Solutions Architect - ANZ

As a Solutions Architect, you'll be a credible advisor to GitLab prospects and customers across Australia and New Zealand. You'll help them understand how GitLab's DevSecOps platform addresses technical requirements and business objectives across the software development lifecycle. You'll guide organisations through digital transformation, from planning to monitoring, using your technical expertise, knowledge of cloud and modern software development practices, and strong customer focus. Reporting to a regional Solutions Architect Manager and partnering closely with Account Executives and cross-functional teams, you'll lead technical evaluations, including proof of value initiatives and workshops, help shape solution architectures, and serve as the voice of the customer to Product Management. In your first year, you'll focus on driving successful platform adoption, supporting revenue growth through solution selling, and building long-term, strong relationships that showcase GitLab's differentiated position in an AI-driven DevSecOps landscape.

What you’ll do

• Guide technical discovery, demos, and validation (including proofs of value) to show how GitLab’s AI-powered DevSecOps platform meets customers’ technical and business needs across the full lifecycle, advancing qualified opportunities and increasing proof-of-value progression to successful evaluation outcomes.
• Manage the technical evaluation process as the Directly Responsible Individual, including solution design, POC/POV ownership, workshop design, and the technical components of tenders, audits, and value stream assessments, improving evaluation cycle time and supporting timely, high-quality customer decisions.
• Work closely with Account Executives and regional sales teams across ANZ to shape and execute account strategies that support new customer acquisition, expansion, and measurable revenue growth.
• Build and deepen relationships with technical practitioners and business leaders, guiding them through GitLab-driven digital transformation to increase platform adoption and develop long-term GitLab advocates.
• Advise customers on modern software development, continuous integration, continuous deployment, security, and cloud practices, recommending improvements to existing approaches to improve return on investment, shorten delivery cycles, and accelerate platform adoption.
• Serve as the voice of the customer with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, and Marketing by providing feedback, use cases, and competitive insights that inform roadmap priorities and strengthen market positioning.
• Maintain and extend your technical expertise in GitLab, DevSecOps, AI, and related cloud technologies, creating reusable examples, best practice guidance, and technical collateral that improve customer and partner enablement at scale.
• Invest in your own growth and development through ongoing learning, mentorship, and knowledge exchange to continuously improve team effectiveness and the impact of the Solutions Architect function.

What you’ll bring

• Experience engaging with customers in technical pre-sales, consulting, or similar roles, guiding them through solution design and evaluation.
• Proficiency with the end-to-end software development lifecycle, including modern DevSecOps practices and continuous integration and continuous deployment workflows.
• Hands-on experience with GitLab or comparable source control, CI/CD, and DevSecOps platforms, and the ability to map platform capabilities to customer use cases.
• Practical knowledge of cloud computing concepts and related technologies, with the ability to discuss deployment, security, and operations options with technical teams.
• Ability to manage technical evaluations such as proofs of concept or proofs of value, contribute to tenders or audits, and design and run workshops or value stream assessments.
• Clear technical communication and presentation skills, with the ability to adapt messages for practitioners through to senior business and technical stakeholders.
• Skill in building strong relationships, listening closely, and acting as a customer advocate to internal teams such as Product, Engineering, Sales, and Marketing.
• Motivation to continuously develop professionally, including learning new technologies, deepening GitLab platform expertise, and applying transferable experience from related fields.

About the team

We, the Solutions Architect team, are part of GitLab's Sales organisation and partner closely with Account Executives to help customers realise the full value of GitLab's AI-powered DevSecOps platform. We work asynchronously across regions to exchange best practices, create reusable technical collateral, and assist one another in solving complex customer challenges. Our team is focused on helping customers modernise software delivery, adopt GitLab at scale, and navigate a rapidly evolving AI and DevSecOps landscape.