Sales Engineer, Enterprise High-Performance Storage at Tuxera

Tuxera is looking for a motivated and driven Sales Engineer Enterprise High-Performance Storage to join our Global Sales Team.Role OverviewAs a Sales Engineerfor Tuxeras Enterprise High-Performance Storage portfolio you are the technical linchpin between customers and Tuxeras engineering organization. Youll partner with Account Executives to win complex deals guide evaluations and integrations and ensure our customers achieve outstanding performance and reliability at scale.You combine deep technical credibility with clear confident communicationequally comfortable whiteboarding architectures interpreting benchmarking results or translating customer needs into actionable product requirements.Location: This position is available in Seattle WA Boston MA Dallas TX.What Youll DoOwn the technical sales cycle: Lead discovery map customer requirements to Tuxera capabilities deliver tailored demos and POCs and remove technical blockers through to close.Customer integration support: Provide practical guidance during product evaluation and integrationcovering configuration tuning and best practices for throughput latency and durability.Architect with impact: Design and document reference architectures for on-prem cloud and hybrid deployments including data paths security posture and HA/scale strategies.Network & protocol expertise: Analyze benchmark results and optimize end-to-end performance for SMB/NFS and related stacks; advise on TCP/IP tuning authentication name services and directory integration.Issue reproduction & triage: Collect diagnostic data and benchmarking outputs from customer environments reproduce issues and collaborate with Tuxera Engineering and Support for rapid resolution.Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with Product Management to define and shape roadmap items and with QA/DevOps to validate performance and robustness in CI/CD environments.Enablement & advocacy: Create technical collateral (runbooks sizing guides tuning checklists) and deliver workshops or webinars for customers and partners.Project coordination: Keep evaluations on schedule; align stakeholders; and communicate status risks and next steps clearly and proactively.What You BringStrong knowledge of Linux user-space and POSIX/Libc fundamentals.Hands-on experience with networking protocols (TCP/IP UDP DNS DHCP ARP) and enterprise services (Kerberos LDAP/AD).Familiarity with SMB NFS or other file-sharing and network protocols (strong plus).Strong understanding of Windows/POSIX ACLs.Knowledge of multichannel and RDMA/SMBD technologies.Experience benchmarking storage network and client-server performance.Experience with storage architecture for on-premises enterprise as well as cloud environments.Experience with HA (high availability) clustered software solutions.Comfort working in AWS Azure and GCP environments.Comfortable working with Windows and macOS systems.Proficiency with performance tuning and diagnostic tools (e.g. Wireshark tcpdump).Proven experience in pre-sales post-sales or field engineering rolesable to build trust simplify complexity and align technical and business stakeholders.Experience with CI/CD pipelines containerized environments (Docker Kubernetes) and automated build/test workflows.Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to guide both technical and non-technical audiences.Our valuesAt Tuxera our values reflect how we build a customer-first culture:Your success is our mission We put customers at the center of every decision.Partnerships are built on trust We act with openness transparency and collaboration.We make it work together We grow as one team strengthened by diversity and inclusion.About TuxeraTuxera is a global leader in quality-assured data storage networking and encryption software that powers billions of devices vehicles and data-driven systems worldwide. Our solutions ensure the reliable transfer storage and integrity of data in industries where performance and safety are critical from automotive and industrial IoT to consumer electronics and enterprise applications.Headquartered in Espoo Finland with offices across Europe the United States and Asia Tuxera is trusted by the worlds leading technology companies to deliver software that meets the highest standards of quality reliability and innovation.Our vision is simple yet bold: to make every bit of data easy to manage and accessible exactly when and where its needed. Backed by a team of 100 professionals representing more than 17 nationalities we are scaling globally while fostering a culture that combines high performance with collaboration and care.Driven by our mission we empower people and organizations everywhere to access and use data seamlessly and securely powering the next wave of enterprise and industry innovation Key Skills Data Center Experience,Disaster Recovery,VMware,Computer Networking,NFS,Solaris,Windows,Virtualization,Linux,SAN,Operating Systems,Troubleshooting Employment Type : Full-Time Department / Functional Area: Sales Experience: years Vacancy: 1