Data Mobility Architect, Pure Storage
$104-224k
Data storage company
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Data storage company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$104-224k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To redefine the storage experience and empower innovators by simplifying how people consume and interact with data.
Role
Who you are
- This role requires a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and strong leadership to become a strategic advisor
- Senior-level experience designing, implementing, and maintaining large-scale systems across platforms/data centers
- Skilled in scalable, reliable, secure migration architectures
- Deep understanding of IT infrastructure: storage, networking, virtualization, and cloud.Familiarity with standards like ITIL and COBIT
- Strong communicator; able to simplify complex topics for non-technical audiences
- Collaborative and independent; thrives in team-oriented environments
- Expert problem-solver with critical thinking and troubleshooting abilities
- Proven leader and team mentor, promoting accountability and collaboration
- Adaptable and resilient in fast-paced, high-pressure situations
- Confident technical owner when working with senior customer stakeholders
- Ability to align technology with strategic business outcomes
- Proficient in stakeholder management and influencing across organizational levels
- Excellent presenter—able to communicate with internal teams, remote customers, and on-site clients
- Deep understanding of how storage systems impact business processes
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years in IT architecture, data migration, or technical consulting
- Proven success in customer-facing consulting, including pre-sales and delivery
- Relevant certifications (e.g., VMware, AWS, ITIL) strongly preferred
- Hands-on expertise in at least four migration areas: block, file, object, application, host-based
- Experience with SAN, NAS, and iSCSI implementations, zoning, multipathing, LVM, etc
- Strong Windows expertise: CIFS/SMB, NTFS, DFS, ACLs, and authentication
- Solid Unix/Linux admin background: NFS, POSIX permissions, ACLs, directory services, etc
- Proficient in System Administration, DevOps, or Platform Engineering
- Expert-level understanding of NAS protocols, file permissions, encryption, and secure data access
- Demonstrated experience as a Senior Storage Engineer or similar role
What the job involves
- As a Data Mobility Solutions Architect, you will lead, design, and execute successful data mobility and optimization strategies for our customers
- You'll partner with customers and internal/external teams to develop and implement transformative solutions that align with business goals and technical excellence
- You’ll engage across the full project lifecycle—from pre-sales and planning to hands-on implementation—requiring flexibility and adaptability
- By leveraging Pure Storage's methodologies and technologies, you will ensure customer success and help scale our data mobility services
- Collaborate with sales, product, and professional services to position Pure Storage’s IT and migration solutions
- Understand and assess customer technical needs; craft tailored migration and mobility strategies
- Develop, review, and approve Statements of Work (SOWs) and support RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs with precise scope and deliverables
- Provide governance and leadership throughout migration implementation
- Work with cross-functional teams—including engineers and partners—for high-quality service delivery
- Deliver hands-on technical solutions, training, and knowledge transfer to customers
- Monitor and resolve customer escalations to maintain satisfaction and trust
- Lead data mobility and migration strategy discussions; design architectures aligned with business goals
- Conduct technical discovery of customer environments, perform risk assessments, and analyze data
- Develop end-to-end migration plans with risk mitigation strategies
- Create and maintain documentation: diagrams, run books, and technical engineering docs
- Serve as an SME in at least three migration domains, such as:
- Block Data Migration
- NFS and SMB/CIFS Migrations
- Object Storage
- Compute & Application-Based Migrations
- Host-Based Migrations
- Cloud-Based Solutions
- Lead and manage global projects, driving collaboration across teams in sales, product, delivery, and customer success
- Act as a trusted advisor to customers, aligning solutions with business needs
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by sharing insights, lessons learned, and best practices
- Deliver customer-centric solutions that achieve business outcomes
- Maintain technical and professional excellence at all times
- Proactively identify and mitigate risk throughout pre-sales and delivery
- Act as a mentor and role model, promoting knowledge-sharing and growth
Our take
Named one of the top 50 Hottest Edge Hardware, Software, and Services Companies of 2022, Pure Storage is a data storage company that helps tech and software businesses leverage the continuous innovations of AI and machine learning through its storage solutions. From Roblox to NASA, many of Pure Storage’s customers are leaders in their fields.
After seeing rapid revenue growth in the early 2010s despite overall losses, Pure Storage’s 2015 IPO benefitted the company over the next half-decade, spreading losses with public trade. The risk especially paid off when many companies migrated to cloud services in the 2020s.
As data centers flew into the crosshairs of sustainable energy efforts, Pure Storage has remained on the right side of publicity through its Evergreen // One portfolio, a flexible consumption-based storage model for providers. In January 2023, Pure Storage reported continued subscription growth for this model and should continue on track as its hefty and influential client list evolves to meet sustainability goals.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Apr 2014
$225m
SERIES F
Aug 2013
$150m
SERIES E
Total funding: $474.9m
Company HQ
Santa Clara, CA
Leadership
John Colgrove
(CTO)Previously EIR at Sutter Hill Ventures, Fellow at Symantec Software, and Engineer at Amdahl.
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