McLean, Virginia, US
288 days ago
Sr Solutions Architect - Public Sector

Business Area:

Professional Services

Seniority Level:

Mid-Senior level

Job Description: 

At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry.  Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises.

The Professional Services team in Cloudera works with some of the most exciting distributed data problems at private and public sector organizations. As a team member, 

You get to engage with new customer prospects, covering topics such as technology strategy and business objectives, through to production implementations at large multi-cluster customers. 

You will own, evangelize and collaborate with our customers, devise reference enterprise data architectures. 

You will get an opportunity to form part of a team that will foster a long-standing relationship with our customers building strong trusted advisor relationships. 

If this excites you, come join us and be part of the future of Data!

As A Senior Solutions Architect on our Public Sector team, you will:

Work directly with Federal customer’s technical resources to devise and recommend solutions based on the understood requirements

Analyze complex distributed production deployments, and make recommendations to optimize performance

Help design and implement Big Data architectures and configurations to enable our customers

Work closely with Cloudera’s teams at all levels to help ensure the success of project consulting engagements with customer

Drive projects with customers to successful completion

Write and produce technical documentation, knowledge base articles

Participate in the pre-and post- sales process, helping both the sales and product teams to develop customers’ requirements

Attend speaking engagements when needed

We're excited about you if you have:

TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph

4+ years of Professional Services (customer facing) experience architecting large scale storage, data center and /or globally distributed solutions within a Federal or IC agency 

Experience designing and deploying production large-scale Hadoop solutions

Ability to understand and translate customer requirements into technical requirements

Experience designing data queries in a Hadoop environment using tools such as Apache Hive, Apache Phoenix, Apache Spark or others.

Experience installing and administering multi-node Hadoop clusters

Strong experience implementing solutions in an Enterprise Linux or Unix environment

Strong understanding of various enterprise security solutions such as LDAP and/or Kerberos

Good understanding of network configuration, devices, protocols, speeds and optimizations

Knowledge of programming and scripting languages 

Strong understanding with using network-based APIs, preferably REST/JSON or XML/SOAP

Knowledge of database design, administration and Data Modeling with star schema.

Experience implementing big data use-cases, understanding of standard design patterns commonly used in Hadoop-based deployments.

You may also have:

Experience with structured programming languages such as Java, Python, etc.  

Experience using streaming centric solutions such as Kafka or Flink

Hands-on experience with Apache NiFi or Cloudera CFM. 

Experience with software automation technologies such as Ansible, etc. 

What you can expect from us:

Generous PTO Policy 

Support work life balance with Unplugged Days

Flexible WFH Policy 

Mental & Physical Wellness programs 

Phone and Internet Reimbursement program 

Access to Continued Career Development 

Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages 

Paid Volunteer Time

Employee Resource Groups

Cloudera is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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