Associate Solutions Architect

Aligned Data Centers

6d

About The Position

The Associate Solutions Architect role supplies technical and administrative bandwidth to the Solutions Architects who own Aligned’s hyperscale and enterprise pursuits—creating technical sales collateral, building contract exhibits, comparing technical specs, and maintaining the technical record from qualification through execution. It is deliberately structured as a development role: the work is the curriculum. Over time, the Associate Solutions Architect learns Aligned’s data center design and product offering, the people and processes that deliver it, and the judgment expected of a Senior Solutions Architect—a technical business leader who cross-functionally manages deal architecture, technical solutioning, and delivery requirements, and who negotiates those concepts both internally with stakeholders and externally with customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (electrical, mechanical, civil, or industrial) or a related technical discipline strongly preferred.
• Two to five years of professional experience in the data center industry or an adjacent field—MEP or A/E design, construction management, mission-critical facilities, power development, commercial real estate, or technology infrastructure.
• Exposure to construction drawings, technical specifications, and submittals, with the ability to read and interpret plans and one-line diagrams.
• Foundational understanding of electrical and mechanical building systems and fluency in the vocabulary of critical infrastructure.
• Preference for a technical generalist with curiosity across disciplines and commercial awareness, rather than a narrowly focused specialist.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and comfort with drawing markup tools such as Bluebeam, Adobe Acrobat, or AutoCAD viewers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to produce clear, accurate, well-organized documents and to summarize complex technical material concisely.
• Poise and professionalism in front of internal executives and, with increasing frequency, customer stakeholders.
• Active listener who asks clarifying questions rather than proceeding on assumption, and who confirms understanding in writing.
• Exceptional attention to detail and personal accountability for accuracy.
• Highly organized; able to manage multiple concurrent pursuits with competing deadlines and shifting priorities.
• Self-motivated problem solver who is comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Collaborative and low-ego; willing to own the detailed, unglamorous work that makes a deal team effective, and eager to learn from those doing the work.

Nice To Haves

• Willingness to travel approximately 10–20% to support customer meetings, site tours, and internal alignment.

Responsibilities

• Mark up site plans, building and whitespace layouts, one-line diagrams, and related drawings to reflect customer-specific configurations capacity phasing, and scope demarcation; route to Engineering and the Solutions Architect for verification.
• Build customer-facing and internal support materials, including technical presentations, contract exhibits, spec comparisons, and written responses to customer questions.
• Maintain accurate, version-controlled technical files, summaries, and reports to enable visibility, tracking, and cross-referencing of scope for all opportunities.
• Support Solutions Architects across the pre-sale lifecycle—qualification, technical review, proposal development, negotiation, and hand-off to execution teams.
• Track open technical questions, action items, and internal commitments through resolution; proactively escalate items at risk of missing customer commitments.
• Partner with the Associate Account Director and the broader account team on CRM hygiene, pursuit tracking, meeting preparation, and follow-up documentation.
• Attend internal deal reviews, customer calls, and site tours to build direct exposure to deal architecture, negotiation dynamics, and customer decision-making.
• Develop working command of Aligned’s data center design standards—power topology, cooling architecture, site infrastructure, and delivery sequencing.
• Learn how technical decisions translate into commercial outcomes: how scope, deviations, and schedule risk are accounted for in pricing and lease terms.
• Build familiarity with Aligned’s campuses, available and planned capacity, delivery pipeline, and competitive differentiators.
• Actively seek and apply feedback from Solutions Architects, and progressively assume independent ownership of solution components and customer interactions.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts: HSA with employer contribution for eligible participants. FSA's offered for health and dependent care to increase tax savings.
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
• Short-Term Disability, Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability (with medical election)
• Voluntary life, critical illness, legal, and additional disability coverage
• Employee assistance program (EAP), Wellhub gym membership, and other wellness initiatives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level