Solutions Architect

Unilogik Systems Inc; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in technology is seeking a Technical Consultant to engage with customers in a pre-sales capacity. This role involves providing technical solutions, building relationships, and collaborating across teams to improve customer experiences. Strong knowledge of cloud technologies and a background in technical consultancy are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in pre-sales or technical consultancy.
• Exceptional technical presentation and communication skills.
• Understanding of complex enterprise solutions and architectures.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers in a technical consultancy role during pre-sales.
• Provide technical assistance and solution guidance.
• Formulate and execute sales strategies in partnership with sales team.

Skills

Technical presentation

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Troubleshooting in Python

Troubleshooting in Bash

Troubleshooting in Java

Education

Certifications like Solutions Architect Associate

Tools

Chef

Puppet

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

• Engage with customers, both onsite and remote, in a technical consultancy and advisor role during the pre-sales process
• Provide customers with technical assistance and solution guidance.
• In partnership with the sales team, formulate and execute a sales strategy.
• Build deep relationships with people within customer environments.
• Serve as the customer advocate for other Unilogik teams, including Sales, Services, and Marketing.
• Continuously improve your professional skills through activities such as training programs, reading and mentorship learning.
• Maintain specialty competency in one or more technologies related to Unilogik’s market focus through activities such as training, certification.
• In collaboration with marketing, sales, and consulting colleagues, identify RFP's / RFI’s as required as part of the overall sales motion

Requirements

• Proven track record in technical pre-sales or technical consultancy as a professional in the field of information technology
• Exceptional technical presentation and communication skills
• Ability to interpret customers’ business and technical needs
• Demonstrated experience working and communicating with multiple stakeholders and cross- functional teams (e.g. product management and marketing)
• Understanding of complex enterprise solutions and architectures
• Knowledge of the end-to-end software development lifecycle
• Experience with modern software development or operations and their associated technologies
• Experience with cloud computing and related technologies and practices
• Understanding of continuous integration and continuous deployment
• Willingness to travel across Canada

Technical Experience :

• One or more certifications, e.g. Solutions Architect Associate or equivalent experience would be an asset
• Experience with emerging technologies like public or private cloud, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Services (PaaS), Linux Containers, container orchestration and management, automation and configuration management, DevOps and continuous integration and delivery (CI / CD), or modern application frameworks
• Knowledge of Chef, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, CloudFormation, or Terraform for configuration management
• Knowledge of IP networking at scale, firewall and VPN architectures, DNS, and service delivery through load balancing techniques
• Troubleshooting skills in multiple popular languages, e.g. Python, Bash, Golang, C, and Java
• Experience with waterfall, Agile (SCRUM, Kanban, etc.) and able to discuss workflows for different software development processes
• Experience with modern development practices strongly preferred, including Kubernetes, Docker, Package Management, Application Security (SAST, DAST), Cloud infrastructure, and serverless
• Deep knowledge of software development lifecycle
• Understanding of continuous integration, continuous deployment, and cloud-native technology