RESPONSIBILITIES
Customer Engagement & Technical Advisory
Engage CIO/CTO/IT leadership and technical teams to articulate value propositions across telecom and advanced ICT portfolios.
Lead discovery workshops to elicit requirements, constraints, KPIs and success criteria; translate business outcomes into technical designs.
Run whiteboard sessions and executive briefings that connect architecture choices to TCO/ROI and risk reduction.
Solution Design & Architecture
Produce endÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂtoÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂend architectures, HLDs/LLDs, BoQs and Visio diagrams that combine traditional telecom with modern ICT capabilities.
Traditional Telecom: Internet & Data (Fiber, Microwave, IPÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂVPN/MPLS), Enterprise Voice (SIP Trunking, Hosted PBX), Mobile enterprise services (APNs, IoT SIMs).
Cloud: IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, private & hybrid cloud, backup/DRaaS, landing zones and migration runbooks.
Cybersecurity: NGFW, IPS/IDS, VPN, SASE/ZeroÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂTrust, EDR/XDR, email/web security, SOC/SIEM/SOAR, vulnerability & posture management.
IoT: device connectivity (NBÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂIoT/LTEÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂM), gateways, telemetry (MQTT/AMQP), edge analytics, IoT platforms and dashboards.
UCC/Contact Center: Teams/Zoom/Webex, SBCs, voice enablement, recording/compliance, omnichannel CCaaS.
Managed Networks: LAN/WLAN/WiÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂFi 6/6E, NAC, managed firewall, performance monitoring & SLAs.
SDÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂWAN: multiÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂvendor overlays, underlay design/lastÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂmile diversity, appÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂaware policies, cloud onÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂramps, HA/DR.
Data Center: colocation racks/cages, power/cooling, crossÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂconnects, interÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂDC resilience, carrierÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂneutral peering.
Satellite: LEO backÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂup/primary access, VSAT architectures and antenna/power/site considerations.
Sales Enablement & Bid Support
Qualify opportunities with Account Managers; map stakeholders, buying centers and useÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂcases.
Lead the technical sections of RFx responses; craft compliant, differentiating proposals and executive summaries.
Contribute to deal pricing and solution TCO models; align commercials to architecture options and SLA tiers.
Deliver internal enablement: playbooks, competitive battlecards, and demo scripts.
Demonstrations, PoCs & Trials
Build and run demos for SDÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂWAN, SASE, UCC, Cloud landing zones, monitoring and IoT stacks.
Design proofÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂofÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂconcepts with measurable success criteria; document results and transition to delivery teams.
Stakeholder & Partner Management
Act as liaison between customers, Sales, Product, Engineering, Operations and Service Management.
Engage OEM/ISV/Cloud partners for validation, special bid support and roadmap alignment.
Capture voiceÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂofÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂcustomer and feed into product backlog and service catalogue updates.
Documentation, Governance & Reporting
Maintain reusable HLD/LLD templates, configuration baselines and architecture decision records (ADRs).
Ensure compliance with standards (e.g., ISO 27001, PCIÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂDSS, NDPR/GDPR where applicable) and internal design governance.
Provide pipeline/PoC status, winÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂloss insights and risk/issue logs.
REQUIREMENT
Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications Engineering or related field; advanced degree a plus.
4 - 7 years in Presales/Solution Architecture/Network or Systems Engineering within Telco/ISP/SI/Cloud provider environments.
Relevant certifications (niceÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂtoÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂhave): CCNA/CCNP, Azure/AWS Architect, Fortinet NSE/Palo Alto PCNSE, SDÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂWAN vendor certs, ITIL, Security+.
Telecom fundamentals: IP routing/switching, BGP/OSPF, QoS, MPLS, DWDM/microwave basics.
Cloud: AWS/Azure/GCP architectures, VPC/VNet design, IAM, backup/DR, landing zones.
Security: NGFW, VPN, SASE/ZTNA, SOC operations, SIEM/SOAR, identity & endpoint security.
SDÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂWAN/UCC/Data Center/IoT and Satellite engineering knowledge; ability to compare vendor approaches.
Tooling: Visio/Lucidchart, WiÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂFi planners, monitoring/APM, scripting basics for demos (e.g., Python/PowerShell).