Senior Solutions Architect - Defense Cloud & CI/CD Leader

Defense Unicorns

United States

Remote

USD 149,000 - 201,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Job summary

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Solutions Architect to lead growth engineering and cloud-native delivery across Unicorn Delivery Service projects. You will mentor engineers, articulate architectural options, and drive discovery, content creation, and PoC management.

The role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams and staying ahead of industry trends. The position requires 5+ years in defense-facing engagements, strong full-stack and cloud/on-prem architecture knowledge, and a

Qualifications

Proven experience in growth engineering, digital marketing, or related roles within a tech startup environment.
Extensive knowledge in containerization and container orchestration, specifically Kubernetes.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate, persuade and negotiate.
7+ years of experience in software engineering, with 1+ years in a manager role.
Proven track record of leading and developing high-performing engineering teams.
Preferred knowledge in the CNCF ecosystem and tooling.
Knowledge in system architecture both cloud and on-prem.
Ability to architect solutions based on potential customer requirements and articulate those solutions.
Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex data for informed decision-making.
Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
Experience with training and mentoring.
Experience with full-stack development.
Understanding of continuous delivery and agile principles.
4+ years of experience with full-stack development teams.
5+ years of experience with Defense-based customer-facing interactions and engagements.
Proven experience synthesizing technical solutions and making sense of them.
Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and Containers.

Responsibilities

Act as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for customers and their technical needs, challenges, and goals.
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, growth, and support of customer engagements.
Understand and articulate the technical competency and impact of engineers on the team.
Understand Defense Unicorns' products and philosophy.
Assist the team in discovery and framing efforts across the industry.
Identify and implement process improvements to increase team efficiency and effectiveness.
Assist with demonstration and content creation on products.
Manage the "proof of concept" work.
Build and maintain continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
Build, deploy, test, and troubleshoot UDS Bundles, Zarf packages, and UDS packages.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams for brainstorming, research, and innovative growth strategies.
Conduct market research and competitor analysis to identify growth opportunities.
Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to growth hacking and user acquisition.
Experiment with new tools, techniques, and technologies to improve growth outcomes.