We are seeking an experienced Apps Presales Solution Architect to drive application solution design, bid strategy, and technical leadership across Government deals and projects, with a strong focus on Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) integrations and software modernization.
As a trusted advisor to customers and internal stakeholders, you will play a pivotal role in shaping end-to-end application and software solutions, responding to public sector tenders, and supporting business growth through innovative architectures. The ideal candidate combines deep software and COTS expertise with commercial acumen and a proven track record in presales engagements within system integrators or technology service providers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end solutioning activities for enterprise application development, COTS implementation, software customization, and modernization opportunities.
- Engage customers to understand business requirements, operational challenges, and digital transformation objectives.
- Develop high-quality technical proposals, application architectures, implementation approaches, and integration designs.
- Design scalable, secure, and compliant software solutions aligned with Singapore Government (such as GCC/GCC 2.0 standards) and enterprise requirements.
- Provide technical leadership throughout the sales lifecycle from opportunity qualification to contract award.
- Lead technical responses for RFPs, RFQs, ITTs, and government tenders focusing on application and software scopes.
- Collaborate with sales, delivery, operations, and technology partners to develop competitive and differentiated proposals.
- Own solution costing, sizing, licensing models, risk assessment, assumptions, dependencies, and technical compliance matrices.
- Participate in proposal reviews, customer presentations, and tender clarification sessions.
- Support commercial negotiations and bid activities.
- Architect solutions leveraging COTS products, enterprise software, microservices, APIs, and cloud-native application patterns.
- Evaluate, recommend, and design integration strategies between legacy systems and modern COTS/custom applications.
- Recommend best practices for application governance, data security, resilience, and operational excellence.
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to customers, partners, and internal teams regarding application strategies.
- Build strong relationships with software vendors, independent software vendors (ISVs), and strategic partners.
- Collaborate closely with delivery teams to ensure a successful transition from presales to implementation.
- Mentor junior architects and presales consultants where required.
Requirements:
- Minimum 8 years of experience in Application Solution Architecture, Software Engineering, Presales Engineering, or Technical Consulting roles.
- Proven hands-on experience in implementing, configuring, and integrating COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) software solutions within large enterprise or government environments.
- Proven experience working within a System Integrator, Managed Services Provider, Software Vendor, or Technology Consulting environment.
- Strong track record supporting public sector and enterprise application transformation projects.
- Hands-on experience in tender responses, bid management, and customer-facing presales engagements.
- Experience designing and presenting complex multi-million-dollar software and application solutions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to balance technical depth with business consideration.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
- Good understanding of software licensing models, cloud hosting costs, sizing, and effort estimation.