[Remote] Senior Solutions Architect - Data Infrastructure

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure company, turning a world of disruption into opportunity for every customer. As a Senior Solution Architect – Data Infrastructure, you will act as a technical evangelist and strategist, partnering with enterprise customers on their most critical initiatives to design, integrate, and scale modern data platforms across various environments. Responsibilities • Own Technical Win Plans. Partner with enterprise sales and field leadership on priority opportunities. Lead discovery, shape solution strategy, differentiate competitively, and drive the technical win for large, complex deals • Design End-to-End Architectures. Create scalable, resilient, and future-ready architectures across on-prem, cloud-adjacent, and public cloud environments, aligned to customer requirements for performance, availability, security, and total cost of ownership • Act as a Portfolio Evangelist. Represent NetApp’s full data infrastructure vision to customers, partners, and internal stakeholders, connecting portfolio capabilities to real-world customer outcomes • Build Trusted Executive Relationships. Develop and sustain deep relationships with customer technical and business leaders, partners, and alliances. Drive engagement across executive, architecture, and engineering communities • Generate Pipeline with Marketing. Lead webinars, workshops, and Executive Briefing Center sessions; contribute to blogs and video content; present at NetApp INSIGHT; and support regional demand-generation events to open new workloads and buying centers • Mentor and Upskill the Field. Coach Solutions Engineers and partner technical teams on solution domains, reference architectures, and repeatable best practices • Stay Ahead of the Market. Track industry trends, competitive dynamics, and portfolio evolution to provide timely guidance to customers, sales leadership, and field teams Skills • 8+ years in solution architecture, systems engineering, or enterprise pre-sales for storage or data infrastructure platforms, with a strong track record of driving technical wins and customer outcomes • Executive Presence & Communication. Exceptional presentation, storytelling, and whiteboarding skills, with the ability to lead technical workshops and executive briefings • Technical Depth. Expertise across NFS, SMB, iSCSI, FC, NVMe, and S3; experience with virtualization and container platforms (e.g., VMware, Kubernetes); and strong understanding of security, cyber resilience, and AI-adjacent technologies • Hybrid Cloud Knowledge. Practical experience with hyperscaler file and object services, data mobility, and replication strategies • Solution Design Skills. Comfortable producing reference architectures and integration plans spanning compute, networking, and storage • Familiarity with AI/HPC stacks and parallel file systems Benefits • Health Insurance • Life Insurance • Retirement or Pension Plans • Paid Time Off • Various Leave options • Employee stock purchase plan • Restricted stocks (RSU’s) • Volunteer time off program • Comprehensive medical, dental, wellness, and vision plans • Educational assistance • Legal services • Access to discounts • Financial savings programs Company Overview • NetApp specializes in data storage, data infrastructure, and data management solutions. It was founded in 1992, and is headquartered in San Jose, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship • NetApp has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 189 in 2025, 166 in 2024, 143 in 2023, 250 in 2022, 193 in 2021, 225 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job