Presales Solutions Architecture Manager - Infrastructure

talent trader group pte. ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Trader Group Pte. Ltd. is seeking a capable technical pre-sales professional to lead architecture and discovery for complex data centre, cloud, and hyperscale opportunities in Singapore.

You will collaborate with Sales and vendors, crafting scalable, secure solutions and BOMs while guiding a team of pre-sales specialists. You should bring 4–6 years in pre-sales or solution architecture, strong routing/switching, compute/storage, and AI/ML infrastructure exposure as an advantage.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Experience in technical pre-sales, solution architecture, or similar customer-facing roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical pre-sales activities for active infrastructure and data centre solutions.
• Provide technical expertise across networking, wireless, security, compute, storage, virtualization and related technologies.
• Engage with customers to understand technical requirements and recommend suitable solutions.
• Lead technical discovery, solution design and architecture for complex customer opportunities.
• Develop and review Bills of Materials (BOM) based on customer requirements.
• Participate in customer meetings, technical presentations, workshops and solution discussions.
• Work closely with Sales teams to identify opportunities and develop technically sound solutions.
• Manage and support relationships with technology vendors and solution partners.
• Coordinate technical validation, proof-of-concept activities and vendor support where required.
• Lead and mentor pre-sales specialists, providing technical guidance and support.
• Support large-scale and multi-country projects involving multiple technology disciplines.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies, industry trends and competitive solutions.
• Ensure proposed solutions meet requirements for scalability, performance, security and reliability.
• Contribute to technical standards, solution frameworks and best practices.
• Ad hoc duties or projects as assigned.

Skills

Routing & switching

Wireless networking

Network security

Compute & storage

Virtualization & HCI/HPC

Solution architecture

Education

Degree or Diploma in IT/CS/Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead technical pre-sales activities for active infrastructure and data centre solutions.

• Provide technical expertise across networking, wireless, security, compute, storage, virtualization and related technologies.

• Engage with customers to understand technical requirements and recommend suitable solutions.

• Lead technical discovery, solution design and architecture for complex customer opportunities.

• Develop and review Bills of Materials (BOM) based on customer requirements.

• Participate in customer meetings, technical presentations, workshops and solution discussions.

• Work closely with Sales teams to identify opportunities and develop technically sound solutions.

• Manage and support relationships with technology vendors and solution partners.

• Coordinate technical validation, proof-of-concept activities and vendor support where required.

• Lead and mentor pre-sales specialists, providing technical guidance and support.

• Support large-scale and multi-country projects involving multiple technology disciplines.

• Stay updated on emerging technologies, industry trends and competitive solutions.

• Ensure proposed solutions meet requirements for scalability, performance, security and reliability.

• Contribute to technical standards, solution frameworks and best practices.

• Ad hoc duties or projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Degree or Diploma in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline.

• At least 4 - 6 years of experience in technical pre-sales, solution architecture or a similar customer-facing role, preferably with experience supporting complex or large-scale data centre, cloud, or hyperscale environments.

• Strong technical knowledge of routing, switching, wireless and network security.

• Strong knowledge of compute, storage, virtualization, HCI and HPC solutions.

• Experience designing and positioning enterprise or data centre infrastructure solutions.

• Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure, including HPC, networking, data centre and related technologies, is an advantage.

• Willingness to travel when required.