Title: Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, SLED (St. Louis) Location: Lincoln, Nebraska; Omaha, Nebraska; St. Louis, Missouri Job Description: We’re in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here, you lead with innovative thinking, grow along with us, and join the smartest team in the industry. This type of work—work that changes the world—is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you're ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us. THE ROLE: Are you passionate about driving innovation in the data storage industry? Are you skilled in crafting technical solutions that exceed customer expectations? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! Everpure (formerly Pure Storage), a leader in the data storage and flash technology space, is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, you will play a crucial role in understanding our customers' unique challenges and tailoring Everpure solutions to meet their specific needs. Collaborating closely with the sales team, you will act as a technical expert during the sales process, helping to showcase the value of our products and services. WHAT YOU’LL DO: - Develop an exhaustive understanding of what drives a customer’s business and what motivates their decision making - Connect the dots from technology solutions, inclusive of the Everpure portfolio and others from the ecosystem, to measurable customer business outcomes - Partner closely with account managers, specialists and channel partners to create a seamless and holistic customer experience and strategy to drive revenue growth and net new business - Delight customers and teammates with your technical leadership and domain expertise on storage products, distributed storage architectures, file systems, and competitive storage offerings in the DAS, NAS and SAN product spaces - Take control of evaluations, benchmarks and system configurations - Build and deliver technical product and architecture presentations with vigor to customers and lock in the technical win with clients and prospective accounts - Capture requirements and translate Customer’s business needs into innovative solutions to accelerate their growth and capacity - Seek out and spur new opportunities for interoperability, functional, and performance testing/validation - Promote mutual roadmap and planning exchanges - Liaise with product and technical marketing to produce materials (i.e. whitepaper, web presentations) that support overall alliance plans and objectives - Stay current with the competition and ensure that materials accurately reflect the latest, differentiated solution positioning - Move with market trends and competitive landscape to promote thought leadership within our organization - Lead by example living the Everpure Values: Persistence, Creativity, Teamwork, Ownership and Customer-first WHAT YOU BRING: - Pre-sales experience is required - 5 or more years of relevant experience, mixed among technology, design, and communications required. Experience supporting the sales of enterprise storage, networking, systems, cloud, or software to enterprise accounts preferred - Deep understanding of the architecture, design and implementation of multi-tiered client/server and web-based computing solutions - Must have a familiarity with modern web architecture a plus (LAMP stack, scale-out vs scale-up architectures, AWS well-architected framework, microservices architecture) - Prior experience in targeting new prospects and converting them into clients - Contribute significant portions and/or lead responses to RFPs, RFQs and RFIs - Superior knowledge of current and emerging storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN) - Previous experience with Linux, NFS file systems and Linux distributed network environment - Installation/configuration of distributed computing, multiprocessing, virtual memory subsystem, storage subsystems architecture, shared memory architectures, cache architectures, windowing systems - Strong knowledge of digital transformation to a Cloud Native architecture, On-Prem, Public Cloud, Provisioning Automation, and Containers - Knowledge of VMware, Local Area Networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP and general networking - Familiarity with AWS, Azure, GCP, containers, k8s and microservices architectures a plus - Curiosity and passion around technology and explaining and showing new technology platforms and concepts to customers - Familiarity with storage-intensive applications and their requirements such as structured databases (SQL, Oracle) is highly desirable - Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills #LI-REMOTE WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US: - Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically, like a challenge, and aspire to be trailblazers. - Growth: We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been named Fortune's Best Workplaces in Technology™, Fortune's Best Workplaces in the Bay Area™, and certified as a Great Place to Work®! - Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good. And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events. Check out purebenefits.com for more information. ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY: Candidates with disabilities may request accommodations for all aspects of our hiring process. For more on this, contact us at TA-Ops@purestorage.com if you’re invited to an interview. OUR COMMITMENT TO A STRONG AND INCLUSIVE TEAM: We’re forging a future where everyone finds their rightful place and where every voice matters. Where uniqueness isn’t just accepted but embraced. That’s why we are committed to fostering the growth and development of every person, cultivating a sense of community through our Employee Resource Groups and advocating for inclusive leadership. Everpure is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other characteristic legally protected by the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are being considered for hire. Join us and bring your best. Bring your bold. Pure and simple.

• Design and evolve resilient architectures for our large-scale systems; • Ensure our infrastructure keeps pace with business growth.

• Configure and maintain Workday Compensation plans, including base pay, bonus targets, one-time payments, equity grants, and compensation grade profiles across multiple countries. • Support annual and mid-year compensation review cycles end-to-end — including integration with performance management tools, compensation change loads, compensation statements, and manager reporting. • Build and maintain custom reports and dashboards in Workday to support People Ops, Total Rewards, Finance, Payroll, and cross-functional stakeholders with compensation data, headcount reporting, incentive compensation tracking, and compliance audits. • Support the implementation and configuration of the Advanced Compensation module within Workday, including compensation planning cycles, merit increases, bonus calculations, and equity refresh processes. • Manage Workday integrations related to compensation data — including connections to payroll systems, market data providers (e.g., Pave, Radford), ATS platforms (e.g., Ashby), and financial planning tools. • Configure and maintain Workday security roles and permissions, including domain and business process security, role-based access controls, and audit readiness — ensuring sensitive compensation data is properly segmented and auditable. • Partner cross-functionally with People Ops, Total Rewards, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and IT to gather requirements, design scalable processes, and deliver system solutions aligned with business needs. • Manage Workday release cycles, including reviewing new features, running regression testing, and deploying configuration updates to production.

• Support the implementation, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of Abacum, ensuring the tool meets Finance’s planning, reporting, and forecasting needs • Integrate financial and operational data from key systems (e.g., NetSuite, Snowflake, HRIS, CRM, billing systems) to ensure accurate and automated data flows into Abacum • Build and enhance reporting dashboards and planning templates within Abacum to support Finance and cross-functional teams with consistent, real-time insights • Effectively lead the intake, coordination, and execution of multiple projects or requests from cross-functional stakeholders • Collaborate with FP&A and Accounting teams to align data definitions, assumptions, and reporting structures across systems • Support the rollout of Abacum “spaces” and dashboards for business partners across the organization, ensuring data accuracy and ease of use • Assist with data validation and reconciliations to ensure integrity between source systems, financial models, and reporting outputs • Document key workflows, integrations, and system processes to ensure long-term scalability and repeatability • Identify and automate manual Finance workflows by leveraging system capabilities and integrations to reduce friction and improve efficiency • Partner with Finance leadership to evaluate new features, enhancements, or integrations that improve system performance and user experience • Provide training and support to FP&A and business users on system functionality, dashboards, and best practices