Cloud Platform Solutions Engineer - Customer-Facing

Socket.dev; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 152,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud is seeking a Customer Engineer to partner with Sales in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, serving as the technical adviser to customers. You will troubleshoot, demonstrate, and architect cloud solutions that address business issues, driving proofs of concept and winning outcomes.

You will lead technical engagements, design cross-pillar architectures, and support delivery planning from initial concept through implementation, while communicating effectively with technical and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience with cloud native architecture in a customer-facing or support role.
• Experience engaging with, or presenting to, technical stakeholders or executive leaders.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure engineering, on-premise infrastructure engineering, virtualization, or containerization platforms.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time as required.
• Experience with State Local Public Sector clients including state, county, and local municipal agencies.
• Experience in migrating applications and services to cloud platforms.
• Experience with security concepts such as encryption, identity management, access control, attack vectors, and pen testing.
• Experience with networking concepts such as SDN, routing, VPNs, load balancers and firewalls.
• Experience creating demos and solution creation using generative AI tools and services.
• Ability to learn, understand, and work with emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the Google Cloud/IT technology space.

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.

Skills

Cloud Native Architecture

Stakeholder Engagement

Cloud Infrastructure

Containerization

Travel Flexibility

Public Sector Experience

Cloud Migration

Security Concepts

Networking

Generative AI Demos

Emerging Technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google Cloud is seeking a Customer Engineer to partner with Sales in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, serving as the technical adviser to customers. You will troubleshoot, demonstrate, and architect cloud solutions that address business issues, driving proofs of concept and winning outcomes.

You will lead technical engagements, design cross-pillar architectures, and support delivery planning from initial concept through implementation, while communicating effectively with technical and