Enterprise Cloud Networking Solutions Architect

Alkira, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Alkira is seeking a Solutions Architect to join our team in San Jose, CA. You will embed with strategic enterprise accounts, driving pre-sales validation through production deployment and expansion, and you will shape product direction with customer insights.

You will lead architecture discussions, design Alkira-based solutions, and develop automation for faster deployments while collaborating with networking, cloud, and platform teams. Strong IaC, cloud, and networking skills are required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a customer-facing technical role (consulting, solutions architecture, sales engineering, or professional services).
• 1+ years hands-on experience architecting and deploying cloud solutions (AWS, Azure, GCP, and/or OCI).
• Hands-on experience designing and building hybrid and public cloud infrastructure.
• Strong networking background in routing technologies and network security.
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, Python, REST APIs).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Embed with strategic customers as the hands-on technical owner from evaluation through production deployment.
• Lead network architecture discussions with customers and partners.
• Design, build, and deploy Alkira-based solutions in customer environments using best practices.
• Develop automation, integrations, and tooling to accelerate customer deployments.
• Collaborate directly with customer networking, cloud, and platform teams.
• Conduct technical workshops, trainings, and whiteboard sessions for customers and partners.
• Create design and architecture best practices, reference architectures, and deployment guidelines.
• Provide deep technical support and troubleshooting for customers with Engineering.
• Own customer success on key accounts from adoption and expansion perspective.
• Work with Product Management and Engineering to provide feedback from the customer's lens.

Skills

Cloud fundamentals

Networking fundamentals

Customer-facing experience

Infrastructure-as-code

Automation tooling

Documentation and communication

Cloud deployment experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

REST APIs

Job description

Alkira is seeking a Solutions Architect to join our team in San Jose, CA. You will embed with strategic enterprise accounts, driving pre-sales validation through production deployment and expansion, and you will shape product direction with customer insights.

You will lead architecture discussions, design Alkira-based solutions, and develop automation for faster deployments while collaborating with networking, cloud, and platform teams. Strong IaC, cloud, and networking skills are required.