Solutions Architect

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

Plane is looking for a Solutions Architect to own the technical architecture of enterprise and regulated‑industry deployments, guiding customers from discovery through a signed statement of work. The role bridges sales, engineering, and compliance teams to design, migrate, and document self‑hosted or air‑gapped solutions on the Plane platform.

Role Snapshot

• Own enterprise deployment architecture
• Lead technical discovery with regulated customers
• Translate security and compliance requirements into concrete solutions
• Collaborate daily with sales and engineering
• Produce deployment documentation for customer engineers
• Design self‑hosted and air‑gapped installations

Must-Have Requirements

• Technical architecture design
• Self‑hosted / on‑prem deployment
• Networking, SSO, identity federation
• Security questionnaire analysis
• Technical communication on sales calls
• Python/Django
• Golang
• Node.js
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• RabbitMQ
• Kafka
• AWS
• Kubernetes
• Docker & Helm
• SAML / OIDC / SCIM
• design enterprise architecture for regulated customers
• translate compliance requirements into deployments
• lead technical discovery and migration planning

Nice-to-Have Signals

• Pre‑sales or post‑sales solutions‑architecture experience
• Open‑source contribution background
• Deployments into banking, defense, healthcare, or air‑gapped environments
• Opinions on AI‑agent permissioning and auditing
• pre‑sales or post‑sales solutions‑architecture work
• deployment experience in banking, defense, healthcare
• banking
• defense
• healthcare

Work Setup

• Location: United States
• Work mode: ONSITE
• Employment type: Full-Time

Not Specified in JD

• Salary range
• Visa sponsorship
• Remote eligibility
• Travel requirements

What You'll Likely Work On

• Define and own the technical architecture for regulated‑industry deals from discovery to signed SOW
• Design self‑hosted, air‑gapped Plane deployments that satisfy customer security reviews
• Run deep technical discovery calls with infrastructure and compliance teams and earn their trust
• Create migration paths from multiple legacy tools, clarifying data survivability
• Partner with sales on live opportunities and feed engineering with concrete product gap requests
• Answer security questionnaires and procurement paperwork for each regulated buyer
• Write clear, actionable deployment documentation for customer engineering teams

Good Fit If You Have

• Pre‑sales or post‑sales solutions‑architecture experience in regulated markets
• History of contributing to or running open‑source projects
• Hands‑on deployments in banking, defense, healthcare, or air‑gapped environments
• Thought leadership on AI‑agent permissioning and auditing