Senior Data Solutions Architect: Strategic Cloud & POC Lead

Menlo Ventures; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 219,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a senior Solutions Architect to drive customer engagements across a designated territory, bridging technical prowess and strategic vision.

You will coach teams, influence stakeholders, and champion data analytics architecture while traveling up to 30% and collaborating with cloud ecosystems. Join a customer-centric team building the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of customer-facing technical experience.
• Engage in complex customer interactions and sales lifecycle in a technical pre-sales capacity.
• Ability to influence decision-makers and executives by building relationships and orchestrating teams.
• Experience coding in a core language (Python/Java/Scala) and willingness to learn Spark.
• Hands-on with PoCs and public cloud platforms.
• Willingness to travel up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Develop customer engagement strategies in partnership with Account Executives in your designated territory.
• Coach junior Solutions Architects and teams on use case prioritization and building technical champions.
• Influence stakeholders at all levels through complex engagements with the wider cloud ecosystem and 3rd party applications.
• Be a 'champion' for customers and colleagues as an expert solution architect and trusted advisor for data analytics architecture, design, and adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
• Contribute to Databricks' technical community engagement by developing customer-facing collateral and leading workshops, seminars, and meet-ups.
• Opportunity to continue development in tracks: technical specialization, vertical thought leadership, strategic customer vision, and people management.

Skills

Customer-facing tech

Sales lifecycle

Programming: Python/Java/Scala

Cloud platforms

Travel readiness

Job description

Databricks is seeking a senior Solutions Architect to drive customer engagements across a designated territory, bridging technical prowess and strategic vision.

You will coach teams, influence stakeholders, and champion data analytics architecture while traveling up to 30% and collaborating with cloud ecosystems. Join a customer-centric team building the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.