Senior Cloud Native Architect

Who you are

• Container & Orchestration Mastery: Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and troubleshooting production Kubernetes environments across platforms such as OpenShift, Rancher, or major cloud provider engines
• Infrastructure Automation & DevOps Expertise: Demonstrated proficiency using Infrastructure as Code tools (such as Terraform or Ansible) and modern CI/CD automation pipelines to manage cloud-native environments
• System & Storage Architecture Skills: Deep operational understanding of Linux systems administration, enterprise networking, and software-defined storage architectures
• Consultative Problem Solving: Strong communication and collaborative skills with a proven ability to consult directly on customer sites, translate business needs into technical designs, and navigate complex technical landscapes

What the job involves

• As a Senior Cloud Native Architect, you will empower global enterprises to run mission-critical data workloads anywhere by deploying and optimizing state-of-the-art container storage solutions
• You will act as a high-impact technical advisor within the rapidly expanding Portworx Professional Services business, solving cutting-edge Kubernetes challenges and driving successful cloud-native adoptions
• Partnering closely with customer engineering teams, Product Engineering, and Support, your mission is to convert complex technical requirements into resilient, highly available containerized infrastructure that powers modern applications
• Architect Cloud-Native Solutions: Design, deploy, and optimize production-grade Kubernetes clusters across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, ensuring seamless performance and enterprise-grade resilience for customer databases
• Drive Day-2 Operations & Automation: Implement robust CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to streamline microservices deployment and automate ongoing platform management
• Solve Cutting-Edge Infrastructure Challenges: Partner directly with customer teams and Product Engineering to troubleshoot complex container environments, accelerating time-to-value and delivering exceptional customer outcomes
• Manage High-Availability Data Platforms: Design and deploy scale-out data architectures for modern open-source databases and data processing platforms, ensuring high availability and robust data management