Cohesity · 10 hours ago
Senior Lead Architect
Denver Metropolitan Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$137K/yr - $172K/yr
10+ years expCohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management, dedicated to helping organizations defend against cybersecurity threats. They are seeking a hands-on architect to design and validate deployment architectures, improve deployment practices, and serve as a technical authority across architecture and system design.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingCyber SecurityData CenterData StorageInformation Technology
Responsibilities
Deliver architecture and professional services to customers
Build strategic relationships with key customers and Cohesity teams
Partner with Product Solutions, engineering, SEs, tech marketing, and support to align product capabilities with customer requirements and ensure smooth knowledge transfer
Engage directly with customers to understand their organizational needs and map Cohesity’s solutions to their objectives
Design and validate deployment architectures, including sizing, performance, integrations, and migrations
Develop reusable blueprints, runbooks, best practices, and templates
Support deployment execution and ensure design fidelity across delivery teams and partners
Conduct field validation and beta testing of new procedures
Convert deployment designs into training content and deliver hands-on training to customers, partners, and internal teams
Create high-quality documentation and knowledge base articles
Continuously refine deliverables as new products and features are released
Maintain JIRA user stories to ensure alignment across product, engineering, and delivery teams
Build end-to-end architectures across services, applications, data stores, and integrations, producing implementation-ready diagrams and sequence flows
Apply scalability, separation of concerns, loose coupling, and resilience to create modular and evolvable systems
Design REST APIs, JSON schemas, and integration patterns (sync/async, event-driven, retries)
Implement OAuth/JWT, RBAC, scopes, token flows, and secure identity boundaries
Design efficient SQL schemas and queries; understand NoSQL modeling and storage decisions
Research new technologies independently, make clear trade-off decisions, and defend architectural choices
Apply security-by-design principles including access control, auditability, and data protection
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience
10+ years of professional IT experience
Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision making
Hands-on experience with Virtualization (VMware, Hyper‑V, Citrix)
Hands-on experience with Linux/Unix
Hands-on experience with Oracle and SQL
Hands-on experience with Storage platforms (Isilon, NetApp, Pure)
Hands-on experience with Data protection, disaster recovery, data management
Hands-on experience with Public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Proficiency in Python, Ansible, ServiceNow, and architecture tools such as Visio
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills; strong ability to teach and enable others
Strong organization, project management, and deadline-driven execution
Ability to leverage AI tools to streamline workflows and support decision making
Benefits
Health and wellness benefits
Vacation
Paid holidays and refresh days
401(k) retirement plan
Life and disability insurance coverages
Other benefits the Company may offer from time to time
Company
Cohesity
Cohesity is a data management technology firm that offers hyper-converged secondary storage solutions for backups, files, and analytics.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$955MKey Investors
Haveli InvestmentsThe Carlyle GroupJP Morgan Chase
2025-04-29Secondary Market
2024-12-10Series H
2024-12-10Series G
Leadership Team
Sanjay Poonen
CEO & President
Greg Statton
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific and Japan
Recent News
2026-01-09
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