Senior Solutions Architect

Description
Senior Solutions Architect - Heartland/ Central
The Solutions Architect will use their advanced technical knowledge of Cloud File Storage Services to drive sales while ensuring customer satisfaction though proper expectation management. As part of maintaining customer satisfaction, some post-sale duties may occasionally be required to resolve customer issues. The Solutions Architect must be a self-starter and always seek opportunities to advance sales and industry presence for Nasuni. Similar titles include: Pre-Sales Engineer and Sales Engineer. #BI-Remote
As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will...

• Understand and communicate pre-sales solution messaging at both a technical and business level (storage / data migration / backup / recovery / security solutions)
• Provide Cloud Storage industry expertise and guidance to clients during discovery and proof of concept
• Author and provide presentations both to executive-level and working-level client audiences
• Develop and present custom demonstrations based on prospective client requirements and map them to Nasuni capabilities
• Understand, document and communicate business value to the prospect
• Manage the Proof of Concept process when required
• Guide prospective clients to the merits and strengths of the Nasuni solution
• Assist account executives in development of Target Account Selling strategies
• Document all prospective client meetings and decisions in Salesforce
• Articulate market requests and needs to R&D and Marketing organizations in a clear, concise manner
• Assist account executives in development of proposals and RFI/RFP responses
• Organize communications between teams and external vendors to develop solutions

Required skills + experience we look for are...

• Relevant experience in a combination of technical sales for enterprise storage solutions, experience with data center operations, and experience with cloud service providers
• Proven track record in giving sales-oriented presentations to all audience levels from architect to executive in both technical and business settings
• Successful at navigating the sales cycles in a pre-sales/consulting role
• Technical expertise in NAS, Active Directory, Linux, Hypervisors, and Virtualization.
• Knowledge of Cloud Storage Ecosystem including Backup, Disaster Recovery, and Data Security.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple prospects and activities concurrently
• Strong and creative problem-solving and analytic skills
• Highly motivated, persuasive, and success driven personality with high attention to detail
• Ability to work with our Boston Seaport based team 3 days per week onsite.
• Bachelor's Degree in related field ( e.g. Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering)

Why Nasuni?
With the world's only cloud-native global file system at its heart, Nasuni delivers a file services platform built for the cloud that combines the performance of local file servers with the scalability and durability of cloud storage, all at about half the cost of traditional file infrastructures. Users can migrate NAS silos to the cloud storage of their choice for on-demand capacity expansion, built-in backup, instant disaster recovery, multi-site file sharing and a system that can span continents. Nasuni operates globally from its worldwide headquarters in Boston, Mass., USA.
Why work at Nasuni?
As part of our commitment to your well-being, we are pleased to offer comprehensive benefits packages to employees across the US. Benefits packages generally include:

• Best in class employee onboarding and training
• "Take What You Need" paid time off policy
• Incentive stock options
• Comprehensive health, dental and vision plans
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• 401(k) and Roth IRA retirement plan
• Generous employee referral bonuses
• Flexible remote work policy
• 10 paid holidays
• Wide array of wellbeing offerings
• Pre-tax savings accounts with company contributions
• An Employee Assistance Program to help deal with life's difficulties and stressors
• Great team culture and social activities
• Collaborative workspaces
• Free on-site fitness centers and stocked kitchens in select office locations
• Professional development resources

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Nasuni is an equal opportunity employer. The equal employment opportunity policy at Nasuni protects employees and job applicants from discrimination on the bases of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non- merit based factors. These protections extend to all management practices and decisions, including recruitment and hiring practices, appraisal systems, promotions, and training and career development programs.