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We have an opportunity for an experienced Enterprise Architect to provide consulting services into Rackspace\'s Enterprise and SME clients. Our team provides guidance, advice and best-practice to customers in their digital transformations. We develop future-proof technical solutions for complex business problems. We architect for innovation.

As an Enterprise Architect, you will be engaging with customers and the wider Rackspace organization to advise, develop and deliver innovative solutions leveraging a wide range of cloud services. The primary focus will be on helping customers to re-think their technical platforms and application landscapes and drive adoption of cloud-native technologies and innovation.

Travel to a customer-site in Saudi Arabia will be required.

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Responsibilities

• Engaging with customers and the wider Rackspace organization to advise, develop and deliver innovative solutions leveraging a wide range of cloud services.
• The primary focus will be on helping customers to re-think their technical platforms and application landscapes and drive adoption of cloud-native technologies and innovation.
• Design and deliver innovative Proof of Concepts for customers
• Provide guidance to customers on their cloud journeys and establish a long-term trusted advisor role
• Evangelize the cloud-native paradigm through the delivery of blogs, customer presentations and public speaking engagements
• Establish best-practices for the consultancy resulting in standardized engagement models and repeatable ways-of-working
• Mentor and train other architects within the wider Rackspace Architecture community on modern cloud-native software patterns
• Deliver high-quality work to customers as part of consulting engagements that can be delivered through workshops, presentations or solutions architecture designs
• Actively identify opportunities for new engagements

Skills & Experience

• The ideal candidate has a proven track record in designing and delivering innovative technology solutions built on the cloud.
• As a senior architect, the person should be comfortable engaging at all levels of the customer\'s business, from working with senior/C-level leadership to guiding it-specialists and developers on building solutions.
• Extensive experience working with the major cloud providers is essential.
• Demonstrable experience in designing and implementing cloud-native systems and/or rebuilding an existing system on the cloud is required.
• Must have the ability to lead architectural engagements, either directly or as part of a larger programme of work and take ownership for the successful delivery of customer value within budget, time and scope.
• Acting as a thought-leader, the right candidate is able to concisely and articulately present to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• You have built specialist and demonstrable architectural knowledge in at least one of the following areas: Cloud platform architecture, Cloud-native application architecture (including DevOps and CI/CD) Enterprise and business architecture, security and governance
• Client-facing consultancy experience within large enterprises, but happy to deliver to SMBs
• You have an articulate opinion on the advantages of using cloud platforms from a business perspective
• You can identify and plan to resolve the challenges, both technical and organizational, facing organizations who are moving their applications to the cloud
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills are required.
• Experience working within frameworks such as TOGAF and COBIT.
• Certified as a professional architect on at least one of the major cloud platforms.

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About Rackspace Technology

We are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world\'s leading technologies - across applications, data and security - to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.

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Though we\'re all different, Rackers thrive through our connection to a central goal: to be a valued member of a winning team on an inspiring mission. We bring our whole selves to work every day. And we embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe. We welcome you to apply today and want you to know that we are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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