Role: Infrastructure Data Center Transformation Solution Architect / Presales
Role Designation: Principal Consultant
Career Stream: Pre-sales / Solutions
Career SubStream: Technical, Techno commercial
Location – Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Germany, London (Any EMEA location)

As a Solution Architect focused on Infrastructure Data Center Transformation Solutions / Presales, the role owns the creation of strong, differentiated and commercially viable infrastructure solutions across data center modernization, private and hybrid cloud, virtualization, HPC, CaaS, Infra for AI, AI POD and AI Factory-led transformation. The role plays the technical architect and integrated solution owner across pursuits, translating Infosys capabilities into client-ready solution constructs and vendor/client price book patterns while bringing together Data center, Network, Cyber, Cloud and MS threads into one coherent end-to-end proposal. The role is expected to combine deep technical architecture skills with strong techno-commercial judgment, partner ecosystem understanding, solution pricing awareness, and AI-led differentiation to shape winning solutions in compliance with Infosys guidelines, policies and norms.

Additional Requirements:

Demonstrated experience in Infrastructure Data Center Transformation, Solution Architecture and Presales, with expertise across Data Center, Private and Hybrid Cloud, Network, Cyber, Managed Services, ITSM, automation and AI-enabled infrastructure solutions. The role must have at least one primary and one secondary area of specialization, with the ability to design integrated, multi-tower solutions and translate technical solution components into vendor and client pricing constructs, bill of materials, assumptions, commercials and price book patterns.
Areas of Responsibility

• Business Planning

• Marketing & Branding

• Prospecting

• Proposals

• Alliance

• Contracting & Agreement

• Project Scoping

• Estimation

• Resource Planning

• Scheduling

• Quality Planning

• Risk Planning

• Project Plan Review

• Problem Definition

• Requirements Gathering

• Diagnostic Discovery/As-Is Assessment

• Solution Evaluation and Recommendation

• Strategy & Road Map Definition

• Architecture

• Design and Product/Solution Development

• Development/Build

• Testing

• Implementation

• Knowledge Management

• Post Implementation Support

• People Management

• Financial Management

• Client Management

• Unit/Org Activities

• Ability to define complex, AI-enabled infrastructure architectures and anchor solution reviews across data center, cloud, network, cyber and managed services towers.
• Strong appreciation of consulting, presales, solutioning and pricing frameworks, including assumptions, dependency mapping, effort models, vendor bill of material and client price book alignment.
• Strong customer, vendor, alliance and internal stakeholder management skills, with the ability to lead pursuits and integrate inputs from Data center, Network, Cyber, Cloud and MS teams.
• Ability to leverage domain knowledge and AI-first solution thinking to solve business and IT problems from a technology, operating model and commercial perspective, while switching context across multiple infrastructure services.
• Contribute to thought leadership participate in calls relationship with analysts in her/his focus areas
• Identify and create printable artifacts guides and author papers
• Help seniors in appraisals of juniors and career aspiration program and maintaining of technical discussions with customer technology experts to provide technical differentiation.

• Pre-Sales & Solution Leadership: Proven expertise in pre-sales, infrastructure transformation architecture, and leading large-scale deals within the Data Center Transformation domain, including end-to-end solution design spanning DC network, security, and platform services.
• Cross-Industry Transformation Experience: Extensive experience in delivering data center infrastructure transformation and consulting across multiple industry verticals, enabling well-rounded, cross-domain solutioning.
• Enterprise & Cross-Domain Architecture: Strong enterprise architecture capabilities with a deep understanding of multi-technology integration across infrastructure layers, ensuring cohesive and future-ready solutions.
• Techno-Commercial Acumen: Demonstrated ability to balance technical excellence with commercial viability, shaping competitive and value-driven data center transformation solutions.
• Stakeholder Collaboration & Transformation Consulting: Strong consulting mindset with proven ability to engage client stakeholders and internal teams, ensuring seamless integration during transformation and consolidation programs.
• Communication & Expectation Management: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a focus on stakeholder alignment, transparency, and effective expectation management throughout the transformation lifecycle.
• Partner solution: Leverage partnerships with HPE, Dell, Equinix and other DC providers, Hitachi, Veeam, Commvault, NVIDIA and relevant cloud, virtualization, AI infrastructure and cyber ecosystem partners to bring best-in-class solutions. The role must be able to map partner technologies into Infosys-led AI-enabled propositions, including optimized hardware, GPU and accelerated compute, hybrid cloud options, AI-ready storage, data protection, resiliency, automation and managed services constructs. Partner lists are subject to change.