Pre-Sales Solution Architect - AMS
Publicis Sapient · Posted Oct 8
Enterprise AI platforms, digital business transformation, software engineering, and strategy consulting services
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About the role
Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner that fuses strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering for established organizations. This role sits within Application Managed Services (AMS), focused on designing scalable, secure, and cost-optimized cloud and infrastructure solutions for managed services pursuits. The Solution Architect will lead large-deal solutioning, own technical responses to RFPs/RFIs/RFQs, and drive cloud transformation, resilience, security, automation, and governance across public, hybrid, and on-prem environments.
What you will do
- Design and architect end-to-end cloud and infrastructure solutions that enhance proactive day to day support, optimize IT operations, and enable automation-driven, scalable support models
- Design end-to-end solutions across public cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP), hybrid cloud, and on-prem infrastructure.
- Define architectures for compute, storage, virtualization, backup, and data center modernization.
- Own technical responses for RFPs/RFIs/RFQs, including solution design, architecture diagrams, sizing, and inputs to pricing.
- Develop compelling solution narratives, differentiators, and win themes aligned to client objectives.
- Architect cloud migration (rehost/replatform/refactor), landing zones, and hybrid integration models.
- Drive transformation from legacy infrastructure to cloud-native and platform-based architectures.
- Embed high availability, disaster recovery, backup strategies, and security frameworks (IAM, Zero Trust, cloud security posture).
- Ensure compliance with enterprise and regulatory standards.
- Define integration with ITSM (ServiceNow), monitoring, AIOps, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, ARM, Bicep).
- Enable automated provisioning, self-healing, and scalable operations models.
- Collaborate with clients, delivery, OEMs, and internal teams to validate and refine solutions.
- Lead solution workshops, technical discussions, and executive presentations.
- Establish architecture standards, reference models, and reusable assets.
- Align solutions to ITIL, SRE, FinOps, and cloud governance frameworks.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 10–12 years in Cloud, Infrastructure Architecture, and Pre-Sales Solutioning
- Strong expertise in:
- Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP) and hybrid architectures
- Data center infrastructure (compute, storage, virtualization – VMware/Hyper-V)
- Backup, DR, and business continuity solutions
- Finops and cost management capabilities
- Proven experience in RFP responses, large deal solutioning, and costing inputs
- Knowledge of automation (IaC), monitoring, and cloud operations frameworks
- Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect / AWS Architect / GCP Architect, VMware
- Exposure to FinOps, SRE, and cloud-native services (containers, Kubernetes)
- Experience in managed services and global delivery models
Benefits and support
- Flexible Work Arrangements
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Comprehensive Health & Wellness Support
- Inclusive Work Culture
- Career Development Opportunities
About Publicis Sapient
Publicis Sapient is a digital business transformation company that helps organizations create and sustain competitive advantage through a blend of strategy, consulting, experience design, and engineering. Operating as a subsidiary of Publicis Groupe, the firm leverages proprietary enterprise AI platforms like Sapient Bodhi, Slingshot, and Sustain to modernize legacy systems and accelerate digital capabilities. With over 30 years of history, it partners with global enterprises across diverse industries to reinvent how they operate and serve their customers.
- Industry
- Digital Transformation
- Company size
- 20000+ employees
- Founded
- 1990
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $3.7B raised
- 2015-02-01Acquisition$3.7B
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Nathalie Le Bos
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
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