Senior Solutions Architect - Cloud Networking Leader

Alkira Australia; United States; On-site; USD 125,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Alkira is seeking a Solutions Architect to embed with strategic Enterprise accounts, leading pre-sales validation through production deployment. You will design, build, and deploy Alkira-based solutions, driving automation and integrations with Terraform, Ansible, and Python.

Travel to customer sites is expected as you own success on key accounts. You will collaborate across Sales, Engineering, and Product Management, conducting workshops and shaping the product roadmap with a customer-focused

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).
• 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 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.
• Develop automation, integrations, and tooling (Terraform, APIs, scripting) to accelerate deployments.
• Collaborate with customer networking, cloud, and platform teams.
• Conduct technical workshops, trainings, and whiteboard sessions for customers and partners.
• Create reference architectures and deployment guidelines.
• Provide deep technical support and troubleshooting, escalating with Engineering.
• Own customer success on key accounts from adoption and expansion perspective.
• Provide feedback on upcoming features from the customer's perspective with Product Management.
• Track and drive customer feature requests through to implementation.

Skills

Cloud fundamentals

Networking fundamentals

Customer-facing experience

IaC tools

Scripting

REST APIs

Public cloud experience

Hybrid cloud design

Education

BA/BS/MS degree

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

REST APIs

Job description

Alkira is seeking a Solutions Architect to embed with strategic Enterprise accounts, leading pre-sales validation through production deployment. You will design, build, and deploy Alkira-based solutions, driving automation and integrations with Terraform, Ansible, and Python.

Travel to customer sites is expected as you own success on key accounts. You will collaborate across Sales, Engineering, and Product Management, conducting workshops and shaping the product roadmap with a customer-focused