Cloud Native Senior Architect (Portworx)
Pure Storage3 hours ago
Responsibilities
- Support design and architecture workshops by gathering customer requirements, documenting current environments, and translating technical needs into implementation plans.
- Design, install, configure, and maintain Kubernetes clusters and Portworx solutions using Kubernetes manifests and Helm charts.
- Deploy and operate Portworx Enterprise, PX-Backup, and PX-DR across customer Kubernetes environments on-premises and in the cloud.
- Configure Portworx against storage platforms and optimize deployments for performance, scalability, high availability, disaster recovery, and reliability.
- Lead API and microservices deployment and day-2 operations, including monitoring, alerting, and observability practices.
- Support CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code workflows relevant to Portworx delivery.
- Act as the initial point of contact for break/fix support cases and Request for Enhancement requests.
- Collaborate with support, product engineering, delivery partners, vendors, and customer teams to resolve issues and deliver engagements.
- Validate and test changes before production implementation, remediate issues, and provide customer training and knowledge transfer.
- Maintain engagement communications and contribute field experience to reusable procedures, runbooks, and templates.
Requirements
- 10+ years of hands-on experience deploying and troubleshooting production Kubernetes environments and operating containerized solutions.
- Proven DevOps experience and strong knowledge of the cloud-native technology landscape.
- Experience supporting enterprise customers directly in customer sites or production environments.
- In-depth Kubernetes deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting experience, with proficiency in OpenShift, Rancher, Mirantis, or another orchestrator.
- Linux system administration experience with RHEL, SLES, Debian, or Ubuntu.
- Knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, software-defined storage, NFS, block storage, iSCSI, and highly available business applications.
- Experience with Jenkins, GitOps, Argo, Airflow, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, or Ansible.
- Working knowledge of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform IaaS environments.
- Familiarity with backup, disaster recovery, and object storage management across cloud and on-premises environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- CKA or CKAD certification, or equivalent hands-on experience, is desirable.
- Scripting experience with Bash, Python, or Ruby is desirable.
- Familiarity with KVM, VMware, Git, SVN, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, SSL/TLS, Kubernetes Secrets, RBAC, and the OpenStorage SDK is desirable.
- Experience with highly available scale-out databases and data-processing technologies such as Cassandra, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Kafka, or Elasticsearch is desirable.
- Cloud or Portworx-related certifications are desirable.
- Must already be based in and eligible to work in the UK and be willing to travel to customer sites across EMEA and company offices, potentially 30% or more.
Benefits
- Contract engagement with scope and duration aligned to the Portworx EMEA delivery roadmap.
- UK-based role with travel across EMEA and to company offices as needed, potentially 30% or more.
- Flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events.
- Growth, development, inclusive employee resource groups, and accessibility accommodations are supported.
Tech Stack
AnsibleApache AirflowApache CassandraApache KafkaArgo CDAWSAzureBashChefElasticsearchGitGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanagRPCHelmJenkinsKubernetesMirantisMongoDBMySQLOpenShiftPostgreSQLPrometheusPuppetPythonRancherRubySubversionTerraform
Categories
Forward DeployedSolutions Engineering
About Pure Storage
Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) uncomplicates data storage, forever. Pure delivers a cloud experience that empowers every organization to get the most from their data while reducing the complexity and expense of managing the infrastructure behind it. Pure’s commitment to providing true storage as-a-service gives customers the agility to meet changing data needs at speed and scale, whether they are deploying traditional workloads, modern applications, containers, or more. Pure believes it can make a significant impact in reducing data center emissions worldwide through its environmental sustainability efforts, including designing products and solutions that enable customers to reduce their carbon and energy footprint. And with a certified customer satisfaction score in the top one percent of B2B companies, Pure's ever-expanding list of customers are among the happiest in the world. For more information, visit www.purestorage.com.