Presales application solution architect by leading investment industry

Roles and Responsibilities

A Presales Application Solution Architect is responsible for providing technical solutions to potential clients or customers. They work with sales teams to understand customer needs, analyze technical requirements, and propose solutions that fit the customer's needs.
The job description of a Presales Application Solution Architect typically includes tasks such as:
1. Collaborating with sales teams to understand customer requirements and provide technical solutions.
2. Designing and presenting technical solutions to customers in a clear and concise manner.
3. Creating Cost estimation of the Designed Propose solution.
4. Create E2E Proposal for RFP as part of RFP responses
5. Creating proposals, presentations, and other sales materials to showcase technical solutions.
6. Conducting technical demonstrations and proof-of-concepts to showcase the benefits of
proposed solutions.
7. Working with development teams to understand technical limitations and feasibility of
proposed solutions.
8. Collaborating with other solution architects and technical teams to provide comprehensive solutions.
9. Providing technical guidance and support to sales teams during the sales process.
. Keeping up-to-date with industry trends and new technologies.
. Designing the overall structure of the application, including its database, user interface, and underlying software components.
. Collaborating with other members of the development team, such as developers, business analysts, and project managers, to ensure that the application meets the requirements
. Collaborating with External Clients to identify requirements and develop technical strategies to meet there business needs.
. Designing software architectures and solutions that align with the RFP’s technical and
business requirements.
. Defining technical standards, guidelines, and best practices to ensure the quality of the software solution.
. Evaluating and selecting appropriate technologies and software products to meet the
requirements of the software solution coming as part of RFP requirement.
. Identifying potential risks and limitations of the application's architecture and proposing
solutions to mitigate those risks.
. Ensuring that the application is scalable and can accommodate growth in usage and data.
. Ensuring that the application adheres to industry best practices and standards, such as those related to security and data privacy.
. Staying up to date with emerging technologies and trends in software development, and making recommendations on how to incorporate them into the application architecture.
. Mentoring and coaching other members of the development team, helping them to develop their skills and knowledge of application architecture.
. Must have knowledge of any Cloud Services GCPorAzureorAWSorOCI and ability to build Technical solution on Cloud as well.
. Experience on Frontend , API and database from Application Architecture perspective
. Expertise in Container Orchestration engine and have worked on containerization tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, and other technologies.
. Expertise on Micro service architecture.
. Expertise in writing Infrastructure as a code using Terraform and other tools.
. Work closely with application owner, end-users, operations, and security leaders to ensure requirements are captured in the architecture design.
. Hands on experience and expertise with cloud technologies including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS.. Knowledge and experience of DevOpsorGitHub Actions best practices, models, and
techniques for software development and deployments, ensuring security requirements are
met inline of the deployments to production.
. Web service experience using SOAP XML, REST JSON and other API integrations.
. Architect software solutions to build data stores, user interfaces, and approvals/workflows
consistent with needs and project objectives using various tools.
. Full understanding of Automation, integration with upstream and downstream applications
and/or processes.
. Actively develop and contribute to Architecture CoE
. Presales exp must
. Application Architect must Frontend orAPI or Database or Micro services
. Cloud exp must
Overall, a Presales Application Solution Architect is responsible for providing technical solutions that
meet customer requirements

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