Senior Solution Architect

Job Description

Job Description

About Cognite

Cognite is gearing up for an exciting year of growth in 2026. As we expand our global footprint and scale our impact across industries, we’re building our team with talented, forward-thinking individuals who want to make a difference. Even if you don’t see a role that matches your experience today, we encourage you to apply and join our talent community. As immediate opportunities open up, our recruiting team will reach out to connect and explore how your skills align with our growing needs. Join us as we continue to innovate and transform how industrial data drives the world forward.

In the realm of industrial digital transformation, we stand at the forefront, reshaping the future of Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Pharma and other Manufacturing and Energy sectors. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.

Our values

Impact : Cogniters strive to make an impact in all that they do. We are result-oriented, always asking ourselves.

Ownership : Cogniters embrace a culture of ownership. We go beyond our comfort zones to contribute to the greater good, fostering inclusivity and sharing responsibilities for challenges and success.

Relentless : Cogniters are relentless in their pursuit of innovation. We are determined and deliverable (never ruthless or reckless), facing challenges head-on and viewing setbacks as opportunities for growth.

At Cognite, the Global Value Delivery team leads software implementation, deployment & adoption for clients, and helps them accelerate their digital transformation efforts with Cognite’s product suite. We consist of people with diverse and high-performance backgrounds, ranging from Management Consulting, to Industry and Software development. We seek to continuously improve how we work with our clients, how we work together as a team, and how we develop as individuals.

The Senior Solutions Architect is responsible for the design of complex end to end solutions, merging our flagship products with the customer's portfolio, for both new and existing clients. You are a technical subject matter expert in all offerings across the professional and managed services catalog. From discovery through implementation, you will work closely with the sales team and the delivery teams, as well as our data scientists and customers to map out technical requirements and architect robust and familiar solutions.

Through your work with our strategic customers, you will identify opportunities for new products and features, and work with our product managers and tech leads to continuously improve Cognite's SaaS offering.

This role is a mix of consulting, architecture, and product development in a welcoming cross-functional team. Above all else, we strive to foster a supportive team environment where everyone is excited to share ideas, ask for help, and learn from each other.

This role is a hybrid role based out of our office in Houston

What You'll Do

• As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will be an expert in how we implement our Cognite SaaS offerings and applications.
• Your primary responsibility will be to work with project teams to map requirements for a quality implementation ensuring that :
• The right data visualization technology is used in the right way (E.g Power BI, Grafana, Plotly Dash)
• The right data transformation technology is used in the right way (E.g Databricks, Azure, GCP, AWS)
• The data is efficiently modeled and contextualized in Cognite Data Fusion (E.g graph and relational)
• Integrations are well thought out and robustImportant quality criteria for the solution are met (E.g. CI / CD, logging, security)
• Operational responsibility and support agreements for the delivered solution are clearly defined
• Design overall technical solution and ensure technical fit within the customer ecosystem and target architecture
• Design integration and data model using Cognite data connectors, SQL, Python / Java and Rest APIs
• Credible advisor to our customers and partners on Cognite Data Fusion

Who You Are

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

A snapshot of our many perks and benefits as a Cogniter

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Apply today!

If you're excited about the opportunity to work at Cognite and make a difference in the tech industry, we encourage you to apply today! We welcome candidates of all backgrounds and identities to join our team.

We encourage you to follow us on Cognite LinkedIn; we post all our openings there.

Equal Opportunity

Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment; everyone we hire will receive the same level of consideration for training, compensation, and promotion.

We ask for gender as part of our application because we want to ensure equal assessment in the recruitment process. Your answer will help us reach this commitment! However, the question about gender is optional and your choice not to answer will not affect the assessment of your application in any way.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.