Job order - J0424-0612 - Permanent Full Time

Title Pre-Sales EUC Architect Category Architecture City UK Wide - Various, UK Wide - Various, United Kingdom Job Description Pre-Sales EUC Architect

Position Description
Challenge yourself and change lives, unlocking complex system solutions as part of a highly motivated and supportive team. Our Pre-Sales EUC Architects are trusted to work closely with a wide range of clients on exciting projects with real-world purpose and impact.

The Pre-Sales EUC Architects role bridges the gap between the Solution Architect, development team, business team and project management. You will define, validate and promote the right technical solution for a bid, a deal or a project.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2023 and has been named one of the Worlds Best Employers by Forbes magazine. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a member not just an employee.
We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant.

Join us and youll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. Well train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go. We are happy to discuss remote or hybrid working but please note you must be eligible for SC clearance and this means you must have been living in the UK for a min. of 5 years.

Your future duties and responsibilities
Specifically the EUC Infrastructure Architect is able to build logical models of infrastructure components and interfaces, to contribute to the development of service architecture in specific business or functional areas. These models will reflect the architecture views and can be mapped to the solution architecture. The EUC Infrastructure Architect produces detailed component specifications and translates these into detailed designs for implementation using selected products.
The EUC Infrastructure Architect defines, validates and promotes the solution for a bid, a deal or a project (in a project scope / a dedicated scope within a programme) within our team and to the customer.
The EUC Infrastructure Architect assists in the preparation of technical plans, change governance and estimation from many sources to support the full project lifecycle.

Key Activities
The role of the EUC Infrastructure Architect is to:
Act as the focus of an EUC Infrastructure Team developing EUC Infrastructure solutions, contributing general technical knowledge and experience.
Set and manage stakeholder expectations regarding EUC infrastructure and services.
Assess current and emergent technology, giving advice on price and performance.
Develop relationships with EUC infrastructure product vendors.
Align the technology with the business and customer goals, identifying benefits and risk mitigation approaches associated with the proposed solution.
Apply appropriate technical standards.
Ensure EUC infrastructure risks are managed, in particular non-functional requirements, including availability, scalability and performance.
Support formal and informal technical reviews to assure quality of the EUC infrastructure solution design.
Own the list of EUC infrastructure concerns, architectural decisions and contributes to the technical risk register.
Coordinate plans and actions with project managers to make best use of available resources, including specialists such as Service Architects.
Own collated EUC infrastructure effort estimates and costs from teams, subcontractors and suppliers for one or more subsystems.
Support the development of team members by knowledge sharing and mentoring.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
Risk and Cost Driven Architecture aware.
TOGAF aware.
Knowledge and experience of common EUC products and services (e.g. Microsoft 365)
Proven track record in leading the development of a range of EUC solutions, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external/internal customers.
Presentation skills

Desirable
Risk and Cost Driven Architecture Certified
Alternative infrastructures.
Security and PKI.
Identify and access management.
Desktop deployment.
Configuration management.
Application virtualisation
Service Level awareness.

Together, as owners, lets turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, youll reach your full potential because

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. Thats why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our companys strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. Youll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

Youll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. Youll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our teamone of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Skills

Finance
Infrastructure architecture
Solutions Architecture

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