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We’re in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here, you lead with innovative thinking, grow along with us, and join the smartest team in the industry. This type of work—work that changes the world—is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you're ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us.
THE ROLE
Our mission is to help enterprises build trust through data awareness. The 1touch platform enables organizations to discover, classify, catalog, and visualize both known and unknown sensitive data across complex enterprise environments. As data privacy, governance, and cyber risk continue to evolve, we are uniquely positioned at the forefront of data security and DSPM innovation. The Consulting Systems Engineer on our data management team provides both strategic and tactical pre-sales leadership in support of the sales organization. This role is responsible for delivering technical expertise throughout the customer journey, including solution design, technical discovery, demonstrations, proof-of-concept execution, partner enablement, and technical validation. The ideal candidate combines deep data management expertise with strong business acumen and executive presence. They are comfortable navigating complex enterprise sales cycles, engaging technical and business stakeholders, and translating customer challenges into innovative solutions. This role partners cross-functionally with Product Management, R&D, Marketing, Customer Success, Leadership, Account Executives, Account Managers, specialists, and channel partners to ensure alignment between market needs, customer outcomes, and product direction.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
- Serve as a technical advisor and trusted partner to enterprise customers, prospects, and channel partners throughout the sales process.
- Act as a role model and mentor for other Systems Engineers while providing technical leadership in partnership with sales engineering management.
- Lead technical discovery sessions to understand customer environments, business drivers, security challenges, compliance requirements, and decision-making processes.
- Architect and deliver compelling product demonstrations, workshops, executive briefings, and presentations tailored to customer use cases.
- Design, deploy, and manage Proof of Concept (POC) engagements, ensuring successful technical validation, measurable business value, and customer adoption.
- Collaborate closely with Account Executives, Account Managers, specialists, and channel partners to develop technical sales strategies and support complex enterprise sales cycles.
- Translate customer requirements into scalable solution recommendations, including deployment sizing, architectural guidance, and business-aligned outcomes.
- Connect technology solutions to measurable customer business outcomes, including technical validation, competitive positioning, and TCO considerations.
- Refine sales strategy and take command of technical responsibilities across strategic and complex opportunities.
- Contribute significant portions of, and/or lead, responses to RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs.
- Deliver partner enablement and technical training to resellers, integrators, and strategic alliances.
- Represent the company at customer meetings, industry events, conferences, webinars, trade shows, and executive briefing center engagements.
- Partner with Product Management, R&D, and Marketing teams to communicate customer feedback, product enhancement requests, interoperability opportunities, and market requirements.
- Liaise with product and technical marketing to produce white papers, web presentations, blogs, social posts, and other materials that support overall go-to-market plans and objectives.
- Maintain deep awareness of market trends, competitive technologies, and evolving industry landscapes to ensure differentiated solution positioning and promote thought leadership internally and externally.
- Seek out opportunities for interoperability, functional, and performance testing and validation, and promote roadmap and planning exchanges across internal and external stakeholders.
- Serve as the technical solution expert in complex evaluations involving storage, infrastructure, security, and cloud-related architectures.
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO BRING
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or another technical discipline, and/or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of relevant experience in pre-sales, sales engineering, solutions architecture, or related customer-facing technical roles.
- Experience supporting the sales of enterprise cybersecurity, storage, networking, systems, cloud, or software solutions to enterprise accounts.
- Expertise in leading technical sales motions across discovery, solution design, demonstrations, proof-of-concept execution, and technical validation.
- Deep understanding of enterprise architecture, design, and implementation across multi-tiered client/server, distributed, web-based, cloud, and hybrid computing solutions.
- Strong knowledge of cybersecurity, data protection, governance, privacy, risk management, and security operations concepts.
- Strong knowledge of current and emerging storage and infrastructure architectures, including FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN, virtualization, and distributed environments.
- Experience with cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and VMware.
- Knowledge of Linux, NFS file systems, distributed network environments, and general systems architecture.
- Strong networking and infrastructure knowledge, including Ethernet, TCP/IP, and local area networking.
- Familiarity with modern web and cloud-native architectures, including LAMP stack, scale-out vs. scale-up, microservices, containers, and Kubernetes.
- Experience with scripting and automation technologies, including Python.
- Ability to understand and communicate complex technical architectures to both technical and executive audiences.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with data discovery, classification, DSPM, DLP, SIEM, SOAR, governance, privacy, and compliance solutions.
- Familiarity with enterprise cybersecurity and data protection platforms such as BigID, Varonis, IXIA, Gigamon, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, Symantec DLP, Forcepoint DLP, and Trend Micro.
- Experience with SQL, NoSQL, structured databases, cloud-native databases, and storage-intensive applications.
- Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
- Experience with REST APIs, Apache Kafka, Docker, and containerized environments.
- Prior experience working within high-growth cybersecurity, SaaS, or enterprise technology organizations.
- Experience creating thought leadership content, including blogs, webinars, presentations, white papers, and social media content.
- Prior experience targeting new prospects and converting them into clients.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US
- Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically, like a challenge, and aspire to be trailblazers.
- Growth: We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been named Fortune's Best Workplaces in Technology™, Fortune's Best Workplaces in the Bay Area™, and certified as a Great Place to Work®!
- Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good. And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events. Check out purebenefits.com for more information.
ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY
Candidates with disabilities may request accommodations for all aspects of our hiring process. For more on this, contact us at TA-Ops@purestorage.com if you’re invited to an interview.
OUR COMMITMENT TO A STRONG AND INCLUSIVE TEAM
We’re forging a future where everyone finds their rightful place and where every voice matters. Where uniqueness isn’t just accepted but embraced. That’s why we are committed to fostering the growth and development of every person, cultivating a sense of community through our Employee Resource Groups and advocating for inclusive leadership. Everpure is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other characteristic legally protected by the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are being considered for hire.
JOIN US AND BRING YOUR BEST.
BRING YOUR BOLD.
PURE AND SIMPLE.
INTRODUCTION
We’re in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here, you lead with innovative thinking, grow along with us, and join the smartest team in the industry. This type of work—work that changes the world—is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you're ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us.
THE ROLE
Our mission is to help enterprises build trust through data awareness. The 1touch platform enables organizations to discover, classify, catalog, and visualize both known and unknown sensitive data across complex enterprise environments. As data privacy, governance, and cyber risk continue to evolve, we are uniquely positioned at the forefront of data security and DSPM innovation. The Consulting Systems Engineer on our data management team provides both strategic and tactical pre-sales leadership in support of the sales organization. This role is responsible for delivering technical expertise throughout the customer journey, including solution design, technical discovery, demonstrations, proof-of-concept execution, partner enablement, and technical validation. The ideal candidate combines deep data management expertise with strong business acumen and executive presence. They are comfortable navigating complex enterprise sales cycles, engaging technical and business stakeholders, and translating customer challenges into innovative solutions. This role partners cross-functionally with Product Management, R&D, Marketing, Customer Success, Leadership, Account Executives, Account Managers, specialists, and channel partners to ensure alignment between market needs, customer outcomes, and product direction.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
- Serve as a technical advisor and trusted partner to enterprise customers, prospects, and channel partners throughout the sales process.
- Act as a role model and mentor for other Systems Engineers while providing technical leadership in partnership with sales engineering management.
- Lead technical discovery sessions to understand customer environments, business drivers, security challenges, compliance requirements, and decision-making processes.
- Architect and deliver compelling product demonstrations, workshops, executive briefings, and presentations tailored to customer use cases.
- Design, deploy, and manage Proof of Concept (POC) engagements, ensuring successful technical validation, measurable business value, and customer adoption.
- Collaborate closely with Account Executives, Account Managers, specialists, and channel partners to develop technical sales strategies and support complex enterprise sales cycles.
- Translate customer requirements into scalable solution recommendations, including deployment sizing, architectural guidance, and business-aligned outcomes.
- Connect technology solutions to measurable customer business outcomes, including technical validation, competitive positioning, and TCO considerations.
- Refine sales strategy and take command of technical responsibilities across strategic and complex opportunities.
- Contribute significant portions of, and/or lead, responses to RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs.
- Deliver partner enablement and technical training to resellers, integrators, and strategic alliances.
- Represent the company at customer meetings, industry events, conferences, webinars, trade shows, and executive briefing center engagements.
- Partner with Product Management, R&D, and Marketing teams to communicate customer feedback, product enhancement requests, interoperability opportunities, and market requirements.
- Liaise with product and technical marketing to produce white papers, web presentations, blogs, social posts, and other materials that support overall go-to-market plans and objectives.
- Maintain deep awareness of market trends, competitive technologies, and evolving industry landscapes to ensure differentiated solution positioning and promote thought leadership internally and externally.
- Seek out opportunities for interoperability, functional, and performance testing and validation, and promote roadmap and planning exchanges across internal and external stakeholders.
- Serve as the technical solution expert in complex evaluations involving storage, infrastructure, security, and cloud-related architectures.
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO BRING
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or another technical discipline, and/or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of relevant experience in pre-sales, sales engineering, solutions architecture, or related customer-facing technical roles.
- Experience supporting the sales of enterprise cybersecurity, storage, networking, systems, cloud, or software solutions to enterprise accounts.
- Expertise in leading technical sales motions across discovery, solution design, demonstrations, proof-of-concept execution, and technical validation.
- Deep understanding of enterprise architecture, design, and implementation across multi-tiered client/server, distributed, web-based, cloud, and hybrid computing solutions.
- Strong knowledge of cybersecurity, data protection, governance, privacy, risk management, and security operations concepts.
- Strong knowledge of current and emerging storage and infrastructure architectures, including FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN, virtualization, and distributed environments.
- Experience with cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and VMware.
- Knowledge of Linux, NFS file systems, distributed network environments, and general systems architecture.
- Strong networking and infrastructure knowledge, including Ethernet, TCP/IP, and local area networking.
- Familiarity with modern web and cloud-native architectures, including LAMP stack, scale-out vs. scale-up, microservices, containers, and Kubernetes.
- Experience with scripting and automation technologies, including Python.
- Ability to understand and communicate complex technical architectures to both technical and executive audiences.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with data discovery, classification, DSPM, DLP, SIEM, SOAR, governance, privacy, and compliance solutions.
- Familiarity with enterprise cybersecurity and data protection platforms such as BigID, Varonis, IXIA, Gigamon, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, Symantec DLP, Forcepoint DLP, and Trend Micro.
- Experience with SQL, NoSQL, structured databases, cloud-native databases, and storage-intensive applications.
- Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
- Experience with REST APIs, Apache Kafka, Docker, and containerized environments.
- Prior experience working within high-growth cybersecurity, SaaS, or enterprise technology organizations.
- Experience creating thought leadership content, including blogs, webinars, presentations, white papers, and social media content.
- Prior experience targeting new prospects and converting them into clients.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US
- Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically, like a challenge, and aspire to be trailblazers.
- Growth: We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been named Fortune's Best Workplaces in Technology™, Fortune's Best Workplaces in the Bay Area™, and certified as a Great Place to Work®!
- Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good. And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events. Check out purebenefits.com for more information.
ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY
Candidates with disabilities may request accommodations for all aspects of our hiring process. For more on this, contact us at TA-Ops@purestorage.com if you’re invited to an interview.
OUR COMMITMENT TO A STRONG AND INCLUSIVE TEAM
We’re forging a future where everyone finds their rightful place and where every voice matters. Where uniqueness isn’t just accepted but embraced. That’s why we are committed to fostering the growth and development of every person, cultivating a sense of community through our Employee Resource Groups and advocating for inclusive leadership. Everpure is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other characteristic legally protected by the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are being considered for hire.
JOIN US AND BRING YOUR BEST.
BRING YOUR BOLD.
PURE AND SIMPLE.
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Align Your Credentials to Specialty Occupation Standards
Pre Sales Engineer roles require demonstrating that your degree field directly supports the technical scope of the job. A background in computer science, electrical engineering, or information systems strengthens the specialty occupation case USCIS evaluates during H-1B adjudication.
Target Pure Storage's Enterprise Segments Early
Pure Storage organizes Pre Sales teams around verticals like financial services, healthcare, and public sector. Researching which vertical aligns with your experience lets you position yourself precisely during interviews, signaling you can generate pipeline in accounts they're actively growing.
Understand How OPT Cap-Gap Affects Your Start Date
If you're on F-1 OPT when Pure Storage extends an offer, confirm your cap-gap coverage window with your DSO before accepting a start date. USCIS allows continued work authorization while an H-1B petition is pending, but the timeline must be managed carefully around October 1.
Confirm LCA Posting Requirements Before Your First Day
Before your H-1B start date, Pure Storage must file a Labor Condition Application with DOL and post it at your work location. If you're remote or assigned to a client site, ensure the LCA covers that specific worksite, not just company headquarters.
Search Verified Sponsoring Employers on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Pre Sales Engineer openings at companies with confirmed sponsorship histories. This lets you focus your applications on employers who actively file for visa sponsorship in this role, rather than discovering their policy after the interview process.
Prepare for Technical Demonstrations During the Interview Process
Pure Storage Pre Sales interviews typically include a whiteboard or live product demonstration exercise. Practicing a structured discovery-to-demo narrative around FlashArray or FlashBlade positions you ahead of candidates who only prepare for behavioral questions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Pure Storage sponsor H-1B visas for Pre Sales Engineers?
Yes, Pure Storage sponsors H-1B visas for Pre Sales Engineer roles. The company has a consistent pattern of filing H-1B petitions for technical sales and solutions engineering positions, which qualify as specialty occupations under USCIS criteria given their degree requirements in engineering, computer science, or related fields. Confirm sponsorship intent directly with the recruiter early in the process.
How do I apply for Pre Sales Engineer jobs at Pure Storage?
Apply directly through Pure Storage's careers page, or use Migrate Mate to browse verified Pre Sales Engineer openings at Pure Storage filtered by visa sponsorship availability. Tailor your resume to reflect enterprise storage, cloud infrastructure, or data platform experience. Highlight any prior pre-sales or solutions engineering work, since Pure Storage typically looks for candidates who can run technical evaluations independently.
Which visa types does Pure Storage commonly sponsor for Pre Sales Engineer roles?
Pure Storage sponsors H-1B visas as the primary long-term work authorization pathway for Pre Sales Engineers. The company also accepts F-1 OPT and CPT for candidates in the student phase, supports TN visa status for Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying engineering categories, and has filed J-1 visa and EB-2/EB-3 immigrant visa petitions for this function as well.
What qualifications does Pure Storage expect for Pre Sales Engineer candidates?
Pure Storage typically looks for a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a closely related technical field, combined with hands-on experience in enterprise infrastructure, storage, or cloud environments. Strong communication skills matter as much as technical depth, since the role involves presenting to both IT teams and executive stakeholders. Experience with competitive storage platforms or cloud-native architectures is a meaningful differentiator.
How do I plan my timeline if Pure Storage sponsors my H-1B as a Pre Sales Engineer?
H-1B petitions are subject to an annual lottery that opens in March, with an October 1 start date for cap-subject cases. If you're on OPT, coordinate your offer acceptance and DSO notifications to preserve cap-gap coverage if needed. Premium processing through USCIS is available and reduces the adjudication window to roughly 15 business days, which many employers in technical roles elect to use.