Cloud Solutions Architect

**Own Every Moment at NetApp** At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud. Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real\-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins. **Job Summary** --------------- We are hiring for a position located in the United States for NetApp’s Azure Cloud Solutions Architect (CSA) team to operate in a technical pre\-sales capacity in the Manufacturing sector, working to identify candidate workloads, design and architect appropriate solutions, run proofs\-of\-concept, and move customers into active consumption of NetApp’s Azure\-based products. Much of the customer engagement will be done collaboratively with the Microsoft Sales and Technical teams, where we are providing the technical expertise on Cloud services offered by NetApp and Azure. The qualified candidate must be capable of articulating how our technology enables customer innovation in Azure. This is a highly technical role with a heavy focus on customer and partner (Microsoft) interaction, education, and collaboration, and you will find yourself in the heart of our customers’ digital transformation efforts. * Covering Manufacturing Sector with a focus on Automotive * Locations preferably in the Midwest/Central US (Minneapolis/Detroit/Chicago are ideal) About Us: We are part of the global Cloud Solutions Architect team within NetApp’s Public Cloud Services business unit, specifically tasked with driving customer adoption of our Microsoft Azure cloud services. Our Sales, Technical, and Customer Success teams are charged with implementing and scaling the many Cloud a