Senior Enterprise Architect

Summary

Join Cognite, a leading SaaS company in industrial digitalization, as a Senior Enterprise Architect. You will be a key member of the technical sales team, working globally with customers and internal teams. This role requires a strong technical background, excellent communication skills, and the ability to coach and collaborate effectively. You will leverage your expertise to help industrial customers improve productivity, profitability, and sustainability. The position involves end-to-end architecture, solution design, and leading technical teams. Cognite offers a competitive salary and benefits package, along with opportunities for career growth and development.

Requirements

• Hold a Bachelor or master degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Technology or similar
• Have 5-10 years or more relevant experience in similar positions (Enterprise Architecture/Solution Architecture), preferably within one or more of Cognite’s target industry domains (O&G, Manufacturing, P&U), with familiarity with common source systems and data types
• Possess a proven ability to connect with and coach technical stakeholders, building credible relationships on various levels of the organization
• Demonstrate confidence to negotiate requirements with customers and colleagues, preferably with experience from consulting
• Have experience with technical topics such as enterprise integration strategies and design, data and analytics stacks, public cloud, identity providers and network security concepts
• Have experience hosting technical sessions with customers and colleagues, including workshops, demos and similar
• Have experience with Git, CI/CD and deployment environments
• Have experience in development/scripting of integrations and solutions using languages as Python/.NET/, with good understanding of JSON/YAML
• Be self-motivated with a results-oriented mindset
• Be able to work independently and as part of a collaborative team
• Have proficiency in English
• Possess highly organized, thorough, and excellent communication skills with all stakeholders
• Be able to collaborate, lead, coach, and work independently
• Have a passion for data, technology, and “how things work.”
• Be comfortable and interested in detailed technical design and code behavior

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for end-to-end architecture, solution design, and leading teams of technical experts towards successful solution delivery
• Provide strategic and technical expertise and support for customers and customer-facing project teams. Offer guidance and develop solutions that enable customers’ business use cases
• Define complete enterprise and solution architecture, including integration, data models, and data ingestion pipelines, as well as user-facing solutions
• Ensure operational responsibility and support agreements for the delivered solutions
• Establish strong relationships with key stakeholders, including C-level executives, IT Data Managers, and Business Data Managers, to drive long-term adoption of Cognite’s products and services
• Train partners and internal teams in your area of specialization, including the creation of training materials, modeling guidelines, standards, and best practices
• Independently manage integration, data modeling, and similar activities using Cognite data connectors and extractors, SQL, Python/Java, REST APIs, and business intelligence tooling
• Collaborate with our Engineering and Product Management teams to turn customer needs into a prioritized pipeline of product offerings
• Develop and maintain technical and business expertise for Cognite’s products
• Define reference architectures and work with software engineers in the internal enablement team
• Support pre-sales with technical expertise and ensure a seamless transfer to the delivery phase

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience with Oil & Gas, process industries, or manufacturing, particularly domain knowledge such as asset performance/integrity management, flow assurance, chemical plants, or production optimization
• Be able to travel/internationally and regionally 30-60% of the time

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunities for career growth and development
• A supportive and collaborative team environment
• A chance to work on cutting-edge technology and make a significant impact
• Competitive Compensation including base plus bonus
• 401(k) with 4% employer matching
• Health, Dental, Vision & Disability Coverages with premiums fully covered for employees and all dependents
• Unlimited PTO + flexibility to enjoy it
• 18 Company Holidays including the week between Christmas & New Years
• Paid Parental Leave Program
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Employee Referral Program
• In office catered lunches 3x per week via Colorfull Catering + Fully Stocked Fridges in the offices
• Paid mobile phone and WiFI