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Nerdery

Senior Solutions Architect

AI summary of the role

Senior Solutions Architect for Nerdery's Cloud, Data, and AI Platforms (CDAP) business unit, leading pre-sales technical solutioning for GCP-centric Data, AI/ML, and GenAI opportunities.

What you’ll do

  • Lead client discovery and qualification, surfacing technical risks early to de-risk opportunities.
  • Design end-to-end GCP solutions (Data, AI/ML, GenAI) and create detailed implementation backlogs and SOWs.
  • Partner with Account Executives and Partnerships leadership on deal strategy, scoping, and pricing.
  • Represent Nerdery within the Google partner ecosystem and apply partner incentive programs.

What you’ll bring

  • 4-6 years of client-facing Solutions Architect experience specifically with GCP.
  • 8-10 years overall in solutions architecture, technical pre-sales, or technical consulting with real implementation experience.
  • Expert-level GCP architecture across Data, AI/ML, and GenAI (BigQuery, Dataflow, Vertex AI, Gemini, etc.).
  • Proven track record supporting sales teams in closing deals with consultative selling skills.

Technologies

Google Cloud Platform · BigQuery · Dataflow · Composer · Vertex AI · Gemini · Cloud Run · GKE · IAM · Looker · Claude Code

Source and classification

Technical pre-sales · Evidence for this classification:

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