THE ROLE:

Are you passionate about driving innovation in the data storage industry? Are you skilled in crafting technical solutions that exceed customer expectations? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! Everpure (formerly Pure Storage), a leader in the data storage and flash technology space, is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer to join our dynamic team. 

As a Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, you will play a crucial role in understanding our customers' unique challenges and tailoring Everpure solutions to meet their specific needs. Collaborating closely with the sales team, you will act as a technical expert during the sales process, helping to showcase the value of our products and services.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Develop an exhaustive understanding of what drives a customer’s business and what motivates their decision making
• Connect the dots from technology solutions, inclusive of the Everpure portfolio and others from the ecosystem, to measurable customer business outcomes
• Partner closely with account managers, specialists and channel partners to create a seamless and holistic customer experience and strategy to drive revenue growth and net new business
• Delight customers and teammates with your technical leadership and domain expertise on storage products, distributed storage architectures, file systems, and competitive storage offerings in the DAS, NAS and SAN product spaces
• Take control of evaluations,  benchmarks and system configurations
• Build and deliver technical product and architecture presentations with vigor to customers and lock in the technical win with clients and prospective accounts
• Capture requirements and translate Customer’s business needs into innovative solutions to accelerate their growth and capacity
• Seek out and spur new opportunities for interoperability, functional, and performance testing/validation
• Promote mutual roadmap and planning exchanges
• Liaise with product and technical marketing to produce materials (i.e. whitepaper, web presentations) that support overall alliance plans and objectives
• Stay current with the competition and ensure that materials accurately reflect the latest, differentiated solution positioning
• Move with market trends and competitive landscape to promote thought leadership within our organization
• Lead by example living the Everpure Values:  Persistence, Creativity, Teamwork, Ownership and Customer-first  

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Pre-sales experience is required
• 5 or more years of relevant experience, mixed among technology, design, and communications required. Experience supporting the sales of enterprise storage, networking, systems, cloud, or software to enterprise accounts preferred
• Deep understanding of the architecture, design and implementation of multi-tiered client/server and web-based computing solutions
• Must have a familiarity with modern web architecture a plus (LAMP stack, scale-out vs scale-up architectures, AWS well-architected framework, microservices architecture)
• Prior experience in targeting new prospects and converting them into clients
• Contribute significant portions and/or lead responses to RFPs, RFQs and RFIs
• Superior knowledge of current and emerging storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN)
• Previous experience with Linux, NFS file systems and Linux distributed network environment
• Installation/configuration of distributed computing, multiprocessing, virtual memory subsystem, storage subsystems architecture, shared memory architectures, cache architectures, windowing systems
• Strong knowledge of digital transformation to a Cloud Native architecture, On-Prem, Public Cloud, Provisioning Automation, and Containers
• Knowledge of VMware, Local Area Networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP and general networking
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, GCP, containers, k8s and microservices architectures a plus
• Curiosity and passion around technology and explaining and showing new technology platforms and concepts to customers
• Familiarity with storage-intensive applications and their requirements such as structured databases (SQL, Oracle) is highly desirable
• Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills

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Why You'll Love This Role

Cribl is seeking a Professional Services Consultant. We are a fast-growing, remote-first company with a mission to unlock the value of all observability data. At our core, we believe in shipping phenomenal products and doing good by our customers and communities. We provide our customers with a new and unprecedented level of observability, intelligence, and control over their real-time data. We're backed by Sequoia and CRV, and our products are deployed in some of the largest organizations in the world processing 100s of TB and PB of IT & Security data, and managed by Site Reliability Engineers, System Engineers, and Technical Operations teams.

In this role, you'll be helping customers strain valuable data from discardable data.  You’ll be instrumental in shepherding customers that are starting out on their Cribl journey and also in helping established customers uncover even more value. You will have the ability to interact and see new technology and solutions from our vast and diverse customer base. Are you excited to help? We certainly are at Cribl.

As An Active Member Of This Team, You Will...

• Demonstrate technical leadership and authority in the areas of observability and/or security.
• The opportunity to be the thought leader in driving complex deployments of Cribl products while working side by side with the customers to resolve their unique problems.
• Work with a team of incredibly talented and dedicated peers, all the way from the Engineering, Sales Engineering, Support and Customer Success Engineers.
• Lead and execute complex customer engagements, serving as the technical authority, and ensuring successful architecture, design, development, deployment, operationalization, and documentation.
• Enhance Cribl's learning ecosystem by creating valuable resources such as best practice documentation, informative blog posts, comprehensive runbooks, engaging workshops, and effective customer training materials.
• Facilitating knowledge transfer, enablement, coaching, and mentoring for team members, customers, and/or partners.
• This position may require stand-by, on-call, or off-hours duties

If You've Got It - We Want It

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in technical consulting or big data analytics, demonstrating proficiency in advanced technical concepts and methodologies.
• Extensive expertise in deploying and managing AWS/AZURE/GCP Cloud environments, including advanced configuration and optimization techniques.
• Exceptional command over Big Data Analytics tools such as Splunk, Elastic, Grafana, DataDog, Exabeam, and Azure Sentinel, with a deep understanding of their technical intricacies and practical applications.
• Proven track record of working with complex Enterprise applications, including proficiency in deploying and managing Kubernetes, Docker, and other automation technologies.
• In-depth knowledge and experience with both Unix and Windows operating systems, proficient in utilizing command line interfaces and GUIs to accomplish complex tasks.
• Proficient in scripting languages such as JavaScript, with recent experience developing scripts and automation workflows.
• Ability to effectively communicate and engage with a diverse range of stakeholders, including technical personnel like administrators, as well as executive-level partners, demonstrating strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Passionate about delivering exceptional customer experiences and solving complex technical challenges, consistently going above and beyond to meet and exceed customer expectations.
• BONUS POINTS:
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-growing environment while working independently and remotely from other members of your team
• Relevant software industry experience in any of the following: IT systems, enterprise or infrastructure management, application development and management, security, and/or analytics
• Ability to travel up to 30%

Salary Range ($114,500 - $190,800)

The salary for this role is dependent on geographic location. The salary offered within the range described will be based on the individual candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to a competitive salary, Cribl also offers a generous benefits package which includes health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and paid time off, a fertility treatment benefit, 401(k), equity, and eligibility for a discretionary company-wide bonus.

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