Cloud Solution Architect

Atmosera • Portland, OR

58d • Remote

About The Position

Atmosera empowers businesses to redefine what's possible with modern technology and human expertise. Our exceptional experience across Applications, Data & AI, DevOps, Security, and the Microsoft Azure platform enables organizations to accelerate innovation, enhance security, and optimize operational agility. As a Microsoft Partner with nine specializations, GitHub AI Partner of the Year, a member of the GitHub Advisory Board, and a member of the prestigious Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), Atmosera expertly delivers cutting-edge, integrated solutions that deliver business value. In this role, you will provide thought leadership to our clients, help design, scope and sell amazing projects, and help delivery teams fulfill the vision you've shaped. This role will directly support both our Business Development Managers to pursue new customer opportunities and our technical teams to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Keeping our skills cutting-edge is a must, and part of your role will be to share the same education and enthusiasm that you give our clients our internal teams. An Atmosera Solution Architect knows what "Best Practices Industry-Standards" are and knows when an organization is ready to move in that direction and when to pragmatically take smaller steps to meet the customer's immediate needs. As a Cloud Solution Architect at Atmosera you will collaboratively drive technical envisioning, scope, and goals of sales pursuits witha range of subject matter experts. The heart of this role is a passion for helping clients understand, adopt and improve an Azure presence, both in traditional, infrastructure-based approaches, App Innovation, Security, DevOps, and new, platform-based architectures.

Requirements

• Collaboration and active participation in a consulting environment. Experience in team selling professional services, as well as sales through delivery efforts.
• Proficiency in professional technical architecture capabilities in App Modernization, DevOps, and Azure Infrastructure.
• Experience in discovering, understanding and solutioning high level application infrastructure that meets business and technical requirements.
• Broad understanding of development methods and technology stacks.
• Experience in discovering and solutioning DevOps engagements, specifically GitHub, Azure DevOps, and associated change management.
• Comfortable speaking to all levels from engineers and analysts to C-suite level people.
• Customer-facing presentations including leading meetings using whiteboards and collaboration tools.
• Technical documentation and writing.
• Experience designing end-to-end architectural solutions.
• Ability to determine application interdependencies and how those intersect with Azure infrastructure elements.
• Hands on experience with Microsoft Azure and a strong understanding of Azure capabilities and limitations.
• Broad exposure, through several projects, to the Azure PaaS as well as securityservices. A successfulcandidate should have a portfolio of solutions to many different types of business problems in Azure.
• CISSP and/or related Microsoft security certifications.

Responsibilities

• Pre-sales Leadership. Work with our outstanding Business Development team, Practice Leads, and others to identify client challenges, scope and estimate level of effort that address those challenges that our teams can solve and ultimately close the deal.
• Define & Assess Engagements: You will model and initiate projects that help clients review their existing portfolio of applications, determine cloud compatibility, perform cost / benefit analysis, and build application migration and modernization roadmaps.
• Inspire Customers. Create energy around helping customers improve their technical agility through identifying customer needs within Atmosera'core solution areas (described below)
• Agile Requirements Definition. Collaborate with clients and subject matter experts to define requirements and translate them into high epic roadmaps. Add vision to the project along the way.
• Technical Architecture. Validate, translate, and align requirements into a high-level architectural design.
• Thought Leadership & Knowledge Management. You will help digest the flood of incoming information regarding new Azure features, development methodologies, libraries and tools to help our clients and our team stay ahead of the curve.
• Passion for Learning New Technologies. You are someone who continually seeks out new technologies within the four core solution areas of Atmosera (described below) offers or beyond, to facilitate and implement change. You also listen to the pulse of the technical world to help be at the forefront of technical solution architecture. You are a community leader within your specialty, and believe in sharing your skills with your community, through conferences, social media, blogging, and other means.
• Microsoft Partnership Enhancement. Deepen our technical relationship with Microsoft by cultivating new and existing relationships to drive additional sales. Collaborate with the product team and help manage our application development competency.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary: We offer competitive salaries commensurate with experience and skills.
• Generous 401(k) Plan: Secure your financial future with our generous 401(k) plan, featuring a 100% company match on your contributions up to 4% of your salary! This is a fantastic opportunity to build your retirement savings with our support.
• Performance-Based Compensation: Your hard work and dedication will be recognized and rewarded through our performance-based compensation program, which includes bonus potential in addition to your base salary.
• 100% Employer-Paid Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance for employees: Say goodbye to expensive premiums! We cover 100% of the cost of your health, vision, and dental insurance premiums, saving you potentially thousands of dollars each year. Focus on your health, not your healthcare costs.
• Company-Paid Life, AD&D, Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance: We provide company-paid life, accidental death & dismemberment, and short- and long-term disability insurance to protect you and your family.
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO): Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with three weeks of paid time off, allowing you to relax, recharge, and pursue your personal interests. This flexible PTO can be used for vacation, personal time, or sick leave.
• 11 Paid Holidays: We observe 11 paid holidays throughout the year, giving you additional time to spend with family and friends.
• Community Service Leave: We believe in giving back to the community and offer paid time off for you to volunteer with organizations that are meaningful to you.
• Employee Recognition and Reward Program: We celebrate and reward outstanding performance and contributions through our employee recognition program. We value your dedication and are committed to showing our appreciation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees