Customer Solutions Design Specialist
25A DLF City Phase-III,, Gurugram, India
Accountabilities:
Captures detailed customer technical requirements and translation to detailed solution design in accordance with design methodologies.
Manages and recommends on the technical direction and helps determine the optimum solution design for customers.
Manages the review and validation processes for both new developments and in-life products and services, ensuring full integration across all aspects, considering the broad impact of solutions on the product roadmap.
Drives the improvement of design and delivery capabilities for end-to-end technical solutions.
Manages customer solution design engagement and statement of work creation, including any 3rd party deliverables.
Facilitates the development of strong customer relationships at the senior level through providing specialist service design expertise, and influencing the customer's service strategy and operational decisions.
Drives consistency in architecture and technical processes, with the aim of reducing costs and increasing productivity.
Undertakes customer migration planning and implementation.
Coordinates impact assessments and design documentation updates.
Resolves complex solution and service issues, leads root cause analysis, troubleshooting and escalation.
Pursues the identification of potential risks and the implementation of controls and mitigations, ensuring compliance with relevant industry and company policies.
Ensures the delivery of thought leadership in complex bids and agreeing strategic approach as part of customer solution design.
Mentors other customer solution designers, helping to improve the team’s abilities by acting as a technical resource.
Champions, continuously develops and shares with team knowledge on emerging trends and changes in customer solution design.
Skills & Experience Required:
Technology Integration |
Chooses and refines the technologies employed in a new product, process, or service. |
Expert |
Risk Management |
Identifies, evaluates and manages risks by developing and implementing strategies, frameworks, policies, procedures and practices. |
Intermediate |
Business Process Improvement |
Analyses business processes and workflows within the organisation and identifies new approaches to redesign business activities or optimise performance, quality and speed of processes. |
Intermediate |
Customer Relationship Management |
Maintains relationships with customers, cultivating a favourable reputation by meeting customer needs in an effective and timely manner and using data analysis to track and manage the overall relationship. |
Intermediate |
Solution Architecture |
Develops solutions which fit within the enterprise architecture in terms of information architecture, system portfolios and integration requirements. |
Expert |
Solution Design |
Develops solutions which fit within the enterprise architecture in terms of information architecture, system portfolios and integration requirements. |
Expert |
Requirements Analysis |
Verifies that solutions will meets business and operational requirements and that the solution fits into a larger architectural strategy and underlying infrastructure. |
Expert |
Troubleshooting |
Applies problem solving methods to repair failed products or processes. |
Advanced |
Technology Migration |
Takes actions to move from one technology operating environment to another. |
Intermediate |
Commercial Acumen |
Possesses knowledge of critical business concepts relevant to the business unit and demonstrates ability to use deep business knowledge to inform decision-making. |
Intermediate |
Negotiation |
Reaches compromise or agreement while avoiding argument and dispute. |
Intermediate |
Presenting / Demonstrating |
Describes a product or service to the prospect and giving the customer an opportunity to verify facts and understand how it works. |
Intermediate |
Proposal Development |
Develops a compelling proposal including assessment of competitive positioning and identifying steps to be taken. |
Intermediate |
Growth Mindset |
The belief that talent, ability and skills can be developed through a commitment to continuous learning and reflection. |
Intermediate |
Inclusive Leadership |
Leverages diverse and inclusive thinking to maximise the effectiveness and success of teams, policies, practices, and products. |
Intermediate |
Learning Agility |
Learns skills relevant to position or aspirations |
Intermediate |
Network Routing |
Design and implementation of paths across one or more networks. |
Expert |
Network Switching |
Design and implementation of network switching to facilitate the transfer of data. |
Expert |
Change Management |
Network routing is the process of selecting a path across one or more networks. |
Expert |
Incident Management |
Network routing is the process of selecting a path across one or more networks. |
Expert |
Specialisms & Experience you’ll be focusing on (1 or more):
Skill |
Description |
Proficiency |
Cisco Voice |
Design and implementation of Cisco UC environment including Cisco UC Application Servers, Voice gateways, Analog Voice Gateways, CUBEs, Expressways etc. in hosted and on-premises environments. |
Advanced |
Proficiency definitions |
|
Proficiency |
Definition |
Foundation |
Has enough knowledge to complete tasks with some guidance when needed. |
Intermediate |
Has enough knowledge to complete all tasks without guidance. |
Advanced |
Has enough knowledge to lead on key elements with limited supervision. |
Expert |
Leads on all elements without supervision and is seen as a source of knowledge on the subject. |
Why this job matters
The Customer Solutions Design Specialist independently executes a range of workstreams in the creation of end-to-end technical designs, ensuring that business requirements are successful translated into deliverable solutions, which meet customer needs whilst considering the impact of those solutions on all technical and business areas.
What you’ll be doing
1. Captures detailed customer technical requirements and translation to detailed solution design in accordance with design methodologies.
2. Manages and recommends on the technical direction and helps determine the optimum solution design for customers.
3. Manages the review and validation processes for both new developments and in-life products and services, ensuring full integration across all aspects, considering the broad impact of solutions on the product roadmap.
4. Drives the improvement of design and delivery capabilities for end-to-end technical solutions.
5. Manages customer solution design engagement and statement of work creation, including any 3rd party deliverables.
6. Facilitates the development of strong customer relationships at the senior level through providing specialist service design expertise, and influencing the customer's service strategy and operational decisions.
7. Drives consistency in architecture and technical processes, with the aim of reducing costs and increasing productivity.
8. Undertakes customer migration planning and implementation.
9. Coordinates impact assessments and design documentation updates.
10. Resolves complex solution and service issues, leads root cause analysis, troubleshooting and escalation.
11. Pursues the identification of potential risks and the implementation of controls and mitigations, ensuring compliance with relevant industry and company policies.
12. Ensures the delivery of thought leadership in complex bids and agreeing strategic approach as part of customer solution design.
13. Mentors other customer solution designers, helping to improve the team's abilities by acting as a technical resource.
14. Champions, continuously develops and shares with team knowledge on emerging trends and changes in customer solution design.
The skills you’ll need
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