Senior Solutions Architect - Saudi Arabia

About the role

Databricks is looking for a Senior Solutions Architect based in the Riyadh region, within commuting distance for a hybrid schedule. You will use your technical expertise to show how the Databricks Data & Intelligence Platform helps customers solve complex data challenges, working with a collaborative, customer-focused team to deliver custom solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Build successful relationships with enterprise clients across Saudi Arabia, giving technical and business value alongside Account Executives.
• Act as an expert in big data analytics and a trusted advisor on architecture, design and implementation, helping customers adopt the Databricks platform.
• Author reference architectures, how-to guides and demo applications, and lead workshops, seminars and meet-ups to grow the local community.
• Develop into a technical and/or industry specialist.

Required profile

• Ability to engage customers in technical sales, challenge their questions and communicate technical value propositions.
• Experience building customer relationships and internal partnerships with account executives and teams.
• Business proficiency in both Arabic and English.
• Flexibility to travel up to 30% for customer meetings, events and training.

Required skills

• Prior experience coding in a core language such as Python, Java or Scala, and willingness to learn a base level of Spark.
• Hands-on expertise with complex proofs-of-concept and public cloud platforms.
• Use case discovery, scoping and delivery of complex solution architecture designs to multiple audiences.