Remote Data Platform Field Architect

Cloudera; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO Policy

Unplugged Days

Flexible WFH Policy

Mental & Physical Wellness programs

Phone and Internet Reimbursement

Continued Career Development

Comprehensive Benefits

Volunteer Time

Employee Resource Groups

EEO/VEVRAA

Job summary

Cloudera is seeking a Field Specialist - Data Platform to lead customer engagements by designing data platform solution architectures and business outcomes for technical and executive stakeholders.

You will provide platform expertise throughout the sales cycle, supporting PoCs, sizing, and adoption for customers across EMEA, while addressing complex technical challenges and guiding product feedback to engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and implementing mission-critical data use cases in Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, Public Sector, etc.
• Experience designing, building, and deploying enterprise-grade platforms using Kubernetes, on-premises object stores and distributed systems.
• Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, OpenStack, Ceph, Apache Ozone, etc.
• Strong background architecting production data platform deployments considering infra, security, and networking.
• Demonstrated PoCs and MVPs leading to production deployments.
• Experience designing data-intensive use cases with security/governance considerations.
• Exceptional presentation skills for audiences from engineers to executives.
• Ability to analyze workloads and define migration roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer engagements by designing and presenting data platform architectures and business outcomes to technical and executive stakeholders.
• Provide deep platform expertise throughout the sales cycle, supporting PoCs, sizing, and adoption for new/existing customers (EMEA-focused).
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues and guide escalations for customer success.
• Drive internal/external technical enablement by developing educational materials and sharing best practices.
• Influence product roadmap by translating customer feedback for product/engineering teams.
• Act as a Cloudera evangelist, speaking at events and contributing to knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with Sales, Product, and Engineering to align on customer success and product vision.

Skills

Enterprise-grade platforms

Kubernetes

OpenShift

OpenStack

Ceph

Data platform deployments

PoCs/MVPs

Security & governance

Executive stakeholder communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Red Hat OpenShift

OpenStack

Ceph

Apache Ozone

Ansible

Job description

Cloudera is seeking a Field Specialist - Data Platform to lead customer engagements by designing data platform solution architectures and business outcomes for technical and executive stakeholders.

You will provide platform expertise throughout the sales cycle, supporting PoCs, sizing, and adoption for customers across EMEA, while addressing complex technical challenges and guiding product feedback to engineering teams.