Senior Solutions Architect - Edge Cloud Security (APAC)

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

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Senior Solutions Architect - Edge Cloud Security

Fastly are expanding rapidly across the CyberSecurity Landscape, and we’re looking for a Senior Solutions Architect to join the team to 

We are looking for an exceptional candidate with a strong grounding of technical skills and technical account management. You would be working with our customers to help them get deployed and using, be the Signal Sciences subject matter authority, and ensure customer satisfaction. As part of this role you will interact closely with our Sales teams to identify new opportunities, raise technical challenges, and build relationships with customers. In addition, you are the customers' champion to our Engineering and PM teams to champion their requirements internally. Our team is a collection of highly skilled individuals who believe in collaboration and solving challenges.

What You'll Do

• Ensure our customers are successful with the implementation of Fastly’s security products
• Provide technical leadership within the Solutions team and act as a mentor to others
• Manage project status in our project management tools
• Work on internal PS projects as assigned
• Provide training to customers

What We're Looking For

• Ideally 8+years of experience in a similar role
• Experience with some or all the following foundational technologies: SaaS/Cloud or hybrid cloud deployments; Apache/NGINX/IIS or other web server platforms and associated Application server technologies and frameworks
• Unix/Linux or Windows systems administration
• Scripting ability with any of the following: Python, Java, Go, PHP, Unix/Linux Shell, C#, or other common Web languages
• A creative, out of the box problem solver
• Ability and experience in troubleshooting software products
• Proficiency in English is required
• Willingness to travel up to 25% or the time, when it is safe to do so

We value a variety of voices, so this is not a laundry list. You’ll be a good candidate if you have experience in SOME of these

• HTTP protocol experience. We protect all types of web servers so everything we work with will involve HTTP protocol
• Docker experience as it used by many of our customers
• Kubernetes Know-how. Kubernetes is now being used everywhere, and we always like to have more in house knowledge
• Knowledge of different Systems Config Management tools is very helpful
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud

This position is a remote based position based in Australia. 

Why Fastly?

• We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.

• We love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. In fact, 50% of our employees work outside of SF! An international remote culture is in our DNA.

• We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits like up to 20 weeks of paid parental leave, options for free medical/dental/vision plans, and an open vacation program that enables our folks to take the time they need to recharge (some benefits may vary by location).

• We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.

• We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit, please apply!

Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment.  

Employment decisions at Fastly are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, family or parental status, disability*, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Fastly encourages applicants from all backgrounds.

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