Position Title: Sr. Storage Architect Position Location: Remote in Southern California *

Strong NetApp Expertise is Preferred in this Role

* Job Summary: The Sr. Storage Architect plays a key role in supporting the storage and data protection growth of Pellera. You will be assisting our clients by scoping and presenting comprehensive storage and/or data protection solutions that align with business objectives. This position requires a deep understanding of both business processes and technical systems to bridge the gap between business needs and IT capabilities. This role plays a pivotal part in representing the Pellera storage and data protection story with our clients, vendors and employees. Additionally, the role includes shaping proposals and driving pre-sales strategy ensuring that our professional services are aligned with client business goals. This position requires a combination of technical expertise, business acumen, effective communication, and presentation skills to drive successful solution delivery and business process optimization. Essential Functions: Leading technical sessions on storage and/or data backup solutions to address customer’s needs. Organizing dynamic sales and training sessions on cutting-edge data center technologies specifically with data storage and/or data backup solutions. Building strong relationships with Pellera’s enterprise solution partners to drive collaboration. Attaining sales and technical certifications to enhance expertise in storage and data backup solutions. Staying updated on technical challenges and trends for strategic insights. Supporting clients in their digital transformation with audit, architecture, consulting, implementation, and training. Identifying and validating cloud solution opportunities that integrate with existing systems. Promoting, positioning, selling, and project oversight with Pellera professional services. Required Skills/Abilities/Competencies Candidate must possess extensive subject matter expertise in a core data center domain, with a critical focus on storage and/or data backup/recovery solutions. Required skills must encompass expert-level proficiency in architecting and designing storage solutions whether on-premises and off-premise including cloud with more than one of the following OEMs: IBM, Dell, Infinidat, NetApp, Pure Storage, HPE, Hitachi Vantara, Vast, Commvault, Rubrik, Cohesity, Veeam, Brocade, Cisco, Nutanix. 10+ years of experience in architecting and implementing data center solutions. Participate in the development and integration of new and emerging technology solutions and partnerships; with a focus of growing Pellera Technologies. Participate in customer facing meetings to determine business and technical requirements that will be used in developing data center solution(s) General knowledge in storage adjacent technologies including skills in virtualization, containers, servers, networking, operations management, orchestration and automation, virtual desktop infrastructure and cloud foundation. General knowledge with the value of positioning professional and managed services Education and Experience: A college diploma or equivalent experience in computer science or information technology systems is required. Proven experience in a similar role, with a strong background in solution design and architecture. Candidates should be able to travel overnight and up to 25% of the time. Physical Requirements: Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.