and elegantly orally through presentations and whiteboarding

We'd love you to have

• Demonstrate experience of presales and relevant datacentre and cloud technologies, such as Rubrik, Commvault, Cohesity, and Veeam
• Support the Hybrid Platforms "Cyber Resilience" theme which focuses on reducing cyber risk with modern data protection & management systems, and improving business continuity with DR & Cyber Recovery systems
• Experience of conducting customer meetings, whiteboarding and documenting solutions
• A passion for technology and for making technology work for businesses
• Ability to understand and ratify technical designs at high level
• Excellent communications skills, particularly with customers

Work in a way that works for you

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Hybrid working
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
• Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs

Working with us

Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.

If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/

Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authentically you as possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.