Defenseunicorns Senior Solutions Architect responsible for delivering guidance and support on Unicorn Delivery Service projects. Leads engineering teams and manages technical customer engagements to maximize mission impact.
Responsibilities
Act as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for customers and their technical needs, challenges, and goals.
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, growth, and support of customer engagements.
Understand and articulate the technical competency and impact of engineers on the team.
Understand Defense Unicorns' products and philosophy.
Assist the team in discovery and framing efforts across the industry.
Identify and implement process improvements to increase team efficiency and effectiveness.
Assist with demonstration and content creation on products.
Manage the "proof of concept" work.
Build and maintain continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
Build, deploy, test, and troubleshoot UDS Bundles, Zarf packages, and UDS packages.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams for brainstorming, research, and innovative growth strategies.
Conduct market research and competitor analysis to identify growth opportunities.
Qualification
Secret security clearance1+ years in a manager roleProven experience in growth engineering
Required
U.S. citizenship required
Secret security clearance
7+ years of experience in software engineering
1+ years in a manager role
Proven track record of leading and developing high-performing engineering teams
Preferred
Proven experience in growth engineering, digital marketing, or related roles within a tech startup environment.
Extensive knowledge in containerization and container orchestration, specifically Kubernetes.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate, persuade and negotiate.
7+ years of experience in software engineering, with 1+ years in a manager role.
Proven track record of leading and developing high-performing engineering teams.
Preferred knowledge in the CNCF ecosystem and tooling.
Knowledge in system architecture both cloud and on-prem.
Ability to architect solutions based on potential customer requirements and articulate those solutions.