Cloud and Infrastructure Solutions Architect - Presales Expert

Job Description:

As a Presales Cloud Aolutions Architect
, you will work closely with pursuit teams, delivery SMEs, and leadership to define, solution, and deliver complex customer transformation programs. You will act as a key technical pre‑sales expert
, leading solution architecture for public cloud (AWS, Azure), hybrid cloud, and on‑premises modernization initiatives.

The ideal candidate is highly experienced in cloud adoption, migration, infrastructure modernization, and multi‑cloud solution architecture. You will confidently engage with CxO‑level stakeholders
, enterprise architects, and IT infrastructure leaders to articulate solution value, shape strategy, and influence outcomes.

You will also contribute to the evolution of DXC’s Cloud & Infrastructure portfolio through thought leadership, field feedback, and collaboration with service delivery teams.

• Provide high‑level and detailed consultative solution architecture and technical sales support for key customer opportunities.
• Understand customer business drivers and translate them into practical, scalable, and cost‑optimized technical architectures
  .
• Design public cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure), hybrid cloud, and multi‑cloud architectures, including landing zones, governance models, automation frameworks, and operational models.
• Develop high‑level and low‑level architecture documents
  , BoMs, migration plans, and technical solution descriptions.
• Lead customer workshops, discovery sessions, and whiteboarding engagements
  .

• Architect modernization solutions for legacy on‑premises infrastructure, including:
  • Servers, virtualization platforms (VMware/Hyper‑V)
  • Storage (SAN/NAS/Object)
  • Network, security, firewalls, load balancers
  • Backup & disaster recovery
  • Operating systems, databases, middleware
  • Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, EKS)
• Develop strategies for on‑prem to cloud migration
  , including application re‑host, re‑platform, re‑factor, and consolidation approaches.
• Participate in or lead PoCs / demos to validate solution approaches.

• Engage confidently with CxOs, IT Directors, Enterprise Architects
  , and infrastructure leads to discuss IT strategy, cloud adoption, and modernization paths.
• Build trusted relationships with customers and position DXC as a strategic advisor.
• Provide consultative support to pursuit teams, Solution Leaders, and deal architects.
• Mentor junior architects and contribute to building architecture capability within the practice.

• Create end‑to‑end technical and commercial proposals
  , including architecture, migration efforts, delivery scope, and cost modelling.
• Work with cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, others) to optimize costs and propose value‑driven, commercially viable solutions.
• Identify upsell and cross‑sell opportunities throughout the engagement lifecycle.
• Support RFI/RFP responses and contribute to deal strategy.

• Publish white papers, reference architectures, and best practices for internal or external use.
• Provide field insights and customer feedback to refine DXC’s cloud portfolio, offerings, and accelerators.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years in systems integration with hands‑on experience across hybrid infrastructure.
• Minimum 5 years as a Solution Architect in pre‑sales, consulting, or architecture roles.
• Proven success designing and selling cloud, hybrid, and infrastructure modernization solutions.

• GCP, AWS, Azure, Oracle, IBM Public Cloud architecture
  :
  IaaS, PaaS, cloud‑native services, identity, governance, automation.
• Hybrid Cloud architectures integrating on‑prem and cloud environments.
• Traditional Infrastructure
  : compute, virtualization (VMware, Hyper‑V), enterprise storage, networks, firewalls, load balancing.
• Disaster Recovery & High Availability
  : backup/recovery, multi‑AZ/region architectures, failover strategies.
• Container Platforms
  :
  Docker, Open Shift, Kubernetes, AKS, EKS.
• Middleware & Databases
  :
  Sizing, upgrades, modernization considerations.
• Automation…