Senior Solution Architect - Data

Company Description

Hitachi Solutions is a global Microsoft solutions integrator passionate about developing and delivering industry-focused solutions that support our clients to deliver on their business transformation goals. Our industry focus, expertise, and intellectual property is what truly sets us apart.  We have earned, and continue to maintain, a strategic relationship with Microsoft.  Recognized for our achievements - teaming with our clients to deliver innovative digital solutions and services - is how we have achieved year after year recognition.

As their trusted advisor, we support our clients to deliver on their strategic business initiatives as they unify, automate, and modernize their data and operations to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance their customer’s experience. Our over 3,000 team members across 14 countries, and our 18 years of 100% focus on Microsoft technologies and business applications, is how we deliver excellence through expert services and industry-focused cloud solutions.  

A part of Hitachi, Ltd., our company has a long and rich history of innovation, financial strength, and international presence of one of the world’s largest companies. Since 1910, Hitachi, Ltd. has been a leader in manufacturing innovative products and solutions that support industry and social infrastructure around the globe supported by 303,000 employees in over 100 countries and across 864 companies.

Job Description

The Senior Solution Architect is a leader in the Hitachi Solutions organization, working to envision innovative, automated solutions in the Microsoft cloud environment. The Senior Solution Architect is part of the Delivery Go To Market team. The Senior Solution Architect partners with the Sales team to drive the solution sales process from inception through close to ensure that our solutions meet our customers’ needs. The Senior Solution Architect partners with Delivery from project initiation through the design stage to ensure the vision established in presales is carried forward throughout delivery.

The Senior Solution Architect works with our clients to scope the engagement, discover and analyze high-level requirements, and to define solution architectures with the client, sales, and implementation teams. This role should be capable and comfortable in communicating with client IT leadership and the C-suite, with the demonstrated ability to translate business needs into technical architecture, development standards, and data & process governance. This is a hands-on leadership position in a dynamic, demanding environment.

Qualifications

Duties and Responsibilities 

Work with Microsoft and other partner software and services organizations to ensure Hitachi Solutions is at the forefront of technology innovation.

Work with Sales, Marketing, and the Delivery to develop and define solution offerings and reference architectures.

Work with Hitachi Solutions sales and delivery teams, and with our customers’ business and technology teams, to understand customer requirements, and translate them into innovative cloud solutions leveraging Hitachi Solutions’ core capabilities.

Contribute to crafting sales deals that deliver end-to-end solutions for customers from a delivery mindset.

Develop and deliver the conceptual solution design documentation during the sales process.

Collaborate with multiple internal and external teams to define the scope of work associated with a proposed solution. 

Assist in conducting meetings with customers and prospects. Take a leading role in exposition and information gathering in areas where you have knowledge & experience. 

Assist in the creation and presentation of sales documents (for example: Estimates, Statement of Work, RFP, Proposal presentation decks).

Contribute to ongoing refinement of communications, workshop and delivery templates, processes, patterns, and practices for the Solution Architecture team.

Onboard Delivery team to the conceptual solution architecture defined in the sales process.

Support customer satisfaction by actively facilitating open and effective communication across customer business units and functional teams through project initiation and support ad hoc requests through project delivery.

Facilitate regular project architecture reviews during the Design phase to ensure alignment of the logical solution with the conceptual solution.

Review project outcomes with the Delivery team to capture lessons learned and refinement of patterns and reference architecture.

Collaborate with the Delivery team to aggressively identify where standard work and automation can accelerate discovery, communication, and solution identification. 

Support internal engagement through open and effective communication across Hitachi Solutions practice areas, IP, and marketing & sales teams. 

Traveling up to 50% annually to support sales pursuits

Reports to Senior Director, Solution Architecture.

 Qualifications

Mastery of Azure solutions including previous experience with complex Cloud architecture design.

8+ years’ experience delivering complex enterprise solutions leveraging Azure or similar, for a technology consulting firm or direct employment at a large corporation. 

8+ years’ experience working with cross-functional teams and heavily matrixed organization.

4+ years’ experience performing and leading pre-sales activities including deal cost estimation and resource planning.

Ability to express complex technical and business concepts effectively, both verbally and in writing, with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience. 

Ability to work independently & support sales pursuits with a geographically dispersed team. 

The ability to bring together multiple parties with disparate perspectives and hierarchies of needs to focus on a single solution vision.

Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and interpersonal skills.

Strong organizational and time management skills. 

Must be a self-directed learner. 

Problem-solving attitude. 

Highly self‐motivated, self‐directed, and attentive to detail. 

Experience in contract development preferred to ensure consistency, completeness, and compliance with Hitachi Solutions policies.

Certification in relevant Microsoft discipline(s) preferred.

Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience

Additional Information

Base Salary Pay Range*: $155,000 - $215,000 CAD

*The current applicable Base Salary Pay Range for this role is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills relevant to the role, internal equity, alignment with market data, or other law.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

NOTE: WHILE THIS ROLE IS REMOTE, YOU MUST BE A US CITIZEN OR ABLE TO WORK WITHIN CANADA WITHOUT SPONSORSHIP.

Other Compensation / Benefit Overview 

In addition to Base Salary, the successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the following plans / programs, upon satisfying all hiring requirements:  

• Bonus Plan 

• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage 

• Life Insurance and Disability Programs 

• Retirement Savings with Company Match  

• Paid Time Off  

• Flexible Work Arrangements including Remote Work  

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines

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