About The Job

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As a SAS Cloud Technical Architect, You Will

- Analyze all information gathered during the sales cycle to provide technical requirements and, working collaboratively with the delivery technical lead or delivery technical architect, translate the sales technical vision into a detailed technical implementation proposal.
- Scope and define work effort, support resource planning, and estimate cost on technical aspects of the project. Conduct project requirements gathering.
- Deliver standard and/or customized software demonstrations and presentations outlining the technical features, competitive advantages, and business benefits of the SAS software as they apply to client needs.
- Build a trusted relationship with the Account Executive and client account to provide practical guidance in the functional and technical aspects of proposed software and set proper expectations to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Provide reliable delivery of targeted project results through the role as an expert in the application of specific SAS methodologies, projects, and technologies.
- Leverage detailed technical knowledge to support sales opportunities and implementations across solution domains.




- Perform advanced or complex prototyping for SAS foundation technologies as needed.
- Install SAS software solutions and any required supporting products for knowledge sharing and demonstration purposes as assigned.
- Conduct pre-sales implementations to prove functional capabilities, including on-site support as required.
- Assist in the response to RFI/RFPs by utilizing the RFP Repository and crafting thorough and compelling answers.
- Strategize with the sales team to provide functional and technical leadership for sales opportunities.
- Look for opportunities to expand a tactical service into something strategic for SAS and the client, utilizing SAS Technical Support to facilitate responses to issues that may impact a sales opportunity.
- Understand, utilize, and communicate best practice methodologies and industry standards internally and externally.
- Provide support for user group events and trade shows.
- Work proactively with Systems Engineers for the purpose of cross-training and knowledge transfer.
- Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization's secure software development goals.
- Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Additional Responsibilities

- Participate in the design process.




- Able to install/configure SAS solutions and products
- Produce excellent customer documentation
- Interact with Technical Support to verify and discuss issues around specific architectures at client sites

Additional Competencies, Knowledge And Skills (good To Have)

- Knowledge of programming languages, operating systems, utilities, services, and editors for assigned area
- Technical knowledge of the internal workings, diagnostic tools, and features of complex systems
- Aptitude for visualization of solutions for complex problems
- Azure, AWS, SAS Certifications

Required Qualifications

- Australian Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required for this role
- 5+ years of system engineering, project management, applications development, technical architecture and design and/or customer support.
- Strong facilitation and communications skills
- Must have good knowledge of industry standards, methodologies and SAS foundation technologies, architecture and resources
- Should have clear understanding of Cloud Architecture concepts and best practices.
- Must understand sales strategies and cycles
- Good problem-solving, organizational, decision-making written, oral and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

You are welcome here.

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📌 SAS Cloud Technical Architect (Sydney)
🏢 Sas
📍 Sydney