[Hiring] Sovereign Cloud Solution Architect @Cloudera

Role Description

At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. Our Specialists are among the most senior members of our Solution Engineering team, providing thought leadership both internally and externally on our Product and underlying technologies. The team is an integral part of the wider Open Source community as well as working closely with our Pre-Sales team and our most strategic customers.

A Sovereign Cloud Solutions Architect at Cloudera leads the adoption of Cloudera running on Public Cloud Platforms. This is a hands-on, customer-facing role where you will:

• Assist local account teams with your deep technical knowledge of running ETL, Analytical, Streaming, and Machine Learning/AI workloads on Public Cloud infrastructure.
• Work with customer Cloud/Info Sec Teams to explain the prerequisites of deploying Cloudera on Public Cloud.
• Be responsible for onboarding PoC/Pilot customers to Cloudera on Cloud.
• Advise customers on the optimal way for running various Big Data workloads in the Public Cloud considering factors like performance & cost effectiveness.
• Be a thought leader who can lead enablement workshops and evangelize Big Data use cases on Public Cloud at both small and large scale events.
• Engage with security and compliance teams to ensure the solution fits with customer’s Cloud Compliance rules.
• Communicate customer feature requests to product management to help guide product direction.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a customer-facing pre-sales, technical architecture, or consulting role especially working on 3 public clouds.
• Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) technical certifications (Architect, security, developer) are a huge plus.
• Experience implementing Data/AI solutions on Public Cloud, leveraging solutions similar to EMR, HDI, Dataproc, Cloudera, Spark, Presto, SOLR, Elastic on Public Cloud (AWS, Azure & GCP).
• Comfortable programming in at least one of: Python, Bash, SQL, and working with REST APIs.
• Excited to work independently within a small, agile, and globally distributed team.
• Willing to travel up to 25% of the time within your region, as domestic and international conditions permit.
• Ability to suggest the benefits of complementary skills like technical marketing, public speaking, being multilingual, production-grade code development, enterprise architecture, PaaS/SaaS delivery, etc.

Requirements

• Relatable technical experience at a multinational enterprise or government level, facing into audiences up to and including executive level.

Benefits

• Generous PTO Policy
• Support work-life balance with Unplugged Days
• Flexible WFH Policy
• Mental & Physical Wellness programs
• Phone and Internet Reimbursement program
• Access to Continued Career Development
• Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages
• Paid Volunteer Time
• Employee Resource Groups