Presales Systems Engineer
Description For Presales Systems Engineer
Pure Storage is revolutionizing the data storage industry with innovative solutions that serve over 11,000 customers, including 58% of the Fortune 500. As a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for ten consecutive years, Pure Storage boasts a customer-first culture and an impressive Net Promoter Score in the top 1% of B2B companies globally.
As a Presales Systems Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of technical sales, working with enterprise customers to understand their business goals and propose creative solutions. You'll leverage your expertise in storage architectures, distributed computing, and cloud technologies to drive solution adoption and customer success.
The role combines deep technical knowledge with customer-facing skills, requiring you to master Pure's portfolio while delivering compelling technical presentations and managing system evaluations. You'll work closely with sales teams, partners, and product teams to grow the business and ensure customer satisfaction.
This position offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge storage technology while solving complex challenges for innovative companies across various sectors, from space exploration to gaming. Pure Storage offers a supportive culture that values individuality, provides professional development opportunities, and maintains a healthy work-life balance through various benefits and flexible working arrangements.
The company's commitment to equality and diversity, combined with its global impact and strong market position, makes this an excellent opportunity for someone looking to make their mark in the enterprise storage industry.
Responsibilities For Presales Systems Engineer
- Understand customer's business drivers and decision-making motivations
- Present technical product and architecture presentations to customers
- Manage evaluations, benchmarks, system configurations, and installations
- Author responses to RFI & RFPs
- Translate customer business needs into innovative solutions
- Collaborate with product and technical marketing teams
- Stay current with competition and market trends
- Lead technical aspects of sales strategy
- Conduct interoperability and performance testing
Requirements For Presales Systems Engineer
- 5-10 years experience in enterprise storage, networking or systems solutions sales support
- Deep understanding of multi-tiered client/server and web-based computing solutions
- Superior knowledge of storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN)
- Knowledge of UNIX OS, NFS file systems and UNIX distributed network environment
- Strong knowledge of Cloud Native architecture, On-Prem, Public Cloud
- Knowledge of VMWare, Local Area Networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP
- BS in CS, EE or technical degree or equivalent experience
- Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills
- Pre-sales experience
Benefits For Presales Systems Engineer
- Flexible time off
- Wellness resources
- Company-sponsored team events
- Professional development opportunities
- Employee resource groups through Pure Equality program
- Pure Good Foundation for volunteering and grants
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