Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, SLED

Pure Storage

. Understand customers’ businesses and decision-making drivers .

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeRemote • California • United StatesSenior💰 $156,100 - $234,500 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in enterprise storage solutions, cloud architectures, and technical leadership, with a strong focus on customer engagement and revenue growth. Proficient in translating complex technical requirements into innovative business solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

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Pre-Sales ExperienceEnterprise Storage SolutionsCloud Native ArchitectureTechnical LeadershipCustomer Strategy Development

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Hard Skills

Storage ArchitecturesLinux Distributed Network EnvironmentsMulti-Tiered Client/Server SolutionsAWS Well-Architected FrameworkLAMP StackVirtual Memory SubsystemsProvisioning AutomationContainersSQL DatabasesMicroservices Architecture

Soft Skills

Excellent Verbal CommunicationExcellent Written CommunicationTeamworkCreativityPersistence

Tools & Technologies

VMwareAWSAzureGCPKubernetesTCP/IPEthernetLAN

Industry Keywords

RFPRFQRFIDASNASSANFile SystemsNetworkingCloudEnterprise Accounts

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLAMPLinuxMicroservicesNFSOracleSQLTCP/IPVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Understand customers’ businesses and decision-making drivers
Connect Everpure technology solutions to measurable customer business outcomes
Partner with account managers, specialists, and channel partners to create customer strategies and drive revenue growth and net new business
Provide technical leadership and domain expertise on storage products, distributed storage architectures, file systems, and DAS, NAS, and SAN offerings
Manage evaluations, benchmarks, and system configurations
Build and deliver technical product and architecture presentations
Capture customer requirements and translate business needs into innovative solutions
Pursue interoperability, functional, and performance testing and validation opportunities
Promote roadmap and planning exchanges
Collaborate with product and technical marketing to produce supporting materials such as whitepapers and web presentations
Monitor competitors and maintain differentiated solution positioning
Track market trends and promote thought leadership
Model Everpure values including Persistence, Creativity, Teamwork, Ownership, and Customer-first

Requirements

What you’ll need

Pre-sales experience is required
5 or more years of relevant experience required
Experience supporting sales of enterprise storage, networking, systems, cloud, or software to enterprise accounts preferred
Deep understanding of multi-tiered client/server and web-based computing solutions
Familiarity with modern web architecture, including LAMP stack, scale-out vs. scale-up architectures, AWS Well-Architected Framework, and microservices architecture
Prior experience targeting new prospects and converting them into clients
Experience contributing to or leading RFP, RFQ, and RFI responses
Superior knowledge of storage architectures including FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, and SAN
Experience with Linux, NFS file systems, and Linux distributed network environments
Experience installing/configuring distributed computing, multiprocessing, virtual memory subsystems, storage subsystem architectures, shared memory architectures, cache architectures, and windowing systems
Strong knowledge of Cloud Native architecture, On-Prem, Public Cloud, Provisioning Automation, and Containers
Knowledge of VMware, LAN, Ethernet, TCP/IP, and general networking
Familiarity with AWS, Azure, GCP, containers, Kubernetes, and microservices architectures
Familiarity with storage-intensive applications and structured databases such as SQL and Oracle highly desirable
Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills
Must be based in California

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible time off
Wellness resources
Company-sponsored team events
Growth and development support
Employee Resource Groups
Disability accommodations throughout the hiring process
Potential eligibility for incentive pay and/or equity