Presales Data Architect – Google Cloud

Join our team at Rackspace Technology as a Presales Data Architect specializing in Google Cloud. This role plays a crucial part in expanding our Cloud data practice. You'll support the sales of our Google Cloud data projects and serve as the regional expert, providing technical expertise and customer consultation.

Key Responsibilities:

In this client-facing, pre-sales role, you will:

• Act as a technical advocate for Rackspace clients, understanding their business requirements for data solutions.
• Qualify opportunities and create solutions that align with clients' needs, utilizing appropriate products, managed, and professional services.
• Develop High-Level Designs and Architectures for client business problems to facilitate smooth transitions from presales to delivery.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with clients, understanding their business challenges and proposing solutions.
• Create proposals, Statements of Work (SOWs), business cases, and RFP responses.
• Support sales planning by working with management and sales teams to develop account prioritization and strategies.
• Develop and maintain healthy relationships with key partners in the region.
• Contribute to the development of Rackspace intellectual property, including white papers and speaking engagements.
• Manage administrative tasks such as responding to emails, phone calls, timesheets, expense reports, and status reports.
• Develop and execute a professional development plan to enhance skills.
• Contribute to the sales process improvement, including developing knowledge bases, creating sales tools, and mentoring other Solutions Architects.

Technical Requirements:

• 2+ years of Google Cloud experience and 5+ years as a Data Architect with a proven track record.
• Experience leading engagements from design to implementation of data analytics solutions.
• Advanced SQL skills for writing, tuning, and interpreting SQL queries.
• Strong foundation in Spark, SQL, Data Modeling, Data Lakehouse concepts.
• Experience defining technical architecture on Google Cloud, including Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Dataproc, Dataflow, and Cloud Functions.
• Experience designing data models in BigQuery and migrating databases such as Teradata to BigQuery.
• Proven experience migrating databases like MySQL, Postgres, and Oracle to Cloud SQL.
• Google Cloud certifications in architecture, data engineering, and development.

About Rackspace Technology:

We are the multicloud solutions experts. Rackspace Technology combines expertise with leading technologies across applications, data, and security to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers, designing scalable solutions, managing implementation, and optimizing returns. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, and Glassdoor as a top workplace, we attract world-class talent to empower customers and deliver the future.

Why Work at Rackspace Technology?

At Rackspace Technology, we embrace diversity and the unique perspectives it brings. Our mission is to be a valued member of a winning team, and we bring our whole selves to work every day. We're committed to offering equal employment opportunities without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment, genetic information, marital status, military status, nationality, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. If you need accommodation, please let us know.

Apply Today

If you're ready to take on an exciting role that leverages your expertise in Google Cloud, apply now to join our team at Rackspace Technology.