.By clicking "Apply Now," I understand and agree that Zendesk and its affiliates will collect and process my information in accordance with Zendesk's Candidate Privacy Notice. Job Description 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 customer's 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 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, 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 customer's 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 on 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
