Compute Technical Solutions Architect
California, CA - USA
Job Summary
now part of Megaport delivers dedicated bare metal and accelerated compute designed for high-performance latency-sensitive workloads. As adoption accelerates across North America we are expanding our technical depth to support growth.
As a Solution Architect you will be the compute technical expert supporting regional Megaport & Latitude Sales Teams. This is an overlay specialist role focused on translating customer workloads into optimized compute architectures guiding technical evaluations and ensuring customers adopt the right solutions with confidence.
Youll work side-by-side with Compute Sales Specialist and Account Managers to qualify opportunities remove technical blockers design workload-specific compute solutions and support onboarding for early success. When customers need to understand CPUs GPUs bare metal performance storage profiles or deployment patterns you are the primary advisor.
This role is compute-first focus with network considerations supported in partnership with Megaports network Solution Architects when relevant.
Technical Pre-Sales (Compute)
Lead all compute discovery architecture design sizing and performance mapping for customer workloads.
Translate technical requirements into tailored bare metal GPU/accelerated compute and storage configurations.
Deliver technical demos workshops whiteboarding sessions and proofs of concept.
Validate solution feasibility and ensure alignment with Latitudes compute deployment model.
Build architecture documentation that drives clarity and accelerates customer decision-making.
Overlay Technical Support for Megaport Sales Teams
Act as the technical compute specialist embedded into Megaport Sales Pods supporting opportunity qualification and deep technical discussions.
Bring credibility to conversations involving workload performance scaling strategy virtualization containerization or hybrid deployment models.
Collaborate with Megaport Solution Architects when cloud connectivity or network design is relevant ensuring a unified customer approach.
Help Sales Executives position the combined Megaport Latitude value proposition while staying anchored in compute expertise.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with Product and Engineering to relay customer feedback and influence roadmap direction.
Work with Latitude Procurement and Operations to confirm server availability GPU/CPU classes and deployment timelines.
Maintain accurate technical notes and solution details within CRM systems.
Contribute to internal documentation technical enablement materials and repeatable solution patterns.
Technical Customer Onboarding & Adoption
Support customers through evaluations pilots and onboarding with hands-on technical guidance.
Troubleshoot early-stage issues validate workload performance and ensure successful deployment.
Provide a smooth handoff into long-term success with well-defined architecture documentation.
Develop trusted customer relationships by understanding compute strategies and positioning solutions effectively.
Increase customer adoption and expansion of infrastructure offerings across the territory through hands-on technical support.
4 years in a technical customer-facing role (Solutions Architect Sales Engineer Professional Services Engineer or similar).
Strong hands-on expertise in bare metal compute GPU/accelerated compute server architecture virtualization and workload performance planning.
Understanding of compute buying cycles solution selling and sizing for performance-intensive workloads.
Knowledge of hybrid architectures virtualization stacks containerization and provisioning workflows.
Familiarity with networking fundamentals to situate compute solutions within broader architectures.
- Experience collaborating with network architects when connectivity impacts workload success.
Flexible working environment a remote-first culture with coworking options available
Generous leave plans including parental leave birthday leave and a purchased annual leave program
Health and wellness support through a wellness allowance and employee wellbeing initiatives
Comprehensive learning support generous study and training allowance plus paid study leave
Creative modern workspaces designed to inspire when youre not working remotely plus access to coworking spaces via our global WeWork membership if you work remotely but like to get out of the house sometimes
Motivated inclusive team work alongside industry experts and fresh talent
Recognition programs celebrate achievements with our Legend and Kudos award
Required Experience:
Staff IC
About Company
Megaport offers scalable bandwidth for public and private cloud connections, metro ethernet, Data Centre backhaul, and Internet Exchange Services.