Role Description
We seek to move the world forward through innovative thinking.
Woolpert is an award-winning, global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders, and as a certified Great Place to Work®, Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth.
Customer Engineer III (Woolpert Inc, Dayton, OH):
- Understand customer pain points and advise on best practices to deploy and manage applications in cloud environments, such as GCP, AWS, Azure, and on-premises.
- Architect location-based service solutions for customer environments (on-premises, cloud, or hybrid).
- Collaborate with the Sales team to identify customer needs and propose appropriate solutions.
- Collaborate with Sales, Customer Engineering, and Engineering teams to ensure solution fit, feasibility, and profitability.
- Conduct product demonstrations, workshops, and presentations to showcase the value of Google Maps and Google Cloud Geospatial technologies.
- Create estimated Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Return On Investment (ROI) calculations for customers.
- Create and deliver Statements of Work (SOWs).
- Employ Google Maps and Google Cloud Geospatial technologies to address challenges for customers.
- Utilize current and future Google Maps and Google Cloud Geospatial licensing models to build and deploy production-grade solutions in a virtualized environment such as Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or similar platforms.
- Stay informed about technology updates, licensing changes, and business trends that impact the firm’s go-to-market strategy by networking within Google and with key partners.
- Design, create, and update demos and sales collateral (e.g., reference architectures, SOW templates) to empower Sales and Customer Engineering teams to accelerate sales cycles.
- Collaborate with Sales, Engineering, and Support teams to ensure seamless service delivery.
- Participate in projects involving Google Maps and Google Cloud Geospatial technologies.
- Telecommuting is permitted.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Geographic Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field of study.
- Requires five (5) years of experience building and deploying production-grade solutions in a virtualized environment such as Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or similar platforms; Python, JavaScript, Google API’s, HTML, or CSS; Google Maps Platform; cloud integration as it relates to networking and identity management; deploying or managing a cloud-based productivity suite; and managing internal or client-facing projects to completion.
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Find out more about what Woolpert has to offer here: http://woolpert.com/about-us/
Woolpert is an equal-opportunity employer. Woolpert is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. You may view more about EEO on our website: Equal-Employment-Opportunity-The-Law.pdf and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.
Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting [email protected].
If you need to reschedule or cancel your interview, please reach out to your recruiter by contacting [email protected].
*To all agencies:* *Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via email, the internet, or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.*
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