Solutions Architecture & Presales
Translating a specific customer's requirements into a deployable, costed system architecture.
Subject: Systems & Architecture · Roles: Solutions Architect
Concepts
Translating Requirements into Architecture
Turning a specific customer's stated needs and constraints into a concrete, deployable system design.
Proof-of-Concept Design
Scoping a POC narrowly enough to prove the riskiest assumption, without building a miniature version of the whole system.
Vendor & Technology Selection Tradeoffs
Evaluating build-vs-buy and vendor options against a customer's actual constraints, not feature checklists.
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Estimation
Estimating the real cost of a proposed architecture, including the operational costs that don't show up on a vendor's price sheet.
Integration Patterns
The standard ways two systems exchange data — sync API calls, async messaging, batch, and webhooks — and when each fits.
Technical Stakeholder Presentations
Presenting an architecture to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in the same room, credibly.