Cloud Solutions Engineer (Pre-Sales) - Remote

EVOTEK Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonuses

100% paid medical, dental, and vision

401(k) with employer match

Flexible PTO policy

Annual company overnight retreat

Job summary

A premier digital business enabler in Los Angeles is seeking a Platform Architect to drive technical strategy and solution design for enterprise clients. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in architecture and consulting, strong cloud expertise, and proficiency in data management. The company offers a competitive salary range of $170,000 to $220,000, along with excellent benefits and a flexible work environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, systems integration, or platform engineering.
• Proven track record in pre-sales architecture or technical consulting.
• Certifications in relevant technologies like AWS Solutions Architect or Kubernetes certifications are highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Drive pre-sales activities to perform technical discovery and craft solution designs.
• Build relationships with clients and prospects.
• Design and present architectures for various solutions including cloud and hybrid.
• Develop strategies for virtualization and multi-cloud deployments.
• Lead technical presentations and recommend optimal solutions.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Pre-sales architecture

On-prem infrastructure architecture

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V)

Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Data platforms and analytics

AI/ML frameworks

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Join EVOTEK: North America’s Premier Digital Business Enabler

As North America's premier enabler of secure digital business, we integrate cutting‑edge technical expertise across data center, network, security, cloud, and communications domains. By delivering cohesive digital solutions, we help businesses drive measurable impact and accelerate their transformation.

Our award‑winning culture is the cornerstone of everything we do. Recognized multiple times by Inc. Magazine as a "Best Place to Work", we’re proud to create an environment where innovation and collaboration thrive. Locally, we’ve been honored by The San Diego Business Journal as a "Best Place to Work" more than seven times, and our excellence is reflected in accolades like CRN's "Solution Provider 500", "Tech Elite 250", and "Top 150 Growth Companies". We’ve also earned a spot among CRN’s "Triple Crown" award winners.

If you’re ready to be part of a team that values innovation, culture, and business impact, EVOTEK is the place for you.

The Platform Architect will serve as a client‑facing technical strategist and solution designer, responsible for architecting complex enterprise solutions. This role combines deep technical expertise with strong pre‑sales and consultative skills to elicit requirements, drive solution design, align to business objectives, build customer confidence, and position successful delivery.

Role Summary

• Drive pre‑sales activities in collaboration with sales teams to perform technical discovery, identify client needs, and craft detailed solution designs and proposals.
• Build and maintain independent relationships with clients and prospects.
• Design and present architectures for on‑prem, cloud, or hybrid solutions involving domain expertise in infrastructure, data, and AI.
• Develop scalable virtualization and containerization strategies to support modernization and multi‑cloud deployments.
• Integrate data management, analytics, and AI/ML capabilities into platform architectures to drive business outcomes.
• Lead technical presentations and demonstrations to customers, clearly articulating the value of proposed solutions.
• Evaluate and recommend hardware and software technologies, leveraging vendor relationships to shape optimal solutions.
• Support proposal development, RFP responses, and pricing strategies from an architectural perspective.
• Provide technical assurance during implementation and handoff to delivery teams, ensuring design integrity.
• Produce architecture documentation, high‑level designs, and bill of materials.
• Stay current with emerging technology trends in infrastructure, cloud, data, and AI to guide clients toward innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, systems integration, or platform engineering.
• Proven track record in pre‑sales architecture or technical consulting within a systems integrator or vendor environment.
• Expertise in on‑prem infrastructure architecture (compute, storage, networking) and leading cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong proficiency in virtualization (VMware, Hyper‑V) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Experience designing and integrating data platforms, analytics tools, and AI/ML frameworks into enterprise systems.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and customer engagement skills with the ability to influence technical and executive audiences.
• Certifications in relevant technologies such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, VMware Certified Design Expert, or Kubernetes certifications are highly advantageous.
• Understanding of enterprise security principles, compliance requirements, and solution governance.

Benefits

• Salary commensurate with years’ of experience, technical expertise and geographic location.
• Salary range: $170,000 to $220,000.
• Performance bonuses.
• Benefits package that includes 100% paid medical, dental and vision for the employee.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Strong company culture.
• Flexible PTO policy.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Annual company overnight retreat

Equal Opportunity Employer

EVOTEK believes that everyone has the ability to make an impact, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, citizenship status, and genetic information.