Solutions Architect

CFB Bots is a technology service provider specializing in Intelligent Automation (IA). We partner with large enterprises in their Digital Transformation journey and help them and their employees thrive in the Future of Work. Our mission is to co-create the Digital Workforce of the Future, and our vision is to make work enjoyable. For more information, please visit .We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced technologist with strong business acumen to join us as a Solutions Architect. You will act as the key integrator to successfully bridge the sales, project implementation and customer success of the Company. You will collaborate with the sales team to derive a good understanding of the customers' needs, work within our technical team to develop and deploy best-of-breed technology solutions for our clients, and ensure that the technology and solutions fit the business setting and expectations of the clients.The ideal candidate should be able to work nimbly in a dynamic, fast paced environment, be a self-starter who takes initiatives, is results-oriented and customer-centric, and is committed to continuously learning and exploring new technologies. In return, the candidate can expect to embark on an enriching career development journey, including advancement to more senior roles such as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).Responsibilities Actively partner with the sales team to understand our customers' business needs/challenges Identify the best customized solution that meets customers' requirements in terms of automation/digitalization strategy on an enterprise level Ensure customer requirements are translated into functional specifications and detailed solution architecture Provide pre-sales support to the sales team during RFI/RFP and PoC stages, including the drafting of RFI/RFP responses Lead in the design, specification and selection of IT solutions, giving due consideration to functionality, data, security, integration, infrastructure and performance Design/architect the product/solution and ensure its scalability and extensibility Lead the process of integrating IT systems and fix technical issues as they arise Conduct a system architecture evaluation and collaborates with project management and IT development teams to improve the architecture Evaluate project constraints to find alternatives, alleviate risks, and perform process re-engineering if required Constantly upgrade the product with evolving technology and customer requirements Drive the adoption of best practices around coding, design, quality and performance Supporting the development team in developing solutions Work with the project team to develop high level project schedule and resource plans for implementation Lead the organization in exploiting technology and use knowledge of IT solutions to drive organization change and to support business process redesign Continuously researches emerging technologies and proposes changes to the existing architecture Prepare business cases and cost estimation for IT solutions, considering infrastructure, licensing, development and support costs Supervises and guides development teams Requirements Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent At least 5 years' experience in a professional senior technical role (e.g. technical lead, team lead or architect), ideally for a system integrator Have wide-ranging technology knowledge in areas of IT infrastructure (servers, storage, firewalls, load balancers, routers, switches, etc), business analysis, software architecture design, DevOps, cloud platforms like Azure, AWS and GCP, and other emerging technologies Ability to develop solution architecture designs with experience in assessing a broad range of IT solutions, particularly in infrastructure design, network, IT security, data, etc Experience in hyperautomation technologies (e.g. Robotic Process Automation, Process Mining, Intelligent Document Processing, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Low Code Application Platforms, Business Intelligence, etc) Hands on experience in full stack development and programming languages (e.g. .NET, VB, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, PowerShell, etc) is preferred Experience and certifications (e.g. PL-100, PL-200, PL-400 and MB-600) in the Microsoft stack is highly desirable Familiarity with Enterprise Architecture (e.g. TOGAF) will be added advantage Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to lay audiences Results oriented self-starter with ability to plan complex work in dynamic work environment Strong critical thinker with analytical and problem-solving aptitude Team player with experience leading and collaborating cross-team to ensure successful delivery of solutions Strategic business acumen and understanding of organization strategy In your application, please also indicate the name of the person that you most look up to.