Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, SLED (New Jersey)

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 Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer to join our dynamic team selling into the exciting SLED market. 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.

• Pre-sales experience is required • 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 • Preference may be given to candidates with experience in the SLED vertical • 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, 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 #LI-REMOTE Salary ranges are determined based on role, level and location. For positions open to candidates in multiple geographical locations, the base salary range is reflective of the labor market across the applicable locations. This role may be eligible for incentive pay and/or equity. There is no application deadline and we accept applications on an ongoing basis until the job is filled.