Cloud Native Senior Architect

Pure Storage, Inc.; Dubai; On-site; AED 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Pure Storage, Inc. in Dubai is seeking a senior Kubernetes engineering professional to design, deploy, and operate Portworx-based solutions across hybrid cloud environments.

You will lead workshops with Delivery Solution Architects, document as-is environments, and translate requirements into actionable implementation plans. Responsibilities include configuring and maintaining Kubernetes clusters, integrating OpenShift/Rancher/Mirantis orchestrators, and ensuring high availability, DR, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience deploying and troubleshooting production Kubernetes environments.
• Proven experience with DevOps practices and a strong understanding of the cloud-native technology landscape.
• Experience supporting enterprise customers directly, including comfort working on customer sites/production environments and communicating technical progress clearly.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Portworx Delivery Solution Architects to support design and architecture workshops gathering customer technical requirements and documenting the as-is technical environment.
• Assist in documenting design decisions including storage backup workflows high availability and disaster recovery configurations scalability plans and networking security considerations.
• Lead API microservices solution deployment and day-2 operations including monitoring via Prometheus, Grafana and other Observability and alerting practices.

Skills

Kubernetes

DevOps

Customer engagement

Cloud-native

Communication

Design workshops

Lead deployments

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Rancher

Mirantis

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Jenkins

GitOps

Argo

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

WHAT YOU LL DO

Design and Architecture Support

Partner with Portworx Delivery Solution Architects to support design and architecture workshops gathering customer technical requirements and documenting the as-is technical environment Identify key customer integration points with Kubernetes storage and backup solutions Assist in documenting design decisions including storage backup workflows high availability and disaster recovery configurations scalability plans and networking security considerations Understand prospects and customers technical needs related to their Cloud Native Kubernetes deployments and translate them into actionable implementation plans

Deployment and Operations

Design install configure and maintain Kubernetes clusters and Portworx-based solutions using best practices Kubernetes manifests and Helm charts Deploy and operate Portworx solutions Enterprise PX-Backup PX-DR across customer Kubernetes environments OpenShift Rancher VKS or other orchestrators on-prem and in the cloud Ensure Portworx is correctly configured against underlying storage platforms FlashArray FlashBlade or other equivalent storage layers and optimized for performance scale and reliability Lead API microservices solution deployment and day-2 operations including monitoring via Prometheus Grafana other Observability and alerting best practices Support CI CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code workflows Jenkins GitOps Terraform Ansible Chef Puppet relevant to Portworx delivery

Customer Support and Enablement

Act as the initial point of contact for Portworx support case break fix inquiries and Request for Enhancement RFE requests within the account region Collaborate with Portworx Support and Product Engineering teams to provide an excellent customer experience and drive timely issue resolution Support customers through validation and testing of changes prior to production implementation remediating issues identified during testing Provide knowledge transfer and training sessions to customer teams to support ongoing Portworx operations Maintain clear ongoing communication with customer stakeholders and the Everpure delivery team on project status risks and outcomes

Delivery and Collaboration

Work within Everpure s Advanced Services delivery methodology supporting Delivery Solution Architects and Project Managers through the full engagement lifecycle Collaborate with Certified Delivery Partners and customer vendor teams e g system integrators platform teams as part of a coordinated delivery effort Contribute field experience back into repeatable procedures runbooks and templates to standardize delivery and improve quality across engagements

WHAT YOU BRING

Experience

10+ years of hands-on experience deploying and troubleshooting production Kubernetes environments; experience building and operating containerised solutionsProven experience with DevOps practices and a strong understanding of the cloud-native technology landscapeExperience supporting enterprise customers directly, including comfort working on customer sites/production environments and communicating technical progress clearly

Technical Skills

In-depth experience deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting Kubernetes environments; proficiency with at least one of OpenShift, Rancher, Mirantis, or other orchestratorsFamiliarity with other container orchestration platforms.Linux system administration experience (RHEL, SLES, Debian, Ubuntu)Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing)Software-defined storage concepts (NFS, Block, iSCSI) and understanding of open-source databases/modern data platforms supporting highly available business applicationsCI/CD experience (Jenkins, GitOps, Argo, Airflow) and Configuration Management/Infrastructure-as-Code tooling (Terraform, Chef, Puppet, or Ansible)Working knowledge of cloud IaaS environments such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud PlatformFamiliarity with backup, disaster recovery, and object storage management in cloud and on-prem environmentsBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, a related field, or equivalent experience

Desirable Additional Skills and Certifications

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and/or CKAD qualification, or equivalent hands-on experienceScripting skills (Bash, Python, Ruby)Virtualisation technologies (KVM, VMware) and version control systems (Git, SVN)Monitoring and logging tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)Security fundamentals (SSL/TLS, Kubernetes Secrets, RBAC)Experience with the OpenStorage SDK (REST and gRPC interfaces)Experience with HA deployments for modern scale-out databases and data processing solutions (Cassandra, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Elasticsearch)Cloud or Portworx-related certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Pure Certified Portworx Enterprise Professional)

Soft Skills

Attention to detail and strong troubleshooting discipline in complex, high-pressure environmentsComfortable consulting on customer sites related to complex solutionsStrong, clear communication skills with both technical and business stakeholdersAdaptability and a proactive, collaborative approach to problem-solving

Logistics

Must already be based and eligible to work in the Dubai or Abu Dhabi; with a willingness to travel to customer sites across EMEA and Everpure offices where needed which can be 30% of the time or more, where needed.Contract engagement, with scope and duration aligned to Everpure's Portworx EMEA delivery roadmap