Lead Solutions Architect - TAC

About the role

NetApp seeks a Lead Solutions Architect in Bengaluru to drive AI and data infrastructure opportunities using its storage portfolio. The role involves partnering with sales and customers to architect scalable, secure AI solutions, including GenAI and HPC environments. This full-time position is based on-site in India.

What you’ll do

• Engage with customers to understand AI/ML, GenAI, and Data Lake requirements
• Design AI-ready architectures using NetApp storage, cloud services, and GPU infrastructure
• Lead customer workshops, discovery sessions, and solution presentations
• Develop HLDs, LLDs, BoMs, sizing, and technical proposals
• Conduct Proof of Concepts (PoCs), benchmarks, and technology demonstrations
• Architect solutions involving NVIDIA GPU infrastructure, RAG, and Vector databases
• Support sales teams in opportunity qualification and account strategy
• Enable field sales and partner teams on AI solutions and use cases

What you’ll bring

• 12+ years in Enterprise Infrastructure Pre-Sales
• 5+ years in AI/ML, Data Analytics, Cloud, or HPC solutions
• Expertise in AI infrastructure, GPU-based architectures, and cloud platforms
• Strong knowledge of enterprise storage technologies and data management
• Experience designing AI-ready architectures and data pipelines

Nice to have

• NetApp Certified Hybrid Cloud Architect certification
• NVIDIA AI Infrastructure Certifications
• Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Associate or AWS Machine Learning Specialty
• Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD) certification

Skills