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Sr. Solution Architect - 1 hour — Technical Design & Implementation Guidance

This time-and-material service provides remote Senior Solution Architect support to help organizations understand requirements, create technical designs for complex technology solutions, manage implementation when needed, and evaluate or recommend technologies. SKU: ITPWW460IMPOT. Price: $200 per hour. Duration: 1 day. Manager: Roman Sotnik.

Timeline 1 dayService owner Roman SotnikSCCM

What this engagement is

This service provides remote Senior Solution Architect support for organizations that need help designing and implementing complex technology solutions aligned to business needs. The service focuses on working closely with the client to understand requirements, creating technical designs that meet those needs, managing implementation when applicable, ensuring quality standards, and evaluating or recommending technologies to help the company stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices. All work is performed remotely on a time and material basis. SKU: ITPWW460IMPOT. Price: $200 per hour. Duration: 1 day. Manager: Roman Sotnik.

Success criteria

01The Senior Solution Architect works closely with the client to understand requirements.
02Technical designs are created to meet the client’s needs.
03Implementation of the solutions meets quality standards when the team manages the implementation.
04Technology recommendations help the company stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices.

What you receive

Technical designs that meet the client’s requirements.
Evaluation and recommendations for new technologies.
Remote implementation management for these solutions when applicable.

How the work unfolds

Milestone 1

Confirm the request, approved time-and-material hours, priority objectives, key stakeholders, and expected outputs for the remote architect session.

Milestone 2

Conduct discovery with the client to understand business goals, technical requirements, constraints, current environment, dependencies, risks, and decision points.

Milestone 3

Review available documentation, diagrams, configuration details, or screen-shared environment information relevant to the requested architecture topic.

Milestone 4

Develop or refine the technical design approach, including target-state architecture, major components, integration points, security considerations, operational considerations, and implementation assumptions as appropriate to the approved time.

Milestone 5

Evaluate relevant technology options and provide recommendations based on client requirements, applicable vendor or platform best practices, supportability, cost considerations, and operational impact.

Milestone 6

When implementation management is in scope for the approved hours, coordinate the technical direction, review implementation quality, identify issues or risks, and provide guidance to delivery resources or client technical staff.

Milestone 7

Review findings, design decisions, open items, and recommended next steps with the client before completion of the scheduled time.

Prerequisites

Approved time-and-material engagement scope, billing arrangement, and scheduling window for the remote architect work.
Availability of business and technical stakeholders who can explain goals, requirements, constraints, priorities, and decision criteria.
Access to relevant current-state information such as architecture diagrams, configuration details, project documentation, requirements, known issues, security requirements, and operational constraints.
Remote meeting access and, where needed, client-provided screen sharing or appropriate read-only access to review relevant systems, consoles, or configuration settings.
Confirmation of any change-control, security, compliance, data handling, or approval requirements that may affect recommendations or implementation guidance.
Identification of the client technical owner or project contact who can validate assumptions, provide missing information, and approve next steps.

Who does what

IT Partner

  • Work closely with the client to understand requirements.
  • Create technical designs that meet those needs.
  • Manage the implementation of these solutions and ensure that they meet quality standards when applicable.
  • Evaluate and recommend new technologies to help the company stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices.
  • Perform all tasks remotely.
  • Complete all work on a time and material basis.

Your team

  • Provide business goals, technical requirements, constraints, timelines, and success criteria for the requested architecture work.
  • Make appropriate business, technical, security, and operations stakeholders available for discovery, review, and decision-making.
  • Provide relevant documentation, current-state information, environment details, known issues, and prior design decisions.
  • Provide remote access, screen sharing, or read-only environment visibility when required for review and troubleshooting, subject to the client’s security policies.
  • Validate assumptions, review recommendations, and approve design decisions or next steps before implementation activities proceed.
  • Manage internal communications, change approvals, licensing purchases, third-party vendor coordination, and production change windows unless separately agreed.

What's not included

Fixed-scope implementation, migration, deployment, or configuration work beyond the approved time-and-material hours.
Onsite workshops, onsite deployment, or onsite support.
24x7 support, continuous managed service monitoring, ongoing maintenance, incident response retainers, or formal SLA-backed operations support are not included by default; they are available as optional extra-cost add-ons under a separate agreement, delivered through IT Partner's NOC, third-party support partnerships, and a Microsoft Premier Support agreement.
Purchase of Microsoft licenses, Azure consumption, third-party software, hardware, network equipment, or vendor support contracts.
Custom application development, custom integrations, automation development, or scripting beyond light advisory examples unless separately scoped.
Formal security audit, compliance certification, penetration testing, legal review, or regulatory attestation.
End-user training, administrator training programs, or full project management office services unless separately agreed.
Production changes outside the client’s approved change-management process or changes made without appropriate client authorization.

Limitations & technical notes

!All tasks are performed remotely.
!All work is completed on a time and material basis.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Sr. Solution Architect - 1 hour service?

The Sr. Solution Architect - 1 hour service provides remote Senior Solution Architect support on a time-and-material basis. It helps organizations understand requirements, create technical designs for complex technology solutions, manage implementation when applicable, and evaluate or recommend technologies aligned with industry trends and best practices.

What is included in this Senior Solution Architect service?

This service includes remote work with the client to understand requirements, creation of technical designs that meet those needs, evaluation and recommendations for new technologies, and remote implementation management when applicable. The scope is advisory and architecture-focused, with implementation management included only where it applies to the agreed work.

How much does the service cost?

The Sr. Solution Architect - 1 hour service is priced at $200 per hour. It is delivered on a time-and-material basis, so the final cost depends on the amount of architect time used.

What is the SKU for this service?

The SKU for the Sr. Solution Architect - 1 hour service is ITPWW460IMPOT. Buyers can use this SKU to identify the correct remote Senior Solution Architect time-and-material offering.

How long does the engagement last?

The listed duration for this service is 1 day, and the service is sold as Senior Solution Architect support at $200 per hour. Because work is time-and-material, the exact amount of support delivered depends on the hours approved and used during the engagement.

Is this service delivered remotely or onsite?

This service is delivered remotely. The service description states that all tasks are performed remotely, so onsite workshops, onsite implementation, or onsite support are not included in this service.

Who manages this service?

The listed manager for this service is Roman Sotnik. For scheduling, scope clarification, or engagement coordination, buyers should confirm the process directly with IT Partner.

What types of outcomes can I expect from this service?

Expected outcomes include technical designs that meet the client’s requirements, evaluation and recommendations for new technologies, and remote implementation management when applicable. The service is intended to help align complex technology solutions with business needs and quality standards.

Does the service include a technical design document?

The service includes creation of technical designs that meet the client’s requirements. The exact format, level of detail, and documentation style are not specified in the service content, so those details should be confirmed with IT Partner before work begins.

Does the Senior Solution Architect implement the solution?

The service can include remote management of implementation when applicable, but it is not described as a fixed-scope build or deployment package. If hands-on implementation tasks are needed, the exact responsibilities, hours, and deliverables should be confirmed with IT Partner because the service is time-and-material.

What happens during the engagement?

During the engagement, the Senior Solution Architect works with the client to understand requirements, create technical designs, evaluate or recommend technologies, and manage implementation remotely when applicable. The service content does not publish a fixed implementation plan or milestone sequence, so the actual work sequence should be agreed with IT Partner based on the client’s needs.

Are there prerequisites for using this service?

The service content does not list formal prerequisites. In practice, architecture work typically depends on access to relevant requirements and environment information, but any required documentation, access, stakeholder availability, or discovery inputs should be confirmed with IT Partner before scheduling.

What are the client’s responsibilities during the service?

The service content does not list specific client responsibilities. Because the architect must understand requirements to create suitable designs, buyers should expect to provide relevant business and technical context, but any required client actions should be confirmed with IT Partner.

What is IT Partner responsible for in this service?

IT Partner is responsible for working closely with the client to understand requirements, creating technical designs, evaluating and recommending technologies, and managing implementation remotely when applicable. IT Partner also performs all tasks remotely and completes the work on a time-and-material basis.

What is not included in this service?

The service content does not list specific exclusions or additional-cost items. Because the offering is remote and time-and-material, buyers should confirm whether activities such as hands-on deployment, project management beyond architecture support, documentation beyond technical designs, or after-hours work are included before purchasing.

Will this service cause downtime or business disruption?

The service is primarily remote architecture, design, technology evaluation, and implementation management, so downtime is not inherent to the service itself. If the architect-managed implementation involves production changes, any downtime or business impact would depend on the specific solution and should be planned and confirmed with IT Partner before changes are made.

Can this service help us choose between technologies or vendors?

Yes, the service includes evaluation and recommendations for new technologies to help the company stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices. The recommendations should be based on the client’s requirements, because the architect’s role is to align technology choices with business and technical needs.

Can this service be used for complex Microsoft or cloud architecture decisions?

The service is intended for complex technology solution design and implementation support aligned to business needs. The content does not limit the service to a specific product, so buyers should confirm the exact technology area with IT Partner to ensure the right architect expertise is available.

What happens after the service is completed?

After completion, the client should have the agreed architecture outputs from the time used, such as technical designs, technology recommendations, or implementation management support delivered during the engagement. The service content does not include a defined post-engagement support period, so any follow-up work should be confirmed and scheduled with IT Partner as additional time-and-material support if needed.

How should we prepare before booking this Senior Solution Architect time?

The service content does not provide a required preparation checklist. To make the remote architect time productive, buyers should be ready to discuss business goals, technical requirements, constraints, current environment details, and any decisions that need architecture input, while confirming any required materials with IT Partner in advance.

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