Remote Solutions Architect — Cloud Networking & Automation

Alkira, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 107,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Alkira, a Lumen company, is growing our Solutions Architect team and seeking high-energy professionals to enable customers to succeed on our Network-Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform. The SA will embed with strategic Enterprise accounts from pre-sales validation through deployment and adoption.

This remote role is open to candidates anywhere in the UK. You will lead architecture discussions, build Alkira-based solutions, develop automation with Terraform, Python, and REST APIs, and

Qualifications

• Strong cloud and networking fundamentals.
• 3+ years in a customer-facing technical role (consulting, solutions architecture, sales engineering, or professional services).
• 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 (Terraform, APIs, scripting) 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 Alkira Product Management and Engineering to provide feedback on upcoming features from the customer's lens.
• Track and drive key customer features/asks with Product Management through to implementation.

Skills

Cloud fundamentals

Networking fundamentals

Customer-facing

Infrastructure as code

REST APIs

Terraform

Python

Automation scripting

Public cloud experience

Education

BA/BS/MS degree is a plus

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

REST APIs

Job description

Alkira, a Lumen company, is growing our Solutions Architect team and seeking high-energy professionals to enable customers to succeed on our Network-Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform. The SA will embed with strategic Enterprise accounts from pre-sales validation through deployment and adoption.

This remote role is open to candidates anywhere in the UK. You will lead architecture discussions, build Alkira-based solutions, develop automation with Terraform, Python, and REST APIs, and