Cloud Native Architect, Portworx - North Central
Pure Storage2 days ago
Base Salary
$156k - $235k/yr
Responsibilities
- Provide deep technical and business expertise to customers running stateful applications in containers.
- Advise customers on Kubernetes, cloud-native platforms, data management, and Day 2 operational workflows.
- Present complex technical problems as simplified visions and propose solutions aligned with customer outcomes.
- Engage with co-selling partners and influence desired behavior through leadership and collaboration.
- Support enterprise application modernization across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.
- Travel regionally as needed, up to 50%.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a customer-facing senior-level technical architect.
- 5+ years of Linux administration and/or Linux development experience with an industry-recognized administration-level or higher certification.
- 3+ years of Kubernetes administration experience with KCNA or higher certification.
- Certification-level fluency in OpenShift, Rancher, or another Kubernetes orchestration environment.
- Certification-level fluency in VMware, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or OpenStack.
- Certification-level fluency in DevOps concepts and hands-on experience with Ansible, Terraform, Docker, and CI/CD pipeline applications.
- Certification-level fluency in data engineering, big data, and database operations, delivery, and operational services.
- Understanding of data platform technologies, highly available business applications, enterprise application development lifecycles, and container platforms.
- Strong presentation, customer engagement, thought leadership, problem-solving, collaboration, and continuous-improvement abilities.
Benefits
- Remote role with regional travel of up to 50%.
- Flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events.
- Growth and development support, inclusive leadership, and employee resource groups.
- Equal opportunity employer with accommodations available throughout the hiring process.
- May be eligible for incentive pay and/or equity.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Pure Storage
Pure Storage builds all-flash data storage systems and software for enterprises, including FlashArray and FlashBlade, and offers storage delivered as-a-service for on‑prem and cloud workloads. Its subscription model (Evergreen/Pure as‑a‑Service) supports databases, virtualization, analytics, and AI. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Pure is a public company listed on the NYSE (PSTG).