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Solutions Architect

United States - Remote

At Styra we are creating a new category of services designed to help businesses take control of their cloud operations. We empower people and software to make reliable authorization decisions in dynamic, complex, and large-scale environments with tools that provide direct, real-time visibility and control over applications and infrastructure. Styra is the company behind the extremely fast-growing Open Policy Agent (OPA) open source project – we deliver industry-leading SaaS software, built on OPA, for cloud-native environments.

Our growing team is looking for a passionate, enterprising, customer-focused solutions architect to partner with the sales team to drive the modernization of cloud-native security through Styra’s enterprise and open-source solutions. As part of the solutions architecture team you will build a technical trusted advisor relationship with potential customers through education, presentation, demonstration, and proof-of-concept of emergent security, policy, and authorization solutions using Styra technologies.  You will utilize your rare combination of deep technical skill, business insight, and domain expertise to identify and communicate, to both engineers and executives, the value that Styra can provide in their cloud-native environments.

The work is ambitious, stimulating, and evolving all the time. An eye for detail, technical acumen to match, and a relentless focus on our users will be critical as you transform ideas into tangible solutions.

 

Key Responsibilities

Working closely with the Styra team, you will:  

  • Support the Styra sales teams to help customers understand the value of Styra products and solutions and be the technical advisor in all presales activities.
  • Support customers throughout the pre-sales and post-sales journey to ensure they understand and maximize the value and capabilities of Styra platform. 
  • Collaborate with the sales team to support the execution of the sales strategy. Help identify potential opportunities for Styra adoption and contribute to the development of sales plans. 
  • Build and deliver custom presentations, demos and proof-of-concepts to demonstrate the use of OPA and Styra technology 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, comfortable presenting to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Ability to simplify complex concepts and adapt messaging to a wide variety of audiences and skill levels
  • Understand customer requirements for specific use cases and help customers design architectures and solutions using Styra platform
  • Work hands-on with customer developers and system engineers to integrate, deploy and leverage OPA and Styra products
  • Understanding of policy-as-code principles, OPA, and the Styra DAS platform
  • Understand customer technical objections and work with the sales team to develop the strategies to resolve
  • Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, Helm) and modern DevSecOps practices
  • Develop a comprehensive knowledge of Styra platform and associated technologies
  • Communicate customer technical requirements to Styra product management and engineering teams; be the customer advocate for the product roadmap.  
  • Be the technical point of contact for prospective customers, and have the ability to both advise and troubleshoot the use of Styra solutions in complex technical environments
  • Validate new features and product enhancements with real world use cases
  • Support product marketing by highlighting common customer challenges and success stories
  • Represent Styra’s technology at trade shows, and craft technical content to present at conferences, meetups, and local events. Travel to customer sites and events as required*

 

What You Bring To The Team

  • 3+ years of experience in pre-sales engineering, or equivalent experience in a customer-facing solutions architect role
  • Technical presentation and communication skills 
  • Proven ability to communicate clearly and concisely on complex technical topics, and deliver effective technical presentations
  • Experience in the authorization/access control and security space as a developer, systems engineer or operator
  • Experience with cloud computing and related technologies and practices 
  • Experience with modern application development and strong knowledge in at least one modern programming language such as Java, Go or Python
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent experience
  • Ability to travel if needed.

 

Successful Candidates May Also Have These Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in software development, engineering, operations, or equivalent role
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, containers, and public cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, etc)
  • Experience with Service Mesh (e.g. Envoy, Istio, Kuma) and API Gateway (e.g. Kong, Apigee) technologies
  • Familiarity with Open Policy Agent and the Rego policy language
  • Familiarity with emerging technologies and the CNCF technology landscape, and ability to quickly learn new technologies and solutions
  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, or related field
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What We Offer

These are only a few highlights of the benefits and perks of working at Styra:

  • Competitive salary and stock options
  • Full medical coverage (health, dental, and vision)
  • Phone & Internet reimbursement policy
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • Paid parental leave

 

For this role, the estimated salary is $200,000 - $300,000. The final compensation package for this role will be determined during the interview process and is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: location, skills, experience and training. This role is also eligible to receive equity, which is not listed in the range.

We at Styra recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence; therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to positions.

Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process.

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