Caylent · 1 day ago
Transformation Architect
Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations optimize their technology using AWS. The Transformation Architect will work directly with enterprise customers to deliver cloud-native solutions, acting as a trusted advisor and leading the technical strategy for their aligned accounts.
Cloud ComputingCloud InfrastructureDevOpsIaaS
Responsibilities
Serve as a Trusted Advisor: Partner with C-suite and senior technical stakeholders to align AWS-based solutions to their business goals and transformation initiatives
Own the Technical Strategy: Lead discovery, architecture, and design sessions to propose well-architected, cloud-native solutions tailored to customer needs
Bridge Sales & Delivery: Drive technical solutioning through proposal and SOW development, ensuring clarity of requirements and constraints for successful execution
Win Complex Pursuits: Partner with sales leadership to win high-stakes, multi-phase projects - owning the technical narrative for executive decision-makers
Drive Program Success: Ensure delivery alignment for strategic accounts - balancing cost, schedule, and requirements tradeoffs among all stakeholders for ongoing scope discussions
Develop Strong Relationships: Build and nurture relationships as the owner of technical stakeholders on aligned accounts
Advance Account Growth: Work closely with CTOs, delivery teams, and AWS field partners to identify future-phase opportunities and expand account value
Collaborate with AWS: Serve as a key partner to AWS field teams in accelerating customer success
Evangelize Best Practices: Contribute to internal playbooks, repeatable patterns, and technical thought leadership that scales across the organization
Qualification
Required
10+ years of architecting, building, and operating solutions on AWS
10+ years in infrastructure, applications, databases, and/or networking architecture
10+ years in consulting or equivalent roles driving complex technical solutions for enterprise customers
Proven ability to align technical solutions with business strategy and communicate the 'why' as clearly as the 'how.'
Quick learner who can rapidly understand a client's domain, workflows, data, organizational dynamics, and constraints
Strong consulting mindset: able to diagnose, scope, and structure solutions to ambiguous problems
Exceptional communicator - able to shift seamlessly between technical deep dives with SMEs and strategic conversations with executives
Expert workshop facilitator and presenter with excellent storytelling skills
Deep understanding of cloud-native patterns and AWS Well-Architected Framework best practices
Ability to manage time across multiple clients and priorities
AWS Solutions Architect – Professional (required)
Preferred
AWS DevOps Professional and one or more AWS Specialty certifications (preferred)
Deep domain expertise in Application Development, Data, AI, and/or DevOps
Industry vertical expertise (e.g. FinTech, HealthCare, Oil & Gas)
Experience designing highly-available, fault-tolerant architectures
Familiarity with compliance frameworks and requirements (e.g. SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR)
Previous experience in pre-sales or equivalent company-internal strategic roadmap influence
Benefits
Bonuses
Commissions
Equity
Other incentives
Company
Caylent
AWS Premier Partner for Cloud Native Services
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$16.21MKey Investors
Gryphon InvestorsEast Los Capital
2022-11-15Private Equity
2022-11-15Acquired
2021-09-27Private Equity· $16M
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