Remote Solution Architect

Description:

• The Solution Architect position is a remote role based in Canada, specifically for candidates in the EST time zone.
• The role involves working alongside a sales team in a pre-sales consulting capacity to assist potential customers and secure deals.
• Responsibilities include providing advanced data consulting through workshops and custom consulting, as well as designing cloud-based architectures for reporting, analytics, and machine learning.
• The architect will support the Customer Engineer group, manage complex multi-technology solutions, and engage in sales conversations.
• The position requires preparing and delivering customer pitches, reviewing Statements of Work (SOWs), and promoting project accelerators internally.
• The architect will oversee major projects, ensuring they are successfully underway, and remain engaged as necessary.
• They will explain technical details to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and lead workshops while training others to do the same.
• Continuous evolution of Pythian’s knowledge of solutions is expected, including researching new technologies and producing thought leadership content.
• The role includes developing trusted relationships with partners and participating in calls to assess new potential partners.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have extensive understanding and hands-on experience with cloud architectures, particularly in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, or Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• In-depth knowledge of database and data warehouse technologies such as BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, Azure Synapse, Databricks, and Snowflake is required.
• A strong understanding of cloud-based batch and stream processing architectures is necessary for effective data ingestion and processing.
• Proven experience in enterprise-scale data modeling is essential to support business intelligence and analytics.
• Candidates should have a solid grasp of distributed systems architecture for designing scalable and reliable solutions.
• Experience in data quality management processes, including data cleansing and audits, is required.
• Proficiency in multiple object-oriented programming languages, preferably Java and Python, is necessary; familiarity with Scala and Go is a plus.
• Relevant certifications such as Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or AWS Certified Solutions Architect are required.
• Interest or experience in people management, ideally in a “player-coach” leadership style, is preferred.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform is necessary.
• Familiarity with cloud monitoring and observability tools is required.
• Candidates should be familiar with Agile project management practices.

Benefits:

• The position offers a competitive total rewards package, including excellent salaries, a shifted work time bonus, and an annual bonus plan.
• An annual training allowance is provided, along with two paid professional development days, allowing employees to hone their skills or learn new ones.
• Employees enjoy three weeks of paid time off and flexible working hours, requiring only a stable internet connection.
• Pythian provides all necessary equipment for remote work, including a laptop and a budget to personalize the work environment.
• Employees are encouraged to engage with their community, including opportunities to blog during work hours and take days off to volunteer for charities.