Senior Technical Marketing Engineer FlashBlade

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Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, FlashBlade

at Pure Storage

Mountain View, CA

BE PART OF BUILDING THE FUTURE.

Since our founding in 2009, Pure Storage has empowered innovators to build a better world with data. In less than eight years, Pure reached $1B in sales, faster than nearly every enterprise company in history, and our incredible growth continues to outpace the competition.

Our mission? Give technologists their time back by delivering a modern data experience that empowers organizations to run their operations as a true, automated, storage as-a-service model seamlessly across multiple clouds.

The secret sauce? More than 3,000 team members (and growing!) around the world who join forces to invent the next big thing. And then the next one.

We’ve only scratched the surface of our ambitions

, and as we continue to gobble up market share, we’re blazing trails and setting records:

For

seven straight years, Pure has been named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant

(five years in the MQ for Solid-State Arrays, and two in the newly created MQ

for Primary Storage).

Our customer-first culture and unwavering commitment to innovation have earned us a 2020 Medallia

Net Promoter Score

, certified by Owen CX,

in the top 1% of B2B companies

If you, like us, say “bring it on” to exciting challenges that change the world, we have endless opportunities where you can make your mark.

SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE...

As a Technical Marketing Engineer (TME), you will represent the Product Management organization on technical marketing aspects of assigned product line(s) throughout the product life cycle. The TME will develop, author, publish and deliver technical product information, technical white papers, and best practices guides that enhance the technical pre-sales teams’ selling abilities.

This individual may also be involved in characterizing performance requirements across a wide range of workloads spanning from industry standard benchmarks to specific applications. You will also work with established and potential business development partners, interoperability testing, and product evangelism.

The Technical Marketing Engineer will work closely with product management, product marketing, and engineering providing detailed requirements and recommendations to help set the strategic direction for the product line. Additionally, you will be providing feedback and guidance to the software and hardware engineering teams regarding customer requirements, use cases, and important features and capabilities in the products that Pure Storage develops.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Act as a subject matter expert for the assigned product area and assist pre-sales technical teams including the creation and execution of pre-sales technical training.

Initial areas will be NFS and SMB file protocols, Object protocols, all aspects of network and overall security, data protection (including snapshots, replication, and cloud integration), and integration with 3rd part SW offerings for migration, data protection, and data management.

Plan and develop technical collateral to highlight best practices resulting from functional and performance testing. This includes developing architecture white papers, solution design guides, integration guides, and reference architectures. This analysis will also include determining the ideal method for simulating and testing the product/solution in a real environment. Significant experience in server, network and storage areas and testing is desirable.

Provide a source for reliable technical information and advice on products to the Pure Storage product management, product marketing, and hardware and software engineering teams. Must be able to define in detail use cases on current or new product capabilities.

Provide technical support to Marketing in developing and implementing marketing programs (e.g.: collateral, events, shows, webinars etc.) and participate in trade shows by providing technical demonstrations and expertise as related to product performance.

Create and deliver highly technical presentations to customers and sales and technical partners.

Be a broad technical expert on implementation and use of the FlashBlade product.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BRING TO THIS ROLE...

7-10 years of technical background with an in-depth and hands on understanding of SAN, NAS, and object storage

BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science or similar

Broad, overall datacenter and software knowledge required with significant enterprise technical depth in: compute and virtualization hardware/software, networking and security

Experience in managing multiple complex tasks and prioritize based on business need

Experience in generating various technical documents and reports including best practices guides and whitepapers

Strong knowledge of Unix, Windows, Linux, and File Systems

Must have knowledge of Unix shell scripting and Python scripting

Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Containers is a plus

Experience with Flash storage is a plus

Experience with SW Development, Big Data Applications and/or Machine Learning is a plus

Strong writing and communication skills required

Analysis and problem solving skills required

BE YOU—CORPORATE CLONES NEED NOT APPLY.

Pure is where you ask big questions, think differently, and make an impact. This is not just a job, but a place where you have a voice and can accelerate your career. We value unique thoughts and celebrate individuality, and with ample opportunity to learn, develop yourself, and expand into different roles, joining Pure is an investment in your career journey.

Through our Pure Equality program, which supports a flourishing field of employee resource groups, we nourish the personal and professional lives of our team members. And our Pure Good Foundation gives back to local and global communities through volunteering and grants.

And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events.

PURE IS COMMITTED TO EQUALITY.

Research shows that in order to apply for a job women feel they need to meet 100% of the criteria while men usually apply after meeting about 60%. You don't have to meet all the job requirements. If you believe you can do the job and are a good match, we encourage you to apply.

Pure is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other characteristic legally protected by the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are being considered for hire.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at

TA-Ops@purestorage.com

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Company info

Pure Storage
Website : http://www.purestorage.com