Forward Deployed Engineering, Portworx

Everpure (NYSE: P) has evolved from storage pioneer to data platform, closing fiscal 2026 with $3.7 billion in revenue, its first billion-dollar quarter, and accelerating growth into FY27. Our strategic agenda spans the companies defining the next era of technology - hyperscalers, AI labs, the AI hardware supply chain, data platform providers, and the broader AI ecosystem. 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 Portworx is building a Forward Deployed Engineering team to embed directly with our most strategic customers during their highest-stakes Kubernetes storage deployments. You'll be the technical bridge between complex customer infrastructure and Portworx itself: designing production architectures, unblocking critical rollouts, and turning field experience into structured product feedback that shapes our roadmap. This is not a support role and not a pure pre-sales role. You'll own engagements end-to-end: from solution validation before you ever get on a plane, through architecture design, production stabilization, and a clean handoff. You'll leave behind documentation and automation that make the next customer's journey faster. Just as important as the technical delivery: this is a relationship-building role. You'll work di [... source excerpt omitted ...] become a trusted advisor on their broader platform strategy, not just their Portworx footprint. Done well, this role gives Portworx (and Pure) visibility and influence across the customer's whole platform organization. WHAT YOU'LL DO Where possible - reproduce a customer's target environment, whether on-prem or cloud/CaaS, in a lab and validate the proposed solution and architecture pattern before traveling on-site, so on-site time is spent building trust and executing a proven design Design and validate production Portworx architectures for complex, high-stakes customer environments (multi-cluster, DR, KubeVirt VM migration, regulated/air-gapped deployments, cloud-native Caa [... source excerpt omitted ...] licy, async/sync replication, capacity and sizing models Run failure-mode and performance validation before go-live (node/AZ loss, network partition, upgrade paths) Troubleshoot production-blocking issues in real time during critical rollouts Author runbooks, reference architectures, and automation that become reusable IP across engagements Upskill customer platform teams so they can operate independently post-handoff Build and sustain relationships with senior technical leaders (Directors/VPs of Infrastructure and Platform Engineering) by understanding and helping shape their broader platform strategy, not just their Portworx deployment Conduct periodic visits to established