Cloud Solutions Architect, SPOT
Company: NetApp
Location: Boulder
Posted on: August 1, 2022
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Job Description:
About NetApp
We're forward-thinking technology people with heart. We make our
own rules, drive our own opportunities, and try to approach every
challenge with fresh eyes. Of course, we can't do it alone. We know
when to ask for help, collaborate with others, and partner with
smart people. We embrace diversity and openness because it's in our
DNA. We push limits and reward great ideas. What is your great
idea?
"At NetApp, we fully embrace and advance a diverse, inclusive
global workforce with a culture of belonging that leverages the
backgrounds and perspectives of all employees, customers, partners,
and communities to foster a higher performing organization."
-George Kurian, CEO
Job Summary
Spot is leading the cloud offerings by NetApp, delivering
application-driven infrastructures (ADIs) that use analytics and
machine learning to continuously optimize resources to application
needs in real-time. Solution Architects are a future customer's
first technical contact, and help to discover opportunities where
Spot can help solve a customer's cloud goals.
You will lead technical discussions, demonstrate the value of our
products, advise on configuration and implementation, suggest
solutions, help execute successful POCs and seamlessly help
transition the account to the customer success team. You will work
closely with all teams at NetApp and provide customer feedback that
leads to new products and features.
This role will report to the Head of Solution Architecture,
Americas
Job Requirements
What you will do:
--- Ask intelligent and relevant questions to uncover areas where
Spot can help.
--- Design and present solutions that address customer needs and
goals and maximize obtained value from Spot products.
--- Demonstrate superb Sales Engineering skills (DevOps workflows,
containerized applications, etc.) as part of an amazing team.
--- Gain customer trust, and guide them through successful
POCs.
--- Help DevOps, SREs and engineers understand application
architectures and integration approaches, with full responsibility
for pre-sale/post-sale cycle from a technical point of view.
--- Have your opinion valued as a technical resource to all the
sales teams at NetApp, while helping guide the future of the
products and company vision.
--- Have a customer obsessed mentality, willing to go the extra
mile, such that all of your actions are designed around value to
the customer.
--- Help the Spot portfolio continue to be the fastest growing part
of NetApp, accelerating customer's journey to and through the
cloud.
What you bring:
--- 7+ years within specific technology domain areas (e.g. software
development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure,
security, networking, data & analytics).
--- 4+ Years of experience at a SaaS company working with public
cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP).
--- 4+ Years of experience working in a customer-facing technical
role (solutions architect, consulting, sales engineering, or
related discipline).
--- 1+ Years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or SRE.
--- Experience with at least one Container orchestration platform
(e.g. Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, Rancher).
--- Experience working with and integrating enterprise systems
using APIs.
--- Experience with Bash, Python, and similar technologies
including writing and maintaining code for infrastructure
automation (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation).
--- Interacts well with both technical and non-technical customers,
strong understanding of relevant technical and business
requirements, and able to design and present technical solutions
with an emphasis on customer value.
--- Strong capabilities in forging trust and engaging a remote or
in-person audience.
--- A passion to continually study new technologies, but most of
all a drive to win!
A plus:
--- Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, Gitlab, Chef,
Ansible).
--- Experience with one or more containerization platforms or
products like Docker.
--- Experience with relational SQL and non-relational NoSQL
databases.
--- Experience with Version control system (e.g. Git)
--- Experience with JIRA (Issue Tracking) and Confluence
(Requirements/Collaboration tool).
--- Cloud (AWS, GCP Azure) Certifications
Education
--- BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree/work
experience
Spot extends the application lifecycle of Continuous
Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) with Continuous
Optimization (CO). With Spot by NetApp, DevOps, SRE and engineering
teams can save up to 90% of their compute infrastructure expenses
while significantly improving the operational efficiency of their
environment - for web applications, container workloads, big data
processing, and more. We have thousands of customers worldwide,
from high-growth startups to the Fortune 100 and are fastest
growing business within NetApp.
Did you know---
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qualified. But no one is 100% qualified. We encourage you to shift
the trend and apply anyway! We look forward to hearing from
you.
Why NetApp?
In a world full of generalists, NetApp is a specialist. No one
knows how to elevate the world's biggest clouds like NetApp. We are
data-driven and empowered to innovate. Trust, integrity, and
teamwork all combine to make a difference for our customers,
partners, and communities.
We expect a healthy work-life balance. Our volunteer time off
program is best in class, offering employees 40 hours of paid time
off per year to volunteer with their favorite organizations. We
provide comprehensive medical, dental, wellness, and vision plans
for you and your family. We offer educational assistance, legal
services, and access to discounts. We also offer financial savings
programs to help you plan for your future.
If you run toward knowledge and problem-solving, join us.
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