Senior Services Architect

NTT DATA, Inc.; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 650,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA, Inc. is seeking a skilled professional to guide teams in developing complex service solutions. The ideal candidate will possess advanced knowledge of professional and managed services, as well as demonstrated expertise in structuring profitable contracts. This position offers a hybrid working environment and is focused on solution design that aligns with client needs, leveraging emerging technology trends. Applicants should have a relevant bachelor's degree and strong analytical abilities.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of PS, SS & MS delivery and service models.
• Ability to work with costing models in partnership with sales and finance.
• Advanced proficiency in Application and Cloud services.
• Experience structuring large multi-year contracts.

Responsibilities

• Guide a virtual team of domain experts to develop secure solutions.
• Design complex services solutions to meet client requirements.
• Support sales teams in architecture presentations.
• Map client requirements against proposed service elements.

Skills

Coaching and mentoring

Costing models

Cloud/Infrastructure services

Communication skills

Workshop facilitation

Team collaboration

Emerging technology trends

Analytical abilities

Passion for industry trends

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology/Systems

Tools

ITIL Certification

AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials

Azure Fundamentals

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Guides a virtual team of domain experts to orchestrate the development of secure, multiple year, services solutions.
• Designs complex Professional Services (PS), Support Services (SS) and Managed Services (MS) solutions to meet client requirements by integrating technology and service design across multiple domains.
• Works across multiple teams in the design of the PS, SS & MS offering.
• Tests and validates new design features and delivery models or recommends improving existing service offers that are taken to market.
• Responsible for the service design deliverables of the solution and interfacing with multiple teams and partners to ensure supportability.
• Directs the validation processes by obtaining sign‑off from technical, service and costing stakeholders.
• Leads the service design of solutions for the client that will be commercially competitive whilst mitigating risk.
• Maps the client's requirements against proposed set of service elements and architectures and leads the end‑to‑end solution development (Cloud Services, Technology Architectures, SIAM, SLA, ITSM leading practices).
• Develops and executes a consulting approach that results in a consolidated statement of requirements, scope, transition documents and costing based need for change, role of IT, definition of the AS‑IS versus desired state (Future Mode of operation defined), gap analysis and roadmap, highlighted impacts, consequences and benefits of the intended transformation (people, process, technology).
• Supports the sales teams in presenting an architecture solution to clients with a focus on cost savings or uncovering other client growth opportunities by discovering and analysing the client’s current architecture, platforms and operating models.
• Shares client outcomes and market conditions with other stakeholders so that the global offering leads, and services community can evolve strategies and develop innovative solutions for the future.

Required Experience

• Provides coaching and mentoring and acts as advisor and decision maker in service design situations.
• Supports the sales teams to have a commercial model discussion with the client.
• Identifies all service costs and populates cost models accurately to ensure full visibility of costs related to the delivery of the service over the contract term.
• Creates and obtains sign‑off from relevant stakeholders on the solution design that will form part of the commercial model.
• Is responsible for vendor management depending on the service offers and ensures that the transition to service delivery teams is well coordinated to ensure a smooth transition.

Knowledge and Attributes

• Advanced knowledge of PS, SS & MS delivery and service models, including cloud, global, and distributed delivery models.
• Ability to work with costing models in partnership with sales and finance stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency in Application and Cloud/Infrastructure PS, SS & MS service models.
• Ability to communicate potential improvements and value of our solutions to all levels of stakeholders.
• Ability to facilitate workshops with clients and internal teams to discover requirements, present solutions and obtain client buy‑in.
• Ability to work within a team, contributing to the success of the team while making a personal contribution, especially in a matrixed organization.
• Advanced knowledge of emerging trends in technology, PS, SS & MS Integration, Application development – devSecOps, Cloud Native Service Applications, Microsoft development platforms, and Open‑Source Software, Cloud platforms like Azure, AWS and GCP, DATA Analytics, Containers, rPA, IoT, and Intelligent Automation.
• Analytical abilities to discover and analyse all input and DATA.
• Passion for staying abreast of related industry trends and best practices.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Information technology/systems or a related field.
• Certification and working knowledge of ITIL, Service Management and Integration, Automation Artificial Intelligence and Analytics preferred.
• Scaled Agile certification or equivalent is desirable.
• Additional desirable technology / vendor certifications are AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials Training, MS Azure Fundamentals Training, or the latest equivalent.
• Advanced demonstratable track record of designing services solutions to large enterprise accounts.
• Advanced experience in structuring large, multi‑year profitable contracts.
• Advanced solution planning and deal shaping expertise, with the ability to create compelling value propositions as part of the solution design.
• Advanced experience working in an environment with global delivery and in multiple geographies and industries.

Workplace type

Hybrid Working

Equal Opportunity Employer

NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category.

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