Senior Solutions Architect/ Business Engineer

Position Description:

CGI is seeking a senior solution architect to support US Global Technology Operations CSG opportunities. The qualified candidate will help drive and grow our managed services business by participating in business development, proposal solution development, pricing development, as well as client presentations and thought leadership discussions

This role must be located at one of the following locations: Birmingham, AL; Dallas, TX; Atlanta, GA or Tempe, AZ.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

The senior solution architect will participate in the creation and evolution of CGI's US GTO proposals and pricing as part of a cross functional team that extends across US CSG. This includes participating with the larger GTO team, the IP teams, CGI client-proximity BUs, and our clients.

A successful team member will actively participate in the pre-sales and project delivery lifecycle. This includes requirements definition, proposal development/writing, technical solution creation, pricing, solution review and presentation, offering development, as well as participating in cloud risk assessments and client meetings which occur during the business development lifecycle. This role will also include participating in advisory services short term billable consulting projects that will help establish CGI as our client's trusted advisor. Other key aspects of this role are pipeline management and compliance with CGI's Business Engineering Management Framework which includes participation in the BU Step Reviews as required. The ability to represent and serve as the subject matter expert for GTO capabilities in the areas of on premises, data center, private & public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and cyber security managed services while providing technical depth and thought leadership throughout this process is the key to success.

The senior solution architect will communicate regularly with executive management, participate in client-facing meetings and be available as needed for ad hoc urgent pricing requests and client meetings.

Candidate must be able to communicate clearly and concisely while also delivering what might be perceived as negative messages in a diplomatic way.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Ability to work independently, be a creative and forward-thinking individual, and provide as much foresight and advanced notice into potential risks which could negatively impact CGI.

Must have account and client management pre-sales experience with strong relationship-building skills and the ability to confidently negotiate on behalf of US GTO.

Candidate must have a strong knowledge of accounting and be extremely detail oriented with respect to financials and pricing assumptions.

Technical subject matter expertise and knowledge of internal GTO processes with relation to infrastructure (Compute, Network, Storage, Containers, etc.) and software licensing will be key to success.

Minimum Education Required: Bachelors Degree

Skills:

• Business Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Container Technology
• Detail-oriented
• Finance & Accounting
• Negotiation
• Network
• Storage & Back-up

What you can expect from us:

Insights you can act on

While technology is at the heart of our clients' digital transformation, we understand that people are at the heart of business success.

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