Overview of Role:

The role is primarily in pre-sales, tenders and bids activities, requiring both broad and deep technology knowledge and the ability to conceptualize end-to-end business and technical solutions for customers (which are mostly agencies of the Government). He/She should possess experience in both application and system architecture design, including exposure to hardware-integrated environments such as kiosks, self-service terminals, and end devices (e.g. biometric devices, cameras, RFID readers).

Responsibilities:

Develop project technology strategy by understanding key client objectives diagnosing and mapping client requirements articulating solution risks and barriers recommending project approaches preparing time and cost estimates planning full project life cycle.
Design and propose end-to-end integrated solutions covering application, system, infrastructure, and hardware components to meet customer business and operational requirements.
Prepare and deliver the business value solutions for customers, including proposal writing, presentation, conduct, proof-of-concept to showcase its technical feasibility when necessary.
Propose technical solutions and oversee the selection of technologies and estimate resources required to develop the proposed solutions to meet customer's requirements.
Articulate alternatives in terms of cost, benefit and risk where multiple solutions exist.
Highlight the positive impact of the solutions and it how it can achieve customer's business goals.
Manage customer relationship by communicating architecture standards and frameworks answering questions resolving concerns and issues.
Actively participate in the business development lifecycle.
Identify opportunities, generate proposals, and support other sales efforts.
Increase organization effectiveness by identifying opportunities to leverage solutions to other engagements.
Improve information usefulness by tracking emerging technologies evaluating their applicability to business goals and operational requirements.
Any other ad-hoc duties as required or assigned.

Requirements:

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
At least 8 years of relevant working experience, including expertise in enterprise and solution architecture consulting skills such as stakeholder engagement, architecture reviews, and consensus building.
Strong experience in designing end-to-end solutions covering application, system, infrastructure, and hardware-integrated environments.
Exposure to solutions involving kiosks, self-service terminals, biometric devices, RFID readers, cameras, IoT, or other integrated end devices will be an added advantage.
Professional experience with n-tier application architecture development.
Strong analytical and conceptual skills, with the ability to function at both detailed and conceptual levels.
Experience with AWS Cloud implementation, network design, business analytics, security, and biometrics will be an added advantage.
Hands-on experience in several of the following technologies/products:

. .NET Development Platform (Visual Studio, .NET Framework)

. C#, ASP.NET, Web Development

. Databases, SQL Server

. XML, SOAP, Web Services

. Exchange, AWS Products

Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Singaporean, SPR preferred.

Pre-Sales Solution Consultant/Architect