Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities and Expectations

As an Enterprise Architect at Cognite, you will play a pivotal role in the Expert Services Offerings department within our Value Delivery organization. In this customer‑facing position, you will work directly with key customers, field sales, delivery teams, and product development to help our large international process and energy industry customers increase productivity, profitability, reduce environmental impact, and reduce costs. Together with the team, you will define solutions and support each integration through to a successful finish.

• End‑to‑end architecture and solution design leadership
• Providing strategic and technical expertise to support customers and the customer‑facing project teams
• Defining enterprise and solution architecture, including integration and data models and data ingestion pipelines, as well as user‑facing solutions
• Expressing complex technical solutions through architecture modeling tools
• Ensuring operational responsibility and support agreements for the delivered solutions
• Building strong relationships with key stakeholders, C‑level executives, and IT and Business Data Managers to drive long‑term adoption of Cognite's products and services
• Training internal teams and partners in your area of specialization
• Collaborating with Sales, Engineering, and Product Management teams to translate customer needs into product offerings
• Independently working with managing integration, data modeling, and related activities using Cognite data connectors and extractors, SQL, Python/Java, Rest APIs and Cloud platform providers like Azure, AWS & Google
• Collaborating with our Sales, Engineering and Product Management teams to turn customer needs into a prioritized pipeline of product offerings
• Developing and maintaining technical and business expertise for Cognite's products

Impact You Bring to Cognite

• Customer Success & Long‑Term Adoption: Building strong relationships with C‑level executives and key stakeholders that drive long‑term adoption of Cognite's products and services, directly contributing to customer retention and expansion opportunities
• Technical Leadership & Solution Excellence: Providing end‑to‑end architecture and solution design leadership ensures customers receive robust, scalable, operationally sound solutions that deliver on promised objectives and outcomes within Support Offer/Success Track contracts
• Strategic Translation & Product Influence: Translating complex customer needs into prioritized product offerings and strategic recommendations, bridging the gap between customer pain points and Cognite's product roadmap
• Technical Depth & Hands‑On Expertise: Bringing hands‑on Python proficiency and deep software development best practices, enabling independent management of complex technical work while maintaining credibility with engineering teams and customers
• Organizational Excellence & Ownership: Being highly organized, thorough, and taking ownership of tasks independently, ensuring projects move forward with precision, clear communication with all stakeholders, and accountability for delivery
• Collaborative Leadership & Team Development: Collaborating, leading, and coaching internal teams and partners in your area of specialization, elevating team capability and building organizational expertise around Cognite's solutions
• Global Perspective & Adaptability: Open to travel, enabling you to work directly with international customers, build relationships across geographies, and maintain a deep customer‑facing presence in key markets

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience working as a Software Engineer, Data Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, or Solutions Architect, with demonstrated progression into architecture and design leadership roles
• 5+ years in a Solutions Architect, Technical Architect, or Enterprise Architect role, with proven track record designing and delivering end‑to‑end solutions for enterprise customers
• Experience supporting scaling SaaS, B2B software, or technology organizations in high‑growth or enterprise environments, with demonstrated comfort navigating ambiguity and evolving customer requirements
• Strong technical background in backend software engineering with hands‑on proficiency in Python and/or Java; willing and able to dive in and contribute code for advanced topics when needed
• Proven experience defining solution architectures for complex enterprise integrations, including data ingestion pipelines, API design, microservices architecture, and cloud‑native solutions
• Demonstrated success working with enterprise customers in industrial domains such as Manufacturing, Energy, Oil & Gas, Process Industries, Pharma, or Life Sciences—understanding their operational challenges, business models, and technical constraints
• Experience with modern cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), including hands‑on knowledge of cloud infrastructure, container orchestration (Kubernetes/Docker), CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships with C‑level executives, IT leaders, and technical stakeholders, acting as a trusted technical advisor throughout the customer lifecycle

Preferred Experience

• Experience from domains like Manufacturing, Energy, O&G, Pharma, Life sciences is preferred

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.