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About the Role

The Modern Workplace Engineer provides a focal point in delivering enterprise-scale infrastructure services to Methods BDT customers. The objective is to create and implement technology solutions that meet customer objectives and company requirements for profitable engagements.

Responsibilities

• Deliver architecture and implementation of solutions.
• Involve in initial customer engagements to articulate Methods BDT capabilities and shape customer technical strategy.
• Own the technical solution required to meet a customer’s specification.
• Liaise proactively with colleagues and external partners to deliver technically elegant, feasible, and commercially viable solutions.
• Construct a cost model to support solution implementation and ongoing delivery.
• Own and manage risks associated with solution development and implementation.
• Author and/or review technical elements of proposal documentation.
• Take the technical lead in presenting technical and commercial solutions to customers.
• Provide technical support in contract negotiations and development.
• Ensure effective handover of technical solutions to delivery teams.
• Contribute to the development of Methods BDT technical solutions and capabilities.
• Quality Assurance of Technical Solutions proposed and/or implemented by Technical Architects or Engineers.
• Conceptualize and design complex solutions, covering multiple sites, and including hosted Data Centre infrastructures.
• Perform presales activity in support of Business Development, Solution Architecture, and Sales teams.
• Initiate a proactive approach to developing and delivering service offerings.
• Understand and develop opportunities within customer accounts.
• Maintain a broad understanding across Microsoft technologies and complete relevant training and accreditations.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in agreed technologies.
• Mentor and guide teams to build and develop their skills.
• Work with the Management team to build repeatable, robust policies, processes, and approaches.
• Provide support to Managed Services and Delivery Engineers as SME.
• Perform all other duties as required.

Requirements

• Excellent presentation and communication (verbal and written) skills.
• Self-starter with the ability to appropriately prioritise and plan complex work.
• Results oriented with ability to produce products that deliver organisational benefit.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in projects and demonstrate technical leadership.
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills with outside-the-box problem solving.
• Effective design and proposal documentation skills.
• SC clearance or willingness to gain.
• Microsoft Expert Level Exams and Certifications.
• Subject Matter Expert Exams and Certifications.
• Several years in a customer-facing role, delivering and supporting technology solutions based on Microsoft technologies.
• In-depth knowledge & experience of various Microsoft technologies with SME knowledge in agreed areas.
• In-depth knowledge & experience of creating a technical design to deploy and implement without guidance.
• In-depth understanding of Microsoft Cloud Platform including services, security, capabilities, technology, applications, IT issues, best practice standards, methodologies, and processes.
• Lead on technical workshops & solutions across multiple technologies.
• Commercial awareness to create proposals and draft responses to tenders.
• Significant Pre-sales experience in discussing solutions and technologies with customers.
• Team player with experience leading and collaborating cross-team.
• Experience of presenting technical solutions to customers and stakeholders.
• Willingness to go through Security Clearance.

Skills

• Microsoft technologies
• Microsoft Cloud Platform
• Technical design
• Solution architecture
• Presales
• Presentation skills
• Communication skills
• Problem solving
• Proposal documentation
• Risk management
• Quality Assurance

Location

• UK-based

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Several years in a customer facing role
• Significant Pre-sales experience

Education Level

• Microsoft Expert Level Exams and Certifications
• Subject Matter Expert Exams and Certifications

Benefits

• Autonomy to develop and grow skills and experience
• Part of exciting project work
• Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership
• Supportive and collaborative environment
• LinkedIn Learning access
• Management development programme
• Training
• 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme
• Office parties
• Pizza Friday
• Commitment to charitable causes
• 25 days a year time off
• Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution
• Discretionary Company Bonus
• Life Assurance of 4 times base salary
• Private Medical Insurance (non-contributory, spouse and dependants included)
• Worldwide Travel Insurance (non-contributory, spouse and dependants included)
• Benefits Platform offering various retail and leisure discounts

About the Company

• Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy partnered with central government departments and agencies.
• Established over 30 years ago and UK-based, Methods applies skills in transformation, delivery, and collaboration to create end-to-end business and technical solutions.
• Methods' human touch, with people, technology, and data at the heart, creates value and sustainability.
• Predominantly focused on the public sector, Methods is building a significant private sector client portfolio.
• Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in early 2022.