Senior Principal Solutions Architect - DDoS Solutions
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Senior Principal Solutions Architect - DDoS Solutions
A10 is the leader in infrastructure security and application delivery solutions. The largest service providers, hyperscalers and enterprises leverage A10 HW and SW solutions in the data path for production traffic.
An exciting time to be at A10 Networks:
The A10 product management team is expanding and defining new software, hardware and SaaS solutions. The solutions architect team is a new team being formed inside the Product Management organization. This team of technical experts will be a source of knowledge for customers, corporate SE and field teams and facilitate customer feedback, working with Engineers, Product Managers, the Corp SE and field SE teams. This team will be the driver that amplifies the efforts of the field SE and Corp SE teams new A10 products are brought into market.
Role Description and Impact to the Business
Collaborate with the PM team in creating MVP such that all relevant items for customer acceptance are covered; This would include deployment scenarios and integration with 3rd party components
Test Early Access and Technology Release code from engineering by deploying all components in the lab for customer experience, completeness of features/capabilities and completeness of documentation
Validate use cases with Early Access and Technical Release code and identify if the code is on the path to meet the customer MVP
Own the whole creation and dissemination of validated reference designs, POC guidance templates (suggestions on how to create a PoC with the use case) and notes on how to respond to RFPs
Educate customers by developing demo videos and whiteboards
For technology partnerships, validate use cases and create the relevant VRD
Collaborate with the PM and field teams to suggest partnership opportunities that add value to the A10 solutions
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent skills, and minimum 10+ years of experience
5+ years of experience as a Solutions or Architect, or Sales
Demonstrable experience with DDoS technologies related to mitigation, detection, DDoS weapons and attack types
Proven, hands-on experience with related security technologies such as API protection or GWs, layer 7 firewalls or threat intelligence
Experience in testing VM or container software with working knowledge of ESX, KVM, Hyper-V, Kubernetes, DPDK
Experience with testing HW and SW leveraging traffic generators
Engineering or Engineering in the networking or data plane market
Experience working with engineering and sales engineering teams in a high technology company
Prior experience working with Product Owners in an Agile/Scrum product delivery environment
A10 Networks is an equal opportunity employer and a VEVRAA federal subcontractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. A10 also complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.