Consulting Principal Lead (Presales)

Amdocs; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary and Annual Incentive Plan

Unlimited Paid Annual Leave

Job summary

A leading telecommunications software provider seeks a Technical Sales Expert in London. The role requires extensive experience in presales, cloud services, and excellent communication skills. The successful candidate will engage in technical discussions, create architectural solutions, and support sales strategies. Offering exceptional career paths and competitive packages, this position is ideal for a seasoned professional passionate about emerging technologies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Significant experience in architectural design.
• An understanding of security principles.

Responsibilities

• Leading technical discovery sessions with stakeholders.
• Building proof of concept environments.
• Supporting the sales organization with technical skills.

Skills

Excellent command of English

Excellent communication skills

Experience in presales for cloud services

Experience with cloud service providers

Experience in Agile teams

Education

Professional and/or Specialty-level AWS/Azure/GCP certifications

Job description

Job ID: 196994
Required Travel :Minimal
Managerial - Yes
Location: :United Kingdom- London (Amdocs Site)

Who are we?

Amdocs helps those who build the future to make it amazing. With our market-leading portfolio of software products and services, we unlock our customers’ innovative potential, empowering them to provide next-generation communication and media experiences for both the individual end user and enterprise customers. Our approximately 30,000 employees around the globe are here to accelerate service providers’ migration to the cloud, enable them to differentiate in the 5G era, and digitalize and automate their operations. Listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Amdocs had revenue of $4.89 billion in fiscal 2023.

In one sentence

A successful candidate for this role has both presales and practitioner experience and is comfortable communicating at all levels in the organization. Experience with cloud data solutions and a passion for emerging technologies is highly desirable.

What will your job look like?

• You will be involved in the end-to-end sales cycle as a technical expert, key activities in the role include:
• Leading technical discovery sessions with technical and executive stakeholders.
• Building proof of concept environments and delivering demonstrations.
• Developing Architectural solutions and associated design documentation.
• Creating and suitably sizing work packages both for the Cloud Studio and the broader Studio offerings
• Contributing to sales materials and blogs
• Supporting the sales organization with technical skills and capabilities.
• Working closely with delivery leads to ensure smooth transition from presales to delivery
• Helping to build & introduce clients to automated delivery methodologies including Infrastructure As Code and CI/CD pipelines leveraging Agentic AI
• Partnering with Hyperscale partners, and internal account teams to develop end to end solutions to address the client needs.
  

All you need is...

Must-Haves

• 10+ years of relevant professional experience
• Excellent command of English (spoken and written)
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience in presales for cloud or cloud-related professional services with experience solutioning complex service opportunities preferred.
• Experience working with a cloud service provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP), preference for cloud data skills.
• Experience in large-scale, secure, and high-availability solutions with multi–AZ Cloud Architecture.
• Significant experience with cloud modernization and migration solutioning: Discovery, Assessment, Roadmap, SOW Creation, Migration Planning, BAU Operationalization, and Optimization.
• Significant experience in architectural design - enterprise architecture, infrastructure architecture, and application modernization.
• An understanding of security principles and other associated controls and features in CSPs.
• Experience in working in, and with, Agile delivery teams.
• Professional and/or Specialty-level AWS/Azure/GCP certifications.

Good-to-Have

• Experience with security architecture, connectivity, account structure, or tenant design.
• Experience working with a wide range of tools for automation, configuration management, deployment templating, and containerization.
• Technical writing, experience in preparing and presenting technical material (SOWs, BOM, RFIs, etc.) to a variety of audiences.
• Experience in either Telco or Financial Services customers.
  

Why you will love this job:

Exceptional career opportunities and pathways for our employees and exposure to enterprise customers in the Telecommunication arena
Form strong relationships with the leading Hyperscalers
People first organisation
Competitive Salary and Annual Incentive Plan
Unlimited Paid Annual Leave

Amdocs is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce