Senior Solutions Architect

Gigster, by Virtasant, is a cloud technology company specializing in helping businesses optimize, manage, and scale their cloud infrastructure. With deep expertise in cloud cost optimization, migration, and operations, the company provides solutions that enable organizations to maximize efficiency while reducing costs. Its global network of cloud professionals and AI-driven tools help enterprises seamlessly transition to and operate in multi-cloud environments. By combining automation, data-driven insights, and cloud-native strategies, Gigster empowers businesses to enhance performance, improve security, and drive digital transformation at scale.

Our Senior Solutions Architect role is designed for an enthusiastic self-starter who is passionate about delivering the right solution. This is a senior-level position where you will have ownership of the technical direction of client engagements for the entire lifecycle of developing and implementing cutting-edge solutions. To do this work effectively, you will get to regularly interface with clients as the leading technologist on their accounts and closely collaborate with some of the best cloud engineers in the world.

This is a fully remote role based anywhere in the Americas, working flexible hours within USA time zones. We can only consider candidates with a very high level of spoken and written English.

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with clients to understand their current technical environment, their technical and commercial requirements, and the best way to meet (and exceed) their goals
• Partner with our cloud engineers to develop a tailored solution that leverages the power of the public cloud
• Own the responsibility for the entire engagement lifecycle, from pre-sales (estimates and spec teardowns), to planning (timeline, benchmarks, responsibilities), to execution (communication and accountability), and delivery
• Lead in a hands-on capacity and ready to answer client and technical team questions, anticipate problems, and keep technical progress moving
• Share your expertise to inspire confidence in the client, advocate for the virtues of cloud computing to skeptics at the client company, and mentor more junior team members
• Inform the company's broader strategic direction with your industry insights and technical experience
• Create best practices with supporting documentation to improve our internal processes, laying a foundation for fast-paced growth and industry-defining development
• Show willingness to get your hands dirty where needed and demonstrate your technical and architectural skills

Requirements:

• Minimum 10 years of total work experience, preferably 15
• Minimum 5 years experience working with Azure Cloud
• Experience with cloud cost optimization, FinOps, Azure cloud services
• 2 years of writing production-quality code
• 4 years of architecture and design decision-making experience on software projects
• 2 years of technical design decision-making experience with cloud computing services
• Evidence of senior technical leadership where you measurably influenced a software development team of 10 people
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills so that you can meaningfully contribute to high-level conversations about business goals and technical requirements and prepare and present compelling written materials for clients.
• Be based somewhere in the Americas (North, Central or South America)
• Be able to work flexible hours within US time zones (from PST to EST)

Recruitment Process:

• Recruiter Screen (30 min)
• CCAT aptitude test (15 min)
• Technical Interview (30min)
• Client interaction/Problem-solving Interview (30 min)
• CTO Interview (45 min)

We strive to move efficiently from step to step so the recruitment process can be as fast as possible.

What We Offer:

• Full-time, 40 hours/week.
• Long term position
• Payment in USD
• PTO
• Training and certification opportunities on AWS, GCP, and/or Azure.