Role OverviewJoin our dynamic Americas Solution Specialists team at Nutanix as a Solutions Architect with deep expertise in database automation, DBaaS, and hybrid multi-cloud infrastructure. Shape the future of enterprise data architectures by connecting modern database automation directly with enterprise AI data pipelines, hybrid cloud strategies, and infrastructure modernization across our largest Americas accounts.
What You Will Do
Act as a primary technical deal architect and domain expert, driving pre-sales architecture, technical discovery, proof-of-concept (POC) validations, and database modernization strategies. Deliver cross-functional knowledge transfer to regional SEs, sales teams, and channel partners.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The successful candidate will join the Americas Solution Specialists & Systems Engineering Organization at Nutanix—a forward-thinking group dedicated to solving complex enterprise infrastructure, database, and AI workload challenges.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in a customer-facing pre-sales technical role (Solutions Architect, Systems Engineer, or Database Specialist Architect) within an enterprise software, cloud, or infrastructure organization
- Deep technical proficiency with major enterprise database engines—specifically PostgreSQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB and MySQL
- Hands-on experience with database automation, copy data management (CDM), database backup/recovery, automated patching, lifecycle management, and API-driven database provisioning
- Solid grounding in virtualization (AHV, ESXi), enterprise storage architectures, containerized databases (Kubernetes/NKP), and public cloud IaaS platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Familiarity with REST APIs, Python, PowerShell, Ansible, or Terraform for integrating database workflows into broader CI/CD or ITOM platforms (e.g., ServiceNow)
- Ability to articulate database TCO, licensing savings (e.g., core optimization for Oracle/SQL Server), operational efficiency gains, and risk reduction to senior IT leadership
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