Senior Sales Engineering Specialist - Kubernetes, Docker & Containerization

About the Role

Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.

We’re looking for a talented presales individual with deep expertise in containerization to join our global sales engineering specialist team. As a Sales Engineering Specialist focused on our Hybrid Deployment architecture, you will work closely with our sales and field sales engineering teams to accelerate our customers’ and prospects’ understanding of the value of our Hybrid Deployment model, an architecture steeped in containerization, Kubernetes, Docker and Podman. In addition, you will be tasked with working cross-functionally with our SRE and Product teams to ensure comprehensive support for Hybrid Deployment mechanisms and services.

This is a full-time position based remotely in the United States.

Technologies You’ll Use

In this role, you will be expected to have a deep understanding of the following technologies:

• Container management software including Kubernetes, Docker, and Podman.
• Fivetran's data integration platform, deployment and connectivity methods, and automation/abstraction technologies for infrastructure creation and management.
• Cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, especially their Kubernetes managed services Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, Azure Kubernetes Service, and Google Kubernetes Engine. Plus, the networking considerations that arise working with these technologies.
• Other data architecture considerations critical to our customers’ success: databases, high availability, SaaS applications and their APIs, GenAI architectures, cloud data warehouses, business intelligence, etc.

What You’ll Do

• Create, secure, network, and validate containerized hybrid deployment data pipeline architectures in conjunction with our customers, account executives, and field sales engineering teams, for maximum scalability and security.
• Work closely with Fivetran’s Product and engineering teams to ensure our Hybrid Deployment capabilities are fit for purpose, secure, cost-effective, and well implemented.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest technologies and trends in containerization, security, autoscaling and secure data management.
• Teach, enable, and coach your peers at Fivetran on the virtues and techniques of Hybrid Deployment and how to deliver its value to customers.

Skills We’re Looking For

• 2+ years of extensive work with Kubernetes or Docker, and/or other container technologies.
• Hands-on expertise with modern cloud, on-premise, and hybrid-cloud data architectures and connectivity mechanisms.