
Solutions Architect – Strategic Capture
Defense Unicorns
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $148,750 - $201,250 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Act as a trusted advisor for customers and their technical needs, challenges, and goals during pre-sales engagements
- Participate in sales calls and business development meetings, often as the primary technical contact; travel as required to support on-site engagements
- Discover real mission needs beyond surface-level requirements; ask probing questions to understand the core mission challenges and align our solutions accordingly
- Architect solutions based on potential customer requirements and articulate those solutions
- Maintain technical demo environments and lead live, hands-on demonstrations of our UDS Core platform and capabilities
- Build and deliver technical proof-of-concepts, including live installations and technical walkthroughs to validate platform capabilities in real time
- Support the long defense sales process by staying engaged by delivering small proof-of-concepts, follow-up demos, and ongoing pre-sales technical support
Requirements
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure), and automation tools (Terraform, OpenTofu, etc.)
- Ability to clearly explain complex systems to a variety of audiences, from deeply technical engineers to non-technical stakeholders
- Comfortable doing live deployments, troubleshooting in real time, and adjusting depth on the fly depending on the room’s technical background
- Able to read the room, admit mistakes, pivot as needed, and keep demos engaging and informative
- Collaborative by nature to play well with cross-functional teams and prepare with your sales counterparts to tailor your approach for every engagement
- Proactive and self-directed in building and maintaining infrastructure, finding answers, and pushing opportunities forward even when it gets hard
- Passionate about the national security mission and motivated by the opportunity to make a real impact, solving real problems for people in mission-critical roles
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Premiums are 100% Company Paid
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Company Stock Options
- Home Office Budget
- Unlimited paid time off, with a mandatory 10 days off on top of 11 federal government holidays, week of Thanksgiving, last two weeks of December (including New Year’s Day)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
- Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
KubernetesAWSAzureTerraformOpenTofucloud infrastructuretechnical proof-of-conceptslive deploymentstroubleshootingsolution architecture
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationadaptabilityproblem-solvingengagementproactivityself-directioncustomer advisorytechnical explanationstakeholder management