Defense Unicorns - Senior Solutions Architect

• Act as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for customers and their technical needs, challenges, and goals. • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, growth, and support of customer engagements • Understand and articulate the technical competency and impact of engineers on the team • Understand Defense Unicorns' products and philosophy • Assist the team in discovery and framing efforts across the industry • Identify and implement process improvements to increase team efficiency and effectiveness • Assist with demonstration and content creation on products • Manage the "proof of concept" work • Build and maintain continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines • Build, deploy, test, and troubleshoot UDS Bundles, Zarf packages, and UDS packages. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for brainstorming, research, and innovative growth strategies • Conduct market research and competitor analysis to identify growth opportunities. • Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to growth hacking and user acquisition • Experiment with new tools, techniques, and technologies to improve growth outcomes • The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise. • Preferred Experience and Qualifications: • Proven experience in growth engineering, digital marketing, or related roles within a tech startup environment. • Extensive knowledge in containerization and container orchestration, specifically Kubernetes • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate, persuade and negotiate • 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with 1+ years in a manager role • Proven track record of leading and developing high-performing engineering teams • Preferred knowledge in the CNCF ecosystem and tooling • Knowledge in system architecture both cloud and on-prem • Ability to architect solutions based on potential customer requirements and articulate those solutions • Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex data for informed decision-making. • Proficiency in programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript) and familiarity with web technologies. • Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work independently with minimal supervision. • Experience with training and mentoring. • Experience with full-stack development. • Understanding of continuous delivery and agile principles. • 4+ years of experience with full-stack development teams. • 5+ years of experience with Defense-based customer-facing interactions and engagements. • Proven experience synthesizing technical solutions and making sense of them. • Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and Containers.