Senior Solutions Architect

Responsibilities

• Conduct technical and operational discovery with internal customers to define requirements, dependencies, and implementation risks.
• Translate financial and business problems into implementation roadmaps for commercial products.
• Work with third-party vendors to implement commercial products and ensure optimal configuration of COTS platforms; oversee vendor relationships and maintain alignment with K2 Space priorities.
• Hold vendors accountable to schedules and budgets, knowing when to escalate and when to course-correct.
• Lead data validation and UAT efforts: identifying root causes, resolving data mismatches, transformation issues, and load failures.
• Communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical and operational stakeholders spanning networking, security, deployment, user authentication, and system design.
• Manage multi-threaded, complex projects and succinctly convey progress against goals and milestones.
• Execute system upgrades, patches, and change management processes with minimal disruption to operations.
• Serve as the voice of the customer to internal stakeholders across engineering, finance, sales, and product.
• Operate independently on ambiguous projects while balancing multiple concurrent workstreams, making sound tradeoff decisions grounded in core technical concepts.
• Apply AI and emerging technologies to accelerate analysis, documentation, troubleshooting, and execution (with strong judgment and attention to accuracy).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, a STEM discipline, or 10+ years of professional experience in a related technical role.
• 8+ years architecting systems with distributed cloud architecture (AWS preferred but open to Azure, GCP), in-depth knowledge of integration for modern API (RESTful or gRPC).
• 4+ years leading complex enterprise platform implementations for ERP or CRM systems (MS Dynamics 365, Odoo, or comparable modern platforms).
• 3+ years in an internal customer-facing role driving technical project leadership.
• Experience with one or more of the following: enterprise resource systems, supply chain systems, financial management and reporting, payment processing technologies, analytics platforms, or CRM systems.

Nice to Have

• Experience with financial processes and financial domain knowledge.
• Experience writing complex SQL queries and working with structured data.
• Experience with C# and API integrations.
• Proficiency with relational databases such as MSSQL or PostgreSQL.
• Track record of leading outcomes-focused conversations with internal business stakeholders.
• Experience translating business requirements into clear technical specs for cross-functional engineering teams.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment and navigating ambiguity.

Pay & Benefits

Base salary range for this role is $150,000 - $200,000 + equity in the company. Salary will be based on several factors including, but not limited to: knowledge and skills, education, and experience level.

Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision/coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks.

Export Compliance

The person hired for this role will have access to information and items controlled by U.S. export control regulations, including the export control regulations outlined in the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR). The person hired for this role must therefore either be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.

Equal Opportunity

K2 Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with K2 Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.