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Introduction:

The Technology, Avanade X, and Advisory Business Groups (BG) are Avanade’s growth engines responsible for developing market relevant capabilities and solutions to help clients resolve critical business and technology issues. Technology is the largest business group within Avanade and what our clients, Accenture, and Microsoft seek from us the most. Each Solution Area has Practices that will help us deliver exceptional value to our clients with repeatable go-to-market services, industry expertise, and market leading capability, and help Avanade grow through winning bigger and more complex engagements that require specialist skills across pre-sales through to solutioning and delivery. In support of our strong growth ambitions, we are activating a Presales function as a link between Sales and Practices.

Come join us:

As Solution Architect, you will deliver relevant and sustainable customer technical proposals based on advanced knowledge of the IT industry and the geography which you are assigned. You will be a technical counterpart to the Business Developers and Account Leaders (ACALs), and support sales by providing technical expertise, acting as a customer interface to Avanade technology solutions, offerings, and technical capabilities during Avanade's sales process (DEEPR). Additionally, you will have a customer-focused mindset and understand how to translate customer needs into technical solutions. Overall, you will develop a network of customer relationships, and meet with customers to understand their needs, challenges, and requirements.

What you’ll do:

As a link between sales and consulting, you will:

• Work with the Business Developers and Account Leaders as a technical expert and architect to contribute to the development and execution of solutions.

• Guide customer through the discovery process to develop a sustainable and innovative technical solution that balances customer and Avanade requirements.

• Support all phases of the Avanade's sales process (DEEPR) sales process.

• Develop technical value propositions that address customer needs and positively differentiate Avanade.

• Build technical relationships with customer IT, and map customer business and technology challenges into Avanade solutions.

• Work with the opportunity owner and SA/Practice to define initial vision, scope, approach and estimation for technical aspects of proposal development activities.

• Support the negotiation and contracting process through balancing scope, resources, and milestone requirements.

• Contribute to offering development infusing technology innovation and market expertise.

Skills and experiences:

Your technical and non-technical skills will include:

• Solution design based on the Microsoft platforms & third-party solutions.

• Delivery background and technology consulting experience, including SDLC experience.

• Strong ability to develop customer relationships.

• Ability to articulate the business value and benefits of modern application solutions.

• Experience in leading and facilitating workshops, design sessions, and presentations with customers and partners.

• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills across multiple levels and functions.

• Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to handle complex and ambiguous scenarios.

• Engage with customers to understand their business needs and challenges and map them to Application Solutions and Microsoft technology, such as Azure.

• Design and deliver application modernization solutions that align with customer goals and industry best practices.

• Continuously learn and update skills on the latest technologies and trends in the application modernization domain.

• Deep technical experience as a key contributor in the field of .NET/Java development and other common languages, Microservices architectures, Hyperscale cloud AZURE and/or AWS, DevSecOps and CI/CD practices.

• Experience in designing application architectures according to modern paradigms (e.g. DDD, BFF, Distributed Applications).

• At least 2 years in the role of Application/Technical Architect.

About you  

Characteristics that can spell success for this role  

• Highly customer-focused with commercial sensitivity.

• Collaborative, resilient, adaptable.

• Humble leader, master negotiator, relationship builder. 

• Intellectually curious and passionate about tech.

• Convincing storyteller and engaging content creator

Enjoy your career

Some of the best things about working at Avanade

• Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)

• Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally

• Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth

• Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you

Find out more about some of our benefits [1] here.

A great place to work

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look!

Together we do what matters. We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our [2] Inclusion & Diversity page.

Create a future for our people that focuses on

• Expanding your thinking • Experimenting courageously • Learning and pivoting

Inspire greatness in our people by •

• Empowering every voice • Encouraging boldness • Celebrating progress

Accelerate the impact of our people by

• Amazing the client • Prioritizing what matters • Acting as one

Learn more

Interested in knowing what’s going on inside Avanade? Check out our blogs:

• [3] Avanade Insights - exchange ideas that drive tomorrow’s innovation

• [4] Inside Avanade - explore what life is like working at Avanade

References

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1. https://www.avanade.com/en-gb/career/benefits

2. https://www.avanade.com/en-us/about-avanade/inclusion-and-diversity

3. https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/avanade-insights

4. https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/inside-avanade