Solutions Engineer

Description Preferred locations: Colorado, Arizona, Utah, or Seattle. CTERA provides a foundation for enterprise data. We erase the boundaries across edge and cloud environments and unify file and object storage, while powering human collaboration alongside AI-driven systems.

The result is a unified, secure, intelligent data fabric that transforms fragmented data silos into information accessible everywhere, on any device.

Our software-defined intelligent data platform powers global file services for some of the world’s most demanding organizations — distributed enterprises, government agencies, healthcare systems, and media companies.

With deep AI integrations and a growing presence across cloud hyperscalers and OEM partnerships, we’re shaping how the next generation of data infrastructure gets deployed and managed. We’re a ~200-person company with the energy of a growth-stage business and the credibility of a proven platform.

Requirements

5+ years’ experience as a Sales Engineer in the storage and/or cloud industries Strong presentation and technical analysis skills Some overnight travel required Storage experience – network-attached storage (NAS), file systems, object storage. Protocols: CIFS/SMB, NFS.

Background in deploying, securing and managing file servers, backup & archiving software.

Cloud or virtualization experience – 2+ years’ experience in VMware (Datacenter Virtualization Certification) or AWS / Azure Certified Solution Architect Networking / Firewall experience – Proven knowledge of the TCP/IP stack and the following protocols: HTTP, TLS, DNS, LDAP and SAML v2.

Experience in using network troubleshooting tools such as Wireshark.

Operating systems – Microsoft Windows Desktop and Server Platforms (Roles: ADDS & DNS) and Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu) Practical experience with enterprise backup and recovery platforms Documentation experience editing guides, sales presentations, network configuration diagrams, and asset management Responsibilities Provide