Solutions Architect - Motorola Solutions

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions , we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Job Description

The Solutions Architect role is responsible for all the technical aspects of project implementation. The Solutions Architect team is comprised of staff with a variety of skill levels in a variety of knowledge domains related to all the solutions in the Command Center suite. The Solutions Architect team delivers technical solutions by collaborating with Project Managers, Application Specialists, other Solutions Architects, customers, software developers, and any other resources needed to ensure the success of the project.

Responsibilities involved the integration of programmatic, technical, systems engineering, business, and personnel elements of a project, including:

Understanding the technical requirements, concepts of operation, and architecture of the overall solution. It requires working closely with the Pre- and Post-Sales teams to align the requirements with customer solution needs.

Leading and defending the project's technical and programmatic decisions. It requires identifying customer expectation mismatches and working with the Project Manager to mitigate them.

Tailoring and applying change management and systems engineering processes. Requires working with the customer and engineering teams when implementing solutions including third-party applications.

Assists Project Management in developing and managing costs and schedules by identifying technical risks to the deployment plan and suggesting mitigation options for those risks.

Participating as the technical counterpart to the Project Manager for third-party, customer, and internal meetings.

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Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor of Science (BS) in a technical or engineering field, an Associate Degree in a technical field; or equivalent experience (+6 years) in delivering Public Safety projects in a technical role or enterprise-level technical deployment projects.

Must be able to obtain necessary security clearance as required by local, state, and federal government contracts which include criminal and financial background investigations.

Excellent presentation skills are required. Must be highly skilled with drawing and diagramming tools (such as MS Visio or similar).

Strong verbal and written skills; fluency in English.

Willing to travel, occasionally up to 30% o