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Confluent · 1 day ago

Federal Senior Solutions Architect

Virginia, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$182K/yr - $214K/yr

5+ years exp

Confluent is a company focused on transforming data movement and enabling real-time data streaming. The Federal Senior Solutions Architect serves as a trusted technical advisor, guiding customers in modernizing their data platforms and implementing streaming data infrastructure while collaborating with internal teams to optimize deployments.

AnalyticsCloud Data ServicesEnterprise SoftwareOpen Source

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Guide customers in developing strategies to modernize their data platforms and move toward event-driven architectures through workshops and hands-on collaboration. Such engagements often involve remote preparation, presenting onsite or remotely, investigating (with Engineering and other coworkers) solutions to difficult challenges, and writing a recommendations summary doc

Provide feedback to the Confluent Product and Engineering groups

Build tooling for another team or the wider company to help us push our technical boundaries and improve our ability to deliver consistently with high quality

Test performance and functionality of new components developed by Engineering

Write or edit documentation and knowledge base articles, including reference architecture materials and design patterns based on customer experiences. Hone your skills, building applications, or trying out new product features

Participate in community and industry events

Lead the hands-on implementation of production-ready deployments, guiding customer teams through the entire lifecycle from initial development to a successful production launch

Qualification

Apache KafkaBig Data solutionsCloud providersInfrastructure as CodeJavaLinux administrationDistributed data systemsConsulting skillsCommunication

Required

5+ years as a Solutions Architect or similar work experience

Must have an active Secret level or above Department of Defense clearance

Deep experience designing, building, and operating in-production Big Data, stream processing, and/or enterprise data integration solutions, ideally using Apache Kafka

Demonstrated experience successfully managing multiple B2B infrastructure software development projects, including driving expansion, customer satisfaction, feature adoption, and retention

Experience operating Linux (configure, tune, and troubleshoot both RedHat and Debian-based distributions)

Experience using cloud providers (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure) for running high-throughput systems

Experience with Java Virtual Machine (JVM) tuning and troubleshooting

Experience with modern distributed data systems, such as cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks), container orchestration (Kubernetes, OpenShift), and other NoSQL or stream processing technologies

Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD tools, particularly Terraform for cloud automation and Ansible for on-premise deployments

Proficiency in Java

Excellent communication and consulting skills, with an ability to clearly and concisely explain tricky issues and complex solutions

Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% of the time to meet with customers