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Staff Solutions Architect
Location
California
Posted
44 days ago
Salary
$121.0K - $173K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Solutions Architect
Kong Inc.
• Help customers with API and AI governance lifecycle journeys. • Engagements involve remote delivery, leading virtual and in-person technical workshops for customer architects, developers, security and operations teams. • You will be responsible for designing and creating an end to end solution architecture, addressing technical challenges, and providing hands-on technical implementation across the Kong platform. • Engage with customers on projects, guiding them through the installation and implementation of Kong solutions in their chosen environment - hyperscalers, hybrid or on-prem. • Lead customer discussions, driving outcome-based professional services and provide technical thought leadership across the customer adoption journey. • Collaborate internally with product engineering, customer success, and account teams to ensure our customers are getting the most value out of their Kong investment. • Have the opportunity to build re-usable tools, author technical documentation, white papers, reference architecture, blogs, and design patterns based on customer experiences.
Job Requirements
- 8+ years in customer-facing technical roles (professional services/product support)
- Hands-on implementation of API gateways/integrations
- Understanding of the API governance lifecycle
- Experience building infrastructure with VMs or Kubernetes containers
- Knowledge of DevOps, Security, and Networking fundamentals
- Proficiency in Linux, Cloud, and Development tooling
- Kubernetes proficiency
- Experience with major cloud providers (GCP, AWS, Azure)
- Application development experience (preferred)
- Prior experience in Open Source, API Management, Middleware, or SaaS software companies
- Software development in Java, Python, or Lua.
Benefits
- healthcare benefits
- 401(k) plan
- short and long term disability benefits
- basic life and AD&D insurance
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