Cloud Platform Solutions Engineer, Customer Architect

Google; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next with cloud technology, delivering security, reliability and scalability from infrastructure to applications.

The Platform Customer Engineer will partner with technical Sales, serve as the primary technical partner, and lead complex demos, proofs of concepts, and cross-pillar solutions to win new workloads and penetrate existing ones.

Qualifications

• 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 engineering, on-premise engineering, 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.
• Architect cross-pillar solutions, drive technical wins, and define initial delivery plans for customers; continue to 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.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

10 years of experience with cloud native architecture

Experience with cloud engineering, on-premise engineering, 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

Job description

Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next with cloud technology, delivering security, reliability and scalability from infrastructure to applications.

The Platform Customer Engineer will partner with technical Sales, serve as the primary technical partner, and lead complex demos, proofs of concepts, and cross-pillar solutions to win new workloads and penetrate existing ones.