Senior Solution Architect New USA (Houston)

Cognite; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

401(k) with employer matching

Health, dental, vision & disability

Unlimited PTO

Parental Leave Program

Employee Referral Program

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI

International team experience

Job summary

Cognite is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to design end-to-end solutions by combining Cognite SaaS offerings with a customer's portfolio. You will collaborate with sales, delivery, data scientists, and customers to map requirements and architect robust solutions.

This hybrid role is based in Houston, with opportunities to influence product direction and identify new features through client work. The role emphasizes ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and a DevOps mindset, with

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as an application/data/solution/enterprise architect.
• 2+ years of experience from the heavy asset industry (Oil & Gas, Manufacturing or Pharmaceuticals).
• Bachelor's degree is required; Masters degree a plus.
• Consulting experience that allows you to confidently negotiate requirements with customers and colleagues.
• Have experience with enterprise integration, customer relationships or IT integration design.
• Data and analytics project experience and able to confidently lead an implementation.
• Broad technical experience with data and analytics stacks.
• Familiarity with Business Intelligence tools and enterprise analytics stacks (Power BI or similar).
• Familiarity with SQL and big data tooling (Apache Spark ecosystem).
• Experience with a public cloud, preferably AWS, GCP or Azure, including familiarity with network security concepts, identity providers and application hosting.
• Experience with operations, including support and change control, as well as experience architecting centralized monitoring, logging and reporting.
• Have a DevOps mindset, and experience with Git, CI/CD, deployment environments.
• Technical background, willing and able to dive in and contribute code for advanced topics when needed.
• Have architectural skills dealing with data modeling and infrastructure solutions, such as classical data warehousing and big data architectures.

Responsibilities

• You will map requirements for a quality implementation ensuring proper use of data visualization tech (Power BI, Grafana, Plotly Dash).
• You will select appropriate data transformation tech (Databricks, Azure, GCP, AWS).
• You will model and contextualize data in Cognite Data Fusion (graph and relational).
• You will ensure robust integrations (CI/CD, logging, security).
• You will define operations, support agreements, and monitoring for delivered solutions.
• You will design overall technical solutions and ensure fit within customer ecosystems.
• You will design integration and data models using Cognite data connectors, SQL, Python/Java and REST APIs.
• You will be a credible advisor to customers and partners on Cognite Data Fusion.

Skills

Architect experience

Heavy asset industry

Data & analytics project experience

Consulting experience

BI tools familiarity

SQL

Big data tooling

Cloud platforms

DevOps mindset

Coding ability

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (plus)

Tools

Power BI

Grafana

Plotly Dash

Databricks

Azure

GCP

AWS

SQL

Python/Java

REST APIs

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI, and data solutions that solve the world’s hardest, highest-impact problems. With unmatched industrial heritage and a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities, including low-code AI agents, Cognite accelerates the digital transformation to drive operational improvements.

We thrive in challenges. We challenge assumptions. We execute with speed and ownership. If you view obstacles as signals to step forward - not backwards - you’ll feel right at home here.

Our Moonshot is bold: Unlock $100B in customer value by 2035, and redefine how global industry works. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we will forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.

How you’ll demonstrate Ownership

At Cognite, the Global Value Delivery team leads software implementation, deployment & adoption for clients, and helps them accelerate their digital transformation efforts with Cognite’s product suite. We consist of people with diverse and high-performance backgrounds, ranging from Management Consulting, to Industry and Software development. We seek to continuously improve how we work with our clients, how we work together as a team, and how we develop as individuals.

The Senior Solutions Architect is responsible for the design of complex end to end solutions, merging our flagship products with the customer's portfolio, for both new and existing clients. You are a technical subject matter expert in all offerings across the professional and managed services catalog. From discovery through implementation, you will work closely with the sales team and the delivery teams, as well as our data scientists and customers to map out technical requirements and architect robust and familiar solutions.

Through your work with our strategic customers, you will identify opportunities for new products and features, and work with our product managers and tech leads to continuously improve Cognite's SaaS offering.

This role is a mix of consulting, architecture, and product development in a welcoming cross-functional team. Above all else, we strive to foster a supportive team environment where everyone is excited to share ideas, ask for help, and learn from each other.

• As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will be an expert in how we implement our Cognite SaaS offerings and applications.
• Your primary responsibility will be to work with project teams to map requirements for a quality implementation ensuring that:
• The right data visualization technology is used in the right way (E.g Power BI, Grafana, Plotly Dash)
• The right data transformation technology is used in the right way (E.g Databricks, Azure, GCP, AWS)
• The data is efficiently modeled and contextualized in Cognite Data Fusion (E.g graph and relational)
• Integrations are well thought out and robustImportant quality criteria for the solution are met (E.g. CI/CD, logging, security)
• Operational responsibility and support agreements for the delivered solution are clearly defined
• Design overall technical solution and ensure technical fit within the customer ecosystem and target architecture
• Design integration and data model using Cognite data connectors, SQL, Python/Java and Rest APIs
• Credible advisor to our customers and partners on Cognite Data Fusion

The Impact you bring to Cognite

• 5+ years experience as an application/data/solution/enterprise architect
• 2+ years of experience from the heavy asset industry (Oil & Gas, Manufacturing or Pharmaceuticals) is required
• Experience with operational data and customer business drivers in the heavy asset industry
• Bachelor's degree is required; Masters degree a plus
• Consulting experience that allows you to confidently negotiate requirements with customers and colleagues
• Have experience with enterprise integration, customer relationships or IT integration design
• Data and analytics project experience and able to confidently lead an implementation
• Broad technical experience with data and analytics stacks
• Familiarity with Business Intelligence tools and enterprise analytics stacks (Power BI or similar)
• Familiarity with SQL and big data tooling (E.g Apache Spark ecosystem)
• Experience with a public cloud, preferably AWS, GCP or Azure, including familiarity with network security concepts, identity providers and application hosting
• Experience with operations, including support and change control, as well as experience architecting centralized monitoring, logging and reporting
• Have a DevOps mindset, and experience with Git, CI/CD, deployment environments
• Technical background, willing and able to dive in and contribute code for advanced topics when needed
• Have architectural skills dealing with data modeling and infrastructure solutions, such as classical data warehousing and big data architectures

A snapshot of our many perks and benefits as a Cogniter

• Competitive compensation
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Competitive health, dental, vision & disability coverages for employees and all dependents
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid Parental Leave Program
• Employee Referral Program
• Join a team of 60+ different nationalities with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus.
• A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization, follow us on Instagram @ cognitedata to know more
• Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries
• Join our HUB to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and our partners.
• We're globally recognized domain experts with an international presence that spans Phoenix, Houston, Oslo Tokyo, Bengaluru, and Abu Dhabi.

Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment.

This role is a hybrid role out of our Houston office at the Ion Building downtown.