UpCloud

Pre-Sales Cloud Architect

UpCloud
Apply
4 months ago
Helsinki, FinlandSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design robust, scalable, and cost-effective solutions on UpCloud’s IaaS and PaaS platforms with the sales team.
  • Lead technical discovery discussions with prospective customers about infrastructure challenges and performance needs.
  • Guide proof-of-concepts, customer evaluations, and migrations.
  • Advise customers as a subject matter expert on cloud architecture, security, and data sovereignty.
  • Represent UpCloud at industry events and contribute to technical whitepapers and architectural best-practice guides.
  • Relay market requirements to Product and Engineering teams and influence the product roadmap.
  • Provide technical leadership and detailed responses for RFPs and RFIs.

Requirements

  • Strong background designing cloud-native or hybrid infrastructure environments.
  • Deep understanding of IaaS, including compute, storage, and networking, as well as PaaS.
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills with both CTO and SysAdmin audiences.
  • Proficiency in Linux and Windows environments and experience with automation or infrastructure-as-code tools.
  • Fluent written and spoken Finnish and English.
  • Terraform, Kubernetes including UK8s, managed databases, GDPR knowledge, and previous cloud pre-sales, solutions architecture, or sales engineering experience are appreciated.

Benefits

  • Monthly base pay of €6,000–€8,000 plus variable commission.
  • Six weeks of annual paid vacation.
  • Flexible and remote-friendly culture; the role is associated with the Helsinki office.
  • Extensive occupational healthcare and travel insurance.
  • Lunch, sports, and culture benefits, plus a separate sports benefit.
  • Company events, activities, and an annual company trip.
  • Share Appreciation Rights program.
  • Udemy e-learning access and a training budget.
  • Applications will be reviewed after the vacation season, with responses expected from the beginning of August at the earliest.

Tech Stack

Categories

Solutions Engineering
UpCloud

About UpCloud

51-200 employees
Contact me