Senior Solution Architect — Hybrid Cloud & Transformation

Datacom; Christchurch; Hybrid; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EA

Ongoing learning and career dev

Industry-leading learning platforms

Employee discounts

Meaningful work

Job summary

Datacom in Christchurch is seeking a Solution Architect to join our Managed Operations – Modern Platforms capability. You’ll shape and deliver transformative IT solutions that modernise, mature, and optimise customer environments, spanning public and private sectors.

You’ll lead presales workshops, produce SOWs and ROMs, and design solutions for enterprise backup, storage, infrastructure, and middleware. Collaborate with delivery teams, engage vendors, and mentor engineers to grow technically

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience designing, installing, and/or supporting Microsoft, Oracle or VMware solutions.
• 1–5 years' experience in scoping and pricing Infrastructure or Cloud based project services engagements.
• Strong understanding of hybrid cloud (particularly Azure), Microsoft 365, and ‘on-premises to cloud’ migration strategies.
• Proven experience producing ROMs, SOWs, proposals, and high-level design documents for mid-to-large customers.
• Commercial acumen and experience pricing project and managed service engagements.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading presales workshops and customer consultations to shape technical solutions aligned to business outcomes.
• Producing Statements of Work (SOWs), proposals, and ROM documents that are commercially sound and technically robust.
• Building and presenting solution designs for Datacom’s Managed Operations products and services, including enterprise backup, storage, infrastructure, and middleware platforms.
• Leading solutioning and pricing elements for bids and RFP responses across multi-service line opportunities.
• Partnering with delivery and engineering teams to ensure seamless execution of designed solutions.
• Engaging with vendors to secure best pricing, build strong partnerships, and keep ahead of evolving technologies.
• Mentoring and supporting architects and engineers in their technical growth, while identifying new business opportunities and service improvements.

Skills

Presales experience

Hybrid cloud

ROMs/SOWs

Stakeholder management

Pricing projects

Communication & presentation

Microsoft/Oracle/VMware

Job description

Datacom in Christchurch is seeking a Solution Architect to join our Managed Operations – Modern Platforms capability. You’ll shape and deliver transformative IT solutions that modernise, mature, and optimise customer environments, spanning public and private sectors.

You’ll lead presales workshops, produce SOWs and ROMs, and design solutions for enterprise backup, storage, infrastructure, and middleware. Collaborate with delivery teams, engage vendors, and mentor engineers to grow technically