Solutions Architect
SAS Software2 days ago
Responsibilities
- Lead or support multiple hardware sizing projects through successful completion.
- Provide precise hardware sizing recommendations tailored to business requirements and solution architecture.
- Manage the sizing request queue and ensure consistent, high-quality output using current methodologies.
- Collaborate with SAS teams, R&D experts, and field consultants to validate benchmarks and sizing recommendations.
- Support sales and pre-sales activities with expert sizing and performance guidance through calls, chats, and email.
- Contribute to sizing-program planning, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge sharing.
- Troubleshoot performance issues across hardware, operating systems, applications, and network layers.
- Analyze hardware architecture and workload demands to optimize capacity planning and software efficiency.
Requirements
- Experience with Linux and Windows Server system administration.
- Knowledge of SAN, NAS, NFS, FCoE, Fibre Channel, CIFS, JBOD, RAID, and ANF storage technologies.
- Working knowledge of CPUs, physical and virtual systems, chipsets, NUMA, cache, pipelining, and CPU affinity.
- Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud, including instance types, networking, VM scale sets, placement groups, and storage solutions.
- Experience supporting and maintaining multi-tier application environments.
- Experience with Dell and HPE systems, particularly performance and storage.
- Experience with Kubernetes on cloud platforms; Azure AKS is preferred, followed by AWS, GCP, OpenShift, and open-source platforms.
- Understanding of I/O throughput, latency, bandwidth, packet loss, and networking limitations.
- Ability to manage complex projects, communicate effectively, and collaborate with sales, R&D, platform partners, and field consultants.
Tech Stack
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Solutions Engineering