Cloud Solutions Architect at MainOne Cable Nigeria

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We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Cloud Solutions Architect

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Department: Technical
Reporting Line: Cloud Solutions  Manager

Responsibilities

• The Cloud Solutions Architect will provide technical and business consultative leadership throughout the technical life cycle of cloud solutions.
• He/she will be involved from pre-sales cloud solution formulation through system deployment; including bid preparation and customer interface resulting in cloud solutions architecture proposals.
• The Cloud Solutions Architect will develop and articulate cloud solutions based on a customer's strategic business or technical requirements ascertained from working with multiple business units across the customer's organization.
• The Cloud Solutions Architect will design cloud solutions for Managed Service customers in line with ITIL and/or industry best practice.
• He/she will manage and develop strategic partnerships with third party suppliers and other internal stakeholders for Cloud Aggregators or Managed Service Providers.

The specific responsibilities shall include:

• Provide technical and business consultative leadership throughout the technical life cycle of cloud solutions.
• Will be involved from pre-sales cloud solution formulation through system deployment; as well as bid preparation and customer interface resulting in cloud solutions architecture proposals.
• Develop and articulate cloud solutions based on customers’ strategic business/technical requirements ascertained from working with multiple business units across the customers’ organization.
• Design cloud solutions for Managed Service customers in line with ITIL and/or industry best practice.
• Drive major cloud initiatives with a focus on the bottom line impact.
• Manage and develop strategic partnerships with third party suppliers and internal stakeholders for Cloud Aggregators or Managed Service Providers.
• Ensure quality, up to date documentation are maintained for all cloud service arrangements.
• Coordinate with the sales team in formulating and building up proposals, including making technical demos and presentations to customers.

Communications and Work Relationships:

• The successful candidate will be required to work closely with the:
  • Technical team (IP ,Operations Support, Technical Sales)
  • Information Technology (IT) team
  • Service Delivery team
  • Sales team

Qualifications

• BSc in Computer Science, Information Technology or related technical degree.
• Minimum 5 years of experience architecting cloud solutions.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a virtualization environment
• Certifications in Linux, Hyper-V, Windows Server, Microsoft System Centre, VMware, Storage, and other Cloud Technologies considered a plus for this position.
• Experience with VMware products (vSphere, vCloud Director)
• ITIL, Prince2/PMP certifications are strongly desired.
• Cisco CCNA/CCDA and experience using Cisco equipment essential.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience across the business development lifecycle (Business Development, Capture, Solution Architect, Pricing and Proposal Development)
• 3-4 years of experience in designing, architecture, and implementing enterprise applications and systems.
• At least five (5-6) years industry experience
• Experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud Services. Certification in Azure or any formal training preferred
• Thorough understanding of Cloud Computing and Virtualization.
• Demonstrable experience with infrastructure (hypervisors, networking, storage, load balancers, firewalls, monitoring etc.)
• Experience, knowledge and ability to cloud solution service offering across all three tiers:
  • Infrastructure (including outsourcing best practices, transition, and ITIL)
  • Application Development and Maintenance
  • System Integration and Management
• Experience with Microsoft public, hybrid and private cloud will be an added advantage
• Knowledge of Radio/Microwave and terrestrial transmission systems.

Competencies Required:

• Holistic understanding of internet and hosting from the network layer up through the application layer
• Outstanding understanding of available cloud technologies
• Demonstrated ability to conduct technical studies and evaluations of business requirements – and successful implementations of recommended solutions
• Familiar with application design best practices
• Experience with Security devices (Firewalls e.t.c.)
• Experience of Network configuration
• Must have strong Windows/Linux/Unix skills.
• Experience in migrating applications to the Cloud environments; reviewing and evaluating potential solutions for external/internal customers.
• Experience relating business requirements to system and infrastructure components and designing the bill of materials for a project.
• Creative and innovative approach.
• Proactive with a positive 'can do' approach.
• Sound commercial business understanding and risk awareness.
• Excellent presentation and leadership skills
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills

Demands of the Job:

• Ability to work long hours and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidate should:
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