Solution Architect

Toronto,TorontoPermanent Employeemid

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Long View. A career that helps you get more out of life. A Long View career helps you get more out of life. We don’t just say it, we prove it. Every day.

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Long View. A career that helps you get more out of life.

A Long View career helps you get more out of life. We don’t just say it, we prove it. Every day. We’re proud of our reputation as one of North America’s most dynamic IT providers — and we’re even prouder of our culture that allows our people to live life to its fullest. At Long View, we create an environment of collaboration and support, of innovation and enthusiasm, of inclusion and belonging. As a member of the Long View team, you’ll see how our company’s core pillars — Integrity, Competence, Value, and Fun — resonate through the workplace. And in a recent survey, 89% of Long View team members rated Long View as a good or great place to work!

Are you passionate about providing digital transformation solutions to your clients and want to work for a company that has made a commitment to excellence?

We are looking for a dynamic and results-focused Solution Architect for our Toronto branch to design and deliver solutions across infrastructure, M365 and Azure Cloud – Public, Private, datacenter, storage, virtualization and Business Applications. This is a hands-on role that blends solution architecture, presales leadership, and delivery oversight, working with clients on complex transformation initiatives.

Working with customers and internal stakeholders, defining customer solutions, and delivering engagements that are innovative and exceed business requirements

Continuously improve team processes to ensure information is of the highest quality, contributing to the overall effectiveness of the team

Ensure technology designs and implementations solve clients’ requirements and challenges

Design, and implement standard or custom technical solutions

Develop complete customer-focused technology solutions for current and new service offerings, considering all aspects of architecture including business and technical requirements, sizing, infrastructure, data protection, security and recovery items

Create relevant documentation as required including conceptual design, logical and physical designs, bill of materials, as-built diagrams, knowledge transfer materials, FAQs, and transition to operations information

Collaborate with other team members to develop and enhance deliverables

Provide pre-sales technical assistance, demonstrations, and product education as required

Meet with clients to determine needs and/or identify problem areas

Develop estimates, Statements of Work (SOWs) and proposals which outline professional services required to meet client requirements

Represent Long View at vendor and industry events as required

Participate and contribute including sharing learnings and information with the larger Long View team that is not present at the event

Assist with hosting presentations and/or education sessions such as Lunch & Learns

Align with clients to build long term relationships that further business value for both the client and Long View

Analyze complex requirements and develop IT strategies and multi-technology solutions that are aligned with industry-accepted best practices

Stay abreast of architectural and industry changes, especially in the areas of Cloud

10+ years in enterprise solution architecture, consulting, or senior engineering roles with a strong infrastructure technology stack focus (compute, storage, database, containers, serverless, migrations)

Possess and demonstrate experience in architecting and implementing industry leading technologies and solutions at an enterprise level.

Expertise in managing client requirements through strong business and technical consulting skills and be proficient in creating complex multi-technology solutions across multiple architecture domains.

Work with multiple business units, service delivery practices, and technical disciplines to lead opportunities from pre-sales through to successful implementation and conclusion, and hand-off to operational support or PS delivery.

5+ years of industry experience multi-technology solutions through diverse business and technical consulting

2+ years of experience designing solutions relating to Microsoft technologies including Azure, Office 365, M365

In-depth knowledge of M365 support technologies

Ability to effectively communicate to different audiences including stakeholders and peers clearly and concisely in written, oral and various presentation formats and situations

Proven pre-sales capabilities and technological leadership experience

Proven ability to understand and capture complex business requirements to create technical solutions

Familiarity with IT architecture principles and industry frameworks to work within the approved Long View Systems architecture frameworks and methodologies

Professional services consulting experiences

Excellent problem-solving and multitasking skills

Technical Certifications for Microsoft: MCSA or MCSE

Technical Certifications from Citrix, Nutanix, VMWare

ITIL Certified

Great people and culture

Comprehensive benefits package from day one

Career growth – Permanent staff positions, paid training, career life planning, and relocation and travel opportunities

Interesting work – Be part of exciting projects while accessing all the latest technologies

Flexible environment – A workplace that values the importance of flexibility for personal/professional growth, happiness and wellness