What is the point of this role?
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.
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.
What will I be doing?
In this role, you’ll be responsible for: 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
What will I bring to the role?
- 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 is needed to do the role?
Any suitable candidate should have a number of industry relevant certifications. In particular relating to Public and Private Cloud technologies.
Existing UK Government Security Clearance and / or NPPV v3 vetting would be advantageous
Why work for ANS?
At ANS, we’ve created a place where everyone can be themselves, and we empower our people to get the job done. Openness, ambition, honesty, and passion are what drive us every day. We are bold, courageous, and innovative – and we do it like no other. We invest in our people. In training, development, health and more – we give you the benefits and flexibility to maintain a happy work-life balance.
We’re proud of the inclusive, fun, dynamic environment we’ve created. It’s a safe space that works for all. You don’t have to be a techie to work in tech. Bring your authentic self and find your dream role here. Find out more at LinkedIn pages.
What’s in it for you?
With fantastic benefits, an inclusive culture, and a cool office space, we’re your kind of workplace.
Company benefits
- As standard: 25 days’ holiday, plus you can buy up to 5 more days
- A little extra: we’ll give you your birthday off, and an extra celebration day for whatever you want! Tying the knot? You get 5 days’ additional holiday in the year you get married. Oh, and 5 volunteer days!
- Private health insurance
- Pension contribution match and 4 x life assurance
- Flexible working and work from anywhere for up to 30 days per year (some exceptions)
- Maternity: 16 weeks’ full pay, Paternity: 3 weeks’ full pay, Adoption: 16 weeks’ full pay
- Company social events – get ready for a jam-packed calendar
- Electric car scheme
- 12 days of personal growth development time
ANS are an equal opportunities employer. We encourage diversity and anyone applying for a role at our organisation can be assured that their application will be treated fairly, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sex or sexual orientation. We sometimes ask for information relating to individuals for equal opportunities monitoring purposes only.
