Solution Architect
Aliz is a global solution provider for the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) focusing on Europe and Asia. We are building scalable applications, IT Infrastructures, Big Data, and Machine Learning solutions as a certified Google partner. We have offices in Hungary, Germany, Singapore, and Indonesia.
We are looking for Solution Architects with a strong DevOps/Cloud Infrastructure background who win complex cloud engagements.
You own the technical solution in presales: from discovery to architecture to proposal. Your success is measured primarily by whether the customer commits — because they trust the solution and the thinking behind it. After a deal is closed, you briefly attach to the delivery teams to ensure architectural continuity and a strong start, then move on to the next opportunity.
This is primarily a front-of-the-deal, high-impact role, not a long-term delivery position, but you should be able to succeed in delivery as well, if needed.
The level of technical fluency we expect
This is not a pure hands-on engineering role — but you must be technically convincing.
- Typically 7+ years in technical consulting, or senior engineering roles, with a DevOps/Cloud Infrastructure focus.
- Solid understanding of containerization, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform, and infrastructure as code.
- Comfort with networking, security, IAM, Linux systems.
- Experience with distributed systems and microservice architectures.
- You are comfortable reasoning about systems beyond diagrams: data flows, failure modes, integration points, and trade-offs.
- You can go one level deeper when needed — sketching, validating assumptions, or rough-prototyping ideas to de-risk decisions.
- You are pragmatic about tools, languages, and platforms, and can adapt as technology choices evolve.
- You use modern approaches, including AI-assisted exploration or prototyping, to think faster, test ideas, and sharpen solutions.
- You know when “good enough to decide” is better than “perfect but late”.
- Fluent communication skills with both engineers and clients in English.
Your operating model
- Lead technical discovery and translate business problems into clear, compelling solution designs.
- Shape cloud-native architectures that are realistic, scalable, and differentiated.
- Work closely with Sales and Delivery on proposals, RFPs, and executive conversations.
- Explain complex systems clearly to both technical teams and senior business stakeholders.
- Stress-test ideas with Delivery and Technology leaders to ensure solutions are executable in the real world.
- Attach post-sale to stabilize early delivery and clarify architectural intent.
- Deliver PoCs.
- Support delivery if needed.
How you’ll be judged
- Your deal win rate and ability to earn customer trust.
- The clarity, credibility, and coherence of your solution designs.
- Your judgment when balancing ambition with feasibility.
- How effectively you collaborate across Sales, Delivery, and Technology to move deals forward.
- Your ability to operate calmly and decisively in ambiguous, high-pressure presales situations.
- The feedback you receive from the customer.
Your experience should look roughly like this
- Proven experience in presales or customer-facing technical roles, shaping and winning complex deals.
- Strong practical experience in cloud architecture (Google Cloud (GCP) preferred).
- Demonstrated ability at both technical problem solving and management of C-level stakeholders.
- Track record of turning ambiguous problems into clear, trusted solutions.
Explicitly out-of-scope for this role
- Owning delivery execution, project management, or P&L.
- Being measured by lines of code or ticket throughput.
- Spending months embedded in a single project.
- Acting as a standards-only or governance-only architect.
What makes this role distinctive
- You operate at the most decisive moment of the lifecycle: when deals are won or lost.
- Success is visible, measurable, and directly tied to impact.
- You work on complex, non-trivial customer problems — not commodity projects.
- You collaborate with strong peers in Solution Architecture, and across Delivery, Technology, and Sales.
- You get autonomy, trust, and accountability — without unnecessary process.
You will enjoy
- using cutting-edge technologies and learning from A+ Google Cloud experts.
- career development opportunities with regular feedback.
- maintaining a healthy work-life balance with financial initiatives to support physical and mental health and green commuting.
- a remote but collaborative working environment.
- flexible working time to adapt to when you feel most productive.
- employee counseling opportunity with coaches and contracted psychologists.
- continuous training and learning opportunities with yearly allocated learning hours from working time and dedicated mentorship by experienced colleagues.
- last but not least, a great community. :)
About Aliz
Aliz was founded by a group of driven software engineers with one vision in mind: Build a human-centered company to solve exciting business challenges with cutting-edge technologies all around the globe.
Our team includes engineers, industry experts, and digital professionals who ensure our clients are ready to face the challenges of the ever-changing digital world.
Aliz is a proud Google Cloud Partner with specializations in Infrastructure, Data Analytics, Cloud Migration, and Machine Learning. We deliver data analytics, machine learning, infrastructure, and application development solutions, off the shelf, or custom-built on GCP using an agile, holistic approach. Recently we've launched our very own cloud cost optimization tool Rabbit.
Life has been pretty exciting at Aliz recently (here's proof). After we became Google Cloud’s Breakthrough Partner of the Year in APAC (2019), we built a team in Singapore and Berlin, opened an engineering hub in Jakarta, launched a business in Italy and Qatar, and started to support IT education.
You couldn’t pick a better time to join this world-class team of cloud experts.