Sr. Solution Engineer

Posted:
7/8/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
England, United Kingdom ⋅ London, England, United Kingdom

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
DevOps & Infrastructure ⋅ Software Engineering

Responsibilities:

About Tencent
Founded in November, 1998, Tencent is a leading provider of Internet value added services in China. Since its establishment, Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operating strategies. On June 16, 2004, Tencent Holdings Limited (SEHK 700) went public on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Tencent is focused on bringing high-quality and engaging internet services and entertainment to its users. In China, Tencent is the largest publisher of online games and we work together with world-renown developers such as Activision, Epic Games, Halfbrick Studios, King, and Riot Games.
Position Overview

Position Overview:
Tencent Overseas IT has the mission to empower Tencent’s rapid global growth with future-ready, global IT platforms, applications, and services. We are chartered to lead the Overseas IT strategy, architecture, roadmap, and execution. Satisfying our internal/external customers and becoming a world-class global IT team are our top aspirations.

We are currently seeking a passionate Sr. Solution Engineer, reporting to Tencent Europe IT Center, this position will be based in London, UK, and responsible for requirements gathering, solution preparation and delivery, including IT products & platforms, Enterprise applications, Cloud infrastructure, and DevOps optimization.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert in both IT and business domains, identifying, understanding, and defining customer needs, objectives, and business requirements.

  • Collaborate with global IT teams and local operations teams abroad to deliver optimal IT and cloud infrastructure solutions for Tencent's Europe Gaming business.

  • Offer professional technical advisory and support to our Europe business, encompassing solution preparation and evaluation, Proof of Concept (POC), demonstration, and professional service delivery.

  • Drive the adoption of existing IT solutions within the business based on need and value, representing feedback from the business to the IT department.

  • As a key member of Tencent Europe IT team, coordinate business demand and IT requirement review meetings, producing high-quality reports on business requirements and other essential IT documentation.

  • Regularly engage with relevant cross-functional stakeholders (business and IT in both HQ and Overseas), to manage expectations and provide updates on product and project status.

  • Continuously enhance IT product and solution management processes, focusing on improving Speed to Market through initiatives such as process optimization, automation, self-service, and supportability.

  • Define and deliver quantitative and qualitative data-driven analytics and metrics to drive and measure product capabilities adoption, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvements.

Requirements:

Who we are looking for:

  • Self-motivated, articulate, and passionate to deliver the best result and achieve the highest customer satisfaction. Quick learner.

  • Love satisfying customers with a state-of-the-art cloud solution, automation, realizing ideas, building services, and unlocking the potential of new technology!

  • Collaborative, independent, insistent, flexible, and open-minded. And you see no conflict in any of these things.

  • Knowledgeable, resourceful, and show initiative. You always keep the customer’s objectives in mind.

  • Positive by nature, a great team player, and both dependable and autonomous.

  • Customer-oriented and could work at a very fast pace.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 5+ years of continuous experience preparing and delivering technical solutions in the internet or game industry.

  • Have public cloud and IDC (Internet Data Center) related experience and certification (AWS/GCP/Azure/TC, etc.).

  • Familiar with SaaS products and Solutions, experience in Cloud-based IT solution implementation is preferred.

  • Strong understanding of IT solutions, IT planning process, and IT project management in the Game development/publishing/operation field.

  • Demonstrable results in delivering modern, integrated, innovative cloud-based applications.

  • Candidate can operate across business and IT teams, confident enough to ask questions of both IT and business experts.

  • Outstanding communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal, to all levels of an organization

  • Good logical thinking ability, strong data analysis ability, strong insight and judgment on business’s IT needs.

  • Strong deliverables management and running meetings for requirements, technical design, progress, and status.

  • Fluent in English,Chinese is preferred but not required