Principal Solutions Architect Details

Principal Solutions Architect

Micron Technology - Hoffman Estates, IL

Employment Type : Full-Time

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all. Join an inclusive team passionate about one thing: using their expertise in the relentless pursuit of innovation for customers and partners. The solutions we build help make everything from virtual reality experiences to breakthroughs in neural networks possible. We do it all while committing to integrity, sustainability, and giving back to our communities. Because doing so can fuel the very innovation we are pursuing.

Information technology is amid major transformations within the Enterprise: the principals of cloud computing are changing the way software is developed and deployed; DevOps is redefining the software and lifecycle operations; software-defined storage and next-gen application development has shifted storage from arrays to server-attached; and Artificial Intelligence has dramatically increased the need for high performance memory and Storage Solutions. Micron is at the center of these trends, transforming how the world uses information to enrich life. As a global leader focused on memory innovation, Micron is uniquely positioned to partner with customers as they embrace the biggest changes to computing and storage infrastructure in decades. Key to this partnership is the Solutions Architect.

As a Solutions Architect in Micron Technology’s global sales organization, you will be charged with developing deep technical relationships with key National Service Providers and Systems Integrators.

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for leading technology strategy of commercial channel accounts in Chicago Metro, owning technical strategy plan creation, technical advocacy, and partner empowerment
• Partner with Sales Account Managers to uncover the business and technical requirements of assigned partners and their core competencies, driving adoption of Micron products into solution offerings
• Build relationships and gain influence with key decision makers. Enable development of differentiated solutions and products based on technology challenges driving customer’s business objectives
• Ability to effectively communicate value proposition, complex technical concepts to a broad range of audiences and all levels of an organization including C-suite
• Research, develop, and publish articles of high impact solution designs with partners and customers
• Analyze system-level bottlenecks and solve issues involving virtualization technologies, distributed storage architectures, and complex application workload environments
• Collaborate across cross-functional customer engineering groups (e.g., Field Application Engineers, Solutions Engineering, Business Units)
• Act as technical advocate, overcoming customer obstacles and objections during the presales process, and providing ongoing support as needed to effectively resolve issues or objections that may arise to ensure no disruptions to Partner or Customer adoption

Desired Experience

• Experience working at, or closely with commercial channel partners, global system integrators, or original design manufactures
• Experience transforming new and emerging storage and memory technologies and methodologies into highly relevant solutions
• Experience with hypervisors and Software Defined Storage stacks: VMware ESX, VSAN, Microsoft Hyper-V, Azure Stack HCI, Ceph, Docker, Linux Open Stack / Open Shift, or Nutanix
• Deep knowledge of Solid-State Drive architecture, High Performance Memory Architectures, and related Compute technologies
• Experience in design and implementation of enterprise hardware for high-demand applications
• Experience in delivering instructor lead workshops and training seminars
• Ability to multitask effectively in a dynamic environment
• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills

Ways to Differentiate

• Proven track record in developing compute and storage solutions using memory and flash technologies
• Extensive experience in system / application testing
• Specialty skills in large scale computing, supercomputing, machine learning, convolution neural networks
• Deep knowledge of 5G and Cloud Edge computing architectures
• Experience with High Performance Compute and Storage Architectures and Platforms

Education Required

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Technical Marketing, or related field of study (or equivalent experience)

Experience Required

• 10+ years customer-facing pre-sales engineering (sales engineering, systems engineering, solutions architecture) or field applications engineering with a strong focus on solutions

About Micron Technology, Inc.

We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities — from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience.

To learn more, please visit micron.com/careers

Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Please note that in order to assist in providing a safe and healthy workplace for all Micron team members, new employment offers for jobs based in the U.S., Singapore and Malaysia are contingent upon the applicant’s provision of a copy of their COVID-19 vaccination document to Micron on a confidential basis prior to their scheduled start date confirming that they have completed the COVID-19 vaccination process, subject to any written request for medical or religious accommodation and to the extent permitted by applicable law.

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