Senior Solutions Architect
About The Position
We’re looking for a Senior Solutions Architect to lead workload-driven performance engineering for Azure NetApp Files (ANF), one of the fastest-growing, enterprise-grade storage platforms on Microsoft Azure. This is a high-impact, highly visible role that sits at the intersection of customer-facing architecture, deep performance engineering, and strategic product validation. You will go beyond slideware by designing, building, and benchmarking real-world workloads at massive scale, and turning those insights into best practices that directly influence customer adoption, competitive wins, and multi-million-dollar deals.
Requirements
- 10+ years in solutions architecture, performance engineering, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise storage.
- Proven track record influencing customer decisions, accelerating deals, or driving adoption.
- Hands-on experience with performance testing and benchmarking.
- Strong Linux systems and TCP/IP networking fundamentals.
- Experience with storage protocols such as NFS, SMB, or object/S3.
- Automation skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
- Familiarity with performance tools such as fio, iperf, or workload-specific benchmarks.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure and/or Azure NetApp Files.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure across compute, networking, and storage.
- Experience with VMware on Azure or similar virtualization environments.
- Ability to translate complex performance data into actionable insights.
Nice To Haves
- Experience publishing industry benchmarks such as SPECstorage.
- Background in HPC, EDA, or large-scale distributed systems.
- Database performance experience across SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL.
- AI or machine learning workload experience.
- Experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, or observability tools.
Responsibilities
- Drive Performance Engineering at Scale.
- Design and execute performance benchmarks using real-world enterprise workloads.
- Build automated test frameworks and lab environments using Python, CI/CD, and benchmarking tools.
- Analyze throughput, IOPS, latency, and scaling characteristics across workload patterns.
- Deliver data-backed recommendations that shape product usage and customer outcomes.
- Partner with Customers and Accelerate Deals.
- Lead technical workshops, architecture design sessions, and proofs of concept.
- Provide sizing, configuration, and optimization guidance for production deployments.
- Act as a trusted technical advisor on large-scale multi-petabyte opportunities.
- Resolve performance challenges with evidence-based recommendations.
- Create Thought Leadership and Industry Guidance.
- Publish high-quality technical content, reference architectures, and best practices aligned to Microsoft Learn standards.
- Build reusable assets for field teams including guides, proof points, and campaign materials.
- Present at customer briefings, partner sessions, and internal enablement events.
- Collaborate Across Product and Engineering.
- Partner with Microsoft and NetApp engineering on benchmark validation and new feature readiness.
- Influence roadmap priorities through real-world performance insights.
- Help define next-generation performance standards across ANF workloads.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Retirement or Pension Plans
- Paid Time Off
- various Leave options
- Performance-Based Incentives
- employee stock purchase plan
- restricted stocks (RSU’s)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
