Enterprise ICT Solutions Architect

DITO Telecommunity Corporation; Taguig; On-site; PHP 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

DITO Telecommunity Corporation seeks a Senior Solutions Architect to advise enterprise customers, aligning technology with business strategy and commercial value across connectivity, cloud, cybersecurity, AI, and managed services.

You will lead architecture engagements, develop industry reference architectures, govern governance, mentor teams, and collaborate with partners to drive revenue growth and measurable customer value.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in enterprise technology, consulting, solution architecture, or digital transformation.
• 5+ years of client-facing enterprise architecture or consulting experience.
• Proven ability to design and present ICT architectures to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working within a service provider, systems integrator, consulting firm, or managed services organization.
• Strong business acumen with ability to quantify business value and ROI.

Responsibilities

• Engage with C-level executives and senior stakeholders to understand priorities and transformation objectives.
• Translate business goals into solution requirements and value-driven technology strategies.
• Develop industry-specific reference architectures and deliver solution proposals and architecture documents.
• Identify and manage strategic technology partners, vendors, and service providers.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and commercially sustainable.

Skills

Solution architecture

Business strategy

Executive communication

Stakeholder engagement

Partner management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline

Job description

Serves as a trusted advisor to DITO Enterprise customers, partnering with senior business and technology leaders to define, architect, and realize transformative business outcomes through technology. This role bridges business strategy, enterprise architecture, and commercial value creation by aligning customer objectives with DITO’s portfolio of connectivity, cloud, cybersecurity, AI, IoT, digital platforms, managed services, and professional services.

Beyond solution design, the Solutions Architect functions as a business consultant, helping customers identify growth opportunities, improve operational efficiency, mitigate business risks, accelerate digital transformation, and maximize return on technology investments. The role is accountable for shaping end-to-end solution strategies that create measurable customer value while driving sustainable revenue growth and strategic market positioning for DITO Enterprise.

Functions and Responsibilities

Business Strategy Alignment

• Engage with Customer’s C-level executives and senior stakeholders to understand strategic priorities, business challenges, and transformation objectives.
• Translate customer business goals into solution requirements and value-driven technology strategies.
• Facilitate business discovery workshops and executive strategy sessions.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, modernization, automation, and business process optimization.
• Develop business cases and ROI models for proposed solutions.
• Develop an Industry-Specific Reference Architecture (ISRA) blueprint that provides industry-tailored business capabilities, processes, information models, applications, integrations, and technology patterns to accelerates solution design and ensures alignment with industry best practices, governance and regulations.
• Custom develop an enterprise solution architectures aligned with customer goals and industry best practices.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and commercially sustainable.
• Balance customer requirements, technical feasibility, implementation complexity, and business
• value.

Partner Management

• Identify, evaluate, and select strategic technology partners, vendors, system integrators, and service providers that best align with customer requirements, business objectives, and solution strategies.
• Collaborate with partners in solution design, proofs-of-concept (POCs), demonstrations, and customer presentations to validate and strengthen proposed architectures.
• Negotiate and recommend the optimal mix of products, services, and partner engagements to achieve technical, operational, and commercial objectives.
• Coordinate with selected partners to ensure successful deployment, integration, support, and lifecycle management of delivered solutions.
• Partner with account executives teams to qualify opportunities.
• Lead customer discovery and solution envisioning engagements.
• Develop solution proposals, architecture documents, and executive presentations.
• Support pricing, commercial modeling, and contract negotiations.
• Participate in RFP, RFI, and RFQ responses in cooperation with Corporate Bid & Offer Management Team.
• Present solutions to executive stakeholders and procurement teams.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product Management to influence service portfolio enhancements based on market demand.
• Work with Service Delivery teams to ensure solutions can be implemented successfully.
• Collaborate with Operations and Engineering teams to validate solution feasibility.
• Coordinate with technology vendors and strategic partners to develop integrated offerings.
• Support transition from sales to delivery by ensuring solution intent and customer expectations are clearly documented.

Thought Leadership

• Monitor emerging technologies, market trends, and competitive developments.
• Develop reusable solution frameworks, reference architectures, and industry playbooks.
• Contribute to strategic service offerings and go-to-market initiatives.
• Represent the organization in industry forums, customer events, and executive briefings.

Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain architecture standards, design methodologies, and solution documentation.
• Ensure compliance with security, data privacy, regulatory, and enterprise architecture requirements.
• Capture lessons learned from implemented solutions and refine architecture practices.
• Contribute to reusable solution frameworks, reference architectures, and best practices

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.

Experience

• Minimum 8 years of experience in enterprise technology, consulting, solution architecture, or digital transformation.
• 5+ years of client-facing enterprise architecture or consulting experience.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, multi-disciplinary transformation initiatives.
• Experience working within a service provider, systems integrator, consulting firm, or managed services organization.
• Proven ability to design and present ICT architectures to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Business Acumen

• Strong understanding of business strategy, financial drivers, and operating models.
• Ability to quantify business value and ROI.
• Commercial awareness and solution profitability mindset.
• Network and connectivity solutions
• Cybersecurity frameworks
• Managed services models

Consulting Skills

• Executive communication
• Business process analysis
• Workshop facilitation
• Presentation and storytelling
• Negotiation and influencing

Commercial Skills

• Contract and proposal support
• Opportunity qualification

Preferred Certifications

• CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional)/The Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
• The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
• Certified Business Architect (CBA)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or equivalent
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or PRojects IN Controlled Environments (PRINCE2)
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation