Solutions Consultant

at  Commercial

Commercial are business transformation specialists, working with some of the UK’s top organisations within both the public and private sector. In our IT area of the business, we provide transformation services across our five core operating areas, namely Cloud and Datacentre, Modern Workplace, Cybersecurity, Digital Workspace and Managed Services.
Due to sustained growth, we have an additional vacancy within our Transformation Services team for a Solutions Consultant.

REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Microsoft 365
• Exchange Online
• SharePoint Online
• OneDrive
• Teams
• Intune / Microsoft Endpoint Manager
• Entra ID
• Conditional Access
• Microsoft Azure – IaaS and PaaS Services
• Azure Virtual Desktop
• Microsoft Defender for Server/Endpoint
• Server Technologies
• SAN Technologies
• Hypervisor technologies (VMware / Hyper-V)
• Microsoft Exchange (on-premises)
• Wired and Wireless Networking
• Windows Client / Server Operating Systems
• Active Directory / Group Policy
• Backup and DR Technologies
• Web and E-mail Security
• Firewall Solutions
• Cybersecurity Solutions

ABOUT US

We are proud to be a successful, purpose-driven organisation that is on an exciting journey to achieve an annual turnover of £100m by 2025.
Commercial are business transformation specialists. We transform business impacts and experiences by applying original thinking to everyday practices.
We specialise in Managed IT, Smart Technologies, Managed Print Services, Technology, Interiors, Office Supplies, and PPE, Facilities and Workwear.
We invest in our people so they are experts in their field, excel within their environment and continue on a journey of growth and development, personalised to them.
We are #commercialbynature.
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Benefits*

We commit to ensuring all our employees feel truly valued and appreciated for the work that they do, every day. As a member of the Commercial tribe, you will receive the following:

• A base salary of up to £80,000 per annum
• An annual bonus scheme of £5,000, paid quarterly upon successful achievement of KPIs
• Hybrid working structure with the flexibility to work from home for part of the week
• Company car
• A generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays, which increases with length of service
• An enhanced family leave package to support you and your growing family
• Life Insurance that offers a payment equivalent to four times your annual salary
• Access to confidential support through our Employee Assistance programme and wellbeing support including a 24-hour GP service and physiotherapy
• Other benefits such as charity volunteering opportunities, pension, cycle to work scheme, flexible working structure and more

THE ROLE

As a Solutions Consultant, you will work closely with the Business Development teams in new and existing clients to successfully engage, build effective relationships, conduct technology workshops, and create technical roadmaps that align to the customers vision and strategy.
The Solutions Consultant plays an active part in the sales cycle, from initial engagement, presentations, through to the proposed technical solution and assists in closing the opportunity.
You will work with our clients to help them realise their digital transformation strategy, designing and articulating cutting-edge IT solutions to a blend of stakeholders, to ensure their IT infrastructure is robust, scalable, and aligned with their business goals.
You will join our accomplished infrastructure community, working with the latest technologies on challenging and complex transformation journeys, helping our clients get the very best out of their investment in IT.
This varied role will involve a combination of working out of our head office in Cheltenham, remotely from home and moderate travel to our client sites throughout the UK as required.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS A SOLUTIONS CONSULTANT WILL BE:

• Present across our products and services portfolio to a variety of client stakeholders.
• Perform Discovery Workshops with client stakeholders to help them better understand Digital Transformation, and learn about their business goals, operating models and digital strategy, and to give them an appetite for Cloud and Modern Workplace.
• Define and present the vision and roadmaps for cloud-based and hybrid-cloud solutions for our clients.
• Execute workshops to collect requirements, understand the problem and explore solutions.
• Provide strategic consultancy to design and define Cloud and Modern Workplace architectural solutions.
• Translate client requirements into high-level designs, statements of work, and cost models.
• Provide presales consultancy to support sales in winning new business opportunities.
• Perform Technical Account Management to help clients realise the potential of their existing investment in technology and co-create future IT strategy.
• Engage with senior leadership and project stakeholders to articulate opportunities, costs, and risks associated with decisions made around the platform architecture and implementation.
• Promote an environment that encourages collaboration, team working and innovation within the Consulting Services team.