A senior-level Solutions Engineer responsible for designing Kubernetes-native architectures, contributing to open source projects within the CNCF ecosystem, and collaborating with customers and partners to drive cloud-native storage solutions and community engagement.
Key Responsibilities
Design, validate, and guide Kubernetes-native architectures across cloud and on-prem environments for mission-critical workloads.
Act as a technical champion in the CNCF ecosystem by contributing to open source projects and engaging with the community.
Partner with customers to identify needs, prototype solutions, and develop engineering features to support adoption and innovation.
Collaborate with enterprise customers to define architectures for Kubernetes workloads, databases, and stateful applications using Portworx solutions.
Contribute to open source projects and ensure customer insights influence product development.
Build lightweight software features, patches, or integrations to address customer challenges or test new product directions.
Influence product roadmaps by integrating community signals and customer feedback into engineering requirements.
Represent Portworx at industry events, contribute to thought leadership content, and promote the company's leadership in cloud-native storage.
Engage with cloud providers, CNCF projects, and technology partners to facilitate seamless integration and adoption.
Requirements
Strong background in Kubernetes, cloud-native platforms, and containerized infrastructure.
Hands-on engineering expertise in Go, Python, or other modern languages for building integrations or rapid prototypes.
Experience contributing to or leading open source projects, ideally within the CNCF ecosystem.
Proven ability to design and deploy resilient architectures across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
Familiarity with the Kubernetes ecosystem including OpenShift, Rancher, KubeVirt, service meshes, and operators.
Knowledge of automation and DevOps tooling such as Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines.
Strong understanding of observability and monitoring tools including Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and Splunk.
Customer-facing skills with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
Exceptional communication skills for engaging developers, operators, and executives.
Benefits & Perks
Salary range: 148,000 - 317,000 USD annually
Flexible time off
Wellness resources
Company-sponsored team events
Potential incentive pay and/or equity
Inclusive and supportive work environment
Ready to Apply?
Join Pure Storage and make an impact in renewable energy