Job Description

Cloud Technical Architect - Sydney, Australia - Hybrid

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About the job

The Cloud Information Services Team (CIS) is looking for a Cloud Technical Architect to participate and/or lead in design and implementation of complex solution architectures, assisting sales team to maximize revenue opportunities and ensure the highest levels of customer satisfaction. Our team is made up of highly-skilled technicians that provide top-notch service to our clients across the globe.

As a Cloud Technical Architect, you will:

• Analyze all information gathered during the sales cycle to provide technical requirements and, working collaboratively with delivery technical lead or delivery technical architect, to translate sales technical vision into a detailed technical implementation proposal
• Scope and define work effort, , support resource planning and estimate cost on technical aspects of the project. Conduct project requirements gathering
• Deliver standard and/or customized software demonstrations and presentations outlining the technical features, competitive advantages and business benefits of the SAS software as they apply to client needs.
• Build a trusted relationship with the Account Executive and client account to provide practical guidance in the functional and technical aspects of proposed software and set proper expectations to ensure customer satisfaction (Sales).
• Provide reliable delivery of targeted project results through role as expert in the application of specific SAS methodologies, projects and technologies.
• Leverage detailed technical knowledge to support sales opportunities and implementations across solution domains.
• Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization's secure software development goals.
• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Required qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in relevant Cloud Architect role
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in IT or related fields
• Proficiency in MS Azure and/or AWS Cloud
• Demonstrable experience in cloud architecture design, proposal and delivery
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Additional competencies, knowledge and skills

• Customer Focus - Drives customer-focused practices; Uses understanding of customer needs to institute processes, procedures, partnerships, performance expectations, and training that will improve customer satisfaction and prevent service issues from occurring.
• Collaborating - Contributes to goal accomplishment; Makes suggestions, volunteers assistance, offers resources, or removes obstacles to help the group achieve its goals.
• Adaptability - Adjusts behaviorl; Quickly modifies daily behavior and tries new approaches to deal effectively with changes; does not persist with ineffective methods; leverages available resources to ease transition.

You are welcome here.

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our inclusive workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. 

At SAS Australia, we have a vision of empowerment and equitable opportunity for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and commit to building reconciliation through SAS’s technology and people and we welcome First Nations applicants. Please see our Reconciliation Action Plan for more information.

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