Solution Architect (UK)

Job description

– Solution Architect Job Title Solution Architect Working Hours/Arrangements 40 hours per week (9am to 6pm, including one hour of unpaid break) Mondays to Thursdays – office based; Fridays – Work from home. Salary Range £100,000 - £120,000 OTE per annum Location Guildford office – 2000, Cathedral Square, Cathedral Hill, Guildford GU2 7YL, United Kingdom Reporting to Omar Reid, Solution Architect Team Lead Job brief We are looking for a Solution Engineer to join our Solution Architect team at to work with our present and future customers from the different industries: gaming, finance, ad-tech, etc. You will understand their challenges, assist them with the infrastructure design and help the customers progress into the hybrid cloud and bare metal cloud infrastructure. Responsibilities Overall solution design and product selection; Technical discovery: working closely with the customer, arranging the requirements, figuring out the opportunities and the limitations; Supporting the sales team during onboarding of potential new customers; Technical presentations, demos, screencasts to sales and customers; Reporting to the product management team about what improvements should be made to our product roadmap; Managing stock availability and deployment timelines together with the vendors and the supply chain managers; Learning about new products and technologies in the hosting infrastructure industry; Working in Guildford at least 4 days a week, as well as during business trips to customer sites and sales events. Experience/qualifications/skills Strong understanding of IT infrastructure (cloud, on-prem, hybrid); Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP); Confident presenter with customer-facing experience; Knowledge of networking, security, and system architecture. VLAN, RAID, CPU and hardware design, IP networking, IP routing and BGP; Ability to design scalable, reliable, and cost-effective solutions; Ability to create technical documentation and architecture diagrams; Ability to explain complex technical topics to non-technical audiences; Confident presenter with customer-facing experience; Strong collaboration skills with sales, engineering, and product teams; Customer-focused mindset with a problem-solving approach; Ability to manage multiple opportunities in parallel; A fluent English speaker. Nice-to-have requirements: Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or equivalent experience; Terraform: Hands-on experience in writing infrastructure-as-code (IaC) templates for automating resource deployments; Already working as a Solution Architect; Experience with baremetal servers hardware; Basic scripting; STEM bachelor degree. Location You will need to be able to get to our Guildford-based office 4 days per week. Address: 2000, Cathedral Square, Cathedral Hill, Guildford GU2 7YL, United Kingdom. Working Hours/Arrangements 40 hours per week (9am to 6pm, including one hour of unpaid break), Mondays to Thursdays – office based; Fridays – Work from home. Flexible-working will be considered (2 WFH days a week) following completion of probational period. We offer: Private healthcare – Once probation period is passed. Embrace parenthood with 18 weeks generous paid leave after completion of 15 months’ ‘continuous service’. Pension contribution – 5% of the salary. 28 annual leave days plus all Bank Holidays on a pro-rata basis in each holiday year in England and Wales. 10 days working from anywhere in the world following completion of probationary period on a pro-rata basis. Office Lunches – Deliveroo to the value of £14 each day. Mobile phone bill paid to the value of £80 (subject to BiK taxation). Casual dress code. Use of Apple MacBook Pro laptop – Mouse and Keyboard. AirPods Headset. “ is committed to equality and diversity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships." Please click here to access our Equal Opportunities Policy Also, please review our candidate privacy notice in relation to the collection and processing of your personal data. Should you be unsuccessful in your application for the role you have applied for and would like for to keep your details for any future roles for twelve (12) months please let us know in writing. The company , powered by Nexcess, delivers specialized Infrastructure as a Service solutions for organizations where performance, scalability, and reliable execution are essential. As part of Nexcess, contributes deep infrastructure expertise to a broader cloud technology organization serving businesses worldwide. Our platform provides compute, storage, and networking services across the US, Europe, and Asia, with access to premium server hosting solutions in more than 26 data centers globally. We support leading enterprises and high-growth companies across industries including Big Data, AdTech, FinTech, Gaming, iGaming, Blockchain, and Streaming.