TECHNICAL ARCHITECT - Cape Town Verfied

Salary Negotiable Cape Town, Western Cape Cape Town, Western Cape more than 14 days ago 06-12-2017 8:55:27 AM
31-01-2018 8:55:27 AM
Technical Architect, Global Client Services Delivery
CENTURY CITY
SALARY NEGOTIANBLE
Technical Architect is a client-facing role, acting as a senior technical leader in Global Client Services Delivery and has demonstrable experience scoping and delivering large/complex technical projects while equally being able to perform delivery tasks such as create/implement detailed designs and device configurations

Role Description
• Build credibility with clients by being able to explain technical concepts and available solution options to technical and non-technical audiences
• Assist Pre-Sales in scoping project deliverables accurately
• Ensure Delivery teams have clear understanding of objectives of Professional Services engagements as well as the end-to-end delivery activities required to achieve success
• Deliver high-quality technical & professional services on all client engagements
• Ensure on-going quality and client satisfaction of Professional Services engagements by reviewing and providing feedback on project deliverables
• Pro-actively identify, communicate and manage risks to delivery and associated mitigations
• Develop and manage remediation plans to resolve project escalations
• Reporting to the Head of Architecture, Global Client Services Delivery

Requirements
• Client-focused, “make it happen” attitude
• Meets the requirements of at least one of the technical specialisations in the “Technical Specialisations” table below
• Recognised as a technology lead and solution-level decision maker
• 10 years+ experience in the IT industry, and at least 5 years in a client-facing IT delivery role
• Experience in managing end-to-end delivery of technical projects

Desirable
• Experience in pre-sales and/or project management of technical projects
• Bachelors degree (Engineering or Science) in a Computing or IT field
• Able to travel (nationally and internationally)
• Security cleared (SC or in-country equivalent)


Technical Specialisations

Specialisation Requirements Desirable
R&S Enterprise
Hands-on solution design and implementation experience with various mid-range and high-end Cisco routing and switching platforms
Expert-level knowledge and recent experience in delivering routing/switching solutions (fully-qualified CCIE, e.g. Routing & Switching)
Experience with a broad range of network technology vendors (e.g. Juniper, Checkpoint, Fortinet, F5, Bluecoat)
Hands-on solution design and implementation experience with Juniper platforms (e.g. MX-series or SRX-series)

R&S Service Provider
Hands-on solution design and implementation experience with various mid-range and high-end Cisco routing and switching platforms
Expert -level knowledge and recent experience in delivering routing/switching solutions in a service provider network (fully-qualified CCIE Routing/Switching or CCIE Service Provider)
Professional-level knowledge and recent experience in delivering routing/switching solutions in an enterprise network (CCNP)
Experience with a broad range of network technology vendors (e.g. Juniper, Checkpoint, Fortinet, F5, Bluecoat)
Hands-on solution design and implementation experience with Juniper routing platforms (e.g. MX-series or T-series routers)

Unified Communications
Hands-on solution design and implementation experience with Cisco Unified Communications platforms
Expert-level knowledge and recent experience in delivering IP-Telephony/Unified Communications solutions (fully qualified CCIE Voice)
Professional-level knowledge and recent experience in delivering routing/switching solutions (CCNP)
Hands-on solution design and implementation experience with MS Lync Unified Communications platforms
Wireless
Hands-on solution design and implementation experience with various wireless and enterprise routing/switching solutions
Expert-level experience/knowledge in Wireless solutions (fully-qualified CCIE, e.g. Wireless, or Aruba ACDX/ACMX or other)
Professional-level experience/knowledge in routing/switching (CCIP or CCNP)
Experience with a broad range of network technology vendors (e.g. Cisco, Aruba, Checkpoint, Fortinet, F5, Bluecoat)
Security
Hands-on solution design and implementation experience with security platforms (e.g. firewalls, encryption gateways, intrusion detection/prevention)
Expert-level knowledge and recent experience in delivering security solutions (fully-qualified CCIE Security or Checkpoint CCMA/CCSE or other)
Professional-level knowledge and recent experience in delivering routing/switching solutions in an enterprise network (CCNP)
Experience with a broad range of network technology vendors (e.g. Juniper, Checkpoint, Fortinet, F5, Bluecoat)
Hands-on solution design and implementation experience with Fortinet and/or Checkpoint security platforms
Datacentre
Hands-on solution design and implementation experience with various mid-range and high-end Cisco routing and switching platforms
Expert-level knowledge and recent experience in delivering routing/switching solutions (fully-qualified CCIE, e.g. Routing & Switching or Datacentre)
Design/implementation experience with the following platforms
o Cisco Nexus product range (Nexus 7k, Nexus 5k and Nexus 2k)
o F5 Big-IP or Viprion range
o Juniper, Checkpoint or Fortinet firewalls
Experience with a broad range of network technology vendors (e.g. Juniper, Checkpoint, Fortinet, F5, Bluecoat)
Hands-on solution design and implementation experience with Juniper platforms (e.g. MX-series or SRX-series)