Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, SLED

Salary: $156,100 - 234,500 per year
Requirements:
We require pre-sales experience. We require 5 or more years of relevant experience spanning technology, design, and communications. We prefer experience supporting the sale of enterprise storage, networking, systems, cloud, or software to enterprise accounts. We need a strong grasp of multi-tier client/server and web-based solution architecture, design, and implementation. Familiarity with modern web architecture is a plus, including the LAMP stack, scale-out versus scale-up architectures, the AWS Well-Architected Framework, and microservices.

Prior success in identifying new prospects and turning them into clients is expected. The ability to contribute to or lead responses to RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs is required. We look for deep knowledge of current and emerging storage architectures, including FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, and SAN. Experience with Linux, NFS file systems, and Linux-based distributed network environments is required. Knowledge of distributed computing, multiprocessing, virtual memory subsystems, storage subsystem architecture, shared memory architectures, cache architectures, and windowing systems is expected.

Strong understanding of digital transformation to cloud-native architecture, on-premises environments, public cloud, provisioning automation, and containers is required. Knowledge of VMware, local area networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP, and general networking is expected. Familiarity with AWS, Azure, GCP, containers, Kubernetes, and microservices architectures is a plus. We value curiosity and enthusiasm for technology, along with the ability to explain and demonstrate new platforms and concepts to customers.

Familiarity with storage-intensive applications and their requirements, such as SQL and Oracle databases, is highly desirable. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

We develop a thorough understanding of what drives a customers business and influences decision-making. We connect technology solutions, including our portfolio and ecosystem offerings, to measurable business outcomes. We partner closely with account managers, specialists, and channel partners to create a seamless customer experience and growth strategy. We provide technical leadership and domain expertise across storage products, distributed storage architectures, file systems, and competing offerings in DAS, NAS, and SAN.

We manage evaluations, benchmarks, and system configurations. We build and deliver compelling technical product and architecture presentations to help secure the technical win. We capture customer requirements and translate business needs into innovative solutions that support growth and capacity. We identify and encourage opportunities for interoperability, functional testing, and performance validation. We support mutual roadmap and planning discussions.

We work with product and technical marketing to create materials such as white papers and web presentations that support alliance plans and objectives. We stay current on competitive developments and ensure our materials reflect the latest differentiated positioning. We monitor market trends and the competitive landscape to strengthen thought leadership within the organization. We lead by example and live our values of Persistence, Creativity, Teamwork, Ownership, and Customer-first.

Technologies

AI
AWS
Azure
Cloud
Ethernet
GCP
Hardware
Support
Kubernetes
Linux
Marketing
Network
NFS
Oracle
SQL
TCP/IP
VMware
Web microservices
More:
We are Everpure (formerly Pure Storage), a data platform and flash technology leader that has grown from a storage pioneer into a company serving hyperscalers, AI labs, the AI hardware supply chain, data platform providers, and the wider AI ecosystem. We are hiring a Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer based in California.

We offer an annual base salary range of $156,100 to $234,500 USD, and the role may also be eligible for incentive pay and/or equity. We provide flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events, along with a culture focused on innovation, growth, and teamwork. We also support accommodations and accessibility during the hiring process and are committed to building an inclusive team. last updated 40 week of 2026