Solutions Architect

Schoology is one of the fastest growing education technology companies, with more than 14 million users across the world. We are giving educators all the tools they need to more easily personalize education and improve student outcomes, but in a way that works easily with their current systems and teaching approach. We’ve evolved the traditional learning management system into an education cloud: a platform that connects the people, content, and systems that fuel education.

As a Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for helping customers and prospects understand and implement the technical integrations customers need in order to successfully adopt Schoology. To be successful in this role, you will need to collaborate closely with our Sales and On Boarding teams to provide pre-sales technical support and post-sales technical implementation services. You will be an integral part of our Customer Success team and we will look to you to help our organization evolve our processes and scale the organization in order to service our rapidly growing customer base efficiently.

* Managing the project plans for the technical portion of onboarding projects * Providing rational estimates prior to engagement in order to support the sales organization in pricing custom integration work * Analyzing clients’ technical requirements and determining the best practices needed for them to achieve positive outcomes * Managing integration processes to internal customer systems and databases * Develop scalable integration strategies to third party tools that customers derive value from * Working closely with the Product Engineering team to design and implement strategies for provisioning data between Schoology and other databases using APIs or ETL processes

* Expert knowledge of managing large-scale data integration projects, with a heavy emphasis on SQL and/or ETL * Database design and architecture skills, with specific knowledge in at least one of the following (Microsoft SQL, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL). You will be expected to be “hands-on” from a software implementation standpoint. * Expert knowledge and implementation of systems integration technologies ranging from real time web services calls using RESTful JSON, SOAP or other RPC based approaches to asynchronous message based approaches. * Knowledge and general use of front-end development technologies and tools like HTML, CSS and most importantly, JavaScript. * Exceptional critical thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to quickly understand complex systems, data, and integration methods * Proven experience to influence and coordinate internal resources across teams * Strong consulting skills and background in project management experience * Experience supporting customers with technical challenges from pre-sales efforts through post-sale implementations * Experience managing projects with multiple milestones achieved by teams rather than individuals * Excellent communication skills – written and verbal **Bonus points for:** * Experience with SSO integrations leveraging technologies and standards like SAML, Active Directory, LDAP, etc. * Experience working at a SaaS company * BA/BS in Computer Science or related technical field * Experience with BI/Data Analytics tools