The Field Solutions Architect role involves providing technical expertise and strategic guidance in data protection, cyber resiliency, unstructured data, AI, and storage solutions to support sales efforts, enable customer success, and influence product development within the enterprise storage industry.
Key Responsibilities
Create technical content, including walkthroughs, demos, and qualification guides for Data Protection, Unstructured Data, AI Analytics, and File Object Storage use cases.
Develop enablement materials and strategies for Cyber Resiliency qualification and integration with unstructured data, AI, and analytics platforms.
Provide guidance on file and object storage deployment, management, and optimization best practices.
Participate in customer calls, demos, proof-of-concepts, and strategy sessions to support pipeline and deal progression.
Maintain expertise in Pure Storage platform features and translate them into enablement plans.
Capture field feedback to influence product roadmap and lead or oversee field testing of integrations and reference architectures.
Provide post-sales troubleshooting and assistance around backup, snapshot replication, cyber recovery, and disaster recovery workflows.
Partner with Sales and cross-functional teams to align on campaigns, content, and KPIs, and build internal relationships.
Requirements
Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Computer Engineering, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
Typically 8 years of pre-sales experience in IT, with depth in Data Protection backup restore, disaster recovery (DR), cyber resilience, and related architectures.
Typically 5 years of experience in IT or cloud infrastructure spanning compute, storage, networking, and distributed systems.
Technical acumen across Data Protection immutable snapshots, replication, DR runbooks orchestration, ransomware recovery design, and cloud-based protection patterns.
Understanding of the infrastructure underpinning high-performance recovery at scale servers, networking, storage, and how to optimize RPO and RTO across on-premises and cloud environments.
Ability to map customer requirements to architectures and outcomes, and to simplify complex concepts for account teams and partners.
Strong communication skills and the ability to present and explain visually, e.g., diagramming and whiteboarding, to diverse audiences.
Proficiency with productivity tools and CRM opportunity management systems such as Google Workspace and Salesforce.
Experience with the Data Protection ecosystem and Pure integrations including Veeam, Commvault, Veritas NetBackup, Cohesity, Rubrik, Zerto, VMware, Oracle RMAN, Microsoft SQL Server, SAP HANA, and Kubernetes ecosystems such as Portworx and Kasten across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Experience supporting large Enterprise and Public Sector SLED accounts.
Willingness to travel within the assigned territory and occasionally internationally, approximately 40-60% with variability by quarter and event cadence.
Reliable follow-through and accountability.
Certifications such as VMCE, Commvault, AWS, Azure, GCP Architect, Kubernetes CKA, or security/cyber resiliency certifications are a plus.
Benefits & Perks
Flexible time off
Wellness resources
Community engagement
Perks supporting work-life balance
Opportunities for growth and development
Participation in employee resource groups
Inclusive and diverse work environment
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