Vordel is Hiring Technical Architects

Interest in working for Vordel? Check out the job description below, which you can also find at: http://www.vordel.com/about/careers/TA072.html. The position is based in Virginia and we're looking for candidates in that whole general area.

Position: Technical Architect

Location: Herndon, Virginia, USA
Reference Code: TA072


Description

Can you whiteboard in front of an Enterprise Architect and relate back to an Engineering team a customer's key technical requirements? Vordel's Technical Architects are responsible for driving sales, in partnership with field sales, by serving as a technical resource throughout the sales cycle.

Responsibilities

• Partner with sales executives to determine the client's technical needs; how Vordel's product(s) might fill those needs; the degree of customization required, and how best to approach.
• Present technical capabilities of Vordel products and be able to clearly articulate the functionality and manage the customer/prospect's expectations of what the product can do.
• Work directly with customer to fully understand their requirements and define and manage the technical evaluation or POC (directly or via a partner).
• Evaluate project feasibility and define use cases.
• Draw up technical architectures (Microsoft Visio)
• Define and manage process.
• Install and configure Vordel product(s) in client environment.
• Deliver onsite training on Vordel's products to partners and customers.
• Facilitate hand-off to a service partner.
• Assist Customer Support as needed by validating client issues on-site; typically where further sales opportunities exist.
• Assist in the timely production of quality proposals.

Qualifications:

• US Government Security Clearance - whilst not compulsory, would be an advantage.
• Experience of Enterprise Application Integration tools, technologies and applications (ESB, SOA, EDI).
• Web Services knowledge (XML, WSDL, SOAP).
• Knowledge of Cloud services such as Amazon Web Services and Force.com.
• Solid Understanding of security concepts such as digital signatures & cryptography and experience with enterprise authentication, authorization & messaging systems (e.g. LDAP, CA Siteminder, WebsphereMQ, TIBCO, JMS, etc.).
• Comfortable working in Linux, Solaris, and Windows environments.
• Prior consulting & project management experience.
• Degree level education, and 5+ years related experience.
• Effective presentation skills.
• Based in Herndon, Virginia but able to travel frequently throughout North America

If you are interested, please submit your CV/resume with a short cover note to openvacancies@vordel.com