Solution Architect

Solution ArchitectCanada | Remote | Work from Home Why You?Are you based in Canada? Are you a Solution or Data Architect? Can you work alongside a sales team in a pre sales consulting role, to help them with potential customers and win deals? Can you provide advanced data consulting in the form of workshops or custom consulting? Do you design cloud-based architectures that provide data for reporting, analytics and machine learning? Could you help Pythian's customers to transform how they compete and win in an ever-changing environment by delivering advanced on-prem, hybrid, cloud and multi-cloud solutions to solve their toughest data challenges, faster and better than anyone else? If you have a passion for solving complex problems with technology and love data, then this could be the job for you!

What Will You Be Doing?

• Provide expert support for the Customer Engineer group and manage complex multi-tech solutions and sales conversations that require multiple technologies
• Prepare and give customer pitches as well as review SOWs prepared by Customer Engineers
• Identify and promote project accelerators internally
• Provide oversight of major projects until the project is successfully underway and remain engaged as necessary
• Be the thought leader on project and stay connected with the most senior customer person on the project
• Work with project team to identify and implement creative solutions to issues
• Be able to explain technical details, issues, and solutions to technical and non-technical project stakeholders
• Assemble, document and deliver workshop output. Lead and train others to deliver workshops
• Continue to evolve Pythian’s knowledge of solutions including update patterns as technologies change, provide and communicate rationale for changes and new patterns
• Research new technologies, including but not limited to those from Google and other cloud vendors and ensure that the appropriate people in the company know what they are, their pros and cons, and how they can be used
• Produce regular thought leadership content for external audiences such as blog posts, webinars, and white papers
• Work with offerings teams to develop new offerings. Become a leader in promoting new offerings internally and externally
• Develop trusted relationships with the appropriate partners to demonstrate our knowledge to them and to encourage a stronger referral network from them
• Participate in calls to assess new possible partners. Review and assess complementary technologies
• Develop and/or work with teams/experts to create thought leadership content specific to the needs of the assigned accounts
• Participate in Quarterly Business Reviews

What Do We Need From You?

• Cloud Architecture Proficiency: Extensive understanding and hands-on experience with cloud architectures, specifically in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, or Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Database Expertise: In-depth knowledge of popular database and data warehouse technologies, including but not limited to BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, Azure Synapse, Databricks, and Snowflake, as well as conventional RDBMS systems.
• Data Processing Knowledge: Strong understanding of cloud-based batch and stream processing architectures, enabling effective data ingestion and processing strategies.
• Data Modeling Experience: Proven experience in enterprise-scale data modeling, ensuring robust data structures that support business intelligence and analytics.
• Distributed Systems Understanding: Solid grasp of distributed systems architecture, enabling the design and implementation of scalable, reliable solutions.
• Data Quality Management: Experience in data quality processes, including data cleansing, audits, alerts, triage mechanisms, and ensuring referential integrity.
• Programming Skills: Proficient in multiple object-oriented programming languages, preferably Java and Python; familiarity with Scala and Go is a plus.
• Certifications: Relevant certifications such as Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, Google Professional Data Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or Microsoft Azure Architect.
• Leadership Experience: Interest or experience in people management, ideally in a “player-coach” leadership style, fostering team growth and collaboration.
• CI/CD and IaC Proficiency: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation, and configuration management tools such as Ansible or Puppet.
• Monitoring and Observability Familiarity: Knowledge of cloud monitoring and observability tools, such as Google Cloud Operations Suite, AWS CloudWatch, or Azure Monitor.
• Agile Methodologies: Familiarity with Agile project management practices, contributing to adaptive and iterative project execution.

What Do You Get In Return?

• Love your career: Competitive total rewards package with excellent take home salaries, shifted work time bonus (if applicable) and an annual bonus plan!
• Love your development: Hone your skills or learn new ones with an annual training allowance; 2 paid professional development days, attend conferences, become certified, whatever you like!
• Love your work/life balance:  3 weeks of paid time off and flexible working hours. All you need is a stable internet connection!
• Love your workspace: We give you all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop with your choice of OS, and budget to personalize your work environment!  
• Love your community: Blog during work hours; take a day off and volunteer for your favorite charity.

Why Pythian
Pythian excels at helping businesses use their data and cloud to transform how they compete and win in this ever-changing environment by delivering advanced on-prem, hybrid, cloud and multi-cloud solutions to solve the toughest data challenges faster and better than anyone else. Founded and headquartered in Ottawa, Canada in 1997, Pythian now has more than 300 employees located around the globe with over 350 clients spanning industries from SaaS; media; gaming; financial services; e-commerce and more. Pythian is known for its technology-enabled data expertise covering everything from ETL to ML. We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver innovative solutions that meet the specific data goals of each client and have built meaningful partnerships with major cloud vendors AWS, Google and Microsoft. The powerful combination of our extensive expertise in data and cloud and our ability to keep on top of the latest bleeding edge technologies make us the perfect partner to help mid and large-sized businesses transform to stay ahead in today’s rapidly changing digital economy.
DisclaimerFor this job an equivalent combination of education and experience, which results in demonstrated ability to apply skills will also be considered.The successful applicant will need to fulfill the requirements necessary to obtain a background check.Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.