Senior Cloud Presales Solution Architect

Giza Systems

Cairo, Egypt

Ref: OP758-1556

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Job Description

As our new Multi-Cloud Solution Architect, you'll join our dynamic presales and delivery team, collaborating with sales and delivery teams to design innovative cloud solutions. You'll craft compelling RFPs, provide technical guidance, and foster strong customer relationships to ensure their needs are met with excellence.

The ideal candidate will have experience with cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, OCI, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and will work to ensure scalability, security, and reliability of cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities:

  • This position is a stakeholder-facing role and embodies the responsibility of capturing prioritization and delivery of project expectations for all aspects of the projects you work on.
  • You can lead technical customer workshops and design a solution meeting the customer requirements on all aspects of the project (Governance, Security, Networking, Billing, Operations).
  • You are an advocate for cloud adoption and enlighten customers in their cloud adoption strategy, no matter their cloud maturity.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills: you have the ability to communicate tasks, challenges, and results clearly to technical and non-technical colleagues and customers.
  • Ability to understand both the business and technical requirements and apply existing or develop new methodologies to satisfy those requirements.
  • You understand both business and technical priorities and have a realistic view of timelines and deliverables.
  • You are able to guide and streamline technical tracks of a multidisciplinary team, composed of colleagues and customers.
  • You advocate the use of cloud best practices in all aspects of your job and the deliverables of your team.
  • You mentor and guide junior colleagues through their journey in the team and within the projects you collaborate on.
  • Engage with clients to assess their needs, create proposals, and design Azure and GCP, OCI, and any other hyperscaler provided in order to align with their objectives.
  • Collaborate with internal teams, partners, and clients to deliver seamlessly integrated cloud solutions following architectural frameworks.
  • Ensure compliance with security standards and safeguard client data during digital transformation initiatives.
  • Continuously optimize cloud architectures to meet evolving client requirements and industry advancements.
  • Act as a technical lead on cloud project deliveries, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance.
  • Design, deploy, and manage cloud-based applications and infrastructure.
  • Implement security policies and best practices to safeguard cloud environments.
  • Monitor and optimize cloud systems for performance, cost, and scalability.
  • Automate cloud processes using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
  • Collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure smooth deployment and integration of cloud solutions.
  • Maintain and update cloud documentation and best practices.
  • Ensure compliance with cloud governance and regulatory requirements.
  • Experience with VMware automation platforms and the Aria stack to support cloud and virtualization initiatives.
  • Familiarity with Agile methodologies and ITIL practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Proven experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Strong understanding of networking, security, and cloud architecture principles.
  • Hands-on experience with DevOps tools (CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Proficiency in scripting and automation (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
  • Experience with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK Stack).
  • Familiarity with database management (SQL, NoSQL).
  • Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Cloud certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Engineer).
  • Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments.
  • Knowledge of serverless computing and microservices architecture.
  • Certifications in Terraform (HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate), AWS, Azure, or Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD).

About the Company

Giza Systems, a leading systems integrator in the MEA region, designs and deploys industry-specific technology solutions for asset-intensive industries such as the telecoms, utilities, oil and gas, hospitality and real estate among other market sectors. We help our clients streamline their operations and businesses through our portfolio of solutions, managed services, and consultancy practice. Our team of 1000 professionals are spread throughout the region with anchor offices in Cairo, Riyadh, Dubai, Doha, Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, Abuja, Kampala and New Jersey, allowing us to service an ever-increasing client base in over 40 countries.

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