Presales Solution Architect Cover Letter

I would like to submit my application for the presales solution architect opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for first-line technical support for software evaluations - third party solutions or tools, systems integration solutions, and/or pilot/business initiative projects.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• PreSales or Consultative selling experience preferred
• Good knowledge of the company offerings, strategic initiatives, current trends, competitor products and strategies within area of responsibility
• Maintains knowledge of current trends, partner and competitor products and strategies within the assigned solution set
• Good business and financial acumen, with an awareness of functional responsibilities of various customer business roles
• Knowledge-based and experienced-based industry certifications preferred
• Knowledge of effective consultative selling techniques, including active listening, framing, white boarding, storytelling
• Thorough understanding and experience in broadcast solutions integration
• Broadcast managed services background

I am excited to be applying for the position of presales solution architect. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for technical recommendations on appropriate architecture, tools, and technologies used to meet requested business value on projects.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Bachelor of Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science or Telecommunications Engineering
• Obtains expert knowledge in Data centers, storage, virtualisation or compute
• Understands the company's architecture methodology
• Excel, Word and Power Point advanced knowledge
• Pre-sales for consulting projects for data and analytics solutions, including but not limited to, leading Client workshops, design sessions, architectures, project costs / time estimation, creating proposals, responding to RFI/RFPs, writing SOWs
• Working with sells team to identify opportunities for data & analytics and supporting the sales team to make winning sales pitch
• Experienced with building relationships and collaborating with Microsoft field teams for joint sales
• Extensive experience with working and mobilizing teams (onsite and offshore)

Please consider me for the presales solution architect opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for guidance, options and alternatives for solutioning on relevant CRM, analytical tools/technologies/applications to address business challenges/demand in collaboration with Enterprise Architects.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Experience with transitioning and transforming organisations from on-prem to cloud technologies and new operational behaviours
• Strong team player, in a distributed team and Matrixed organisation
• Strong Dynamics 365 for CE (CRM) technical architecture background
• Solid communication skills - This is primarily a sales role
• Knowledge of Azure architecture and its most common touch points with Dynamics 365 for CE
• Some development background in any language - C# and JavaScript with Dynamics 365 for CE preferred
• Sales and/or pre-sales experience, which includes understanding how a sales cycle goes & how to delicately handle tough topics like competitive products & functional areas where our solution is weak
• Demonstrates expert consultative selling techniques, including active listening, framing, white boarding, storytelling

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the presales solution architect position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for strategic direction and technical oversight pertaining to the implementation of new tools, technologies, solutions & methodologies.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• In-depth knowledge of company offerings, strategic initiatives, current trends, competitor products and strategies within the assigned solution set
• History of innovation and technical leadership, white paper publications
• Deep knowledge of different types of partners and products, relevant to assigned solution set, understanding of company regional 'Go to Market' strategy
• Plans and organizes own work accurately
• Partners with the account team to build the customer relationship at all levels by advocating and presenting technical strategies for customer's transformation
• Solution evangelist for a specific technology or domain
• Detailed knowledge of products within Nokia’s or equivalent software products (OSS, BSS, SDP, IoT)
• Intimate technical knowledge of technical knowledge of telco networks (Fixed & Mobile, IMS, Cloud networks) and protocols

I would like to submit my application for the presales solution architect opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for sharePoint (and related tools such as Search Engine, Teams, Delve, Graph) strategic roadmap for the company.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Successfully led and delivery projects with team size of 10 or more members
• Architecture, Design, Development of big data and analytics solutions using Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Warehouse, Azure Data Factory, U-SQL, Azure Analysis Services and/or Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Extensive experience in dimensional modelling and ETL processes
• Experience with data visualization tools – PowerBI, PowerPivot, Excel, Tableau, Qlik, Cognos
• Strong knowledge and understanding of database technologies use for large scale data warehouses – Oracle, SQL Server, Exadata, Netezza, Teradata
• Good understanding of big data technologies - Spark, Hadoop, Mongo, Cassandra
• Exposure to non-Microsoft data and analytics tools/platforms
• Past success working in fast paced and collaborative environments