System Engineering Manager, SLED (West)

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly

Job summary

Everpure is seeking a dynamic Systems Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing pre-sales team in the SLED organization, guiding engineers who help customers modernize data strategies with all-flash storage, cloud, and AI-driven solutions.

You’ll coach talent, drive customer outcomes, and shape the future of data-driven enterprises while promoting Everpure values and technical leadership across DAS, NAS, and SAN environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of management experience leading sales engineers
• 10+ years in storage, networking or systems sales
• Deep understanding of multi-tier client/server architectures
• Experience setting team strategy to win new prospects
• Knowledge of storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, SAN)
• BS in CS, EE or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a high-performing pre-sales Systems Engineering team
• Coach talent, elevate customer outcomes, and shape data-driven solutions
• Own operational excellence and validate technical demand
• Promote Everpure values: Persistence, Creativity, Teamwork, Ownership, Customer-first
• Understand customer business drivers and decision processes
• Advocate the advantages of Everpure and Pure Storage solutions
• Refine sales strategy and lead technical engagements
• Guide roadmap discussions and interoperability testing

Skills

People management

Storage systems

Cloud native

VMware

Networking

Customer facing

Education

BS in CS/EE

Job description

Everpure (NYSE: P) has evolved from storage pioneer to data platform, closing fiscal 2026 with $3.7 billion in revenue, its first billion-dollar quarter, and accelerating growth into FY27. Our strategic agenda spans the companies defining the next era of technology - hyperscalers, AI labs, the AI hardware supply chain, data platform providers, and the broader AI ecosystem.

This type of work—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.

THE ROLE:

Everpure is looking for a dynamic Systems Engineering Manager to lead and inspire a high-performing team in our SLED organization. In this pivotal role, you’ll guide talented pre-sales Systems Engineers who help some of the world’s largest and most innovative companies modernize their data strategies with industry-leading all-flash storage, cloud, and AI-driven data solutions. If you’re passionate about coaching technical talent, elevating customer outcomes, and shaping the future of data-driven enterprises, this is your opportunity to make a visible impact at one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Demonstrate effective people development in a rapidly evolving technical space

• Act as an employee advocate who is focused on team and people development, demonstrating high EQ

• Have a desire to drive operational excellence; create a team support creation and validation of technical demand

• Lead by example, living the Everpure Values: Persistence, Creativity, Teamwork, Ownership, Customer-first

• Develop an exhaustive understanding of what drives a customer’s 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

• Enable team to:

  • Capture requirements and translate Customer’s business needs into innovative solutions to accelerate their growth and capacity

  • Author responses to RFI & RFPs when needed

  • Seek out and spur new opportunities for interoperability, functional, and performance testing/validation

  • Promote mutual roadmap and planning exchanges

• Move with market trends and competitive landscape to promote thought leadership within our organization

WHAT YOU BRING:

• 5+ years of Management experience leading high performing Sales Engineers selling in Enterprise Accounts

• 10+ years experience supporting the sales of storage, networking or systems solutions to a combination of large accounts and data centers

• Deep understanding of the architecture, design and implementation of multi-tiered client/server and web-based computing solutions

• Prior experience in setting team strategy to acquire new prospects and converting them into clients

• Knowledge of business impact of current and emerging storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN)

• Strong knowledge of digital transformation to a Cloud Native architecture, On-Prem, 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

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