Senior Solutions Architect - PubSec (Professional Services)
Chainguard2 months ago
Responsibilities
- Lead technical implementations and drive adoption of Chainguard Images for Public Sector customers.
- Partner with AEs, SEs, CSMs, and Support to understand customer needs and develop account-level strategies.
- Test and document Chainguard Images to ensure quality and smooth onboarding.
- Communicate customer requirements to Product and Engineering and help determine image-build priorities.
- Maintain account-level architecture and share implementation best practices across the organization.
- Collaborate with, teach, and learn from cross-functional teams.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in a post-sales role supporting Public Sector clients.
- 8+ years of experience developing high-performance multi-tier applications.
- Strong experience with Kubernetes, containers, modern software security practices, and software engineering design concepts.
- Experience with compliance frameworks including FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, or CMMC.
- Bachelor’s degree focused on Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Information Technology.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to engineers and executives and work effectively with engineering teams and business partners.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a demonstrated ability to solve complex problems.
- Willingness to travel up to 15% for customer engagements.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
Benefits
- Remote-first work culture with team meetups, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly coworking, phone, and internet stipend.
- Stock options upon hire and promotion, participation in secondary offerings, and 10 years to exercise options.
- 100% company-paid health, vision, and dental insurance premiums for employees and dependents.
- Flexible time off.
- Paid parental leave of 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Chainguard
Chainguard provides secure, hardened container images and production-ready builds of open source software for enterprises and developers, typically sold via subscriptions and support. Its offerings include Chainguard Images and tools for software supply chain security; the company also maintains Wolfi, a container-focused Linux distribution. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Kirkland, WA, Chainguard’s customers include organizations such as OpenAI, Snowflake, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.