Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, SLED

Pure Storage

. Understand customer businesses and decision-making drivers .

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeRemote • Idaho • United StatesSenior💰 $141,400 - $212,100 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in enterprise storage solutions, including DAS, NAS, and SAN architectures, while effectively translating customer needs into innovative technology strategies. Proven ability to lead pre-sales initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive revenue growth and deliver impactful technical presentations.

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Pre-Sales ExperienceEnterprise Storage SolutionsCloud Native ArchitectureTechnical LeadershipCustomer Strategy Development

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Hard Skills

Storage ArchitecturesLinux Distributed Network EnvironmentsAWS Well-Architected FrameworkLAMP StackMicroservices ArchitectureRFP Response LeadershipProvisioning AutomationSQLVMwareNetworking Protocols

Soft Skills

Excellent Verbal CommunicationExcellent Written CommunicationTeamworkCreativityCustomer-First Mindset

Tools & Technologies

AWSAzureGCPKubernetesContainersEthernetTCP/IP

Industry Keywords

Multi-Tiered Client/Server SolutionsWeb-Based Computing SolutionsStorage-Intensive ApplicationsFunctional TestingPerformance Testing

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLAMPLinuxMicroservicesNFSOracleSQLTCP/IPVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Understand customer businesses and decision-making drivers
Connect technology solutions, including the Everpure portfolio and ecosystem technologies, to measurable customer outcomes
Partner with account managers, specialists, and channel partners to create customer strategies that 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
Lead evaluations, benchmarks, and system configurations
Build and deliver technical product and architecture presentations
Capture customer requirements and translate business needs into innovative solutions
Identify opportunities for interoperability, functional, and performance testing and validation
Promote roadmap and planning exchanges
Collaborate with product and technical marketing to produce whitepapers and web presentations
Monitor competitors and maintain differentiated solution positioning
Promote thought leadership around market trends and the competitive landscape
Model Everpure values: Persistence, Creativity, Teamwork, Ownership, and Customer-first

Requirements

What you’ll need

Pre-sales experience is required
5 or more years of relevant experience, mixed among technology, design, and communications 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 significant portions 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-premises environments, 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 is a plus
Familiarity with storage-intensive applications such as structured databases, SQL, and Oracle is highly desirable
Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Incentive pay and/or equity may be available
Flexible time off
Wellness resources
Company-sponsored team events
Growth and development support
Employee Resource Groups
Disability accommodations throughout the hiring process