Key Responsibilities:

Performs the analysis of services products and technologies under guidance to provide input on the service offering and input on suitable customers for pursuits
Evangelizes Infosys Tech Brand in specific areas e
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anchoring Tech Day white papers speaking in forums etc
Builds artifacts in new areas of competency to build collateral and Go To Market solutions
Identifies opportunities in accounts or new technology areas and provides necessary credentials to support the Client Services team in prospecting
Provides domain technical consultation to Pre Sales participates in proposal activities discussions with customers and client visits as a domain SME Participates in Consulting Assessments POC architects and validates complex technical solutions when required Performs estimations collateral consolidation brings in alliance product offering IPs to provide technical leadership and technical differentiators
Interacts with vendors alliances and understands the complimentary offering products IP solutions to leverage partner technologies
Provides technical inputs for contracting and deal negotiations to write relevant sections like SLA assumptions dependencies etc
in the consulting contractual documents
Organizes documents and reviews work items scope from a technical viewpoint and approach to ensure completeness and consistency in scoping of the project
Reviews and validates estimates for consulting projects and guides estimation for complex projects IN ORDER TO ensure correct sizing of the work
Provides and reviews inputs on various competencies important for forming teams for projects to address resource competency requirements for the project
Provides consulting inputs insight into the complexity of architectural requirements Reviews work breakdown structure resources task activity planning sets milestones and deliverables to ensure correctness and optimal scheduling of the project
Reviews and validates the target metrics of a project from a technology perspective like tools usage reusable frameworks and feasibility to assist in achieving the quality target
Reviews identifies and prioritizes technical risks to develop a risk mitigation plan
Participates in project plan reviews and provides inputs to ensure accuracy of the plan

Technical Requirements:

In depth knowledge in virtualization e
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VMWare Hyper V HCI SDN Databases Middleware Data Center Technologies and network optimization to support scalability and resource efficiency with ongoing learning in DC consolidation trends
Be aware of industry or domain compliance needs
At least have one primary and one secondary skill
Leverage partnerships with HPE Dell Equinix other DC providers Hitachi Veeam and Commvault to bring best in class solutions including optimized hardware hybrid cloud options data storage and backup solutions
Partner lists are subject to change

Additional Responsibilities:

Ability to define new architectures and anchor review of artifacts ability to define technology solutions for complex domain
Appreciation of various consulting frameworks
Strong customer interactions and stakeholder management skills
Ability to leverage domain knowledge and experience to solve business it problems from technology perspective ability to switch context adapt between multiple technical services
Contribute to thought leadership participate in calls relationship with analysts in her his focus areas
Identify and create printable artifacts guides and author papers
Help seniors in appraisals of juniors and career aspiration program and maintaining of technical discussions with customer technology experts to provide technical differentiation

Preferred Skills:

Technology->Cloud Integration and API Management->Hybrid Cloud Integration

Solution Architect - Infrastructure Consulting