Hybrid Professional Services Hybrid Cloud Solution Architect at Lenovo

Position Requirements: Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experienceAt least 5 years experience in IT operations, services or consultingAdvanced understanding of on-prem Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure such as AzureLocal, VMware, Nutanix, OpenShift as well as file and block storageIntermediate to advance knowledge of Public Cloud Services as well as costing modelsIntermediate understanding of Data Center Operations as well as Co-Location ServicesEnglish: FluentFrench: Fluent is desiredPreferred:At least 10 years of experience in IT operations, services or consultingAt least 3 years experience in understanding of Services business model or services leadershipAdditional information requirements:Excellent teamwork skillsStrong client-facing verbal and written communication and presentation skillsAbility to excel in a matrix organizationStrong track record of self-motivated and innovative capability in responding to changing business needsStrong organization skills to maintain updated pipeline in Microsoft Dynamics / Sales CRMAssignment to Markham corporate office but willingness and ability to travel up to 25%Daily work will includeWorking directly with customers and stakeholders to gather requirements and provide services / solution recommendationsInteraction with services and hardware/software sales team to provide services scope, sizing, and responses/proposalsLeading solution and pricing reviews with leadership and transitioning projects from pre-sales to services delivery teamSkills needed:Excellent understanding of customer needs and sales stakeholdersHands-on experience delivering services, support, and/or demonstrations on Hybrid Cloud / AI solutionsKnowledge of Hybrid Cloud Solution design, architecture, migration, and cost optimization for the following technologiesAzure, VMware, Nutanix (required)OpenShift, AWS, GCP (desired)Server, storage, networking, datacenter infrastructure understandingEnterprise Storage conceptsOn-prem File and Block Storage (required)ONTAP storage features and migration experience (desired)High performance file systems and distributed storage such as WEKA, IBM Spectrum Scale, BeeGFS, Lustre, VAST, DDN (desired)Excellent communication and interpersonal skillsExperience in technical solutioning and selling roles desiredKnowledge of business models such as OPEX / CAPEXKnowledge on SAP HANA & HPC solutions is a plusIndustry certifications are a plusAI solution scoping and understanding is desired, includingMachine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) Expertise.Knowledge of Data Science and Data EngineeringNVIDIA Enterprise AI Software SuiteAI Deployment and MLOpsAI Problem solving & analytical capabilities (Critical Thinking)Understanding of AI Security, Governance, policy Apply Now