Solutions Architect

Cohesity is the leader in AI-powered data security. Over 13,600 enterprise customers, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 and nearly 70% of the Global 500, rely on Cohesity to strengthen their resilience while providing Gen AI insights into their vast amounts of data. Formed from the combination of Cohesity with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, the company’s solutions secure and protect data on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge. Backed by NVIDIA, IBM, HPE, Cisco, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Cohesity is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with offices around the globe.  

We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design , and our culture . 

Want to join the leader in AI-powered data security?  

We are looking for experienced architects who can develop detailed   architecture and transition blueprints that guide successful customer deployments, migrations, and platform transformation initiatives.    Additionally,   you’ll   create repeatable   deployment   blueprints that become the templates for all customer deployments .    These will be used to develop our services practices, to enable our delivery teams, our partner teams, and our customers to deploy our secondary storage solutions applications. The ideal candidate is someone who has   5+   years' experience   in   architecting, documenting, deploying, and enabling others.   

These practices will   utilize   the architecture sold by our account teams to achieve customer-committed solutions. In addition to building these solutions, this role will also spend considerable time   validating   these procedures in the field and teaching partners and customers how to apply these in their environment .      

In this role, you will be working with engineering, systems engineers, tech marketing specialists, and customer support to build out professional services practices starting with the architectural blueprint that covers   assessment, architecture design, migration planning, deployment and governance,   to be used by delivery teams, partners and customers.  

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE  

Deliver architecture   designs   and professional services to Cohesity customer s  

Lead customer transition initiatives from assessment through deployment completion, serving as technical authority for migration strategy, workload   prioritization   and execution planning.  

Identify   technical, operational,   security,   and business risks and   establish   transition plans prior to implementation.   

Act as a trusted advisor to customer architects, infrastructure teams, and executive stakeholders  

Review and approve design deviations, implementation   decisions   and   deployment   readiness milestones.   

Build strategic relationships with key customers and Cohesity teams  

Collaborate with Cohesity’s product solutions , product   management   and engineering   team s   to bridge the gap between technology capabilities and customer requirements   

Present architecture recommendations, deployment strategies, and technical risks to   exec utive   and   tec hnical   stake holders .   

Engage directly with customers to understand their organization needs and   identify   how Cohesity’s product features can best support their objectives   

Develop detailed solution designs including architecture diagrams, sizing specifications, integration requirements, and risk assessments.  

Engage directly with customers to understand their organizational needs and   identify   how Cohesity's product features can best support their objectives  

Provide field feedback to Product Management and Engineering teams   regarding   deployment challenges, feature gaps, automation opportunities, and customer   requirements .   

Define technical architecture including sizing and performance that meet customer requirements  

Engage with teams to ensure Deployment Designs are successfully deployed  

Develop best practices for the deployment designs that translate to project plans  

Continually improve deliverables as we scale and release new features/products  

Inspect deliverables for success and improvements.   

Work with others to develop post-deployment documentation (run books, pre-deployment templates, etc.)   

Provide feedback to Implement Engineers, Systems Engineers, and engineering on ways to improve the overall experience  

WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU IF YOU HAVE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING  

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.   

Demonstrated experience using AI tools to improve productivity, organisation, and effectiveness

10+ years of professional IT experience  

Experience highly desirable in the following areas:    

Backup Products: NetBackup  

Comput e   &   Virtualization (VMware,   vSphere/ vCenter, Hyper-V, Kubernetes, OpenShift)  

Physical:   Windows,   Linux /Unix   

Databases: Oracle, SQL, MongoDB, S AP,  

Storage: NAS, SAN, Object   Storage,   NFS , SMB, S3, Storage Performance Concepts  

Networking: IP Planning, VLANs, Routing, Firewall rules, Load Balancing concepts, DNS, NTP, MTU, multisite networking concepts  

Security: AD, LDAP, SSO, MGA, RBAC, least privilege access concepts, Key management, encryption,   ranso m ware   recovery principles  

Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP, Cloud   Archival, Recovery Patterns, Hybrid Cloud  

Data Protection, Data Security and Data Management    

Disaster Recovery/Business Continuance   

Database Protection and Recovery   

Scripting / Automation (Python, Ansible and ServiceNow)   

Excellent communication and project-related skills are   required .   

Strong written skills and the ability to create documentation.   

Self-starter with excellent organization and time management skills   

The ability to manage projects and   drive   to a deadline .    

Expected Travel:   50 %    

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