Solution Architect- Presales (US West)

Solutions Architect- Presales Location: Western United States (CA / WA / CO preferred) – Remote-first with significant regional travel About AppViewX AppViewX is a global leader in machine and agentic identity security and automation. Our AVX platform is the industry's most advanced cloud-native solution for Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM), PKI-as-a-Service, SSH and key management, Kubernetes TLS automation, secure code signing, and Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) readiness. Trusted by six of the top ten global commercial banks, five of the top ten global media companies, and five of the top ten managed healthcare providers, AppViewX helps enterprises eliminate outages, accelerate Zero Trust adoption, and achieve cryptographic agility at scale. Following our acquisition of Eos Cyber, AppViewX now delivers the industry's first unified machine identity + agentic identity control plane - combining certificate automation with AI-native identity governance. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a PE-backed, high-growth company at the forefront of post-quantum and agentic identity security. Our Values Our values define how we work, make decisions, and deliver for our customers and each other. Some reflect strengths deeply engrained in how we work. Others represent the standards we are committed to building together. • We Do What We Say: We own our commitments, communicate honestly about progress, and measure success by results, not activity. • We Are Trusted Experts: We continuously build our expertise, offer candid guidance, and focus on the outcomes our customers and colleagues need. • We Raise the Bar: We stay curious, challenge the status quo, take smart risks, and turn better ideas into meaningful results. • We Win Together: We share information, debate openly, commit together, and recognize that our success is connected to the success of our customers and teammates. If these values reflect how you want to work and contribute, you will find an opportunity to make a meaningful impact at AppViewX. Role Overview The Enterprise Solutions Architect (ESA) – WEST is a senior individual contributor who owns the technical sales lifecycle for AppViewX's strategic enterprise accounts and prospects across the Western United States. This role is designed for a seasoned SE practitioner who brings deep Identity/PKI/CLM/PQC domain expertise, proven enterprise POC execution, and the ability to engage security leadership stakeholders with confidence. The ESA will lead complex, multi-product opportunities at F500 and Global 2000 accounts — delivering architecture-level guidance on CLM automation, PKI modernization, and post-quantum cryptographic readiness (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, FIPS 204) - while contributing to the broader WEST region SE team's capability and culture. Key Responsibilities Enterprise Pre-Sales Ownership • Own the full technical sales lifecycle for enterprise accounts: technical discovery, solution design, architecture workshops, POC/POV execution, competitive displacement, and technical closure. • Lead West region enterprise opportunities independently - including multi-product deployments spanning CLM, PKI, Code Signing, Kubernetes TLS, AIS and QTH. • Develop account-level technical strategy, identifying expansion, upsell, and cross-sell opportunities within the installed base. • Partner with Enterprise AEs and Regional Sales leadership to shape deal strategy and competitive positioning. Customer & Executive Engagement • Engage VP Infrastructure, VP Security, and CISO-level stakeholders with architecture-level conversations on machine identity, Zero Trust, and cryptographic modernization. • Lead technical discovery sessions, architecture workshops, and competitive bake-offs at enterprise accounts. • Repr