Pre-Sales Solution Architect, ANS
Cloud
Digital transformation firm
Job no longer available
Digital transformation firm
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make digital transformation accessible to all.
Role
Who you are
- In particular, we are looking for candidates with a strong Azure/ AWS & Managed Service background to support the expanding managed service offering, whilst a good understanding of Private Cloud and traditional on-premises environments would be advantageous
- Experience in the design and build of Managed Service based solutions in Azure/ AWS, and ideally Private Cloud environments
- Previous demonstrable experience in cloud computing technologies
- Microsoft Azure (Must have)
- Amazon AWS (Ideal)
- Private Cloud (Ideal)
- IaaS & PaaS platform architecture experience
- Ability to engage with customers and discuss current application requirements and the transition to a public or hybrid cloud
- Ability to articulate benefits of automation and orchestration in modern cloud infrastructures
- Good awareness of new-age tooling for application development
What the job involves
- We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated technologist to join our Pre-Sales Solution Architecture practice within the cloud team
- This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join a highly successful team that is at the very forefront of cloud technology and working on some of the country’s most exciting and ambitious cloud migration projects
- ANS are one of the leading Microsoft Partners within Azure, Data, D365 & Power Platform, recently winning Microsoft UK Services Partner of the year 2024 and have been nominated in the ‘Winners’ category for the best Microsoft UK Partner and being a Microsoft Strategic Partner
- You will therefore be joining a team with a wealth of experience, along with the opportunity and exposure to work on great projects using the latest technologies
- Cloud infrastructure pre-sales engagements and will work with the account manager/ sales specialists during customer facing engagement to develop and produce:
- Proposals
- Presentations
- Demonstrations
- Business Cases
- Proof of Concepts
- Deliver ANS specific engagements directly with customers across the following areas:
- Qualify and identify datacentre migration opportunities
- Engage in detailed analysis and assessment of current solutions
- Customer facing technical design workshops
- Develop cloud transition plans and target operating models
- Target state architecture designs
- Create and demonstrate TCO/ ROI business case outputs
- Practice Development – Work with the public cloud practice-lead to help develop & deliver:
- New solutions and Go-to-market offerings aligned to ANS’ engagement model
- Offerings that align and build on Microsoft and AWS’ current and Future engagement models
- Solution Accelerators and Productised offerings aligned to specific use cases and verticals
- Create video content for marketing material, Linkedin etc
Our take
The benefits of digital transformation are impossible to ignore, but most attempts to modernise businesses fail. While there is no shortage of firms available to assist enterprises and large government agencies through this difficult process, smaller businesses and teams are left to their own devices, causing them to fall further behind. ANS exists to remedy this, offering a raft of services around digital transformation to teams and businesses of any size.
Unique in its offering of services to businesses of any size and budget, ANS's services (which run the gamut of modern IT services from cloud technology to AI) have been taken up by over 7,000 customers from across all industries, including tech startups, local government, the Metropolitan Police and the Ministry of Defence.
ANS completed a takeover of Preact in 2023, which primarily serves the small and medium business sector. This paves the way for it to achieve its goal of doubling revenue in 2025. As the pace of digital change intensifies, this seems eminently achievable for ANS.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2016
$54.5m
LATE VC
Total funding: $54.5m
Company benefits
- Remote working
- 25 days’ holiday for everyone
- Have an extra day’s holiday on us to celebrate your birthday
- 5 days’ additional holiday in the year you get married
- The first day of school off to help your little ones adjust
- Maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- The latest tech products from brands like Apple, HP and Samsung and spread the cost with payments from your salary
- Monthly allowance of flexi points to spend on a massive range of treats and lifestyle perks, from craft beers to discounted local gym memberships
- Private healthcare
- Personal trainers, hairdressers, yoga instructors and many more specialists will visit Archway and offer the ANS and ANS team a discounted rate for their services
- The GYM at Archway is free to use with unlimited access 24/7
- Daily free fruit deliveries
- Netball and 5-a-side football teams — match fees and subs paid
- Electric car scheme
- Ride to work scheme
- Volunteer days
- 12 days of personal growth
- Award-winning on-site training centre
Company HQ
Hulme, Manchester, UK
Leadership
Richard Thompson
(CEO, not founder)Was previously CRO for ANS Group. Before that was Managing Director at TalkTalk Business.
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