Data Mobility Architect

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.

SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE…
As a Data Mobility Solutions Architect, you will lead, design, and execute successful data mobility and optimization strategies for our customers. You'll partner with customers and internal/external teams to develop and implement transformative solutions that align with business goals and technical excellence.

This role requires a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and strong leadership to become a strategic advisor. You’ll engage across the full project lifecycle—from pre-sales and planning to hands-on implementation—requiring flexibility and adaptability. By leveraging Pure Storage's methodologies and technologies, you will ensure customer success and help scale our data mobility services.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING…

PRE-SALES SUPPORT

• Collaborate with sales, product, and professional services to position Pure Storage’s IT and migration solutions.
• Understand and assess customer technical needs; craft tailored migration and mobility strategies.
• Develop, review, and approve Statements of Work (SOWs) and support RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs with precise scope and deliverables.

SOLUTION DELIVERY

• Provide governance and leadership throughout migration implementation.
• Work with cross-functional teams—including engineers and partners—for high-quality service delivery.
• Deliver hands-on technical solutions, training, and knowledge transfer to customers.
• Monitor and resolve customer escalations to maintain satisfaction and trust.

DATA MOBILITY-SPECIFIC EXPERTISE

• Lead data mobility and migration strategy discussions; design architectures aligned with business goals.
• Conduct technical discovery of customer environments, perform risk assessments, and analyze data.
• Develop end-to-end migration plans with risk mitigation strategies.
• Create and maintain documentation: diagrams, run books, and technical engineering docs.
• Serve as an SME in at least three migration domains, such as:
• Block Data Migration
• NFS and SMB/CIFS Migrations
• Object Storage
• Compute & Application-Based Migrations
• Host-Based Migrations
• Cloud-Based Solutions

LEADERSHIP & COLLABORATION

• Lead and manage global projects, driving collaboration across teams in sales, product, delivery, and customer success.
• Act as a trusted advisor to customers, aligning solutions with business needs.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by sharing insights, lessons learned, and best practices.
  
  

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO BRING TO THIS ROLE…

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

• Senior-level experience designing, implementing, and maintaining large-scale systems across platforms/data centers.
• Skilled in scalable, reliable, secure migration architectures.
• Deep understanding of IT infrastructure: storage, networking, virtualization, and cloud.Familiarity with standards like ITIL and COBIT.

LEADERSHIP & SOFT SKILLS

• Strong communicator; able to simplify complex topics for non-technical audiences.
• Collaborative and independent; thrives in team-oriented environments.
• Expert problem-solver with critical thinking and troubleshooting abilities.
• Proven leader and team mentor, promoting accountability and collaboration.
• Adaptable and resilient in fast-paced, high-pressure situations.
• Confident technical owner when working with senior customer stakeholders.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

• Ability to align technology with strategic business outcomes.
• Proficient in stakeholder management and influencing across organizational levels.
• Excellent presenter—able to communicate with internal teams, remote customers, and on-site clients.
• Deep understanding of how storage systems impact business processes.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years in IT architecture, data migration, or technical consulting.
• Proven success in customer-facing consulting, including pre-sales and delivery.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., VMware, AWS, ITIL) strongly preferred.
• Hands-on expertise in at least four migration areas: block, file, object, application, host-based.
• Experience with SAN, NAS, and iSCSI implementations, zoning, multipathing, LVM, etc.
• Strong Windows expertise: CIFS/SMB, NTFS, DFS, ACLs, and authentication.
• Solid Unix/Linux admin background: NFS, POSIX permissions, ACLs, directory services, etc.
• Proficient in System Administration, DevOps, or Platform Engineering.
• Expert-level understanding of NAS protocols, file permissions, encryption, and secure data access.
• Demonstrated experience as a Senior Storage Engineer or similar role.

• Deliver customer-centric solutions that achieve business outcomes.
• Maintain technical and professional excellence at all times.
  Proactively identify and mitigate risk throughout pre-sales and delivery.
• Act as a mentor and role model, promoting knowledge-sharing and growth.

WHY JOIN PURE STORAGE…

• Be part of an innovative team shaping the future of data migration services.
• Work with cutting-edge tech and customer-first methodologies.
• Contribute to impactful projects that transform operations and drive customer success.

Pure’s Official Architect Job Description

Role Overview:

As a Data Mobility: Solutions Architect:, you will lead, design, execute successful data mobility and optimization strategies  for our customers. You'll partner with customers and internal/external teams to develop and implement transformative solutions that align with business goals and technical excellence. 

This role requires a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and strong leadership to become a strategic advisor. You will work across the entire project lifecycle, from pre-sales and planning to hands-on implementation, requiring flexibility and adaptability. By leveraging Pure Storage's methodologies and technologies, you will ensure customer success and contribute to the growth of our data mobility services.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Pre-Sales Support:

• Collaborate with sales, product, and professional services teams to position Pure Storage’s IT and migration solutions effectively.
• Understand and assess customer technical needs, crafting tailored migration and mobility strategies to address them.
• Participate in RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs, contributing to solution design and proposal documentation.
• Develop, review, and approve Statements of Work (SOW) to ensure accurate scope and deliverables.
• Present service solutions to executives and technical stakeholders, ensuring clarity and alignment.

1. Solution Delivery:

• Provide governance and leadership throughout the implementation of migration solutions, ensuring technical excellence.
• Act as a consultant and escalation point to resolve technical challenges during delivery.
• Work with cross-functional teams, including engineers and partners, to ensure high-quality service delivery.
• Deliver hands-on technical solutions, training, and knowledge transfer to customers as needed.
• Monitor and address customer escalations to maintain trust and satisfaction.

1. Data Mobility-Specific Expertise:

• Lead Data Mobility and migration strategy discussions and provide architecture designs that align with customer business goals.
• Conduct in-depth technical discovery of customer environments, including data analysis and risk assessments.
• Develop comprehensive end-to-end migration plans that mitigate risks and ensure successful outcomes.
• Create and maintain documentation: logical/physical diagrams, run books and other technical engineering documents
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least three migration domains, such as:
• Block Data Migration
• NFS and SMB/CIFS Migrations
• Object Storage
• Compute and Application-Based Migrations
• Host-Based Migrations
• Cloud Based 
• Guide and mentor migration engineers through project execution phases.
• Address and resolve technical issues related to migration architecture implementations.

1. Leadership & Collaboration:

• Lead and manage the successful execution of global projects, fostering collaboration among cross-functional teams spanning diverse geographical locations, including sales, product, delivery, and customer success teams.
• Act as a trusted advisor to customers, advocating for solutions that align with their business needs.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by sharing insights, lessons learned, and best practices.

Key Competencies:

Technical Expertise:

• Senior level experience with design, development, implementation and maintenance of large-scale systems, preferably across multiple hardware platforms and / or data centers
• Proficiency in designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure data migration architectures.
• Deep understanding of IT infrastructure, including storage, networking, virtualization and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Strong knowledge of industry standards and best practices, such as ITIL and COBIT.

Leadership & Soft Skills:

• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities to address complex challenges.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor teams, fostering collaboration and accountability.
• Adaptability and resilience in dynamic high-pressure environments and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to take ownership as technical expert when working with customers’ senior technical representatives to design, architect and implement.

Business Acumen:

• Alignment of technology solutions with strategic business objectives.
• Proficiency in cost-benefit analysis to ensure ROI for proposed solutions.
• Stakeholder management, including negotiation and influence at all organizational levels.
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate technical information to diverse audiences, including internal teams, remote customers, and onsite client presentations.
• Demonstrate understanding of relationship storage systems have with associated business processes

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• 10+ years of experience in IT architecture, data migration, technical consulting or related domains.
• Demonstrated success in customer-facing consulting roles, particularly in pre-sales and solution delivery.
• Certifications in relevant technologies (e.g., VMware, AWS, ITIL) are highly desirable.
• Hands-on expertise in at least four data migration areas (block, file, object, application, host-based).
• Experience with SAN, NAS and iSCSI storage implementations: (Zoning configuration with different Fiber channel switches, end to end iSCSI configuration, Multipathing and LVM configuration)
• Experience with Windows: CIFS/SMB protocols, (SMB security mechanisms, DFS namespace, NTFS Access control list, directory services authentication and Multiprotocol access).
• Experience with different flavors of Unix system administration: (different versions of NFS protocols security mechanisms, managing permissions POSIX, ACLs, automounter and directory services authentication)
• Experience within System Administration, DevOps Engineering, or Platform Engineering, demonstrating proficiency with Windows, Linux, and/or Unix operating system environments.
• Expert level understanding of NAS protocols (NFS, SMB / CIFS, Object), file system permissions, encryption, and secure data access.
• Demonstrated expertise as a Senior Storage Engineer (or comparable role) specializing in the implementation and management of solutions.

Performance Expectations:

• Deliver customer-centric solutions that achieve defined business outcomes.
• Maintain a high standard of technical and professional excellence.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks during pre-sales and delivery phases.
• Act as a role model and mentor for team members, promoting knowledge sharing and professional growth.

Why Join Pure Storage?

• Be part of an innovative team shaping the future of data migration services.
• Work with cutting-edge technologies and methodologies in a customer-focused environment.
• Contribute to impactful projects that transform customer operations and drive business success.

The annual base salary range is: $104,000 - $224,000

Salary ranges are determined based on role, level and location. For positions open to candidates in multiple geographical locations, the base salary range is reflective of the labor market across the applicable locations. 

This role may be eligible for incentive pay and/or equity. 

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. 

There is no application deadline and we accept applications on an ongoing basis until the job is filled.

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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:

• Pure Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically, like a challenge and aspire to be trailblazers.
• Pure 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 Large Workplaces in the Bay Area™, Fortune's Best Workplaces for Millennials™ and certified as a Great Place to Work®!
• Pure 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.

WHERE DIFFERENCES FUEL INNOVATION:

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. At Pure Storage, diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability are part of our DNA because we believe our people will shape the next chapter of our success story.​ 

Pure Storage is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and people with intersectional identities. We also encourage you to apply even if you feel you don’t match all of the role criteria. If you think you can do the job and feel you’re a good match, please apply.