Digital Architect
Summary
A client-facing Digital Architect at Long View Systems' downtown Vancouver (BC) office who acts as a trusted advisor: leading discovery workshops and executive presentations, architecting solutions across cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and managed services, and supporting the sales lifecycle with SOWs, proposals, and RFP/RFQ responses.
Are you passionate about architecting modern digital solutions that deliver measurable business value? Do you excel at guiding clients through complex technology transformations while designing scalable, future-ready architectures?
A Day in the Life:
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Partner with Account Managers and Client Success teams to support account planning, relationship mapping, and growth strategies across a defined portfolio of clients
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Serve as a trusted advisor by understanding client business priorities, technology landscapes, and decision criteria, bringing thought leadership and innovative solutions that drive measurable business outcomes
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Act as the primary internal advocate for assigned clients, ensuring Long View teams understand client objectives, risks, challenges, and opportunities
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Lead client discovery sessions, workshops, strategic planning engagements, and executive presentations that align business goals with Long View's capabilities and solutions
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Leverage broad knowledge across Long View's service portfolio to identify, shape, and position managed services, custom solutions, and technology opportunities that address complex business challenges
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Design practical, outcome-focused solutions across multiple technology domains, collaborating with Principal Architects, practice leaders, and subject matter experts as needed
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Support the full sales lifecycle by qualifying opportunities, shaping solution strategies, participating in client presentations, and helping advance and close service opportunities within existing accounts
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Develop high-quality documentation, including conceptual and logical designs, service descriptions, bills of material, implementation approaches, knowledge transfer materials, and transition-to-operations deliverables
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Create Statements of Work (SOWs), RFP/RFQ responses, contract language, assumptions, dependencies, exclusions, and acceptance criteria with exceptional attention to detail
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Stay current on market trends, emerging technologies, and evolving client needs, translating insights into practical recommendations that create value for clients and Long View
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Contribute to Long View's growth and market presence through thought leadership, including reusable solution assets, proposal content, white papers, articles, blogs, and client-facing materials
What You Bring:
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8+ years of industry experience in technology consulting, solution architecture, systems engineering, presales engineering, or a related client-facing technical role
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Broad knowledge across Long View practice areas, with the ability to speak credibly across the portfolio and identify where Long View can create client value
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Deep working knowledge in two or more areas such as cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, networking, digital workplace, endpoint management, managed services, data platforms, automation, or AI-enabled solutions
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Outstanding consulting skills, including the ability to navigate complex technical and business environments
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Experience supporting sales cycles, opportunity qualification, client presentations, lead generation, or service growth within existing accounts
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Experience developing or contributing to Statements of Work, proposals, service descriptions, contracts, RFP/RFQ responses, estimates, assumptions, and acceptance criteria
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Strong written communication skills with the ability to produce precise, client-ready documentation, thought leadership content, and commercial language
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Ability to connect market trends, business outcomes, technical design, operational readiness, delivery effort, and commercial considerations
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Comfort collaborating across account management, client success, sales, delivery, managed services, practice leadership, Principal Architects, and subject matter experts
Why Work at Long View:
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Great people and culture
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Career growth – Permanent staff positions, paid training, career life planning, and relocation and travel opportunities
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Interesting work – Be part of exciting projects while accessing all the latest technologies
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Flexible environment – A workplace that values the importance of flexibility for personal/professional growth, happiness and wellness
What Makes You Extra Awesome:
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Certification(s) in Cloud, AWS, Microsoft or other related technologies
Skills
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