Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, dedicated to driving transformational change for our clients. We leverage proven technology, specialist teams, and extensive domain expertise to create robust technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications. Our mission is fueled by a passion for technology as a means to solve complex business problems and achieve our clients' objectives.
About the role:
Support customers to conduct in-depth discovery to understand current state. Develop comprehensive and customised hybrid infrastructure solutions that address client business needs, leveraging solutions such as on-premise, private cloud, and public cloud technologies. Develop detailed implementation plans and timelines, ensuring alignment with client expectations and project objectives.
Manage the technical implementation of solutions, coordinating with internal and external resources to ensure successful deployment and configuration.
- Lead technical discovery workshops and translate requirements into high- and low-level designs.
- Develop solutions leveraging Dell, Nutanix, Cisco, Microsoft & AWS technologies.
- Collaborate with sales, delivery, and vendor teams to ensure successful project outcomes.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends
- Act as a trusted advisor to customers, guiding their digital transformation & AI Adoption journey.
Knowledge & expertise in:
- Hyperconverged infrastructure
- Enterprise compute and storage
- Backup & recovery solutions
- Networking and security
- Cloud platforms
- Experience designing hybrid and multi-cloud environments
- Solid understanding of virtualization, backup, DR, and security best practices.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Pre-sales experience is highly desirable
- Commercial acumen
- Strong Business / Industry Awareness
- Ability to adapt to change
Desirable Certifications
- TOGAF
- Nutanix NCP / NCM
- Dell Technologies
- Cisco Datacentre
- VMware
- Microsoft
- AWS
At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development, and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success. We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life. In addition to a Competitive Salary, here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package:
- Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.
- Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.
- A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes.
At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. If you don’t tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience. We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us.
If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.
