Enterprise Networking & Cloud Solutions Architect

Alkira Australia; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Alkira is seeking a Solutions Architect to embed with strategic Enterprise accounts, driving evaluation through deployment and adoption of our Network-Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform. The SA will lead architecture discussions, build Alkira-based solutions, and develop automation to accelerate deployments.

You will collaborate with customer teams, conduct workshops, and shape product roadmaps by translating customer needs into technical requirements.

Qualifications

• Strong cloud and networking fundamentals.
• 3+ years in a customer-facing technical role.
• 1+ years of 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).
• Experience in large-scale network design/deployment is a plus.
• Strong passion for customer outcomes and creating long-lasting professional relationships.
• Flexibility to travel to customer sites.
• Relevant technical certifications are a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• BA/BS/MS degree is a plus

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, escalating and driving resolution with Engineering
• Own customer success on key accounts from adoption and expansion perspective
• Work with Product Management and Engineering to provide feedback on upcoming features
• Track and drive key customer features/asks with Product Management through to implementation

Skills

Cloud fundamentals

Customer-facing

IaC tools

Terraform

Networking

Hybrid cloud

REST APIs

Python

Education

BA/BS/MS degree

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Cloud APIs

Job description

Alkira is seeking a Solutions Architect to embed with strategic Enterprise accounts, driving evaluation through deployment and adoption of our Network-Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform. The SA will lead architecture discussions, build Alkira-based solutions, and develop automation to accelerate deployments.

You will collaborate with customer teams, conduct workshops, and shape product roadmaps by translating customer needs into technical requirements.