Federal Pre-Sales Systems Engineering Lead (Remote)
purestorage
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purestorage seeks a technical leader to head a Federal-focused Systems Engineering team supporting U.S. national security accounts.
You will drive pre-sales strategy across storage, cloud, and AI data platforms, serving as the technical authority to map customer needs to architecture decisions in the DC/MD/VA region. The role requires active TS/SCI clearance, 8+ years of team leadership in federal sales, and deep storage/networking knowledge, with remote-first work in the Virginia/Washington
Qualifications
- Active TS/SCI security clearance required.
- 8+ years leading federal/systems engineering teams selling to U.S. Federal/Intelligence accounts.
- 10+ years supporting sales of storage, networking, or systems solutions to large data centers.
- Deep knowledge of U.S. Government IT architectures and multi-tier designs.
- Strong grasp of storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, SAN) and cloud/on‑prem patterns.
- Working knowledge of VMware, LAN, Ethernet, TCP/IP; technical CS/EE degree.
Responsibilities
- Coach and develop a Federal-focused SE team with career progression.
- Shape and execute pre-sales strategy for storage, cloud, and AI data platforms.
- Serve as lead technical authority, aligning customer needs with architecture.
- Translate business needs into storage and DAS/NAS/SAN designs.
- Drive RFI/RFP responses and interoperability testing with customers/partners.
- Monitor market trends to position the team as data platform thought leaders.
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purestorage seeks a technical leader to head a Federal-focused Systems Engineering team supporting U.S. national security accounts.
You will drive pre-sales strategy across storage, cloud, and AI data platforms, serving as the technical authority to map customer needs to architecture decisions in the DC/MD/VA region. The role requires active TS/SCI clearance, 8+ years of team leadership in federal sales, and deep storage/networking knowledge, with remote-first work in the Virginia/Washington
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