Cloud Platform Solutions Engineer II

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud accelerates enterprise transformation by offering enterprise-grade cloud solutions. The Platform Customer Engineer partners with technical Sales to differentiate Google Cloud for customers and serves as the primary technical advisor, guiding technical conversations and proofs-of-concept.

You will present practical cloud solutions to executives and technical leaders, drive technical wins, and shape delivery and consumption plans across infrastructure modernization, data analytics,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 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.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time as needed.

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 show the value of Google Cloud Platform across the portfolio through 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

Cloud engineering

Virtualization

Containerization

Stakeholder engagement

Programming & design

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Tools

Virtualization platforms

Job description

Google Cloud accelerates enterprise transformation by offering enterprise-grade cloud solutions. The Platform Customer Engineer partners with technical Sales to differentiate Google Cloud for customers and serves as the primary technical advisor, guiding technical conversations and proofs-of-concept.

You will present practical cloud solutions to executives and technical leaders, drive technical wins, and shape delivery and consumption plans across infrastructure modernization, data analytics,