Pure Storage

Consulting Field Solutions Architect, Database

Pure Storage

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois

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Salary

💰 $168,000 - $299,000 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxMS SQL ServerMySQLNFSNoSQLOpen SourceOraclePostgresPythonSQLTerraform

About the role

  • Company overview: We’re in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry; lead with innovative thinking and join a smart team.
  • Role overview: Execution-focused Consulting Field Solutions Architect - Database responsible for designing, validating, and documenting innovative Database solutions supporting go-to-market for Enterprise customers.
  • Database Solutions Development: Participate in definition and execution of solutions roadmap by designing, developing, validating and delivering Database Solutions integrated with Alliance products and Pure’s product suite.
  • Develop Technical Collateral: Create reference architectures, best practices, white papers, and solution briefs communicating value of Pure Storage solutions for Database workloads.
  • Lab Validation and Demonstration: Build, validate, and document solutions using Pure Storage technologies in a lab environment.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Present solutions to customers, partners, and internal teams, translating technical details into business value.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, product management, field architects, professional services and marketing to align solutions with go-to-market strategies.
  • Technical Marketing Support: Collaborate with marketing to develop messaging, presentations, and technical content highlighting business value.
  • Professional Documentation: Plan, outline, and publish technical documents on schedule.
  • Customer-Focused Solutions: Understand real-world customer challenges and deliver practical solutions.
  • Collaborative Teamwork and Communication: Work cross-functionally, communicate clearly, and manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.

Requirements

  • Infrastructure and Platform Expertise: In-depth, holistic knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle. Deep knowledge of OLAP and OLTP Database. Knowledge of Vector Databases. NoSQL and Open Source Databases are a plus. Deep understanding of storage and networking, performance tuning, Kubernetes, Scripting languages, Operating Systems.
  • Storage Proficiency: An understanding of block, file, and object storage protocols (e.g., FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB, S3) and their application in high performance environments.
  • Platform Knowledge: Expertise in hybrid cloud platforms, including public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and DBaaS technologies and offering.
  • Cross-Platform Awareness: Familiarity with other database systems (e.g., SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL) and how they integrate into broader architectures.
  • Solution Architecture: Ability to design, document, and validate comprehensive solutions that address technical and business needs from the complete software stack through the infrastructure environment.
  • Technical Marketing Skills: Ability to collaborate with marketing teams to create impactful content, presentations, and messaging that highlights technical capabilities and customer value for Pure’s target audience of buyers, influencers and decision makers.
  • Performance Optimization: In Depth knowledge of the I/O protocols, pathways and tuning practices to derive the greatest performance in both real world environments and across standardized performance benchmarking tools such as VDBench.
  • Understanding of large scale environments: Real world applications and how to optimize solutions architectures to extract efficiency and performance from the entire stack.
  • Systems Engineering Knowledge: Expertise in Linux, Window, PowerShell Bash/Python scripting, IP networking, Ansible, Terraform and experience with enterprise automation tools and orchestration platforms.
  • Diagnostic Skills: Strong troubleshooting capabilities for performance issues.
  • Technical Curiosity: Technical curiosity / continuous-learning / always-be-developing mindset.
  • Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; or equivalent experience. Minimum of 10 years of experience in database architecture, SQL Server, Oracle, and/or enterprise Database solutions, and related technologies. Proven ability to execute on strategies and deliver high-quality solutions aligned with organizational goals. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on delivering practical and impactful solutions. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present to both technical and executive audiences. Demonstrated adaptability to learn new technologies and respond to evolving organizational needs. Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced setting with minimal supervision.