Infrastructure Solution Architect

We're looking for an experienced Infrastructure Solution Architect who is not afraid to join a global digital consulting company focused on building scalable software solutions and products from the ground up.

This is 3-months contract in Dusseldorf, Germany. German language is must have.

The project is for a large telecom operator based in Dusseldorf.

It is possible to extend the contract for long-term cooperation.

Requirements:

• Experience of Infrastructure Data Centre solution/design

• Experience into Data Center (DC) Transformation and Migration solutions on Infrastructure comprising Compute, Storage, Virtualization, Consolidation & DR and applications etc

• A strong consulting skill set. - Work with Consultants and Sales teams in analyzing business requirements and translating them into workable solutions.

• Understanding of multiple solution options that cater to the same need and ability to choose the correct one for the customer context

• Detail and high level designing experience across multiple technologies

Deep understanding on various aspects of technology such as

o Servers (UNIX and Wintel)

o Consolidation and Virtualization

o Storage and backup

o Database (Oracle/SQL/Exadata)

o DR and BCP Solution

Role Description:

• Provide end to end solution document for infrastructure changes and put together a detailed plan of action for all components of an IT data center environment: server, ,storage, backup and recovery.

• Hardware sizing for x86 and Unix servers (Dell, CISCO, HP etc) and storage and backup proposed in the solution.

• Size the migration/consolidation/new build effort required for the solution.

• Preparing the pricing sheet in accordance with the customers input.

• Work closely with OEM Partners to qualify right fit products both from technical and commercial perspective

• Working closely with the customers, business teams, Technical Solutions Architect and Program/ Project Management team, to provide technical solutions

• Initiated pre-sales activities, consulting services and products – Developed projects’ scopes (SOW, scope of work) and prepared proposals.

• Ability to compartmentalize (or normalize) CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) and OPEX (Operation expenditure) of various projects/programs for presenting data to customer top management

• Ability to present high level ROI (Return on Investment) and Total cost of ownership (TCO) figures to customer senior management during presentation and discussions