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Our EMEA Solutions team provides specialist pre-sales and consulting services to support the complex needs of our customers' businesses. They enable Rackspace to deliver greater strategic business value focusing on outcome orientated services and solutions. Our Rackspace Technology Solutions Architects are experienced, knowledgeable, and respected members of the EMEA Pre-Sales team with a proven track record in pre-sales and solutioning.
Job Responsibility:
Gathering business and technical requirements to design a solution which addresses the customer objectives
Provide commercial, technical, service and solution leadership
Partner with internal teams and external partners to deliver solutions on time, specification, and budget
Provide resource and capability for the creation of solutions assisting in the objective for our customers technology and transformation initiatives
Deliver the technical and architecture components of the overall solution response
Use their brand both internally and externally to inspire, encourage and develop the next generation of Solutions Architects
Requirements:
High degrees of technical acumen with accompanying certifications
Collaborative team player
Good communication skills (written and oral) to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Great problem solvers
Innovative and passionate about continuous self-improvement and technology
Awareness of sales methodologies and proposal management
RFx, Proposals, Presentations
Passion for problem solving and enthusiasm for positive customer outcomes
Experience working with ModernOps, DevOps CI/CD pipelines and CMPs in a Private Cloud context in either a pre-sales or engineering role with an interest in pre-sales
Experience working with Private Cloud platforms based on VMware, Microsoft, or OpenStack technology
Ability to lead customer workshops for requirements gathering solution mapping or proposal playback
Owning a specific technology area and becoming the Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Attend Trade Shows, User Group Meetings or Conferences, either physically or virtually and present the “Why Rackspace?” message
Nice to have:
Current certification in at least one Public Cloud is beneficial or experience on AI workloads
Experience in Managed or Professional Services engagements is highly beneficial