Systems Engineer RoME Kuwait UAE office

Pure Storage; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A cutting-edge technology firm in Dubai is seeking an experienced sales engineer to refine sales strategies and lead technical responsibilities. The ideal candidate will possess presales experience, 5-10 years in enterprise storage sales, and a solid understanding of storage architectures. Candidates must have excellent communication skills and a strong technical background, especially in cloud-native solutions. The role offers opportunities for growth and a flexible work environment.

Benefits

Flexible time off

Wellness resources

Company-sponsored team events

Qualifications

• 5-10 years experience supporting sales of enterprise storage solutions.
• Deep understanding of multitiered client/server and web-based computing.
• Prior experience in converting prospects into clients.

Responsibilities

• Develop understanding of customer business and decision-making.
• Promote advantages of Pure Storage solutions.
• Refine sales strategy and take command of technical responsibilities.

Skills

Presales experience

Sales of enterprise storage networking

Knowledge of storage architectures

Excellent verbal and written skills

Education

BS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

VMWare

Cloud Native architecture

Job description

Were 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 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

In this role you'll:

• Develop an exhaustive understanding of what drives a customers business and what motivates their decision making
• Passionately bring to light the advantages of a Pure Storage solution
• Refine sales strategy and tactics, taking command of technical responsibilities
• Delight customers and teammates with your technical leadership and domain expertise on storage products distributed storage architectures file systems and competitive storage offerings in the DAS, NAS and SAN product spaces
• Take control of evaluations and benchmarks system configurations and system installations
• Build and deliver technical product and architecture presentations with vigor to customers and lock in the technical win with clients and prospective accounts
• Capture requirements and translate customers business needs into innovative solutions to accelerate their growth and capacity
• Author responses to RFI & RFPs
• Seek out and spur new opportunities for interoperability functional and performance testing/validation
• Promote mutual roadmap and planning exchanges
• Liaise with product and technical marketing to produce materials (i.e. whitepaper web presentations) that support overall alliance plans and objectives
• Stay current with the competition and ensure that materials accurately reflect the latest differentiated solution positioning
• Move with market trends and competitive landscape to promote thought leadership within our organization

What you'll need to bring to this role

• Presales experience is required
• 5-10 years minimum experience supporting the sales of enterprise storage networking or systems solutions to a combination of large enterprise accounts and data centers
• Deep understanding of the architecture design and implementation of multitiered client/server and webbased computing solutions
• Prior experience in targeting new prospects and converting them into clients
• Contribute significant portions and/or lead responses to RFPs, RFQs and RFIs
• Superior knowledge of current and emerging storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN)
• UNIX OS, NFS file systems and UNIX distributed network environment
• Installation/configuration of distributed computing multiprocessing virtual memory subsystem storage subsystems architecture shared memory architectures cache architectures.windowing systems
• Strong knowledge of digital transformation to a Cloud Native architecture (OnPrem, Public Cloud, Provisioning Automation and Containers)
• Knowledge of VMWare, Local Area Networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP and general networking
• Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills
• BS in CS, EE or other technical degree and/or equivalent experience
• Familiarity with modern web architecture a plus (LAMP stack scaleout vs scaleup architectures NoSQL alternatives)
• Application knowledge is highly desirable
• You will be based in Dubai. As this is an officecentric role you are expected to be present in the office for 3 days a week. As outlined in Pure's Hybrid Work Policy there will be variations over periods of time depending on business need.

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 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 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.