Senior Solutions Engineer - Bay Area

NetApp

NetApp

Other Engineering
San Jose, CA, USA
Posted on Oct 28, 2025

About NetApp

NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure company, turning a world of disruption into opportunity for every customer. No matter the data type, workload or environment, we help our customers identify and realize new business possibilities. And it all starts with our people.

If this sounds like something you want to be part of, NetApp is the place for you. You can help bring new ideas to life, approaching each challenge with fresh eyes. Of course, you won't be doing it alone. At NetApp, we're all about asking for help when we need it, collaborating with others, and partnering across the organization - and beyond.

LOCATION

Applicants must currently reside in the San Francisco, East Bay, or San Jose CA area. Candidates outside this region will not be considered.

JOB SUMMARY

We’re looking for an Enterprise Solutions Engineer to support our Enterprise Sales organization across the greater San Francisco Bay Area. In this role, you’ll partner with two Enterprise Client Executives to deliver strategic, data-driven solutions for customers and partners. You’ll help customers modernize and optimize their on-prem and hybrid environments, enabling smarter data management, AI readiness, and disaster recovery resilience. This is a hands-on technical role that blends relationship-building, architecture design, and business impact, working side-by-side with sales to drive growth across both existing and whitespace accounts

What You’ll Do

  • Serve as the technical lead and trusted advisor to enterprise customers across the Colorado territory.
  • Partner closely with two Enterprise Client Executives to define account strategy, drive pipeline development, and support deal progression.
  • Lead technical discovery sessions to identify customer challenges and architect end-to-end data storage and protection solutions.
  • Design and position solutions leveraging the full NetApp portfolio, including ONTAP, SAN, NAS, block and file storage, hybrid cloud, and data protection technologies.
  • Support both protect/expand and whitespace opportunities, helping your reps hunt for net-new logos while maintaining deep engagement within existing accounts.
  • Engage in strategic conversations around AI data pipelines, disaster recovery, data governance, and hybrid architecture best practices.
  • Collaborate with product management, engineering, and partner teams to ensure successful execution from design to delivery.
  • Stay current on emerging technologies, bringing forward new ideas that drive customer innovation and value.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

  • 7+ years of experience in technical pre-sales, solutions engineering, or systems engineering roles.
  • Proven experience supportingenterprise or Fortune 1000 customers, ideally within the data storage or infrastructure space.
  • Strong technical understanding ofon-prem storage technologies (block, file, SAN, NAS) and ecosystem components.
  • Familiarity with hybrid cloud architectures, virtualization, and data protection/disaster recovery solutions.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, the ability to translate technical capabilities into business outcomes.
  • Based in or near San Jose/ Bay Area, local presence is required to effectively support customers and partners in territory.

At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

Why NetApp?

We are all about helping customers turn challenges into business opportunity. It starts with bringing new thinking to age-old problems, like how to use data most effectively to run better - but also to innovate. We tailor our approach to the customer's unique needs with a combination of fresh thinking and proven approaches.

We enable a healthy work-life balance. Our volunteer time off program is best in class, offering employees 40 hours of paid time per year to volunteer with their favorite organizations. We provide comprehensive medical, dental, wellness, and vision plans for you and your family. We offer educational assistance, legal services, and access to discounts. Finally, we provide financial savings programs to help you plan for your future.

If you want to help us build knowledge and solve big problems, let's talk.

Submitting an application

To ensure a streamlined and fair hiring process for all candidates, our team only reviews applications submitted through our company website. This practice allows us to track, assess, and respond to applicants efficiently. Emailing our employees, recruiters, or Human Resources personnel directly will not influence your application.