Responsibilities

• The CI Solutions team builds, validates, and launches NetApp data management, hybrid cloud, FlexPod, and next-generation AI infrastructure solutions.
• This role serves as a technical leader and trusted advisor, translating product capabilities and solution architectures into customer value through technical strategy, solution validation, field enablement, and customer success.
• The TME brings outside-in feedback from customers, partners, and the field to influence product and solution direction across hybrid cloud, AI, and enterprise infrastructure.
• Shape FlexPod and CI solution strategy by incorporating customer, partner, and field feedback into roadmap and architecture priorities.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Strategic Alliances, and technology partners on features, solution requirements, launches, and joint go-to-market execution.
• Develop, validate, and document reference architectures, deployment methodologies, demos, and best practices across compute, networking, storage, virtualization, cloud, and AI ecosystems.
• Build and operate lab and test environments to validate performance, scalability, reliability, security, operational simplicity, and customer use cases.
• Create technical collateral, including white papers, blogs, presentations, videos, demos, product documentation, competitive positioning, and field enablement content.
• Conduct sales, partner, and customer workshops, technical deep dives, briefings, RFP support, and executive presentations.
• Drive automation, validation tools, deployment frameworks, monitoring approaches, and operational improvements that reduce risk and improve execution.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure, storage, cloud, technical marketing, product management, solutions architecture, engineering, or related fields.
• Demonstrated success leading complex technical initiatives from concept through launch and influencing product direction, solution strategy, and go-to-market outcomes.
• Shape FlexPod and CI solution strategy by incorporating customer, partner, and field feedback into roadmap and architecture priorities.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Strategic Alliances, and technology partners on features, solution requirements, launches, and joint go-to-market execution.
• Develop, validate, and document reference architectures, deployment methodologies, demos, and best practices across compute, networking, storage, virtualization, cloud, and AI ecosystems.
• Build and operate lab and test environments to validate performance, scalability, reliability, security, operational simplicity, and customer use cases.
• Create technical collateral, including white papers, blogs, presentations, videos, demos, product documentation, competitive positioning, and field enablement content.
• Conduct sales, partner, and customer workshops, technical deep dives, briefings, RFP support, and executive presentations.
• Drive automation, validation tools, deployment frameworks, monitoring approaches, and operational improvements that reduce risk and improve execution.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and solution-level issues and provide escalation support when required.

Preferred

• Experience with FlexPod, converged infrastructure, AI infrastructure, hybrid cloud, reference architectures, technical marketing, solution engineering, or product management.
• Knowledge of parallel file systems such as IBM Storage Scale or Lustre is a plus.
• Server knowledge across Cisco, Supermicro, or Dell platforms is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with hyperscalers is a plus.

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Retirement or Pension Plans
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• various Leave options
• Performance-Based Incentives
• employee stock purchase plan
• restricted stocks (RSU’s)