76 Cloud Solutions Architect jobs in Sunnyvale

**Job Summary**
The Innovation and Solutions Team at NetApp is seeking a talented Solutions Engineer to collaborate closely with customers and partners, ensuring successful cloud journeys and driving the adoption of NetApp products and services. As a Solutions Engineer, you will leverage your strong understanding of cloud, AI, and data platforms to develop reference designs for innovative solutions, train sales teams, engage with technology partners, speak at industry events, and provide valuable feedback to product teams for continuous improvement.
You will create proof-of-concept solutions that demonstrate the powerful capabilities of NetApp products and services across public cloud environments, with a focus on AI, Analytics, and Generative AI. Additionally, you will develop and showcase compelling demonstrations, author insightful blogs, and produce solution content that makes the NetApp portfolio accessible and appealing to both current and prospective customers.
As an innovator, you will explore and develop proof-of-concepts for new and creative applications that demonstrate the value of data management and storage technologies, staying ahead of trends in AI, and public cloud. The ideal candidate is a proactive self-starter, intellectually curious, comfortable working with limited supervision, and possesses a deep understanding of data and storage technologies. Experience with the NetApp portfolio is a strong advantage.
**Job Requirements**
+ Develop new solutions and create associated enablement tools such as automation scripts, reference designs, videos, blogs etc.
+ Work with customers pre and post sales to ensure their success
+ Develop enablement curriculum and train technical sales and services teams
+ Present to customers and partners at industry events
+ Influence technology strategy for current and future projects communicating strategic directions to management for adoption
+ Customer-centric approach: Interact frequently with customers to understand requirements and act as a customer advocate to product planning
+ Translate customer requirements into viable solutions
**Minimum Qualifications**
+ Experience working with one or more public clouds (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
+ Experience with managed AI services (like Google Vertex, Azure AI services, Amazon Bedrock)
+ Experience with orchestration platforms (like Apache Airflow, Kubeflow)
+ Experience with GenAI application frameworks (like HuggingFace, LangChain)
+ Experience with modern application development
+ Experience with modern storage technologies (object, distributed file systems)
+ Understanding of cloud customer trends, use cases, technologies, and buyers
+ Demonstrated ability to lead a high-impact technical engagement with a customer/partner
+ Excellent communication skills and experience producing well-documented code samples, demos, tutorials, and blogs/vlogs
+ Ability to lead across business unit teams and have strong influencing skills at the Senior and Executive levels
+ The ability to work across teams with limited supervision
+ Experience with ONTAP, Instaclustr, or BlueXP a plus
+ Requires a minimum of 3 years of experience with storage technologies.
+ Requires a minimum of 8 years working in customer facing environments.
+ Requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in solution development.
Compensation:
The target salary range for this position is 180,200 - 268,400 USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and education and may be outside of this range. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement or Pension Plans, Paid Time Off (PTO), various Leave options, Performance-Based Incentives, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU's), with all offerings subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies. Benefits may vary by country and region, and further details will be provided as part of the recruitment process.
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At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.
**Equal Opportunity Employer:**
NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.
**Why NetApp?**
We are all about helping customers turn challenges into business opportunity. It starts with bringing new thinking to age-old problems, like how to use data most effectively to run better - but also to innovate. We tailor our approach to the customer's unique needs with a combination of fresh thinking and proven approaches.
We enable a healthy work-life balance. Our volunteer time off program is best in class, offering employees 40 hours of paid time 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. Finally, we provide financial savings programs to help you plan for your future.
If you want to help us build knowledge and solve big problems, let's talk.