Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, Federal Civilian - Federal Financials at Pure Storage

What do NASA and emerging space companies have in common with COVID vaccine R&D teams or with Roblox and the Metaverse? 

The answer is data, -- all fast moving, fast growing industries rely on data for a competitive edge in their industries. And the most advanced companies are realizing the full data advantage by partnering with Pure Storage. Pure’s vision is to redefine the storage experience and empower innovators by simplifying how people consume and interact with data. With 11,000+ customers including 58% of the Fortune 500, we’ve only scratched the surface of our ambitions. 

Pure is blazing trails and setting records:

• For ten straight years, Gartner has named Pure a leader in the Magic Quadrant 

• Our customer-first culture and unwavering commitment to innovation have earned us a certified Net Promoter Score in the top 1% of B2B companies globally

• Industry analysts and press applaud Pure’s leadership across these dimensions

• And, our 5,000+ employees are emboldened to make Pure a faster, stronger, smarter company as we go

If you, like us, say “bring it on” to exciting challenges that change the world, we have endless opportunities where you can make your mark.

Are you passionate about driving innovation in the data storage industry? Are you skilled in crafting technical solutions that exceed customer expectations? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! Pure Storage, a leader in the data storage and flash technology space, is seeking a talented and motivated Pre-Sales Systems Engineer to join our dynamic team. 

As a Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, you will play a crucial role in understanding our customers unique challenges and tailoring Pure Storage solutions to meet their specific needs. Collaborating closely with the sales team, you will act as a technical expert during the sales process, helping to showcase the value of our products and services.

SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE YOU WILL:

• Develop an exhaustive understanding of what drives a customer’s business and what motivates their decision making

• Connect the dots from technology solutions, inclusive of the Pure Storage portfolio and others from the ecosystem, to measurable customer business outcomes

• Partner closely with account managers, specialists and channel partners to create a seamless and holistic customer experience and strategy to drive revenue growth and net new business

• Passionately bring to light the advantages of a Pure Storage solution

• Delight customers and teammates with your technical leadership and domain expertise on storage products, distributed storage architectures, file systems, and competitive storage offerings in the DAS, NAS and SAN product spaces

• Take control of evaluations,  benchmarks and system configurations

• Build and deliver technical product and architecture presentations with vigor to customers and lock in the technical win with clients and prospective accounts

• Capture requirements and translate Customer’s business needs into innovative solutions to accelerate their growth and capacity

• Contribute significant portions and/or lead responses to RFPs, RFQs and RFIs

• Seek out and spur new opportunities for interoperability, functional, and performance testing/validation

• Promote mutual roadmap and planning exchanges

• Liaise with product and technical marketing to produce materials (i.e. whitepaper, web presentations) that support overall alliance plans and objectives

• Stay current with the competition and ensure that materials accurately reflect the latest, differentiated solution positioning

• Move with market trends and competitive landscape to promote thought leadership within our organization

• Lead by example living the Pure Values:  Persistence, Creativity, Teamwork, Ownership and Customer-first  

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BRING TO THIS ROLE...

• BS in CS, EE or other technical degree and/or equivalent experience

• Pre-sales experience is required

• Preference may be given to candidates who have covered Federal Civilian accounts in the past

• 5 or more years of relevant experience, mixed among technology, design, and communications required. Experience supporting the sales of enterprise storage, networking, systems, cloud, or software to enterprise accounts preferred

• Deep understanding of the architecture, design and implementation of multi-tiered client/server and web-based computing solutions

• Must have a familiarity with modern web architecture a plus (LAMP stack, scale-out vs scale-up architectures, AWS well-architected framework, microservices architecture)

• Prior experience in targeting new prospects and converting them into clients

• Contribute significant portions and/or lead responses to RFPs, RFQs and RFIs

• Superior knowledge of current and emerging storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN)

• Previous experience with Linux, NFS file systems and Linux distributed network environment

• Installation/configuration of distributed computing, multiprocessing, virtual memory subsystem, storage subsystems architecture, shared memory architectures, cache architectures, windowing systems

• Strong knowledge of digital transformation to a Cloud Native architecture, On-Prem, Public Cloud, Provisioning Automation, and Containers

• Knowledge of VMware, Local Area Networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP and general networking

• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, GCP a plus

• Familiarity with containers, k8s and microservices architectures a plus

• Curiosity and passion around technology and explaining and showing new technology platforms and concepts to customers

• Familiarity with storage-intensive applications and their requirements such as structured databases (SQL, Oracle) is highly desirable

• Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills