Pure Storage

Solutions Architect, SQL Server

Pure Storage

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California, Washington

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Salary

💰 $249,000 - $398,000 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxNFSOpenShiftPythonTerraformVMware

About the role

  • Definition and execution of the solutions roadmap through strategic collaboration on solution direction, design, development, validation, documentation and evangelism of SQLServer Solutions with Pure’s block, file, snapshot and data protection workflows.
  • Develop technical documentation, including reference architectures, best practices, white papers, and solution briefs, that effectively communicate the value of Pure Storage solutions for SQLServer workloads to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Showcase SQLServer solutions with Pure’s technologies in lab environments for use in field and partner enablement, customer POCs and Demos.
  • Present solutions to customers, partners, and internal teams, translating technical details into business value and actionable insights.
  • Partner with engineering, product management, field architects, professional services and marketing teams to drive market growth, thought leadership and roadmap alignment with go-to-market and product strategies.
  • Collaborate with the marketing team to develop and refine messaging, presentations, and technical content that highlights the business value and differentiated value of Pure Storage solutions for specific target audiences such as researchers, data scientists, systems engineers and infrastructure teams.
  • Plan, outline, and publish professional technical documents on schedule, ensuring accuracy and clarity and own the document lifecycle of SQLServer solutions at Pure.
  • Collaborate with field teams to understand Enterprise customer challenges and deliver practical, impactful solutions.
  • Work collaboratively within a team and cross-functionally to achieve common goals and drive innovation.
  • Communicate in a clear and concise professional manner, tailored to the appropriate audience; including both verbal and written communications.
  • Manage multiple priorities and tasks within a dynamic work environment, ensuring timely and effective delivery of projects.

Requirements

  • SQLServer DBA Experience in the real world - with high level certifications.
  • Infrastructure and Platform Expertise: In-depth, holistic knowledge of SQLServer, Virtualization, Networking, Storage Protocols, Filesystems 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 hybrid cloud virtualization technologies (Nutanix, VMWare, OpenShift, Kubernetes).
  • Solution Architecture: Real world experience with SQLServer Solutions preferably in both Vendor and Customer environments, building, designing, validating, troubleshooting and documenting comprehensive solutions that address technical and business needs across the tech stack from Software through infrastructure.
  • Technical Marketing Skills: Ability to communicate value in collaboration 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 and extracting the most efficient performance in real world applications.
  • Understanding and commanding perspective of emerging trends in vectorization, data engineering and analytics.
  • Understanding of large scale SQLServer environments: Familiarity with Enterprise Customer issues in how to build, optimize and protect SQLServer data system architectures to extract efficiency, performance, scale and resilience.
  • Systems Engineering Knowledge: Proficiency in Linux, Bash/Python scripting, IP networking, Ansible, Terraform, observability & management tools used by DBAs and Systems Engineers.
  • Diagnostic Skills: Strong troubleshooting capabilities for performance issues.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in database architecture, SQLServer 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.
  • We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore, you will be expected to work from the Santa Clara, CA or Bellevue, WA office in compliance with Pure’s policies, unless you are on PTO, or work travel, or other approved leave. #LI-ONSITE