Associate Architect

Softchoice•Vancouver, BC

1d•CA$91,200 - CA$114,000•Remote

About The Position

As our Assessment Architect, you will be responsible for facilitating, analyzing, and delivering assessments to customers. You will deliver technical assessments and develop service proposal content and pricing for customer projects. You will help customers refine and evolve their IT strategy roadmap and business case for cloud adoption, and deliver presentations to IT and business leadership. The assessments you deliver will target a customer’s current IT infrastructure, and the findings will help develop IT roadmapping strategies. Many of our assessments will focus on cloud adoption and cloud optimization. In this role, reporting to the Assessment Services Senior Manager, you will be responsible for working with customers to build the business case for change and migration to the cloud.

Requirements

5+ years of multi-disciplinary IT experience in areas such as cloud architecture, application management, database administration, and system administration
Strong oral and written communication skills
Demonstrated passion for thought leadership and an entrepreneurial mindset
Strong knowledge of business drivers, success metrics, and customer focus
Customer-facing experience, including presenting to and fielding questions from mid-level and senior management
Experience in pre-sales, delivery, or go-to-market (GTM) roles
Knowledge of cloud economics, cost modeling, and the financial impacts of design decisions
Knowledge of migration strategies, including lift and shift, infrastructure and application modernization
Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and best practices
Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
Broad knowledge of on-premises IT, including bare metal, virtualization (e.g., VMware), networking, security, storage, and backup

Responsibilities

Lead on-premises to cloud engagements with significant business, technical, and cost-modeling requirements to accelerate cloud adoption
Direct discovery and data collection to understand the customer’s current environment
Build and refine cost models that cover services, consumption, funding, hardware buyback, labour, TCO, and ROI
Facilitate discussions on technical challenges, business goals, success metrics, and financial drivers to shape a cloud strategy
Present clear, compelling business cases to stakeholders across C-suite, IT, and business units
Collaborate with Solutions Architects and sales teams to develop proposals, identify service opportunities, and support deal wins
Provide thought leadership on cloud adoption, technology evolution, and business value through AWS / Azure / GCP
Support teammates through coaching, gap-filling, and contributions to large engagements
Partner across pre-sales, Solutions Architecture, Professional Services, and AWS / Azure / GCP account teams to ensure high-quality deliverables
Host immersion days, lead ideation sessions, and build small proofs of concept (POCs) to drive customer momentum