Portworx Software CoE Architect – EMEA
NTT
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Bad Homburg • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
CloudKubernetesOpenShiftVMware
About the role
- Build and lead the early technical capability of the Portworx Software Centre of Excellence within NTT DATA Technology Solutions
- Drive pipeline growth, create technical credibility, and establish Portworx expertise across priority European countries
- Act as the technical advocate for Pure/Portworx inside NTT DATA, accelerating Modern Virtualization, Kubernetes modernisation, and AI-aligned Platform Engineering opportunities
- Drive technical discovery, qualification and solution shaping for Portworx opportunities across EMEA
- Build momentum around Portworx within NTT DATA country teams (sales, architects, application modernization, Cloud)
- Deliver technical workshops, demos, and repeatable presentations for Modern Virtualization, K8s Resilience, and Application Modernization use cases
- Support early lighthouse accounts with solution design aligned to Pure PS/SSE
- Become certified and proficient across the four Portworx software products
- Help define and evolve the technical CoE capability, (frameworks, patterns, reusable architectures)
- Contribute to the stand-up of a Portworx lab environment for demos, POCs and training
Requirements
- Strong hands-on background with Kubernetes (admin-level understanding of clusters, stateful workloads, operators, scheduling)
- Proven experience with VMware platforms (ESXi, vSphere, migration patterns)
- Solid knowledge of storage infrastructure — block, file, snapshots, replication, DR patterns
- 3–7 years in customer-facing architecture / pre-sales roles, preferably in cloud, infra modernisation or platform engineering
- Strong communication and workshop-facilitation skills
- Ability to rapidly learn new technologies and advocate for them internally
- Certifications: CKA/CKAD, VMware VCP, Red Hat/OpenShift certs
Benefits
- Equal Opportunity Employer
- Global culture that embraces diversity
- Environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
KubernetesVMwarestorage infrastructureblock storagefile storagesnapshotsreplicationdisaster recoverysolution designapplication modernization
Soft skills
communicationworkshop facilitationadvocacytechnical credibilitycustomer-facingrapid learning
Certifications
CKACKADVMware VCPRed Hat certificationOpenShift certification