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With a 15,000-strong team across the Asia Pacific, NCS scales its platforms and capabilities to provide clients with greater agility and AI expertise across a range of Industries. Embracing a strong ecosystem of global partners, NCS transforms technology services delivery combining AI with digital resilience to drive real business impact. NCS is a subsidiary of the Singtel Group.\n The Solution Architect is responsible to apply specialized knowledge in a solution development discipline to conceptualize, design, construct, test, implement and optimize systems that enable and support business functions\nResponsibilities | CORE\nSolution Delivery\nAbility to develop detail architectural documents to deliver business value solutions for customers, including proposal writing, presentation, conducting Proof-of-Concept to showcase its technical feasibility when necessary\nPropose the technical solution and selection of technologies and estimate resources required to develop the proposed solution to meet our customer's requirements\nArticulate alternatives in terms of cost, benefit and risk where multiple solutions exist \nHighlight the positive impact of NCS solutions to help them achieve customer’s business goals\nWorking alongside network and systems engineers to guide projects from presales/design to final delivery\nBusiness Development\nBe involved in pre-sale activities\nReview technical solution and estimated resources prepared by proposal team\nAbility to translating complex technical network and system specifications into business-value outcomes for executives and customers\nEssential Qualifications\nDegree in Computer Science or related disciplines\nCandidate should have 7+ years of enterprise networking experience, with strong architecture exposure across WAN, LAN, wireless, data centre and cloud connectivity. Experience with multi-site/branch network transformation, HLD/LLD ownership, routing/switching, HA design, BGP/OSPF, QoS, VRF, dual-circuit design and network migration is required.\nExperience with multi-site/branch network transformation, HLD/LLD ownership, routing/switching, HA design, BGP/OSPF, QoS, VRF, dual-circuit design and network migration is required.\n SD-WAN, SASE/SSE and NaaS service-design exposure\nLarge-scale enterprise network architecture and transformation experience\nCandidate should have practical exposure to SD-WAN, secure internet breakout, SASE/SSE concepts, cloud connectivity, network segmentation, and service-based network delivery. For this role, we need someone who understands NaaS as a service model, including service catalogue, SLA, RACI, monitoring, reporting, lifecycle refresh, and provider accountability.\nStrong stakeholder, vendor, and architecture-governance capability\nCandidate should be able to lead architecture discussions with client, vendors, telcos, security, and operations teams. They should be comfortable producing architecture options, HLD/LLD, migration approach, risk assessment, technical recommendations, and vendor comparison. Experience supporting RFP/RFQ, large transformation programmes or managed-service network deals will be highly valuable.\nProficiency in bridging local data centre with multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).\nIntensive experience in the analysis, design, implementation and support of medium to large complex applications\nCandidates with experience in following will be highly regardedVirtualization technologies\nSD-WAN, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), and next-generation Firewall\n Information Security Management System (ISMS)\n\n Preferred Attributes\nThe ability to understand overarching business objectives and translate them into actionable, non-technical language for stakeholders while providing clear technical specifications for development teams\nA broad foundation across software design, cloud computing, and infrastructure rather than being limited to a single technology stack\nStrong interpersonal skills to build consensus among various parties, handle negotiations, and confidently set architectural boundaries.\nProfessional and/or Technical Certifications (Prefer any of the following)\nCloud Professional Cloud Architect Certification\n Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)\n Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise\n Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)\nWe are driven by our AEIOU beliefs-Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership, and Unity-and we seek individuals who embody these values in both their professional and personal lives. We are committed to our Impact: Valuing our clients, Growing our people, and Creating our future.\nTogether, we make the extraordinary happen.\nLearn more about us at ncs.co and visit our LinkedIn career site.\nScam Alert\nWe are aware of fraudulent job offers and impersonations of NCS recruiters. Phishing emails using convincing-looking but fake addresses are also commonly used to trick you into thinking that they come from official NCS sources.\nPlease note that all official communications from NCS Group will only be sent from verified corporate email addresses. Always check that the sender’s email address ends with the genuine NCS domain, @ncs.com.sg and beware of extra letters, symbols or misspellings. 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