Senior Technical Architect (Collaboration Technologies)
Pietermaritzburg - South Africa
Job Summary
Our client in the consulting space is seeking a Senior Collaboration Technical Architect to lead the design and technical strategy of enterprise Collaboration Unified Communications (UC) Contact Centre (CC) and Customer Experience (CX) solutions. This client-facing role combines solution architecture consulting and pre-sales expertise to design secure scalable and innovative solutions that address business challenges. The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor leading customers from discovery through implementation while ensuring successful delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Design end-to-end Collaboration UC CC and CX solutions aligned to business objectives.
- Translate business requirements into technical architectures implementation roadmaps and integration designs.
- Produce high- and low-level designs architecture documentation technical specifications and implementation plans.
- Lead customer discovery workshops solution presentations technical consultations and executive briefings.
- Support pre-sales activities including RFP/RFI responses Statements of Work (SoW) proposals pricing and solution reviews.
- Design integrations with Active Directory/Entra ID CRM ERP ITSM APIs REST services identity management and enterprise applications.
- Architect cloud hybrid and on-premises contact centre and customer experience solutions including legacy migration initiatives.
- Ensure solutions comply with security governance privacy and enterprise architecture standards.
- Provide technical leadership during Proof of Concepts (PoCs) implementation deployment and transition to delivery teams.
- Bachelors Degree in Information Technology Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
- Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale Collaboration UC CC or CX architecture and consulting engagements.
- Vendor certifications in Collaboration UC CC or CX technologies.
- Microsoft Azure AWS or Google Cloud certifications.
- TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification.
- Extensive experience in Solution or Technical Architecture within Collaboration Unified Communications Contact Centre and Customer Experience technologies.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise networking security systems architecture APIs REST services software design principles and enterprise integrations.
- Experience with one or more platforms including Cisco UC & Contact Center Cisco Voice Genesys Cloud CX NICE CXone Amazon Connect Microsoft Teams Voice Zoom Contact Center Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Enterprise or similar enterprise platforms.
- Proven pre-sales consulting solution design requirements gathering proposal development and customer presentation experience.
- Strong analytical problem-solving stakeholder management communication and technical leadership skills.
Required Skills:
Bachelors Degree in Information Technology Computer Science Engineering or a related field. Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale Collaboration UC CC or CX architecture and consulting engagements. Vendor certifications in Collaboration UC CC or CX technologies. Microsoft Azure AWS or Google Cloud certifications. TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification. Extensive experience in Solution or Technical Architecture within Collaboration Unified Communications Contact Centre and Customer Experience technologies. Strong knowledge of enterprise networking security systems architecture APIs REST services software design principles and enterprise integrations. Experience with one or more platforms including Cisco UC & Contact Center Cisco Voice Genesys Cloud CX NICE CXone Amazon Connect Microsoft Teams Voice Zoom Contact Center Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Enterprise or similar enterprise platforms. Proven pre-sales consulting solution design requirements gathering proposal development and customer presentation experience. Strong analytical problem-solving stakeholder management communication and technical leadership skills.