Senior Partner Solution Engineer - Alation｜Meet.jobs

About the jobAlation continues to hire for roles at various locations with all interviewing and on-boarding done virtually due to COVID-19 crisis.

Big Data isn’t a problem. It’s an opportunity.

At Alation, we help people find, understand, and trust data, so they not only excel in their work — they drive value for their enterprise, team and role. In the words of our customers, “Alation is our one-stop-shop for our data and analytics. It’s bringing people together to collaborate and solve our business problems.”

More than 400 enterprises drive data culture, improve decision making, and realize business outcomes with Alation, including AbbVie, Allianz Global Investors, American Family Insurance, Autozone, Cisco, Draft Kings, Exelon, Fifth Third Bank, Finnair, General Mills, Munich Re, NASDAQ, Parexel, Pfizer, Salesforce, Virgin Australia, and Vistaprint.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Alation is a 3X winner of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces and is backed by leading venture capitalists including Blackstone, Costanoa, Data Collective, Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Icon, ISAI Cap, Riverwood, Salesforce, Sanabil, Sapphire, and Snowflake Ventures. For more information, visit alation.com.

With more than $217M in funding - valued at $1.2 billion, Alation is poised to capitalize on data as an opportunity. Our exceptional Glassdoor ratings reflect a culture that makes coming to work each day a joy. Do you want to join a team that welcomes new ideas, supports your growth and recognizes your unique value?

Join us!

Alation is looking for a Partner Solution Engineer to join our Alliances team with experience working directly with partners to drive the successful implementation and adoption of the Alation Data Catalog platform.  Alation solution engineers play a pivotal role in supporting channel partners, ISV partners, and global system integrators.  They provide a wide range of technical, functional, and domain expertise to help recruit, enable, and assist partners with their go-to-market efforts.   

The Partner Solution Engineer will lead the technical relationship with partners and collaborates with Alliance Account Managers to stay aligned and ensure all goals and milestones are achieved.  

What you'll do:

 

Meeting with partners to enable them on the Alation Data Catalog and specific use cases.

Providing support and enablement for opportunities within the partner ecosystem.

Meeting with prospective partners to assist with qualifying them by understanding their practice capability, demonstrating the Alation Data Catalog, and typical use cases.

Working with regional and global system integrators to help them define and architect solution offerings.

Providing oversight for system integrators during the build of their specific solutions and go-to-market materials.

Maintaining Business Development demonstration and development environments provided to partners.

Leading the creation of partner joint value proposition demonstrations.

Facilitating product support for partners in conjunction with Alation Support

Answering field technical questions from partners that range from API usage to implementation best practices.

Participating in partner events and Alation Partner Relationship Management (PRM) content creation.

 

You should have:

 

Minimum 3+ years of supporting partners in a technical solution role.

Minimum 5+ years of software pre-sales experience in the data domain which can include data integration, data quality, data governance, metadata management, master data management, data warehousing, and/or big data. 

Prior data management consulting experience as a solution architect in the data domain; data governance and master data management preferred.

Experience leading project teams.

Solution development experience for system integrators.

AWS and/or Azure environment configuration and management.

Python scripting and development experience using REST APIsAn advanced understanding of data and IT concepts including SQL and Linux configuration language skills

 

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More About Alation

Our founders have come together from different backgrounds: business, engineering, and design. This unique mix from our founding team is important to the Alation culture story. Today, our team consists of creators and communicators with varied backgrounds - from Stanford, to the Indian Institute of Technology, big companies and one-person startups, the United States, and abroad. We continue to seek ever more diverse perspectives as we grow.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on

the basis of race, name, religion, color, national origin, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Why Alation?

 

Market-Leading Data Catalog Provider

High-growth, collaborative environment with diverse and inclusive teams

Continuous learning, enrichment and development opportunities

Competitive pay and health offerings

Flexible time off to relax and recharge

and much, much more!