alkira
Solutions Architect
San Jose, California, United States
Sponsorship not specified$150k-$200kDetected 3 days ago
PythonAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsTerraformAnsibleRESTCybersecurityNetwork SecurityProduct ManagementProduct StrategyCustomer SuccessCustomer SupportSD-WANCommunication
About the role
- FDEs are hands-on technologists who embed directly with our largest strategic Enterprise accounts - from pre-sales technical validation through production deployment, adoption, and expansion.
- At Alkira, you'll help shape the next chapter of networking: cloud-like consumption, private-network performance, and total control across the enterprise.
- Your actual base salary and level will be determined on a case by case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge, skills, experience, education and location.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and deploy Alkira-based solutions in customer environments using best practices
- Develop automation, integrations, and tooling (Terraform, APIs, scripting) to accelerate customer deployments
- Collaborate directly with customer networking, cloud, and platform teams
- Create design and architecture best practices, reference architectures, and deployment guidelines
- Own customer success on key accounts from adoption and expansion perspective
- Track and drive key customer features/asks with Product Management through to implementation
Requirements
- 3+ years in a customer-facing technical role (consulting, solutions architecture, sales engineering, or professional services)
- 1+ years of hands-on experience architecting and deploying cloud solutions (AWS, Azure, GCP, and/or OCI)
- Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code and automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Python, REST APIs)
Nice to have
- Relevant technical certifications are a plus
- BA/BS/MS degree is a plus
Skills
- cloud-like consumption, private-network performance, and total control across the enterprise.
Compensation
- The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $200,000 USD plus benefits.
- Your actual base salary and level will be determined on a case by case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge, skills, experience, education and location.
Company info
- one programmable platform to connect, secure, and operate every cloud, site, partner, data center, and AI workload.
- Founded by Amir and Atif Khan, the creators of Viptela and pioneers of the SD-WAN market, Alkira was built to radically simplify how enterprises deploy and manage network infrastructure.
- Today, as part of Lumen, we are bringing that cloud-native operating model to a global network foundation trusted by the world's largest enterprises.
- Our platform helps customers move faster without managing hardware, stitching together providers, or operating fragmented cloud networks.
- Teams can build and scale connectivity on demand, apply consistent security and segmentation, and gain visibility across distributed environments from one place.
- Embed with strategic customers as the hands-on technical owner from evaluation through production deployment
- Lead network architecture discussions with customers and partners
- Conduct technical workshops, trainings, and whiteboard sessions for customers and partners
- Provide deep technical support and troubleshooting for customers, escalating and driving resolution with Engineering
- Alkira is growing our Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) team (formerly Solutions Architect) and looking for high-energy, dedicated professionals who can help new and existing clients succeed on our Network-Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform.
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