Astronomer is hiring a Resident Solutions Architect, Infrastructure (East Coast)

Astronomer is hiring a Resident Solutions Architect, Infrastructure to join our field team on the East Coast. As a customer-facing technical expert in this pre-sales role, you will solve complex business problems by enabling customers to scale their data operations with Apache Airflow and Astronomer's products.

What You'll Do

• Implement Astronomer's software and services within large-scale enterprise environments.
• Guide our largest and most complex customers through their Apache Airflow adoption and scaling.
• Act as the core interface between the Customer, Sales, and Product teams to ensure solutions deliver value and solve pain points.

What We're Looking For

• 4+ years of experience in a data infrastructure or equivalent role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (GKE, EKS, AKS, or OpenShift preferred).
• Proficiency in Python and/or Go.
• Good understanding of network complexities and architectures.
• Expertise as a Terminal and CLI user in hands-on, often GUI-less environments.
• Experience setting up and troubleshooting distributed systems.
• Experience operating complex SaaS infrastructure at scale.
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider's API and tooling.
• Cloud-native data architecture experience.
• Strong customer-facing and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical issues succinctly.

Nice to Have

• 1+ year in a dedicated customer-facing role.
• Prior experience using or administering Apache Airflow, Autosys, UC4, Temporal, Dagster, or Prefect.
• Enterprise data experience in regulated environments.
• Experience with infrastructure scripting/automation tools like Pulumi, Terraform, or Ansible.
• Experience with ElasticSearch, Prometheus, or Vault.

Technical Stack

• Infrastructure: Kubernetes, GKE, EKS, AKS, OpenShift
• Languages: Python, Go
• Cloud: Major Cloud Provider APIs/Tooling
• Automation: Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible
• Monitoring/Observability: ElasticSearch, Prometheus, Vault
• Orchestration: Apache Airflow, Autosys, UC4, Temporal, Dagster, Prefect

Team & Environment

You will be part of Astronomer's field team, collaborating closely with customers and internal cross-functional partners.

Benefits & Compensation

• Compensation: $200,000 - $240,000 + equity

Work Mode

This is a remote position. Candidates must be located within the East Coast time zone.

At Astronomer, we value diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.