Pre-Sales Solutions Architect - AWS

Arpio • Research Triangle Park, NC

16h • Hybrid

About The Position

This role is eligible for full-time remote employment within the US or can be hybrid in our Durham, NC office 2-3 days/week. As a Pre-Sales Solutions Architect at Arpio, you will play a pivotal role in our Go-to-Market team. This dynamic and rewarding position requires a mix of technical expertise, cloud infrastructure passion, and sales acumen. You will engage in both pre-sales and post-sales processes, collaborating closely with our account team to convert opportunities into success stories. In this role, you will serve as the technical lead between clients, partners, and our internal teams. You will be responsible for working alongside the sales team in delivering Proof of Concept (POC) engagements through the entire sales cycle; helping prospects understand not just what Arpio does, but why it is the right answer for their specific AWS environment. We move fast, hold ourselves accountable to outcomes, and treat every customer relationship as something worth protecting. If you are energized by solving hard technical problems, thrive in ambiguity, and want to help build a function from the ground up, we want to hear from you.

Requirements

• 5+ years in a pre-sales, solutions engineering, or technical sales role in B2B SaaS
• Hands-on experience with AWS. You understand how these environments are architected, not just how to talk about them
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical evaluations and POCs from scoping through completion in enterprise or upper mid-market accounts
• Strong technical depth in one or more of: cloud infrastructure, disaster recovery, backup and recovery, cybersecurity, data protection, or ransomware resilience
• Ability to consult at all levels - C-suite, infrastructure leads, security teams, procurement, and finance
• Experience presenting technical cloud solutions to clients and channel partners
• Proven ability to complete RFPs, security questionnaires, and enterprise procurement documentation
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Ability to work as part of a team in an innovative and fast-paced startup environment while delivering to deadlines
• Passion for staying current with cloud infrastructure and DR trends, and a willingness to continuously develop your skillset

Responsibilities

• Contribute to regional sales, POC, and GTM strategy alongside New Logo and Strategic Growth AEs
• Discover and create prospect-specific, quantifiable value statements that directly impact deals, translating RTO/RPO gaps, downtime costs, and ransomware exposure into business cases that resonate with both technical and economic buyers
• Lead product demonstrations and POC engagements end-to-end, tailored to each prospect's AWS environment and resilience requirements
• Respond to RFPs, security questionnaires, and enterprise procurement documentation with accuracy and speed
• Listen first. Understand the customer's problem deeply before proposing a solution; respond quickly and communicate proactively throughout every evaluation
• Develop and maintain working relationships with AWS and Azure field teams to support co-sell motions
• Travel regionally to client sites as required
• Work closely with Account Executives and internal stakeholders across product, marketing, and customer success
• Feed technical insights, product gaps, and competitive intelligence back to product and engineering.
• Help build the solutions engineering playbook from the ground up; your patterns become the foundation for future SE hires
• Be a reliable member of the team, providing coverage and support to customers and peers when needed

Benefits

• Competitive salary + Equity
• Arpio will cover 100% of your personal medical premiums
• 100% of your life insurance premium
• 75% of your personal premiums for vision and dental
• For your dependents, Arpio will cover 75% of medical, dental, and vision premiums.
• $125 home office stipend or $250 company-subsidized co-working membership
• Unlimited PTO
• Small, collaborative team environment
• Opportunity to work on the cutting edge of cloud technology

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed