Cloud Native Architect, Portworx - West Region
Pure StorageDenver, Colorado
Full Time
Posted November 5, 2025
$152k - $250k
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Job Description
A senior technical architect role focused on providing expertise in Kubernetes, cloud-native data management, and containerized applications to help customers deploy and manage stateful services across multi-cloud and on-prem environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide pre-sales technical and business expertise to customers for running stateful applications in containers and automating data management workflows.
- Serve as a senior-level technical architect with expertise in Kubernetes, Linux, and cloud native environments.
- Coach and influence team members and customers to adopt best practices and desired behaviors.
- Develop and present solutions that simplify complex problems and align with customer outcomes.
- Stay current with and apply knowledge of data platform technologies, container platforms, and cloud IaaS environments.
Requirements
- Five (5) years of experience as a customer-facing senior-level technical architect.
- Five (5) years of Linux Administration and/or Linux development experience with an industry-recognized administration-level or higher certification.
- Three (3) years of Kubernetes Administration experience.
- Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) certification or above.
- Certification-level fluency in OpenShift, Rancher, or other Kubernetes orchestration environment.
- Certification-level fluency in Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environments such as VMware, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and OpenStack.
- Certification-level fluency with DevOps concepts and hands-on experience with associated tools, such as Ansible, Terraform, Docker, and CI/CD pipeline applications.
- Certification-level fluency in data engineering, big data, and database operations, delivery, and operational services.
- Demonstrable understanding of data platform technologies as they relate to highly available business applications on-premises, hybrid, and in the cloud.
- Demonstrable understanding of the enterprise application development lifecycle and container platforms' impact on it.
- Demonstrable ability to see and present the big picture, offer solutions to improve upon it, and challenge the status quo when it is not in alignment with or in the best interest of desired customer outcomes.
- Demonstrable ability to distill complex problems into a simplified vision that drives customer interest in Pure technologies.
- Strong bias for continuous improvement both personally and professionally.
- Ability to travel as needed regionally, up to 60%.
Benefits & Perks
Salary range: 151,900 - 249,900 USD annually
Potential eligibility for incentive pay and/or equity
Flexible time off
Wellness resources
Company-sponsored team events
Support for accommodations and accessibility during hiring process
Inclusive and diverse work environment
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