Director – Solution Architecture & Technical Sales
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related scientific field is required.
- At least 10 years of experience in solution architecture, technical consulting, technical sales, or HPC/cloud infrastructure, including enterprise or global client engagement, is required.
- A track record of influencing complex, multi-million-dollar technology opportunities across HPC, AI, cloud, or enterprise infrastructure is required.
- Experience working with strategic technology partners, hyperscalers, original equipment manufacturers, accelerator platform providers, and specialist delivery teams is required.
- Strong knowledge of HPC and AI infrastructure, cloud and hybrid platforms, scientific computing applications, storage, networking, Linux and enterprise platforms, cybersecurity, compliance, data platforms, and operational resilience is required.
- Excellent executive communication, customer advisory, and presentation skills are required.
- Strategic thinking, commercial awareness, and the ability to translate complex technology into business value are required.
- Strong proposal, request for proposal, solution costing, and financial modeling awareness is required.
- The ability to operate in ambiguity, define assumptions, manage dependencies, and shape phased approaches is required.
- Lead the technical sales cycle from qualification to contract signature, strengthening solution fit, differentiation, and customer confidence.
- Build trusted advisor relationships with customer executives, technology leaders, and technical stakeholders.
- Present Viridien capabilities and lead executive briefings, workshops, conferences, and technology forums.
- Own technical proposal input, including architecture, pricing assumptions, migration approach, documentation, go/no-go support, and solution risk assessment.
- Design scalable, secure HPC, AI, and managed services solutions for scientific, data-intensive, and AI workloads based on customer business needs.
- Lead discovery and workshops, aligning requirements with security, compliance, sustainability, operations, and delivery readiness.
- Drive customer satisfaction through solution excellence and delivery alignment.
- Translate market feedback and customer needs into portfolio enhancements, reference architectures, reusable frameworks, and technical standards.
- Work closely with Viridien technology teams to translate customer requirements into the development roadmap.
- Position Viridien as a technology leader through executive briefings, technical points of view, industry events, and partner activities.
- Lead and mentor solution architecture, benchmarking, and technical contributors through direct, matrix, or deal-based leadership.
- Collaborate across sales, operations, cloud platforms, enterprise services, cybersecurity, procurement, finance, and specialist technology teams.
- Promote best practices in architecture, technical sales, and customer engagement.
- A master's degree, doctorate, or relevant certifications is preferred.
- Experience with OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph, or equivalent private cloud and storage platforms is preferred.
- Experience with cloud security, backup, recovery, access control, and data residency considerations is preferred.
- Experience working with parallel computing frameworks is preferred.
About the company
Viridien offers geoscience solutions for complex natural resource, environmental, and infrastructure challenges. Its work centers on interpreting and integrating geological and geophysical data to understand subsurface conditions and hazards. By combining data collection, imaging, and modeling, Viridien helps clients make informed decisions about exploration, resource development, environmental management, and infrastructure planning. The company differentiates itself through a broad spectrum of geoscience services across resources, environment, and infrastructure, enabling a single partner to tackle multi-domain problems. The goal is to provide accurate subsurface insights that reduce risk, optimize project outcomes, and support sustainable development.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Massy, France
Founded
1931
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Ithaca Energy awarded Viridien a five-year UK North Sea monitoring contract in 2026.
- Walker Ridge Reimaging Extension launched in 2026, with fast-track results and early-2027 delivery.
- Guyana Shallow Water Phase I and PETROSEN partnership expand frontier data sales across two basins.
What critics are saying
- Oil majors can slash multi-client seismic spending fast, crushing 2027 reimaging and OBN returns.
- Viridien depends on a few large contracts, including Ithaca, Aker BP, PETROSEN, and Guyana.
- If energy clients delay exploration again, Viridien's asset-light model loses volume and bargaining power.
What makes Viridien unique
- Viridien combines proprietary seismic imaging, OBN acquisition, and TLFWI workflows across basins.
- Henning Berg became CEO on June 3, 2026, preserving Zurquiyah-era asset-light specialization.
- Its SeaScope, GTMS, and Evergreen platforms extend geoscience into monitoring and AI data transformation.
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Benefits
Hybrid Work Options
401(k) Company Match
Parental Leave
Health Insurance
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Paid Vacation
Professional Development Budget
Wellness Program
Company News
Viridien and ONHYM launch subsurface data framework for Morocco basins. * 7 October 2026 * Edited By: Haley McQueen Viridien has announced a landmark multi-client collaboration agreement with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM), Morocco's national agency for hydrocarbon and mineral resource development. The collaboration defines a joint framework through which Viridien, working with ONHYM, will deliver integrated multi-client subsurface data and analytics solutions across Morocco's extensive and underexplored offshore and onshore sedimentary basins. Left to right: Mohammed Farssi, North Offshore Department Manager, ONHYM, David Spofforth, Director of Global Business Development, Earth Data, Viridien, Khalid Amrouch, Director Asset Management and Investment Promotion, ONHYM, Asmae Benarchid, Petroleum Exploration Director, ONHYM, Julio Perea, VP Global Business Development, Earth Data, Viridien, Salim Lahsini, Promotion Department Manager, ONHYM. (Image credit: Viridien) Through this collaboration, Viridien and ONHYM are dedicated to setting new standards for subsurface evaluation, technical rigor, and knowledge exchange, reinforcing Morocco's standing as a compelling destination for hydrocarbon investment in North Africa. Ms. Amina Benkhadra, CEO of ONHYM, said: "This collaboration reflects ONHYM's commitment to fostering innovation and international partnerships that unlock Morocco's hydrocarbon potential. By combining our regional expertise and geoscientific knowledge with Viridien's advanced technologies and capabilities, we are creating a powerful platform to enhance subsurface understanding, attract investment, and accelerate exploration opportunities across Morocco." Dechun Lin, Head of Earth Data, Viridien, said: "This collaboration marks a pivotal moment for Viridien as we deepen our presence in Africa and forge an enduring, partnership-driven relationship with ONHYM. By integrating our industry-leading imaging and data science capabilities with ONHYM's regional expertise, we are well positioned to support Morocco's hydrocarbon potential." Don't miss the headlines. ON&T's top news, every week. More in Energy
Viridien wins five-year contract for UK North Sea monitoring. Under the contract, Viridien will support post-decommissioning monitoring using a UK OPRED-approved system. France-based Viridien has secured a five-year contract from Ithaca Energy to provide an integrated environmental monitoring and marine situational awareness solution for the UK North Sea's Greater Stella Area. The contract will see Viridien support post-decommissioning monitoring using a system approved by the UK's Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED). Under the agreement, Viridien will deploy an integrated monitoring solution instead of traditional guard-vessel coverage. The solution combines Sercel's Marlin Vessel Tracking and Alerts platform with Viridien's SeaScope service. The Marlin system tracks vessel movements in real time and provides automated alerts for offshore infrastructure, geofences and proximity, while also displaying satellite imagery and sea surface data from SeaScope. Sercel CEO Jérôme Denigot said: "Offshore Technology is proud to support Ithaca Energy with an innovative solution that brings together Sercel's Marlin software and Viridien's SeaScope satellite monitoring service. "This five-year award demonstrates how these complementary technologies can help offshore operators monitor and manage their producing and decommissioned assets by identifying potential risks earlier and responding with confidence." SeaScope uses automation, metocean data and interpretation to conduct large-scale surveillance of ocean areas surrounding offshore assets. Viridien said the solution will give Ithaca Energy improved situational awareness, helping it detect potential releases, identify their sources and respond effectively to incidents involving its assets or other parties' activities. By integrating vessel data and environmental intelligence into a single operational display, operators can proactively manage risks during post-decommissioning monitoring. Last month, Viridien entered into a multi-client partnership with Société de Pétroles du Sénégal, Senegal's state petroleum company. The agreement sets a framework for delivering subsurface intelligence across the MSGBC Basin, spanning Mauritania, Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea Conakry. The partnership is intended to support subsurface characterisation, technical standards and capacity building in the region. Give your business an edge with its leading industry insights.
Viridien commences Walker Ridge Reimaging Extension in US Gulf. Viridien has recently launched its Walker Ridge Reimaging Extension in the US Gulf. With the support of industry partners, the initiative expands on the success of its original Walker Ridge Reimaging program. Fast-track results for this new project are already available. The 4,406 km[2] extension covers 189 new OCS blocks in the highly prospective Walker Ridge area, in addition to 46.5 blocks overlapping the original Walker Ridge Reimaging program over a 1,085 km[2] area. The total program coverage of 5,491 km[2] over 235.5 blocks will deliver a premium exploration dataset across a large acreage position with significant infrastructure-led exploration (ILX) potential. Viridien is applying its seismic imaging expertise and advanced Time-Lag Full Waveform Inversion (TLFWI) technology to enhance subsurface understanding and provide greater geological insight into this complex deepwater environment. The project will deliver a higher-quality data set over the extension area, seamlessly merged with the original Walker Ridge Reimaging volume, with final results expected to be available in early 2027. Dechun Lin, Head of Earth Data, Viridien, said: "The Walker Ridge Reimaging Extension program builds directly on the proven success of our earlier Walker Ridge multi-client survey which generated strong commercial interest. By applying our latest Time-Lag FWI technology, we are giving clients a powerful exploration tool across a large, highly prospective area with strong ILX potential."
PRESS DIGEST 13 AUG 2026: Viridien-PETROSEN deal; ODL Pipeline in COL. CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By Energy Analytics Institute and Editores Latin Petroleum, 13.Aug.2026, Words: 425) - The following briefs span company details on New Pacific Metals Corp., Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd., Nucor Corp., Orvana Minerals Corp., Argentina's Ministry of Economy, Société de Pétroles du Sénégal (PETROSEN), Sonatrach, Saipem, Viridien, Excelerate Energy, Frontera Energy, ECOPETROL, and PEMEX, among others. LATIN America and the Caribbean. - total investments approved for 21 projects under RIGI currently amount to $46.708bn while another 23 projects under evaluation have investment potential of $152.271bn, according to Argentina's Ministry of Economy. [Editores Latin Petroleum] - Orvana Minerals Corp. confirmed it doubled its exploration area at Taguas, Argentina, through the acquisition of Evelina. [Editores Latin Petroleum] - New Pacific Metals Corp. filed an independent preliminary economic assessment technical report titled "Carangas Project: NI 43-101 Technical Report and Preliminary Economic Assessment, Oruro, Bolivia" for the Carangas project in Oruro Department, Bolivia. [New Pacific Metals] Africa. - Viridien inked a strategic multi-client partnership agreement w/ Société de Pétroles du Sénégal (PETROSEN), Senegal's national petroleum co. [Energy Analytics Institute] - Saipem has signed a limited notice to proceed (LNTP) w/ Sonatrach for Phase 1 of the projet phosphates intégré )PPI) in Algeria. [Saipem] North America. - Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. continues to expect to rec./accrue pmts on 3,500 to 4,500 attributable gold equivalent ounces (GEOs). "The lower end of the range reflects current operating assumptions and known constraints, while the upper end incorporates the potential impact of improved grades, continued ramp-up of key assets, and contributions from new sources of cash flow," according to the co. "Attributable GEOs are expected to be weighted toward the second half of 2026, reflecting the timing of higher-grade production and the continued ramp-up of key assets," Metalla said. [Energy Analytics Institute] - Nucor Corporation will invest $59mn to expand its Vulcraft Indiana manufacturing facility in St. Joe, Indiana, adding capabilities to produce steel grating products. The investment is expected to create 20 new full-time jobs, adding 300+ teammates currently employed at the facility. [Nucor] The briefs are compiled from varied media outlets across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and beyond. Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) has not verified all of these stories and therefore does not vouch for their accuracy. By freelance editors and writers reporting for EAI from Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Caracas, Houston, Monterrey, Mexico City, and Bogota. EAI and its 100% owned Venezuelan affiliate Editores Latin Petroleum CA do not provide investment advice. (C) 1999-2026 LATINPETROLEUM INC., dba ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI), and EDITORES LATIN PETROLEUM CA. All Rights Reserved.
Viridien kicks off Phase I of Guyana Shallow Water 3D seismic survey. Viridien has commenced Guyana Shallow Water 3D Phase I, following its previously announced agreement with the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and BGP to launch a major multi-client 3D seismic acquisition and imaging program offshore Guyana. The program has received strong industry support. Phase I will cover shallow water acreage across Lot 3 and connect to legacy surveys in the area that will later be reimaged. For the project, the seismic data will be acquired by BGP, and Viridien will deliver high-end imaging using its proprietary advanced workflows, including shallow water demultiple and time-lag full-waveform inversion (TLFWI). Dechun Lin, Head of Earth Data, Viridien, said: "Our Guyana program is designed to enhance subsurface understanding, support future exploration planning and help unlock the hydrocarbon potential of this exciting frontier basin. The resulting ultramodern 3D data set will also make a valuable contribution to Guyana's broader geological knowledge base and future licensing efforts."