Expert - Solutions Architect (SI & Managed Services)

JazzWorld, Pakistan’s fastest-growing digital ecosystem, is seeking an Expert Solution Architect specializing in System Integration and Managed Services. This role is based in Karachi and involves leading enterprise presales and designing integrated technology solutions across connectivity, infrastructure, cloud, security, collaboration, IoT, and managed services. The successful candidate will translate customer requirements into comprehensive architectures, lead technical discussions and tender responses, evaluate multi-OEM options, and coordinate with specialist teams and partners to deliver viable customer solutions.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead enterprise presales efforts covering ICT, connectivity, infrastructure, cloud, managed services, security, collaboration, smart campus, and emerging technologies.
- Identify and document customer needs related to business objectives, applications, performance, security, availability, resilience, compliance, operations, and commercial factors. Facilitate workshops, presentations, demonstrations, and architecture reviews.
- Design multi-domain, multi-OEM solutions involving LAN/WAN, routing, switching, Wi-Fi, MPLS, SD-WAN, DPLC, IPLC, GMPLS, data center interconnect, and enterprise connectivity.
- Develop infrastructure and cloud solutions encompassing compute, virtualization, hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), storage, backup, hosting, colocation, private/hybrid cloud, and cloud service models such as IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
- Architect cybersecurity, collaboration, contact center, managed Wi-Fi, CCTV, smart campus, IoT, and Safe City solutions, integrating connectivity, compute, storage, cloud, and security components.
- Evaluate OEM offerings based on architecture, interoperability, performance, scalability, licensing, support, total cost, and customer fit. Validate solutions with OEMs, distributors, partners, and system integrators.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts in Network, Security, Compute, Storage, Data Center, Cloud, Telecom, Collaboration, and IoT to deliver integrated end-to-end designs.
- Prepare architecture and topology diagrams, technology roadmaps, sizing and capacity calculations, BoQs/BoMs, technical specifications, compliance matrices, and solution blueprints.
- Lead technical responses to RFI/RFQ/RFP and tenders, including requirement mapping, compliance analysis, deviation management, assumptions, solution narratives, OEM positioning, and clarifications.
- Support account teams by qualifying opportunities, articulating technical differentiation and business value, identifying cross-sell/up-sell opportunities, and recommending emerging technologies.

Required Qualifications

- 6 to 8 years of experience in enterprise presales, solution architecture, consulting, or technology advisory, preferably with enterprise customers and system integration environments.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, IT, Telecom, Networking, Computer Engineering, AI, or a related technology discipline.
- Multi-OEM experience across enterprise networking, infrastructure, security, cloud, data center, and connectivity. Experience with Huawei, Cisco, Juniper, H3C, Fortinet, or equivalent OEMs is highly preferred.
- Strong understanding of routing and switching protocols and technologies such as BGP, OSPF/IS-IS, MPLS, EVPN/VXLAN, VLAN, QoS, high availability, segmentation, SD-WAN, LAN/WAN, wireless, DPLC, IPLC, GMPLS, and managed connectivity.
- Solid knowledge of compute, virtualization, HCI, storage, hosting, colocation, private/hybrid cloud, and cloud service models including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, cloud storage, and data center services.
- Familiarity with firewalls, UTM, load balancers, Anti-DDoS, endpoint security, VPN, segmentation, SASE, as well as collaboration, contact center, managed Wi-Fi, CCTV, smart campus, IoT, and Safe City solutions.
- Ability to technically and commercially evaluate OEM offerings and collaborate with OEMs, distributors, partners, and system integrators on architecture validation, configuration reviews, PoCs, and solution positioning. Relevant multi-OEM certifications are strongly preferred.
- Proven skills in customer-facing discovery, executive communication, presentations, technical writing, workshop facilitation, analytical problem-solving, consultative selling, stakeholder management, commercial awareness, and ownership.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits

JazzWorld offers a dynamic environment where you will build products and solutions that address real national-scale challenges. Leveraging the extensive reach of Jazz Telco and shared capabilities across connectivity, transactions, and identity, you will have the opportunity to innovate and scale ideas from inception to millions of users.

As a certified Top Employer, JazzWorld is committed to maintaining global workplace standards and fostering an inclusive environment where diverse talent can thrive and perform at their best. This role provides a unique chance to create next-generation digital services and contribute to Pakistan’s digital transformation.

Applications are encouraged by 30th October 2026.