Senior Solutions Architect (FedS063)

Role Description:

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
• The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise.
• 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.
• Proficiency in programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript) and familiarity with web technologies.
• 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.

Preferred Experience and Qualifications:

Qualifications

• Experience with training and mentoring.
• Experience with full-stack development.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and Containers.