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! 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 selling into the exciting SLED market of North and South Carolina.

As a Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, you will play a crucial role in understanding our customers' unique challenges and tailoring Pure Storage 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 Pure Storage 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 Pure Values:  Persistence, Creativity, Teamwork, Ownership and Customer-first  

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Pre-sales experience is required
• Candidate must reside in the Raleigh, NC area 
• 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
• Preference may be given to candidates with experience in the SLED vertical 
• 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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THE ROLE

As the lead architect of our AI technical value narrative, you will drive the digital and content strategies that captivate technical leaders and the infrastructure community. You will translate complex AI Factory architectures and high-performance storage differentiators into compelling stories that bridge the gap between enterprise data and intelligence. By distilling the "how-to" of AI data orchestration into clear, differentiated value propositions, you will empower our global sales teams and influence the next generation of data-centric AI innovation.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Architect the AI Technical Content Roadmap: Design and execute high-impact technical assets—including deep-dive blogs, interactive digital experiences, and live webcasts—that demonstrate how the Everpure Platform accelerates AI/ML workloads and RAG architectures.
• Pioneer AI Integration Showcases: Own the evangelism of AI capabilities, including Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, by building demonstrations that show how AI agents securely interact with the Everpure Unified Data Plane.
• Orchestrate the Technical Bill of Materials (BOM): Lead the creation of a high-fidelity "AI toolkit," ensuring Field Sales and Partners have the reference architectures and deployment guides necessary to win in the market.
• Drive Digital Technical Experiences: Execute the strategy for digital showcases on everpure.com, specifically building Pure360 demonstrations and TestDrive environments to allow customers to interact with our virtual sandbox.
• Translate Feature Logic into Market Value: Act as the primary technical liaison between Product Management and Marketing to turn complex features—like DirectFlash efficiency or Evergreen//One for AI—into selling points for infrastructure architects.
• In-Office Collaboration: We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore, you will be expected to work from the office in compliance with Everpure's policies, unless you are on PTO, or work travel, or other approved leave.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Expertise in the AI Lifecycle: Deep technical knowledge of storage and infrastructure combined with a functional understanding of the AI pipeline, including training, fine-tuning, and inference.
• Technical Content Mastery: Proven ability to translate complex engineering concepts into simple, differentiated narratives for technical decision-makers across written, video, and presentation formats.
• Cloud-Native & Data Pipeline Fluency: Proficiency in Kubernetes and containers, specifically how Portworx by Everpure manages data for stateful AI applications, and how to solve "Data Preparation Bottlenecks" with high-throughput storage.
• Hands-on Technical Proficiency: Direct experience with RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), Vector Databases (such as Milvus or Pinecone), and infrastructure protocols including S3 object storage and high-performance networking.
• Collaborative Leadership: Ability to align outcomes across Product, Engineering, and Sales teams to ensure a unified AI story across the entire Everpure portfolio.

Position Overview

McAdams is seeking a Project Engineer for our growing Hydraulic Design practice. This position will be involved in the planning and design of drainage elements for multimodal transportation projects for public and private clients. Projects will include hydraulic design and hydrologic analysis for roadways, side paths/multi-use paths, sidewalks, greenways, bicycle lanes, and other facilities. The ideal candidate will be able to perform hydrology, hydraulic design, permitting, and erosion control for transportation projects.  This position will assist in maintaining project schedules, ensuring high quality deliverables at project milestones, performing quality control on their projects as well as other projects

Essential Functions + Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality projects on-time and on-budget to our clients.
• Design, review, and oversee production of plans, contract documents, specifications and costs estimates suitable for publicly bid projects.
• Design, review, and oversee production plans for offsite roadway improvements for public roads associated with private development projects.
• Coordinate with other McAdams’ service lines (geomatics, water resources, site civil, etc.) to develop project plans. Effectively manage subconsultants.
• Participate in field reviews of projects to support alignment development and recommendations.
• Assist in advancing projects through feasibility analysis, to design, permitting, and successful bidding.
• Oversee design, technical analyses, and engineering calculations and prepare plans, submittal packages and permitting applications.
• Focus on quality project delivery through adherence to McAdams' quality assurance and quality control standards.
• Participate in business development activities including development of detailed proposal materials. Develop an understanding of key client's program and develop personal client relationships.  Develop and maintain relationships with key teaming partners.
• Supervise and coach/mentor junior staff.
• Actively participate in professional organizations. Attend/present at industry conferences.

Skills + Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Biological and Agricultural Engineering or a related field
• North Carolina PE required (or ability to obtain within 6 months)
• 5+ years of experience related to hydraulics engineering, water resource engineering, and erosion and sediment control design, preferably on NCDOT projects
• Knowledge of MicroStation/Geopak/OpenRoads and/or AutoCAD/Civil 3D production workflows
• Technical proficiency in preparing hydrologic and hydraulic analyses and reports, scour investigations, erosion and sediment control plans and reports, drainage and stormwater management design
• HEC-RAS experience preferred
• Interest in multimodal transportation issues and design
• Consistent focus on clarity, accuracy, and completeness of work product
• Strong critical thinking abilities
• Excellent task and time management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Enjoys working within a high performing team
• Active participation in relevant professional organizations a plus
• Knowledge of AASHTO, NCDOT and NC municipal guidelines, standards and procedures
• Valid driver's license

Work Environment + Physical Demands

The characteristics described below are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of this position. When properly requested and when feasible (without undue hardship to the company), reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

• Work will primarily be in an office setting with limited opportunities to be exposed to adverse environmental conditions.
• Work will be primarily working with fingers by picking, pinching, typing, and grasping often with repetitive motion.
• Must have visual acuity for viewing a computer screen, the ability to talk, hear and sit for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to carry, lift and push/pull up to 5 pounds frequently and up to 30 pounds occasionally.
• Additional physical duties may be required as necessary.