Jason Roznos
September 29th, 2005, 11:52 AM
Hello! My name is Jason Roznos. I have a strategic recruiting firm that deals in development, wireless and complex networking. www.RoznosInc.com . Please see below.
I have an opportunity with one of my clients in the SF Bay Area, currently in Palo Alto but a new location is being added in Downtown San Francisco as well. They are a seperate entity within a very large storage player. They operate as a small, unique, incredibly technical entity with solid backing from the mother ship. They are also the hottest company in the bay area. Please take a look at the brief and let me know what you think. We can discuss details then as well. They are running at over 80 million a quarter as a seperate entity.
Job Description
The Solutions Architect will work closely with our sales team to drive enterprise-consulting services from sales through delivery. Using the client's Virtual Infrastructure Methodology (VIM) you will prepare project proposals which include the business requirements, technical requirements and appropriate solution stating the delivery times and schedules for the design, development and testing of the solution components. Projects could span from 1-week implementation engagements to complex, multi-consultant $1M+ engagements.
In addition to sales and scope management expertise, the solutions architect will need in-depth knowledge surrounding data center technologies. Using this experience and knowledge of the client's products, you will advise clients on issues related to the solution design and deployment including complexity trade-offs and technical and business process impact.
From time to time the solutions architect may be called on to manage small-scale projects and/or drive the assessment phase of a project. In this role the Solutions Architect will operate as a fee-earning consultant delivering solution architecture and design services, including:
- Discovery workshop
- Requirement analysis
- Feasibility study
- Technology selection
- Application design and specification
- Systems integration
- Product customizations
- Solution test plan
- Quality assurance
Responsibilities
- Participate in the pre-sales process to understand customer business and technical objectives and product requirements
- Design and develop innovative solutions to customer requirements
- Maintain current and in-depth knowledge of the entire the client's product line
- Effectively communicate solutions architecture to the customer, third parties and the project teams
- Ensure that propositions are technically sound, deliverable, competitive and representative of market leadership in the application of technology to addressing business issues
- Ensures effective client engagement and stakeholder management during assignment (may include management of subcontractors and partners)
Requirements
- 4+ years as a technical solutions architect in a consulting environment, including time supporting sales and managing technical staff and implementations.
- At least 3 years experience in infrastructure architecture and design of complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and application partitioning
- Experience in a technical lead role for small- or medium-size teams
- Strong practical Unix or Linux systems administration skills
- Strong application software development for one or more of the Linux, Unix (e.g. Solaris), Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems. Systems programming or OS internal level skills would be an advantage
- Understanding of computer server architectures, including peripheral interfaces (SCSI, RAID, Ethernet) and multi-processor designs (SMP)
- Familiarity with systems management concepts, processes and standards (e.g. SNMP); capacity/performance management and tuning; and storage and network management
- Understanding of modern IT production data center and Internet (ISP/ASP) hosting operations
- A good practical understanding of Web-based application development, including cgi-bin, and Apache or IIS server platforms
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
- Ability to travel up to 30 percent of the time, including international
- B.S./B.A./M.S. degree or equivalent technical training
I have an opportunity with one of my clients in the SF Bay Area, currently in Palo Alto but a new location is being added in Downtown San Francisco as well. They are a seperate entity within a very large storage player. They operate as a small, unique, incredibly technical entity with solid backing from the mother ship. They are also the hottest company in the bay area. Please take a look at the brief and let me know what you think. We can discuss details then as well. They are running at over 80 million a quarter as a seperate entity.
Job Description
The Solutions Architect will work closely with our sales team to drive enterprise-consulting services from sales through delivery. Using the client's Virtual Infrastructure Methodology (VIM) you will prepare project proposals which include the business requirements, technical requirements and appropriate solution stating the delivery times and schedules for the design, development and testing of the solution components. Projects could span from 1-week implementation engagements to complex, multi-consultant $1M+ engagements.
In addition to sales and scope management expertise, the solutions architect will need in-depth knowledge surrounding data center technologies. Using this experience and knowledge of the client's products, you will advise clients on issues related to the solution design and deployment including complexity trade-offs and technical and business process impact.
From time to time the solutions architect may be called on to manage small-scale projects and/or drive the assessment phase of a project. In this role the Solutions Architect will operate as a fee-earning consultant delivering solution architecture and design services, including:
- Discovery workshop
- Requirement analysis
- Feasibility study
- Technology selection
- Application design and specification
- Systems integration
- Product customizations
- Solution test plan
- Quality assurance
Responsibilities
- Participate in the pre-sales process to understand customer business and technical objectives and product requirements
- Design and develop innovative solutions to customer requirements
- Maintain current and in-depth knowledge of the entire the client's product line
- Effectively communicate solutions architecture to the customer, third parties and the project teams
- Ensure that propositions are technically sound, deliverable, competitive and representative of market leadership in the application of technology to addressing business issues
- Ensures effective client engagement and stakeholder management during assignment (may include management of subcontractors and partners)
Requirements
- 4+ years as a technical solutions architect in a consulting environment, including time supporting sales and managing technical staff and implementations.
- At least 3 years experience in infrastructure architecture and design of complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and application partitioning
- Experience in a technical lead role for small- or medium-size teams
- Strong practical Unix or Linux systems administration skills
- Strong application software development for one or more of the Linux, Unix (e.g. Solaris), Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems. Systems programming or OS internal level skills would be an advantage
- Understanding of computer server architectures, including peripheral interfaces (SCSI, RAID, Ethernet) and multi-processor designs (SMP)
- Familiarity with systems management concepts, processes and standards (e.g. SNMP); capacity/performance management and tuning; and storage and network management
- Understanding of modern IT production data center and Internet (ISP/ASP) hosting operations
- A good practical understanding of Web-based application development, including cgi-bin, and Apache or IIS server platforms
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
- Ability to travel up to 30 percent of the time, including international
- B.S./B.A./M.S. degree or equivalent technical training