Flexera saves customers billions of dollars in wasted technology spend. A pioneer in Hybrid ITAM and FinOps, Flexera provides award-winning, data-oriented SaaS solutions for technology value optimization (TVO), enabling IT, finance, procurement and cloud teams to gain deep insights into cost optimization, compliance and risks for each business service. Flexera One solutions are built on a set of definitive customer, supplier and industry data, powered by our Technology Intelligence Platform, that enables organizations to visualize their Enterprise Technology Blueprint™ in hybrid environments—from on-premises to SaaS to containers to cloud.
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As a Cloud Solutions Architect for the Flexera Autonomous Workload Optimization, you'll join our dynamic Cloud Solutions organization, collaborating closely with Enterprise & Strategic sales, Solutions Success, Enablement, and Support teams. Your primary responsibility will be to identify business value and drive architectural solutions that enable customer success through Flexera’s Autonomous Workload Optimization solutions.
You will consult with both new and existing customers, helping to understand their business requirements and leveraging Flexera’s Spot solutions to deliver value that aligns with their strategic goals across the entirety of the customer’s journey. Additionally, you'll contribute to our global Solution Architecture & Advisory and Technical Account Management teams, bridging internal stakeholder groups and functional areas to continually enhance our solutions in response to evolving customer needs, market trends, and technological advancements.
The Product:
Flexera One, offers a comprehensive approach to FinOps, including the full framework, continues optimization, lifecycle and scopes. This includes identifying savings opportunities, implementing optimizations, and automating processes across the hybrid estate.
Main Responsibilities:
- Act as a subject matter expert for the Flexera Autonomous Workload Optimization (Spot Ocean and Elastigroup) product.
- Partner with sales representatives, solution engineers, success managers, solution value advisors, and other team members to enable success throughout the customer journey
- Assist solutions engineers when needed as the subject matter expert in discovery calls to uncover customer needs and objectives; and advise on advanced aspects for customers to consider and hence differentiate Flexera’s products.
- Assist in technical validation initiatives to support the solutions engineers when needed, as the subject matter expert.
- Engage with the product development process on an ongoing basis to provide valuable field insights to product management and engineering teams.
- Develop best practices for technical validation processes with the enablement team to ensure Solutions Engineers are best positioned to succeed.
- Assist customers in maximising adoption of the product by identifying opportunities for this through a consultative approach.
- Travel up to 25% of the time to engage directly with customers and support sales, customer success, and renewal efforts.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Technical Acumen
- Ability to translate and convey complex technical concepts clearly to a wide variety of audiences, including those without technical backgrounds.
- Technical influence and the ability to serve as a trusted advisor to customers
- Technical Leadership
- Act as the primary technical authority and point of escalation for your portfolio of enterprise customers.
- Voice of the Customer
- Customer-centric mindset with a strong dedication to achieving customer success
- Gather and synthesize customer feedback into actionable product insights, advocating for features internally.
- Reviews
- Lead regular business reviews, presenting data-backed cost savings, automation outcomes, and strategic recommendations.
Qualifications:
- Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKS)
- Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP Architect)
- Experience with:
- Large-scale Kubernetes platforms
- FinOps frameworks and cost governance models
- Exposure to other solutions like Karpenter, EKS Automode, AKS Automatic, and GCP NAP
- Expert in AWS DevOps compute products. EC2, ECS, EKS. And Karpenter
- Experience with Kubernetes and containerization technologies
- Proficiency in Python, Go, Javascript, log analysis, live debugging as day-to-day tools
- Proficiency in working with RESTful APIs, API tools (e.g., Postman), or scripting languages (e.g., JavaScript, Python)
- Familiarity with cloud vendor native tools (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer) and third-party solutions
Nice to Have
- DevOps & Platform Engineering Knowledge and exposure
- CI/CD tooling (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, ArgoCD)
- Observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog)
- Knowledge of service mesh (Istio) and advanced Kubernetes constructs
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Experience designing cloud-native and microservices architectures
- Certification as a Cloud Solution Architect or equivalent; AWS/Azure/Google certification is a plus
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Flexera is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered for open roles regardless of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local/national laws, policies and/or regulations.
Flexera understands the value that results from employing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce. We recognize that equity necessitates acknowledging past exclusion and that inclusion requires intentional effort. Our DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) council is the driving force behind our commitment to championing policies and practices that foster a welcoming environment for all.
We encourage candidates requiring accommodations to please let us know by emailing [email protected].
Skills Required
- Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKS)
- Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP Architect)
- Experience with large-scale Kubernetes platforms
- Proficiency in Python, Go, JavaScript
- Experience with Kubernetes and containerization technologies
Flexera Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Flexera and has not been reviewed or approved by Flexera.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive, with base salaries often viewed as fair within a total compensation approach that includes bonus and equity components. Feedback suggests the company emphasizes fair compensation practices that support overall satisfaction.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is broad, including generous or unlimited PTO, paid holidays, sick days, volunteer time, and bereavement leave. Flexible time-off practices are seen as contributing positively to work-life balance.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage spans medical, prescription, dental, and vision alongside mental wellness support. Additional protections like life insurance and optional pet insurance expand the healthcare offering.
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What We Do
Flexera delivers SaaS-based IT management solutions that enable enterprises to accelerate digital transformation and multiply the value of their technology investments. We help organizations inform their IT with definitive visibility into complex hybrid IT ecosystems, providing unparalleled IT insights that allow them to seize technology opportunities. And we help them transform their IT with tools that deliver actionable intelligence across an ever-increasing range of dimensions to effectively manage, govern and optimize their hybrid IT estate. More than 50,000 customers subscribe to our technology value optimization solutions, delivered by 1,300+ passionate team members worldwide. To learn more, visit flexera.com
Why Work With Us
People work here for, well, the people. People stay for the camaraderie with smart, passionate teams who actually like working together and managers who support them. We also offer competitive benefits, hybrid working and unlimited time off. Our inclusivity scores are in the top benchmark and we are consistently rated a “great place to work.”
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