Solution Architect - Architect Office (NaaS (Network as a Service)

Company Description

NCS is a leading AI Tech Services company. With a 15,000-strong team across the Asia Pacific, NCS scales its platforms and capabilities to provide clients with greater agility and AI expertise across a range of Industries. Embracing a strong ecosystem of global partners, NCS transforms technology services delivery combining AI with digital resilience to drive real business impact. NCS is a subsidiary of the Singtel Group.

Job Description

The Solution Architect is responsible to apply specialized knowledge in a solution development discipline to conceptualize, design, construct, test, implement and optimize systems that enable and support business functions

Responsibilities | CORE

Solution Delivery

• Ability to develop detail architectural documents to deliver business value solutions for customers, including proposal writing, presentation, conducting Proof-of-Concept to showcase its technical feasibility when necessary
• Propose the technical solution and selection of technologies and estimate resources required to develop the proposed solution to meet our customer's requirements
• Articulate alternatives in terms of cost, benefit and risk where multiple solutions exist
• Highlight the positive impact of NCS solutions to help them achieve customer’s business goals
• Working alongside network and systems engineers to guide projects from presales/design to final delivery

Business Development

• Be involved in pre-sale activities
• Review technical solution and estimated resources prepared by proposal team
• Ability to translating complex technical network and system specifications into business-value outcomes for executives and customers

Essential Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related disciplines
• Candidate should have 7+ years of enterprise networking experience, with strong architecture exposure across WAN, LAN, wireless, data centre and cloud connectivity. Experience with multi-site/branch network transformation, HLD/LLD ownership, routing/switching, HA design, BGP/OSPF, QoS, VRF, dual-circuit design and network migration is required.
• Experience with multi-site/branch network transformation, HLD/LLD ownership, routing/switching, HA design, BGP/OSPF, QoS, VRF, dual-circuit design and network migration is required.
• SD-WAN, SASE/SSE and NaaS service-design exposure
• Large-scale enterprise network architecture and transformation experience
• Candidate should have practical exposure to SD-WAN, secure internet breakout, SASE/SSE concepts, cloud connectivity, network segmentation, and service-based network delivery. For this role, we need someone who understands NaaS as a service model, including service catalogue, SLA, RACI, monitoring, reporting, lifecycle refresh, and provider accountability.
• Strong stakeholder, vendor, and architecture-governance capability
• Candidate should be able to lead architecture discussions with client, vendors, telcos, security, and operations teams. They should be comfortable producing architecture options, HLD/LLD, migration approach, risk assessment, technical recommendations, and vendor comparison. Experience supporting RFP/RFQ, large transformation programmes or managed-service network deals will be highly valuable.
• Proficiency in bridging local data centre with multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Intensive experience in the analysis, design, implementation and support of medium to large complex applications
• Candidates with experience in following will be highly regarded Virtualization technologies
• SD-WAN, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), and next-generation Firewall
• Information Security Management System (ISMS)

Preferred Attributes

• The ability to understand overarching business objectives and translate them into actionable, non-technical language for stakeholders while providing clear technical specifications for development teams
• A broad foundation across software design, cloud computing, and infrastructure rather than being limited to a single technology stack
• Strong interpersonal skills to build consensus among various parties, handle negotiations, and confidently set architectural boundaries.

Professional and/or Technical Certifications (Prefer any of the following)

• Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Certification
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise
• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)

We are driven by our AEIOU beliefs - Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership, and Unity - and we seek individuals who embody these values in both their professional and personal lives. We are committed to our Impact: Valuing our clients, Growing our people, and Creating our future.

Together, we make the extraordinary happen.

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