Senior Solution Architect - Datacenter - Trilingual English/Dutch/FREN

T4S are currently looking Senior Solution Architects who have strong experience within data centres and presales, this role is based in Brussels with a leading systems integrator.

To enable the winning of medium to Large (international) service and solution deals through solutions designs that meet customers' requirements and are recognized as cost competitive. To contribute to profitable service/solution business by taking accountability that services/solution can be delivered as designed, are suited for future standardization and related risks are understood.

You will position our Managed DC offering in medium and large outsourcing deals. Develop end to end solutions for large private and public sector. Drive and coordinate solution teams to come a fit for purpose solution.

You create Designs that meet customer expectation and require minimal rework, following review.

TECH & FUNC SKILLS

You hold a specialist university degree or equivalent experience.

Experience in designing solutions as a presales architect for managed services and outsourcing projects is a must. This can vary from complete solutions to additional demands/change requests going from 10K to over 1 million EUR

You'll work within the contractual context of an outsourcing contract and initialises as such also contractual changes. You'll design Solutions that meet the appropriate optimised cost point within contractual context.

You design solutions conform the prescribed processes and methodologies for development of solutions and their approvals.

You apply a maximal usage of business standard Portfolio, Service Elements and Delivery capability and regularly contribute to both users of company knowledge repositories and events.

You will lead virtual teams in pre-sales as a Lead Architect.

MUST BE TRILINGUAL ENGLISH/FRENCH/DUTCH SPEAKING & WRITING

You have a SOLID KNOWLEDGE of Data Center Services and Service Management solutions such as:

- DataCenter Technologies
- Storage and Backup (Eternus, Netapp, Symantec NBU)
- Server (blade technology), Virtualization (VMware)
- Network (Brocade, Cisco, Juniper),
- Standard applications (Microsoft, SAP)
- private cloud environments (VMware based)
- knowledge of IaaS, SaaS and PaaS

YOU HAVE A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF

- Enterprise Architecture in multi-tower context
- Broad spectrum IT domains
- The ins and outs of the different service towers and their interaction
- Service Management and service delivery modelling
- Transition and Transformation of complex environments
- Solution development life cycle
- Cost modelling, cost modification and cost creation

You will translate the business requirements to a customer solution in a contractual context.

You have a strong commercial awareness and business focus, furthermore you have strong writing and presentation skills.

YOU HAVE PROVEN EXPERIENCE IN:

- Working with near and offshore delivery and pricing models.
- specific technology areas