Senior Presales and Technology Architect

Website CareerSaudia

My client is a leading corporate services provider in Saudi Arabia. They offer integrated technological solutions, including digital platforms, data management and infrastructure management. They are currently looking for a Senior Presales and Technology Architect to join their team in Riyadh. Below more details:

  • Support sales executives with solution selling into prospect account base.
  • Partner with sales account managers and sales specialists to plan, prepare and execute on strategic deals in complex sales cycles.
  • Model the financial business case associated with each sales opportunity.
  • Successfully match customer pain/requirements to proposed solutions.
  • Create and deliver powerful presentations and demos that clearly communicate the uniqueness of the value proposition.
  • Manage all technical aspects of RFP / RFI responses.
  • Effectively communicate with our customers and with other internal teams (sales, project managers, delivery team).
  • Collect and document competitive intelligence.
  • Handover the solution sold to the delivery team during the project internal kick meeting.
  • Own the customer account technically (Account technical manager).
  • Win customers trust and become their trusted advisor.

Requirements:

  • Experience designing BI and analytics solutions.
  • Ability to design solutions managing structured and unstructured data including ability to advise on the best infrastructure architecture.
  • Experience with major big data technologies and frameworks including but not limited to Hadoop, MapReduce, Pig, Hive, HBase, Oozie, Mahout, Flume, ZooKeeper, MongoDB, and Cassandra.
  • Experience with big data solutions developed in large cloud computing infrastructures such as Amazon Web Services, Elastic MapReduce or Pivotal Cloud Foundry.
  • Hands-on expertise in Big Data platforms, data wrangling, data analysis and data visualization.
  • Experience in Sales Support, Solutioning, Sales Pipeline / Deal Management.
  • Experience in a Technical Solution Architecture role.
  • Experience in building BI and data analytics solutions.
  • Experience in building solution based on emerging technologies such as AI, IoT, ML and Cloud.
  • Experience in digital platforms and software architecture.
  • Strong business analysis and consulting skills with Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Excellent presentation and creativity skills, with ability to creatively explain and present complex concepts in an easy-to-understand manner.
  • BA/BS degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent.