Solution Architect

About Cognite

Embark on a transformative journey with Cognite, a global SaaS forerunner in leveraging AI and data to unravel complex business challenges through our cutting-edge offerings including Cognite Atlas AI, an industrial agent workbench, and the Cognite Data Fusion (CDF) platform. We were awarded the 2022 Technology Innovation Leader for Global Digital Industrial Platforms & Cognite was recognized as 2024 Microsoft Energy and Resources Partner of the Year. In the realm of industrial digital transformation, we stand at the forefront, reshaping the future of Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Pharma and other Manufacturing and Energy sectors. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.

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Impact: Cogniters strive to make an impact in all that they do. We are result-oriented, always asking ourselves.

Ownership: Cogniters embrace a culture of ownership. We go beyond our comfort zones to contribute to the greater good, fostering inclusivity and sharing responsibilities for challenges and success. 

Relentless: Cogniters are relentless in their pursuit of innovation. We are determined and deliverable (never ruthless or reckless), facing challenges head-on and viewing setbacks as opportunities for growth. 

As Cognite's clientele expands, so does our demand for a talented Senior Solution Architect. We are actively seeking an individual with expertise to join our dynamic team and contribute to customer-facing projects.

About the role:

As a Senior Solution Architect at Cognite, you will play a pivotal role in the Technology department within our Global Value Delivery organisation. Our global reach includes offices in Austin, Houston & Phoenix, Oslo, Stavanger, Tokyo & India. We are a good mix of Project Managers, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and Solution Architects with some domain expertise in Oil and Gas, Power, and Manufacturing. This specific role is part of the EMEA Delivery organisation.

In this customer-facing position, you will work directly with key customers, field sales, delivery teams, and product development. You will use your seniority and technical competencies to help to lead Norwegian and international industrial customers to increase productivity, profitability, reduce environmental impact and reduce costs. Our customers are large international process and energy industries, with challenges in asset performance and maintenance, production efficiency, and sustainability. Together with the team, you will define solutions and support each integration through to a successful finish.

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end architecture and solution design leadership.
• Providing strategic and technical expertise to support customers and the customer-facing project teams.
• Defining enterprise and solution architecture, including integration and data models and data ingestion pipelines, as well as user-facing solutions
• Expressing complex technical solutions through architecture modeling tools
• Ensure operational responsibility and support agreements for the delivered solutions
• Building strong relationships with key stakeholders, C-level executives, and IT and Business Data Managers to drive long-term adoption of Cognite's products and services
• Training internal teams and partners in your area of specialization
• Collaborating with Sales, Engineering, and Product Management teams to translate customer needs into product offerings
• Independently work with managing integration, data modeling, and related activities using Cognite data connectors and extractors, SQL, Python/Java, Rest APIs and Cloud platform providers like Azure, AWS & Google
• Collaborate with our Sales, Engineering and Product Management teams to turn customer needs into a prioritised pipeline of product offerings
• Develop and maintain technical and business expertise for Cognite's products

Success Factor to thrive in this role:

• 6+ years of experience working as a Software Engineer/Data Engineer/Machine Learning Engineer
• Experience from domains like Manufacturing, Energy, O&G, Pharma, Life sciences is preferred
• We expect all our solutions architects to be hands-on in python as well as a good hands-on expertise with software development best practices.
• Open to travel.
• Technical background, willing and able to dive in and contribute code for advanced topics when needed
• You must be highly organised, thorough, and communicate well with all stakeholders.
• Take ownership and drive tasks independently
• You will be required to collaborate, lead, and coach, as well as work independently.

Don't meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

A snapshot of our many perks and benefits as a Cogniter

* Join an organization of 60 different nationalities with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus

* A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization, follow us on Instagram @cognitedata  to know more

* Flat structure with direct access to decision-makers

* Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries, with cutting edge technology

* Join our HUB  to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and our partners.

* Get access to private health services with Cognite Care.

* Hungry? We've got your back. A subsidized lunch at the canteen is delivered by the chefs at Fornebuporten (Aker Tech House)

* Our own Cognite exclusive coffee bar  with the friendliest baristas is here to brew coffee for coffee lovers, tea for tea lovers, smoothie for smoothie lovers, and the baristas creative concoctions when the mood strikes.

* We take your mental- and physical health seriously by having a broad health offering and a free membership to our fully-staffed gym on-site.

* A pet lover? Get the chance to meet Spot at the Robot Garden

Why choose Cognite? 

Join us in making a real and lasting impact in one of the most exciting and fastest-growing new software companies in the world. We have repeatedly demonstrated that digital transformation, when anchored on strong DataOps, drives business value and sustainabilityfor clients and allows front-line workers, as well as domain experts, to make better decisions every single day. We were recognized as one of CNBC's top global enterprise technology startups powering digital transformation And just recently, Frost & Sullivan named Cognite a Technology Innovation Leader Most recently Cognite Data Fusion Achieved Industry First DNV Compliance for Digital Twins 

Apply today

If you're excited about the opportunity to work at Cognite and make a difference in the tech industry, we encourage you to apply today We welcome candidates of all backgrounds and identities to join our team. Please do not hesitate to contact our Talent Acquisition team with any questions -

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