Sr. Specialist Cloud Architect

Oman Investment Authority

Collaborate with the sales team to understand customer requirements to develop appropriate cloud-based solutions.

Support in design and architect cloud solutions that meet customer needs aligned with industry best practices meeting the scalability, reliability and security requirements.

Create technical proposals, diagrams, and presentations to explain the proposed solutions to customers.

Work closely with the delivery team to ensure that proposed solutions can be implemented effectively.

Provide technical expertise and guidance to customers and internal teams on cloud technologies and best practices.

Participate in pre-sales meetings, presentations, and discussions with customers.

Support the development of sales strategies and plans to achieve sales targets.

Build relationships with key stakeholders and decision-makers within customer organizations.

Contribute to the development of new cloud-based services and solutions which are aligned with market and customer requirements.

Coordinate with partners and service delivery teams based on customer requirements and solutions offered to ensure the solution implementation is aligned with the proposed solution/agreements.

Supporting delivery team in the solution implementation ensuring customer success.

Act as a subject matter expert on cloud computing for both internal and external audiences, by staying updated about the recent trends in the cloud computing arena.

Education & Qualification

Qualification

Bachelor s/master s degree in engineering/IT/Computer science.

Certification

OCI , AWS , Azure GCP Certification.

Experience

5+ years of experience in cloud computing, technical sales, or consulting.

Previous experience in Cloud business Presale s role preferred.

Skills

Proven experience of successful projects with innovative and complex solutions.

Strong understanding of cloud concepts (e.g., IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), and deployment models (e.g., public, private, hybrid).

Proficiency in network, network security, databases etc.

Hands on Cloud Technical experience on technology such as Microsoft, VMware, Oracle, Dell, HCI , CI , KVM , RHEL , OCP, K8s etc.

Demonstrated proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite.

Project management skills.

End-to-End Solutions handling and Tenders submission and cycle experiences.

Competency

Behavioral

Collaboration.

Planning & coordination.

Achievement orientation.

Teamwork.

Personal effectiveness.

Core

Integrity & Ethical behavior.

Operational excellence.

Effective communication.

Stakeholder management.

Creativity & innovation.

Technical

Client Needs Analysis & Requirement Gathering.

Solution Design & Architecture (if relevant).

Technical Presentations & Demonstrations.

Proposal Development & Documentation.

Collaboration with Sales & Operations Teams.

Bid Management & RFP Responses.

Solution Customization.

Objection Handling & Negotiation.

Sales Support & Coordination.

Client Relationship Management (Pre-Sales).