EMEA Principal Solutions Architect – FSI Strategy

Equinix, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Equinix, Inc. is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect in the EMEA Solutions Engineering team for strategic customer engagements in Financial Services & Insurance.

You will lead technical discovery and architecture, partnering with Account Executives and technical teams to craft highly customised architectures across Equinix data centers, interconnection and digital services. You will act as a trusted advisor to CIO/CTO-level stakeholders, shaping multi-year transformation roadmaps and

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in solutions architecture or related fields.
• Proven track record leading enterprise customer engagements.
• Strong background in data center infrastructure, networking, interconnection and hybrid/multicloud architectures.
• Experience influencing senior technical and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical strategy for complex strategic customers and opportunities.
• Lead technical discovery, qualification, architecture development and technical win strategy.
• Create global, highly customised architectures combining Equinix capabilities, customer environments and partner ecosystems at scale.
• Align solutions with customers' long-term technology strategies and multi-year transformation journeys.
• Lead major engagements spanning multiple services, technologies, regions and stakeholders.
• Deliver high-quality customer architecture, design recommendations and technical documentation.
• Articulate the strategic value of Platform Equinix across data center, interconnection and ecosystem connectivity.
• Provide trusted advisory to CIO/CTO-level executives and influence roadmaps.

Skills

Solutions Architecture

Technical leadership

Executive stakeholder management

Cross-functional teamwork

Job description

Equinix, Inc. is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect in the EMEA Solutions Engineering team for strategic customer engagements in Financial Services & Insurance.

You will lead technical discovery and architecture, partnering with Account Executives and technical teams to craft highly customised architectures across Equinix data centers, interconnection and digital services. You will act as a trusted advisor to CIO/CTO-level stakeholders, shaping multi-year transformation roadmaps and