Tech Architect – Storage Presales

About the role

This remote‑first position is for an experienced Storage Architect who will design and validate scalable file and S3 object storage solutions for AI, analytics and enterprise workloads. You will work closely with customers, product teams and partners to influence solution design and product strategy.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with customers to architect enterprise‑scale storage solutions for AI inference, Retrieval‑Augmented Generation, data lakes and analytics pipelines.
• Size storage environments based on capacity, throughput, latency, network bandwidth, availability and growth requirements.
• Lead technical workshops, assessments, benchmarks and hands‑on proofs of concept.
• Translate customer requirements into product feedback and roadmap recommendations.
• Support strategic presales engagements, RFIs/RFPs and technical justification.

Required profile

• 7+ years designing, implementing or supporting enterprise storage and data architectures.
• Strong customer‑facing consulting or presales experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Willingness to travel for customer engagements.

Required skills

• Deep knowledge of S3 object storage (buckets, APIs, authentication, data protection).
• Experience with enterprise file protocols NFS and SMB.
• Understanding of AI inference, RAG, vector databases, data lakes/Lakehouse architectures and large‑scale analytics workloads.
• Familiarity with storage performance concepts: throughput, latency, IOPS, metadata performance and network bandwidth.
• Hands‑on experience with platforms such as Dell PowerScale/ObjectScale, Pure Storage FlashBlade, NetApp ONTAP/StorageGRID, VAST Data, Scality or other S3‑compatible solutions.

What we offer

• Comprehensive health and wellbeing benefits for you and your family.
• Personal and professional development programs to help you reach your career goals.