Solution Architect

Aliz is a global solution provider for the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) focusing on Europe and Asia. We are building scalable applications, IT Infrastructures, Big Data, and Machine Learning solutions as a certified Google partner. We have offices in Hungary, Germany, Singapore, and Indonesia.
We are looking for Solution Architects with a strong DevOps/Cloud Infrastructure background who win complex cloud engagements.

You own the technical solution in presales: from discovery to architecture to proposal. Your success is measured primarily by whether the customer commits — because they trust the solution and the thinking behind it. After a deal is closed, you briefly attach to the delivery teams to ensure architectural continuity and a strong start, then move on to the next opportunity.

This is primarily a front-of-the-deal, high-impact role, not a long-term delivery position, but you should be able to succeed in delivery as well, if needed.

The level of technical fluency we expect

This is not a pure hands-on engineering role — but you must be technically convincing.

• Typically 7+ years in technical consulting, or senior engineering roles, with a DevOps/Cloud Infrastructure focus.
• Solid understanding of containerization, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform, and infrastructure as code.
• Comfort with networking, security, IAM, Linux systems.
• Experience with distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• You are comfortable reasoning about systems beyond diagrams: data flows, failure modes, integration points, and trade-offs.
• You can go one level deeper when needed — sketching, validating assumptions, or rough-prototyping ideas to de-risk decisions.
• You are pragmatic about tools, languages, and platforms, and can adapt as technology choices evolve.
• You use modern approaches, including AI-assisted exploration or prototyping, to think faster, test ideas, and sharpen solutions.
• You know when “good enough to decide” is better than “perfect but late”.
• Fluent communication skills with both engineers and clients in English.

Your operating model

• Lead technical discovery and translate business problems into clear, compelling solution designs.
• Shape cloud-native architectures that are realistic, scalable, and differentiated.
• Work closely with Sales and Delivery on proposals, RFPs, and executive conversations.
• Explain complex systems clearly to both technical teams and senior business stakeholders.
• Stress-test ideas with Delivery and Technology leaders to ensure solutions are executable in the real world.
• Attach post-sale to stabilize early delivery and clarify architectural intent.
• Deliver PoCs.
• Support delivery if needed.

How you’ll be judged

• Your deal win rate and ability to earn customer trust.
• The clarity, credibility, and coherence of your solution designs.
• Your judgment when balancing ambition with feasibility.
• How effectively you collaborate across Sales, Delivery, and Technology to move deals forward.
• Your ability to operate calmly and decisively in ambiguous, high-pressure presales situations.
• The feedback you receive from the customer.

Your experience should look roughly like this

• Proven experience in presales or customer-facing technical roles, shaping and winning complex deals.
• Strong practical experience in cloud architecture (Google Cloud (GCP) preferred).
• Demonstrated ability at both technical problem solving and management of C-level stakeholders.
• Track record of turning ambiguous problems into clear, trusted solutions.

Explicitly out-of-scope for this role

• Owning delivery execution, project management, or P&L.
• Being measured by lines of code or ticket throughput.
• Spending months embedded in a single project.
• Acting as a standards-only or governance-only architect.

What makes this role distinctive

• You operate at the most decisive moment of the lifecycle: when deals are won or lost.
• Success is visible, measurable, and directly tied to impact.
• You work on complex, non-trivial customer problems — not commodity projects.
• You collaborate with strong peers in Solution Architecture, and across Delivery, Technology, and Sales.
• You get autonomy, trust, and accountability — without unnecessary process.

You will enjoy

• using cutting-edge technologies and learning from A+ Google Cloud experts.
• career development opportunities with regular feedback.
• maintaining a healthy work-life balance with financial initiatives to support physical and mental health and green commuting.
• a remote but collaborative working environment.
• flexible working time to adapt to when you feel most productive.
• employee counseling opportunity with coaches and contracted psychologists.
• continuous training and learning opportunities with yearly allocated learning hours from working time and dedicated mentorship by experienced colleagues.
• last but not least, a great community. :)