Lead Solution Architect, Cloud and Core at Ericsson

Ericsson (Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson) is a Swedish multinational provider of communications technology and services. The offering comprises services, software and infrastructure within Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for telecom operators and other industries, including telecommunications and IP networking equipment, mobile and fixed broadband, operations and business support solutions, cable TV, IPTV, video systems, and an extensive services operation. Ericsson has a market share of 35% (in 2012) in the 2G/3G/4G mobile network infrastructure market.[3]

Ericsson is a strong holder of essential patents in the wireless industry and have approximately 35,000 granted patents in 2012. Ericsson complies with terms that are fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) for its patent licensing programs and is a net receiver of licensing royalties.

Founded in 1876 by Lars Magnus Ericsson,[4] the company is today headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The company employs more than 110,000 and work with customers in more than 180 countries, including the US, China, India, Brazil, Japan, South Africa, Australia, Germany, Italy, the UK, and Sweden.Req ID: 334546
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Categories: Network Operation and Integration

Job Summary

We are looking Solution Architect, who will be responsible who will be responsible for analyzing, designing and developing commercially viable end-to-end technical solutions for the customers.
In this role, you will also be accountable for providing profitable business for Ericsson by translating customer needs, and technology opportunities into detailed technical offering, solutions and proposals.

Domain:

Cloud Infrastructure(NFVI  & HDS, Software Defined Infrastructure (SDN), Cloud Execution Environment (ECEE) & Software Defined Storage.

Responsibilities

Drive the Strategic Programs, related to Communication Evolution and Cloud & NFV Strategies
Required to build both internal and external relationships, for stakeholder management and follow-up
Lead Technical discussion at Sales and Delivery of Cloud and Core Solution
Drive the Sales Funnel and support the accounts with increasing the opportunities in Sales Force (CRM)
Provide Engagement One Pagers, which summarize the opportunities and sales funnel.
Provide the overall Engagement Strategy.
Prepare Executive summaries of the various programs being driven for MTN Group.
Prepare Internal and external communication packs for the various engagements and initiatives.
Support with the strategically important deals and RFx, especially those which affect the overall Group strategy and pricebook.
Business case & TCO development (supporting the Account Managers)
Development of business cases for (but not limited to) Communication Evolution/IMS use cases as well as for Cloud & NFV.
Study the weaknesses/strengths of Virtualized and native and compare stability, performance, … and various factors
Excellent communication, organization and writing skills are a very important pre-requisite, where you would be expected to interact with senior management and CxO level on a regular basis.
Scope, define and design solution offerings; driving end-to-end technical solutions
Analyze customer technology, define business requirements and participate in risk analysis
Work with core team on list of potential activities and solutions
Develop technical presentations and proposals, and perform customer presentations
Support deployment of solution
Provide feedback to R&D
Participate in knowledge transfer, documentation and information sharing
Stay abreast of on new technology/technical areas and share information about solution to enable customer competence build

Key Qualifications

Education: BSc or relevant educational degree
Minimum years of experience: 12-15 years
Domain experience:  area of expertise – Cloud & Core
A Solution Architect candidate is assessed according to : Domain, E2E, Network Optimization/Network Design, Fiber Network Design and Site Energy Design. Requires excellent understanding and knowledge of how to Size and dimension CS (native and virtualized), Prepare configuration and cart for different customer tiers, Propose an operating model and comparison

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