Solution Architect III, Platform, Google Cloud

Google; Toronto; On-site; CAD 194,000 - 199,000; Full time

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Job summary

Google Cloud Platform seeks a Solution Architect III to lead cloud-native architecture engagements for customers in a fast-growing environment. You will partner with technical sales teams to differentiate Google Cloud, serving as the primary technical partner and trusted advisor.

You will craft cross-pillar solutions, run proofs of concept, and drive delivery plans with executives and engineers. You will engage with customers to understand business challenges, design practical cloud solutions,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of cloud native architecture experience in a customer-facing or support role.
• Experience with cloud developing, on-premise developing, virtualization, or containerization platforms.
• Experience engaging with or presenting to technical stakeholders or executive leaders.
• Experience in programming languages, debugging, systems design, prototyping, demos, or customer workshops.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own the technical account plan and strategy, participating in planning and supporting targeted sales motions.
• Combine sales, programming, and solutions architecture expertise to prove the value of Google Cloud Platform across the portfolio through complex demos, pilots and in-depth workshops.
• Design cross-pillar solutions, drive technical wins, and define initial delivery plans for customers. Lead the technical engagement in the solution phase.
• Facilitate the post-sales transition by supporting pricing activities and transitioning the final delivery plan to implementation teams.
• Maintain awareness of progress against the delivery plan, providing support to cross-functional teams during ramp, delivery, migration or implementation phases.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Programming concepts

Cloud development

On-premise development

Virtualization

Containerization

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Solution Architect III, Platform, Google Cloud

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience with cloud native architecture in a customer-facing or support role.
• Experience with cloud developing, on-premise developing, virtualization, or containerization platforms.
• Experience engaging with, or presenting to, technical stakeholders or executive leaders.
• Experience in programming languages, debugging, systems design, prototyping, demos, or customer workshops.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience selling technical solutions in one or more of the following: Infrastructure Modernization, Application Modernization, Data Management, Data Analytics, Cloud AI, Networking, Migrations, Security.
• Experience driving the entire business cycle (e.g., defining the delivery and consumption plan and transitioning it for execution).
• Experience building long-term technical strategies to uncover new workloads with customers.
• Experience migrating applications and services to cloud platforms.
• Experience with security concepts (e.g., encryption, identity management, access control, attack vectors, pen testing).

About the job

The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business - all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers - developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies - see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes to connect with customers, employees and partners.

In this role, you will partner with technical sales teams to differentiate Google Cloud to our customers. You will serve as the customer’s primary technical partner and trusted advisor, engaging in technical-led conversations to understand their business challenges. You will troubleshoot technical questions and roadblocks, engage in proofs of concepts and demos, and use your expertise to design cross-pillar cloud solutions that solve these business challenges. You will drive the technical win and define the delivery and consumption plans. You will engage with technical and business leaders, and persuasively present practical, useful solutions on Google Cloud.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Canada: $194000 - $199000 (CAD) + 42.86% bonus target + equity + benefits

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• Develop and own the technical account plan and strategy, participating in planning and supporting targeted sales motions.
• Combine sales, programming, and solutions architecture expertise to prove the value of Google Cloud Platform across the portfolio through complex demos, pilots and in-depth workshops.
• Design cross-pillar solutions, drive technical wins, and define initial delivery plans for customers. Lead the technical engagement in the solution phase.
• Facilitate the post-sales transition by supporting pricing activities and transitioning the final delivery plan to implementation teams.
• Maintain awareness of progress against the delivery plan, providing support to cross-functional teams during ramp, delivery, migration or implementation phases.

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