Cloud Native Solutions Architect (m/f/d)
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Opportunity
Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.
Do you love solving real customer business challenges and transforming the way they work, through architecting unique solutions? If you have a passion for enterprise cloud technology and a talent for helping customers understand them, we want to talk to you.
Nutanix (NTNX) is looking for a passionate and driven Solutions Architect, serving as a specialist and trusted advisor for both end customers and field sales teams. This role ranges from influencing go-to-market strategies, aiding customers’ transformational journeys during the presales phase, to enabling enterprise adoption of our solutions portfolio.
This role suits Solutions Architects who want to grow as key technical leaders, focusing on solving customer challenges, driving sales strategies, architecting cloud-native solutions, and showcasing the overall value of Nutanix solutions.
Your Role
* Collaborate with field sales teams to develop go-to-market sales strategies, account plans, and identify and qualify business opportunities.
* Understand customer business needs, design cloud-native architectures, and present compelling solutions that demonstrate the value of our offerings.
* Provide feedback to product teams on client needs, market trends, and sales personas.
* Build and maintain relationships with technical resources at all levels of a customer organization.
* Stay current with industry trends, competitive landscape, and emerging technologies.
* Be a dynamic, self-starter who can flourish in a dynamic technology company.
* Have subject matter expertise in one or more Nutanix products.
What You Will Bring
* 5+ years of proven experience in a presales role, particularly in cloud‑native environments.
* Strong knowledge of cloud computing concepts & technologies, such as Kubernetes, OpenStack, AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.
* Familiarity with at least one Kubernetes platform (Rancher, OpenShift, EKS, AKS, GKE, D2iQ).
* Excellent communication and presentation skills (English).
* Ability to travel as needed for customer meetings and industry events (about 40‑50% travel).
* Fluent English and German speaking skills.
Preferred Skills
* Experience designing, building, and operating the infrastructure and configuration of container platforms with a focus on automation and infrastructure‑as‑code.
* Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Architect, or Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
* Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation).
* Experience with DevOps practices and tools (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, GitOps, ArgoCD).
How We Work
This position is primarily remote. There is no specific in‑office requirement, however there may be circumstances where you may be required to come into a local office for a specific purpose, and/or to travel to other locations based on business needs. The detailed work arrangement for this role will be discussed with the hiring manager.
Seniority Level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industry
Software Development
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