Architect - Pre-sales

Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia; United States; A distancia; USD 29.000 - 34.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Financial benefits

Learning & development

Health & sport

Family & work-life balance

Other benefits

Descripción de la vacante

Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia ищет ведущего архитектора решений для поддержки предпродаж, формирования архитектурных концепций и руководства международными виртуальными командами.

Участвуете в работе с заказчиками на немецком и английском языках, оцениваете требования, презентуете решения и сопровождаете сделки до заключения контракта.

Formación

• Степень магистра в ИТ или смежной области.
• Не менее 6 лет опыта в ИТ.
• Наличие профильной сертификации и сертификации по процессам/методологиям.
• Глубокие знания ОС, сетей, IT-безопасности, программирования.
• Опыт в виртуализации и архитектурных дорожных картах.
• Опыт руководства командами и взаимодействия с заказчиками.

Responsabilidades

• Ведущий архитектор решения на предпроектном этапе, тесное взаимодействие с заказчиками.
• Разработка концепций решения, оценки трудозатрат и рисков, поддержка bid/ RFx.
• Проведение технических воркшопов, архитектурных обзоров и управлением команд.

Conocimientos

Master’s degree in IT

6+ лет опыта

профессиональная сертификация

сертификация процессов/методологий

экспертные знания ОС

экспертные знания сетевых технологий

IT-безопасность

программирование

виртуализация

архитектурные подходы/разработки SAAS/

Educación

Магистр информационных технологий

Herramientas

ОС

Сетевые технологии

Безопасность infoSec

Программирование

Виртуализация

Enterprise Architecture frameworks

Descripción del empleo

Описание:

Our brand Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia entered the life of Košice region in 2006 under the name of T-Systems Slovakia and ever since has been inextricably linked with the region when became one of the founding members of Košice IT Valley. We have managed to grow from scratch to the second largest employer in the eastern part of the country with more than 3900 employees. Our goal is to proactively find new ways to improve and continuously transform into the type of company providing innovative information and communication technology services.

Задачи: Purpose

Responsible for the end-to-end solution design, architecture, and technical leadership of complex customer opportunities and transformation programs. Act as the lead solution architect during the pre‑sales phase, partnering with customers to understand business requirements, translate them into innovative and cost‑effective technical solutions, and drive successful deal closure. The role includes customer consulting, requirements analysis, solution strategy definition, preparation of technical and commercial solution concepts, effort estimation, and support of bid/RFP processes. The Solution Architect leads international virtual teams of technical experts, coordinates vendors and stakeholders, defines service and SLA concepts, and ensures a seamless transition from solution design through transformation and handover to operational delivery teams.

Pre‑Sales & Customer Engagement

Act as the lead technical advisor and solution architect during pre‑sales activities and customer pursuits. Conduct customer workshops (in German and English) to understand business, operational, and technical requirements. Translate customer requirements into end‑to‑end solution architectures and service designs. Support RFP/RFI/RFQ responses, bid preparation, solution proposals, and customer presentations. Develop and defend solution concepts with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders. Collaborate with sales and account teams to shape opportunities and support deal qualification and closure. Prepare effort estimations, service costing, resource planning, and technical risk assessments for customer opportunities. Present solution strategies, migration concepts, and transformation roadmaps to customer management and technical stakeholders.

Management Scope

Serve as the senior escalation point, reviewer, and approver for solution architecture decisions and technical risks. Lead international virtual teams consisting of internal resources, external suppliers, and vendors of up to 15 people. Manage the design, planning, and implementation of contractually agreed services and solution outcomes. Lead customer‑facing technical workshops, architecture reviews, and solution governance meetings. Drive alignment among sales, delivery, operations, vendors and customer stakeholders throughout the deal and project lifecycle.

Требования

• Hold a Master's degree in Information Technology or a related field
• Have at least 6 years of professional experience in Information Technology
• Hold a relevant field‑specific professional certification
• Hold a recognized process or methodology certification
• Demonstrate expert‑level knowledge of Operating Systems
• Demonstrate expert‑level knowledge of Networking technologies
• Have advanced knowledge of IT Security principles and technologies
• Have advanced knowledge of Programming Languages
• Have advanced knowledge of Virtualization technologies
• Demonstrate expert‑level knowledge of relevant domain‑specific applications
• Possess strong communication, analytical thinking, presentation, and negotiation skills, and thrive in a collaborative team environment
• Have experience training, mentoring, and coaching others
• Demonstrate sound financial literacy and business awareness
• Have experience in Project Management
• Demonstrate leadership capabilities
• Have experience with Quality Management processes
• Speak English at your advanced level (C1)
• German language is an advantage
• Broad and deep knowledge about state‑of‑the‑art technologies and products.
• Expert knowledge and experience with ICT environment verified by professional level certification exams preferably from multiple vendors
• Experience with enterprise architectural frameworks, service oriented architecture and building architecture roadmaps
• Ability to establish, implement and enforce appropriate standards to meet business requirements
• Complex knowledge about whole organizational structure, practical use of tools, KPI's and connection with QM
• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation for complex solutions.
• Good IT processes knowledge corresponding to an industry standard certification

Additional Information

WHY SHOULD YOU CHOOSE US? We believe in balance between work and personal life. An attractive and extensive work‑life balance portfolio guarantees lasting motivation for employees and thus a better quality of life, promote physical and mental well‑being and contributes to a positive work environment. All this with the aim of providing more freedom in reconciling work, career growth, private life and individual lifestyle. Therefore we offer to our employees over 25 different benefits to improve their personal and professional life in these areas:

• Financial benefits
• Benefits with focus on learning and development
• Benefits with focus on health and sport
• Benefits with focus on family and work – life balance
• Other benefits

For more information about our benefits click to Benefits

Условия

Final salary is negotiable. We are offering base salary depending on seniority level and previous experience of candidate. In addition to base salary we provide variable part and other financial benefits. Base salary will not be lower than 2500 € /brutto. Additional information Please be informed that our remote working possibility is only available within Slovakia due to European taxation regulation.