Version 1 is a Technology Services company, delivering impactful change to help our customers navigate the rapidly changing digital-first world. We have recently hired our 3000th employee, doubling in size since 2020. We plan to triple in size in the next 5 years. We are 12 years a Best Workplace in Ireland (GPTW 1st place), 5 in the UK (GPTW 5th place) and 1 in India (GPTW 1st place).

We work hard to ensure we understand what our customers need from their technology solutions and then we deliver. We are an award-winning company who provide world class customer service; we think big, and we hire great people.

We believe in continuously improving to make a real difference to the careers and work environment of our people. Being a Great Place to Work involves listening to our people and ensuring they are Trusted and Empowered. We are an open and transparent workplace. We have open-door management and balanced policies. Constructive feedback is encouraged and welcomed at all levels.

• No 1 Best place to work in Ireland #GPTW2023 !!
• 5th Best Large Workplace in the UK #GPTW2023!!
• No 1 Best place to work in India #GPTW2023 !!
• 10th place in Glassdoor Top 50 UK companies
• UK & Ireland’s premier Oracle, Microsoft & AWS partner
• Market leader in Oracle ERP and Cloud Applications
• Consulting, implementation and support services
• 3000 strong,€255m/ £220m revenue business

We are an award-winning company who provide world class customer service; we think big and we hire great people. Version 1 are more than just another IT services company - we are leaders in implementing and supporting Oracle, Microsoft and AWS technologies.

Invest in us and we’ll invest in you; if you are driven, committed and up for a challenge, we want to meet you.

Here at Version 1, we are currently recruiting for a Pre-Sales Cloud Architect to join our thriving Pre-Sales Practice. If you want to be involved in delivering value, innovation, and excellence with our customers, we would love to hear from you.

What You Will Do

• Working with the customer and internal sales teams to understand requirements, objectives and business justification, in order to respond with a viable solution to the requirements
• Maintain knowledge of emerging technology and software trends
• Fully understand the functionality and limitations of multi cloud architectures
• Be capable of architecting solutions and leading the proposal and bidding process including solution strategy, win theme alignment, proposal writing and costing
• Be comfortable in leading workshops and presentations
• Leading competitive dialogue with customers
• Creation of Strategies; Policies, Principals, guard rails and templates

• Have strong background in pre-sales, specifically in complex cloud deals
• Must have experience of large-scale implementation of single and multi-cloud projects (predominantly Azure and AWS)
• Strong technical experience, working across different cloud technology stacks
• Must have held lead roles within migration and/or implementation projects
• Strong understanding of bid processes
• Commercial experience with an understanding of bid finance and creating cost models
• Excellent organization and communication skills with the ability to present across different levels within a customers organisation
• Have good commercial awareness and be able to articulate the commercial impacts of technical challenges and opportunities

We want to build our team with diverse perspectives and experiences. Therefore, if you are good communicator, thrive off collaboration, enjoy obtaining buy-in for your delivery approaches, and are able to manage your own priorities and performance to deliver high quality, highly performant solutions to our customers; then please consider applying

Why Version 1?

• Excellent base salary plus profit share bonus
• Pension
• Private Healthcare Cover
• Generous Holiday Allowance
• Certified Great Place to Work for 12 years in a row
• Career Progression (709 CPD Promotions in last 12 months)
• Employee Discount Scheme - available online and in a wide range of stores
• Lunchtime activities including but not limited to fitness, yoga, financial advice and wellbeing
• Offer incentives for accreditations and educational assistance for courses relevant to your role
• Fostering several Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging schemes
• And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more

We are an equal opportunities employer. Please refer to our Diversity & Inclusion statement located at:  Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | Version 1 Careers