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Principal Solutions Architect – AI & Deployment
Location
United States
Posted
15 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Principal Solutions Architect – AI & Deployment
ArangoDB
• Lead deployments of self-managed, Kubernetes-based environments across on-prem and cloud infrastructures. • Guide customers through environment readiness, hardware sizing, networking, and configuration requirements. • Install and configure operators, licenses, and supporting platform components. • Partner with Product, Engineering, and Professional Services to clarify requirements, success criteria, and deployment patterns. • Plan and execute PoCs, including scoping, milestones, communication cadence, and technical validation. • Conduct architecture reviews focused on scalability, reliability, security, and operational best practices. • Troubleshoot installation, orchestration, and runtime issues across Kubernetes, containers, and distributed systems. • Develop and maintain deployment guides, runbooks, reference architectures, and best-practice documentation. • Support customer demos and technical walkthroughs using real or representative datasets. • Manage expectations around performance, reliability, and operational boundaries throughout the engagement lifecycle. • Maintain clear engagement plans, status updates, and decision logs to ensure alignment across teams.
Job Requirements
- 15+ years of experience building, creating complex solutions
- Hands-on experience deploying and operating software on Kubernetes (on-prem and cloud).
- Strong Linux fundamentals and experience with containerization technologies.
- Experience sizing and configuring environments for data-intensive or distributed systems.
- Familiarity with distributed databases; graph or multi-model database experience is a plus.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to lead technical discussions and guide customers through complex decisions.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot performance, capacity, and operational issues in production-grade environments.
- Experience running PoCs end-to-end, including planning, execution, and success measurement.
- Comfortable using modern collaboration tools (ClickUp, Slack, etc.).
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
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