Senior Solutions Engineer

NetApp; Maharashtra; Hybrid; INR 2,600,000 - 4,400,000; Full time

Job summary

NetApp is seeking a Senior Solution Engineer within its Sales organization. You will act as a trusted technical advisor to customers, channel partners, and internal stakeholders, driving revenue growth by aligning NetApp solutions with business objectives across a high-value account portfolio.

This highly visible, customer-facing role offers career growth and exposure to strategic enterprise customers. Success requires strong technical expertise, consultative selling, executive presence, and

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of experience in technical presales, solution engineering, or related customer-facing tech role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline; postgraduate degree preferred.
• Ability to present complex technical solutions to both technical and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Client Executives to develop and execute account strategies that drive revenue growth.
• Build trusted relationships with technical stakeholders, business leaders, and C-level executives.
• Lead technical discovery sessions to understand customer challenges and objectives.
• Architect, demonstrate, and position NetApp solutions aligned to customer outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the sales cycle including POCs, validation, and closure.
• Collaborate with channel partners and internal teams to drive opportunities and territory goals.
• Present NetApp’s technology vision, value proposition, and differentiation.

Skills

Presales

Solutions consulting

Sales engineering

Technical communication

Executive engagement

Education

Engineering degree

Postgraduate degree

Job description

Own Every Moment at NetApp

At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.

Own Every Moment at NetApp

At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud. Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins. Join teams that innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel together across every function.

Job Summary

Senior Solution Engineer within NetApp's Sales organization, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers, channel partners, and internal stakeholders. You will play a critical role in driving revenue growth by aligning NetApp's technology solutions with customer business objectives and leading technical sales engagements across a high-value account portfolio.

This is a highly visible, customer-facing role offering significant opportunities for career growth and exposure to strategic enterprise customers. Success in this role requires strong technical expertise, consultative selling skills, executive presence, and the ability to build lasting relationships with customers, partners, Client Executives, and Sales Leaders.

Job Requirements

• Partner with Client Executives to develop and execute account strategies that drive revenue growth and market expansion.
• Build trusted relationships with technical stakeholders, business leaders, and C-level executives.
• Lead technical discovery sessions to understand customer challenges, requirements, and business objectives.
• Architect, demonstrate, and position NetApp solutions aligned to customer outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the sales cycle, including solution design, POCs, validation, and closure.
• Collaborate with channel partners and internal teams to drive opportunities and achieve territory goals.
• Present NetApp’s technology vision, value proposition, and competitive differentiation.

Qualifications

• Experience in presales, solutions consulting, or sales engineering.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise storage, data protection, disaster recovery, and hybrid cloud solutions.
• Ability to present complex technical solutions to both technical and executive audiences.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and customer engagement skills.
• Experience influencing enterprise technology buying decisions and driving technical wins.

Education & Experience

• Minimum 15 years of experience in Technical Presales, Solution Engineering, or a related customer-facing technology role.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Postgraduate degree or equivalent advanced qualification preferred.

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 You'll Thrive at NetApp

At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment—you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.

NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.

Our culture

We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed—they drive everything we do.

If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one.

AI Disclosure

For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use artificial intelligence tools to help evaluate applications and candidate selection. These tools support—rather than replace—human decision-making.