TECHNICAL ARCHITECT

Technical Architect - Job Description Technical Architects are a key part of the Zendesk Professional Services delivery team, crafting technical solutions around every customer''s unique business needs and goals. What you will be doing Understanding customers functional and technical requirements, with the objective of mapping them to business-minded goals wrapped around Zendesk functionality. You will provide recommendations based on your technical knowledge and experience and be ultimately responsible for the definition, documentation, and execution of the appropriate technical solutions. You will work alongside a Zendesk Professional Services project team - including Engagement Managers, Services Consultants, Developers, and Quality Assurance Analysts - on various activities within a customer engagement, acting as the technical solution designer and owner. As part of your day-to-day job you will: Ask questions and dig into the customers use-case, capture the business problem we are solving together, and finally design their Zendesk in order for the customer to be successful. Lead and/or participate in design and configuration sessions/workshops with customers and partners. Produce Technical Design Documents, Technical Guidance Documents, and Zendesk custom application or integration Specification Documents. Support the development and testing of custom solutions, working closely with Zendesk Developers and Quality Assurance Analysts on defect resolution. Support the functional design and configuration of Zendesk, working with Zendesk Services Consultants and Engagement Managers. Conduct technical training sessions, handover sessions, and knowledge transfer sessions. Liaise and communicate with the Zendesk Engagement Manager on project status, issues, and remaining effort on project deliverables. Lead, contribute or participate in several projects concurrently. Maintain technical product expertise across the entire Zendesk product line. Respond to high-profile, high-impact customer escalations in a confident manner. Support the pre-sales team in gathering technical requirements and providing solutions and estimates to customers. What you bring to the role English, Portuguese or Español 3+ years system, technical or solution architecture experience Experience with various architectures (Web, Enterprise, SaaS) and methodologies Experience with RESTful and JSON API implementation and integration approaches Experience with Web development (React, VueJs) Good understanding of customer support processes and infrastructure Excellent instincts and ability to interface at a senior level with ease Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and eloquent writing skills Passionate about customer service and how it can transform businesses Strong organisational skills and an ability to multitask without getting frazzled Ability to deliver consulting onsite and remotely Willing and able to travel domestically/internationally if needed Basic Qualifications Bachelor''s degree Familiarity with a backend programming language (Ruby, Python, C#, etc. ) Familiarity with a frontend programming language/framework (JavaScript, React, VueJs, JQuery, etc. ) Preferred Qualifications Experience on Zendesk configuration and implementation approaches Experience on Zendesk App Framework Experience with Zendesk Technical Capabilities (SSO, API, SDKs etc. ) Experience with Design Systems and Tools (Postman, Swagger, Figma, Lucid etc. ) Zendesk Support Administrator Expert Certification Zendesk App Developer Certification #J-18808-Ljbffr