Pre Sales Solutions Architect Job In Cork

About the Role

Tigera is a leading provider of secure networking and comprehensive protection for containers and Kubernetes. As a Pre-Sales Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for leading the technical engagement of key Tigera engagements in the region, working closely with the sales team to ensure customer success.

• Lead the technical engagement of key Tigera engagements in the region, with the support of the rest of the Tigera team, and be instrumental in ensuring the success of the customer.
• Assist potential customers with demos, qualification, architecture, PoCs, and lab trials with the goal of moving them to a successful deployment of the Tigera solution.
• Collect and analyze requirements from the field, and assist the CTO and product management teams within Tigera in deriving a set of features or capabilities that would meet those requirements.
• Engage with leads and cultivate prospective Tigera customers.
• Become a trusted resource and advocate for your customers within Tigera.
• Respond to proposals and RFIs/RFPs.
• Work as part of the sales team toward reaching sales quota.
• Travel as needed to customer locations, approximately 25%.
• Conduct hands-on workshops once a month in your region that help spread the word and educate people on Tigera technologies.
• Be part of the team that generates blog posts that are technical in nature.

About You

• 3+ years of experience in a pre/post sales organization
• 7+ years of experience in data center environments, preferably related to networking, security, orchestration, cloud infrastructure, and/or scale-out/big-data environments
• Previous experience as a pre-sales engineer, supporting a complex software sales cycle to Dev Ops, Net Ops, Sec Ops.
• Experience with security, compliance, and/or Info Sec skills is strongly preferred
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present and discuss complex architectures
• Ability to write scripts or glue-code to automate installations, integrate components, etc., is a benefit
• A deep technical understanding, including hands-on experience, of cloud and container technologies (such as AWS, GCE, Azure, Docker and Kubernetes) and microservices deployment patterns
• Experience with Kubernetes is a plus

About Us

Tigera is a global company with offices in San Francisco, San Jose, Vancouver, Cork, and London. We offer a competitive compensation package along with full health, vision, and dental benefits. We believe in a collaborative, flexible work environment based on respect for, and commitment from, every employee.